And another Chinese quatrain (qī jué, uses Xīn rhyme or Tōng rhyme) for the same visit (last version revised on Feb 13, 2024):
| Bach, Johann Sebastian : | “Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, Prélude” |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van : | “Ode to Joy.” |
| Chen Gang and He Zhanhao : | “‘Butterfly Lovers / Liáng Zhù’ Violin Concerto.” |
| Chen Qigang: | “You and Me / Wǒ Hé Nǐ,” the best Olympic Games theme song ever! |
| Chopin, Frédéric : | For his romantic nocturnes. |
| Debussy, Claude : | “Clair de Lune.” |
| Hisaishi, Joe : | You know him, you know me. “Summer,” “Oriental Wind,” “Asian Dream Song.” ... | Hua Yanjun (Ah Bing) : | “Moon Reflected on Erquan / Èr Quán Yìng Yuè.” |
| Jin Chengzhi : | “Morning Scene of Mount Jing-guang / Jìng-guāng Shān Chén Jǐng,” “A Trip to the White Horse Village / Bái Mǎ Cūn Yóu Jì (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII) (access for China mainland),” “The Songs of Ze Ya / Ze Ya Ji (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII) (access for China mainland),” “What I Do Is for Your Own Good / Chun Jie Zi Jiu Zhi Nan (access for China mainland),” “So far, the sofa is so far / Gan Jue Shen Ti Bei Tao Kong (access for China mainland),” “Where on Earth Did You Leave the Key, Zhang Shichao / Zhang Shi Chao Ni Dao Di Ba Wo Jia Yao Shi Fang Zai Na Li Le (access for China mainland).” A true spirit of innovation. A renaissance is happening in China. |
| Ma Fei : | The album of “Shouldn't Have Learnt Playing Guitar/Dang Chu Jiu Bu Ying Gai Xue Ji Ta,” a marvelous example of making great elegance out of ordinary. His seemingly vulgar humor exudes passionate humanity and deep Zen wisdom (you got to know the Shaanxi dialect of Chinese to fully worship his works). |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : | “Requiem,” “Laudate Dominum, Vesperae Solennes de Confessore.” |
| Mutter, Anne-Sophie : | “Gabriel Fauré, Berceuse in D Major, Op.16” in the recording of “Carmen-Fantasie (1993),” the image of God herself. |
| Simone, Nina: | “Gene Taylor, Why? (The King of Love is Dead),” “Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse, Feeling Good,” “Unkown, Black is the Color (of My True Love's Hair).” |
| Song Dongye: | “Song of Empty Harbour / Kōng Gǎng Qǔ,” “Guo Yuanchao / Guō Yuán Cháo,” “Enlightened / Zhī Dào,” and the album of “Ān Hé Bridge North / An He Qiao Bei.” Despite of all the controversies, he is a living proof that modern-day Chinese can still write poems, and “poetry ... are what we stay alive for” ( -- from the “Dead Poets Society”). |
| The Strauss : | For their magnificent and festive Waltzes and Polkas. |
| Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : | For his majestic ballet music, passionate “Violin Concerto in D major,” and heroic “Pathetique.” |
| Unknown : | “Flowing Water / Liú Shuǐ,” with its legendary origin from more than 2,000 years ago, and a known evolution history of more than 1,400 years, it might be the world's earliest impressionism master piece. |
| Vivaldi, Antonio : | For his harmonic and pleasant Baroque music. |
| Xian Xinghai : | “Yellow River Cantata” and the derived “Yellow River Piano Concerto.” |
| Xu Wei : | For his magical reincarnation of oriental spiritual freedom and tranquility into rock'n'roll |
Yes, this is one of my "lecture notes" taken during a computer science class.
Another dragon (Loong, what we call them in Chinese)
Painted with Windows Paint, a good way to kill time when waiting for experiment results
Another one painted with Windows Paint