This solo guzheng and vocal improvisation was recorded yesterday. The melody I sang was inspired by a song that I’ve loved since I was a child. It is from the TV series —Dream of the Red Chamber 红楼梦 (1987), composed by Wang Liping 王立平 (1941), based on the classic novel.
Prof. Wang spent more than a year to finish composing and orchestrating all the music for the 36-episode TV dram series. The day before yesterday, I saw a beautiful sunset in the forest (photo below). The colors were breathtaking. The entire forest was light orange for 10 minutes during sunset. I had to take a photo. Then, I realized how amazing the trees looked in the photo. They look like an upside down Chinese gold locket that small children traditionally wear as a good luck charm, and that reminded me of a character from the novel Dream of the Red Chamber. Her name is Xue Baochai 薛宝钗, and I remembered a melody from the TV series rose from my chest. That was when I improvised this piece.
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