Chinese music :Guo Gan - Butterfly Lovers 梁祝 (ErHu Concerto)

ErHu -- Guo Gan .
chef d'ochestre --Sun Ying .
Orchetre --- l'orchestre philharmonique Paris Pekin .
Lieu : Theatre Jean Vilar . Paris . France .
date : 01/06/2012
作曲：陳綱、何占豪
Composed by Chen Gang, He Zhan-hao in 1959
The story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai has been a household love story in China for more than 1000 years. The heroine Zhu Yingtai, disguised as a man, becomes bosom friends with Liang Shanbo, a classmate of hers for 3 years. Before returning home, Yingtai implies to shanbo that she will be his wife. Knowing that Yingtai is woman, the delighted Shanbo hurries to her home, only to find that her family has betrothed her to someone else against her will. Under the pressure of the patriarchal clan rules and feudal ethics, they die for love and return into a pair of butterflies. The moving tragic legend extols pure love and freedom of love. First appearing in the early Tang Dynasty, the story was put on the stage in the Song and Yuan dynasties, and plays based on the story was widely performed during the Ming and Wing dynasties. The story has been handed down to this day in manifold forms

[@lenshi3132]

The name of this piece is: "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", which describes a love story. In ancient China, women were not allowed to go to school for education. And a beautiful girl, her name is Zhu Yingtai. She wanted to go to school very much, so she persuaded her parents to allow her to pretend to be a man. She looked like a boy, and began to go to a distant school to receive education. In school, she met a young classmate named Liang Shanbo. The two were very friendly and became brothers. But the boy didn't know that she was a girl. The study task was over, and each had to return to their hometown. Liang Shanbo sent her home and walked eighteen miles with her home, reluctant to separate. After the separation, the boy’s teacher’s wife told him that Zhu Yingtai was a girl and asked her to be a matchmaker before leaving school so that the two of them could become husband and wife. After Liang Shanbo learned from his teacher's wife that Zhu Yingtai was a girl, he was overjoyed and immediately arranged for a matchmaker to propose to Zhu Yingtai's house. However, Zhu Yingtai has been betrothed by her parents to the child of a wealthy family. That is a bad boy. Zhu Yingtai disagrees very much, but her parents keep her at home and prevent her from going out. She has no choice. Because of this incident, Liang Shanbo returned home and became seriously ill once, and then died. After Zhu Yingtai found out, she was extremely sad and asked her parents to pass by Liang Shanbo's tomb and worship Liang Shanbo on the day she was sent to marry. Her parents agreed to her request. When Zhu Yingtai paid homage to Liang Shanbo, she planned to bump her head on the tombstone. At this time, there was a thunder and lightning in the sky, and it rained heavily. Liang Shanbo’s tomb blasted a hole, and Zhu Yingtai entered In the tomb, the hole is closed. After the rain passed and the sky cleared, their souls became a pair of butterflies flying out of the grave, dancing on the grassland full of flowers, and finally became permanent lovers.

[@stupidhead6570]

thank you so much I hope u have a wonderful and happy life. God bless you

[@Fuyinduolim559]

Yes, I feel like it's a tragic story when it comes to reality.

[@BIGGBULLxxx]

I'm a black man from Cleveland Ohio and this is awesome talent...it reminds me of THICK SOFT WHITE HEAVENLY SNOW FALLING DOWN WITH A BEAUTIFUL FULL MOON BY ITS SIDE...AMEN

[@user-bk9tl3pt5c]

Cleveland, Ohio, I know your city because of LeBron James😂

[@seaofchamomile]

It's so great to know others from different cultures also appreciate Chinese music!! :) Thanks for sharing

[@khamot]

I am Panamanian-Chinese, I am very proud of my chinese (cantonese) blood. Kam (Jin in mandarin) is my last name.

[@jeffdoeskungfu]

Nei ho!

[@JackLChen]

This brings back memories, back to that time when my grandpa could still play this piece on erhu for me T-T

[@winsomejang20]

Jack L.Chen of

[@alexie832]

That's awesome!

[@lamkongwei]

two young student lovers couldn't be united in this life, so together they flew away to heaven as butterflies

[@scooba4247]

I recently wrote an 800 word essay about the instrument, some of its composers, other instruments related to it, and where it originated. I truly love this instrument and I hope to learn how to p,ay it someday.

[@games68775]

The erhu is such a beautiful instrument

[@kokostillwell4034]

Chinese music is so beautiful and harmonized.

[@neo7930]

but in china fewer people play it. i'm sad about that because i'm chinese.

[@binhphamngoc2844]

真好。 我是越南人， 我很喜欢中国音乐

[@user-io9vm9xp3q]

中国欢迎你

[@aatt3209]

Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful performance, I want to watch this movie, AGAIN, about the love journey between two young students, she pretended to be a male in order to obtain schooling in ancient China, and he later learned of her identity, but due to circumstances preventing them to be together, ...., at the end, their bodies and souls morphed into butterflies and flew away together....a great love story, I can never get tired of listening to a love story conveyed by the ERHU. Bravo!

[@ziramas]

100% agreed. I used to listen to Violin version...but Erhu version is still my cup of tea.

[@joshuaweasenforth7757]

This is my favorite instrumental of all time. Per-fection.

[@icesitcom]

I'm Thai-chinese people,I feel proud. ^^

[@samli6968]

icesitcom

[@pass3d]

天下华人是一家。炎黄子孙。

[@user-lk3no1su6t]

I'm indon.chinese poeple

[@user-cn6go8oo8g]

@@user-lk3no1su6t 印度还有华人？你们怎么过去的？

[@taewit2511]

No wonder why Chinese aristocrats in the 18th century always refused to adopt western civilization, they thought China already had the superb civilization, and after I've watched (listen) this video clip, I completely agree with them.

[@xianzhao8980]

Alupha Chan I think you can only find that in Hong Kong now. Most Chinese Orchestra use Cello, Double Bass and some other western percussion now.

[@xianzhao8980]

lgbtTV5 Actually translation of that name was not really accurate. Historically the name comes from Zhōngyuán which means "central plains". It refers to parts of territories of Qin dynasty China which believed to be origin of Chinese civilization. Actually the term Zhōngguó (as in middle kingdom) was an ancient name that was not used for thousands of years. The modern name of the current Chinese state is Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó (PRC) which is quite long. People get lazy and usually simply shorten it as Zhōngguó. During dynastic time China never refer itself as Zhōngguó it is usually something like "Great Han" (Han Dynasty) or "Great Tang" (Tang Dynasty). You can't blame them for calling themselves great. During that period, it was Chinese hegemony in Asia. 18th century China is actually regarded as Manchurian occupation (Qing Dynasty). Ming Dynasty China was willing to cooperate with Westerners. They even used Portuguese made cannons.

[@wilar9wolf]

what 'could have provided the Europeans in the 19th century to the Asian cultures ..? know that gunpowder, steel, paper, ink, printing, and some plucked string instruments , also other important disciplines like mathematics, astronomy, chemistry had already developed in Asian cultures, while in the west, still lived in the dark ages.

[@Uroboro_Djinn]

That's in no way true. The Chinese were never the ones with superior culture. There *is no* superior culture. Here's some great cultures that used to dominate the continents over the years. *Babylon* *Egypt* *Celtic kingdoms* *Hellas* *Rome* *China* These aren't even half. I can go on and on about how great these cultures were. Some still are. I mean, sure the ones I mentioned are no more but parts of their culture still remain. Remnants that changed OUR lives. Seeking the superior culture will make you miserable and sad. Take your time and appreciate all beauty. History is a harsh mistress but holds wonderful secrets.

[@japshigou]

I agree with you.

[@TheKuddlydoodlydoo]

I don't even have a chinese blood but i love instrumental chinese music, it is so beautiful for me

[@tr1bes]

Butterfly lover is almost like Romeo Juliet but in a drama series.

[@zaker721]

This is so very beautiful. Thank you China for adding such beauty to our world. Bless us all with happiness, beauty and safety forever.

[@altu892]

I am impressed by his ACCURACY of playing some of the higher notes

[@anandasari6537]

Saya sangat suka sekali dengan instrumen musik ini ☺️☺️

[@LovingSpaces]

Gua Gan is a real master of the classic urhu, playing to its best, very emotional and touching my heart deeply.

[@ChanChan-iw1xi]

我用小提琴垃這首梁送給我最尊敬的二哥，拉的時候眼淚流過不停，他正在化療，心很難過。😥

[@mangatitiful]

Hi Chan CHan - thank you so so much for writing your note. I loved it. You two butterflies. j an 82 yr old in NZ

[@MartinRaetzJr]

Best interpretation I ever heaered. Thank you also very much for the expaniatons behind the music. 谢谢你很多。

[@ks9710]

Share this same piece of music with erhu to you.

[@singontang2997]

Martin Rätz Jr.

[@MartinRaetzJr]

Sophia Conner "谢谢你很多。Xiexie ni henduo. - Thank you so much." One could also say: "我很谢谢你。Wo hen xiexie ni. - I thank you very much” Or simply: "很多些。Henduo xie. - Many thanks.“ There are many possibilities to express a special thanks. But mostly you will hear only: ”谢谢，谢谢。- Thank you, thank you." Thanks for your lesson. I will tell my Chinese friends they should speak more correct high Chinese with me. P. S. My English is also very poor. I wrote "heared" instead of "heard". Maybe I should write my next comment in my mother tongue.

[@MartinRaetzJr]

Sophia Conner P. P. S. 非常感谢你。Feichang ganxie ni. - This is of course absolut correct high Chinese like from a instructional book.

[@MartinRaetzJr]

Sophia Conner Dear Sophia, I'm not depressed. Thanks for your note. Kind regards 🐴丁

[@Ariwithpita]

Beautiful. simply Beautiful

[@markslauenwhite4717]

So beautiful that my heart felt a warm touch,Tears to my eyes.Love this so much.

[@eastcastleg9799]

Lui Ochoa，this is a very popular Chinese string music instrument, called ERHU (close to English, r'hoo) meaning 2-stringed instrument. It has two strings, not one. The tones of them are just like that of violin, or 5 notes difference. The sounds are made by the frictions between the string, one at a time only usually, and the bow which is made of horse tail hair. The sounds from the strings are transmitted to the wooden box, through a sheet of snake skin, within which resonance is created, the sounds.

[@gu7740]

this truly made me fall in love with the ErHu, I had read about it somewhere but actually listening to someone play the ErHu is so different.

[@wiccanature28]

When listening to this wonderful and beautiful music of erhu when closed my eyes saw my minds eye of being in lovely garden with many ponds in it and cherry blossoms falling also with butterflys flying near me. I found most peaceful piece of music I have hear in long time.

[@catloaf9490]

Change that to peach blossom please

[@guanglei521]

Almost that is the meaning

[@christian2M]

How great is the chinese spirit!

[@Klimtttt]

The sound quality is incredible. And the sound of Erhu makes me wanna cry.

[@keomua9909]

One of my favorite childhood movie!

[@shujiling213]

Beautiful n gorgeous ,a master-piece of music… 真正是有撓樑三日之感…never-ending sound of music ,never-ending entertainment !!!!!!

[@sadakichi1000]

听完这首歌之后，我会回忆起陈露Lulu在中国花样滑冰运动员长野冬奥会上的优雅铜牌。

[@user-lk3no1su6t]

Oh my God I love this instrumental

[@kimberlychin1996]

5:05 lol. I LOVE THIS PIECE! It sounds so deep and feels-sy with the Erhu.

[@Filomatia]

Great performance! It deserved a better recording.

[@qianzhi4043]

In Bali we knowing this story... Sampek and Eng Tay...forgive about the spelling...cause our lenguage...my grandma tell me this story...we in Bali is life with a lot of influence by Chinese

[@colehalford1893]

What an amazing video. Great job everybody.

[@r2d24u]

Que elegancia, que distinción, que maestría....gozo total!

[@singy1980]

Beautiful music wonderfully played by this orchestra! Another great creation of the human race!! Thanks for sharing this video. USA 2014

[@166888johntse]

祝福全世界朋友, 心想事成, 身體健康。 (情義永不滅) 請各位知音,傳给您們的所有朋友欣賞... 深深的感謝 歌名：化蝶 作詞：謝華進 ⋯⋯ 曲：梁祝協奏曲 原來世間, 情緣要經波折 醉心美夢成泡影. 情海多波折, 只想我心上人, 情義永不滅 為何困於情海解不脫 想化蝴蝶 衝開萬千結. 情緣要中斷時, 腦海翻千轉. 許多往事留在腦海 夢中天天見. 也許未可白頭 柔情難以斷. 柔情似水滔滔斬不斷 想化蝴蝶 衝開萬千結. Chinese music :Guo Gan - Butterfly Lovers 梁祝 (ErHu Concerto)

[@arash4712]

You nation are light years ahead of the West.

[@bergoinjean-francois6646]

Tout simplement grandiose !

[@hlimkb]

outstanding,the instrument seem to be like speaking to u.

[@jasonyang7215]

如果你先了解梁祝这个故事，再来听音乐会更好。二胡独奏会更有感觉

[@miaomiaoda1443]

说的有道理，二胡本来就是孤单的，不用合奏

[@laszlokezi1256]

Nagyon szeretem ezt a zenét. Köszönöm!

[@annupm512]

pain healing..erhu sound

[@shulifu2020]

It brings out floodgate of emotions, makes me homesick.

[@rodolfo0506]

Without words. I am just feeling and do not want interferences. Thanks

[@Antonpreis]

I enjoy the plaintive sound of the erhu, and especially when it's so well played.Nothing wrong with blending instruments - many cultures used varieties of stringed and wind instruments and percussion, but the erhu is all Chinese. Using "western" instruments allows them to play a wider variety of music, The python skin on the sound box would not be available in most western nations!

[@DjazairforverOran]

+Antonpreis Well actually most of the "western instruments" are actually arabs ;)

[@Antonpreis]

+DjazairforverOran like the crumhorn, serpent, for instance.

[@DjazairforverOran]

Yeah or the violin, piano, flute guitar, harp, but you are right

[@Antonpreis]

+DjazairforverOran I called them "western" instruments in inverted commas, as they have been modified for pitch to suit formal western musical requirements. That doesn't take away from the origins, but it does impart a different character to the music, obviously. The way the erhu is played means the bow is permanently engaged with the strings, which limits the sounds available. The flute is western, not bamboo, etc. It's rather a pointless discussion in the 21st century - there's far too much cross-pollination!

[@kwengcheongwong5519]

+Antonprei

[@LaTesea]

Qué belleza! Me encanta este instrumento 😍😍😍Gracias

[@frank198899]

一曲肝肠断，天涯何处觅知音~！

[@MarieKrantz]

Raffinement ... un art à découvrir !!

[@gjones3471]

Lovely arrangement, intimate orchestra and beautifully played erhu!

[@daffo595]

TWO STRINGS. freaking two strings

[@BoxFunk]

More than enough

[@Maddof_Erroz]

How about no strings attached? 😏

[@joshuaszeto]

and no frets. AND the bow is stuck between the two strings. My dad has one and this thing is impossible to play well.

[@sakdavith6969]

@@joshuaszeto nah it easy it just hard to master.

[@johannsebastianbach7248]

@@sakdavith6969 no if your a begginer its hard to master its ez

[@jean-yveswoestyn6295]

China indeed had a wonderful civilization before the influence of western civilization. The most important issue for this civilization was "harmony", which is the central topic in Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. The most important issue for western civilization was (and maybe is still today) "conquest" : "conquest" over nature with scientific discoveries, "conquest" of territories and market with colonialism and neo-colonialism, "conquest" of new soul on the religious level, and so on. This "conquest" ideology has brought many benefit to the western world and even to Asia (via the westernization), however, in the long run, this ideology is not sustainable.

[@heynub1233]

China could have taken over the world if they wanted to in the ancient times... they were the first to create gun powder and the first to use it in battle..... remember Admiral Zheng he? his fleet were massive and unmatched, and he'd bring back gifts to the emperor from other countries/civilisations... but they chose not to invade anyone and stayed within the borders of china and eventually the emperor ordered them to be disbanded.... I wish china can find harmony once more again....

[@xianzhao8980]

lgbtTV5 Gunpowder was invented during Song Dynasty. It was among the reason why the Mongols took it so long to conquer hopelessly weak Southern Song Dynasty. You seems to be unaware of the mohist during warring states period (476-211 BC). The mohist invented several siege weapon, including trebutchet like weapon. Don't forget about bowgun. It already exist in China at that time. Ballista don't even exist until 2nd century BC. If the Romans meet Qin China at that time, it will be a very disadvantageous battle for the Romans given to Chinese superior metallurgy at that period. At that time China don't have a standing navy. They don't even need it. During Zheng He's time, Ming China was very powerful. Having just ousted the Mongols, China was the hegemony in Asia.

[@heynub1233]

lgbtTV5 "while the chinese had good scientific knowledge, they were not engineers and technologists like the greeks"... Wow.... you need to do some research before putting a statement like that... The Chinese were one of the most advanced civilizations in ancient times.. regarding your comment for "not being technologists like the greeks", china had a lot more technology than the Greeks at the time. The Chinese were the ones which invented the blast furnace and cupola furnaces in the Han dynasty, they were one of the most advanced with their skill in metal and they can produce steel weapons and other products and other metal weapons at a vast quantity and in a short period of time.. The chinese are also known for inventing the compass, also invented during the Han dynasty and we also invented the Rudder which was one of the most useful inventions at the time for navigation at sea... China was the first to create the repeating crossbow, and after the song dynasty when gun powder was invented, a whole range of new weapons were invented by china such as the fire lance, land mines and naval mines, hand cannons and exploding cannon balls. We even invented the first flame thrower. A whole load of rocket bombs were used by the chinese. They had also invented paper making at the time and a whole load of other things that would take forever to type up And regarding your statement about engineering, are you fucking kidding me!? have you not seen one of the biggest military engineering in china that helped protect it's northern borders for centuries and centuries??? One of the most iconic symbols of china is the Great wall of china! dude! Fuck i could write a whole essay about all the stuff that china has invented and their engineering but im getting a bit bored... I know that the ancient chinese were not the only ones who were advanced. The greeks i admit were advanced and did have good military engineering, with the inventions of those catapults and ballistas but they would not beat china, well that is my opinion anyway...but even if we do keep on arguing, we will never know the truth because there has never been a battle between a Chinese army and the Greek army... btw, did you know that china was the first to invent alcohol? :)

[@user-ig2cm7si5w]

We could call ourselves human beings when most of the westerners were still animal...

[@kokostillwell4034]

***** you better take your word back.

[@chibin.3784]

So good. truly emotional.

[@pierrechau986]

True traditional Chinese culture focus on respect, harmony and "cycle of Changes". Those who talk about how great the Chinese once was don't know about true Chinese culture. Everything has its up and down. As Chinese said, when things hit the peak, it will go the opposite direction. Yes, China was once a highly developed country, now, it is the USA, in the future, it will be some other countries. That is how nature work as described in the "cycle of changes."

[@psk2465]

China will USA in many areas in next decades (beside military technology)

[@alicezhang1360]

so beautiful and peaceful

[@alessandravagliengoalessan3245]

I love this instrument...

[@nyxalkedama6944]

AHH WHERE CAN I FIND MORE BREATHTAKING ERHU MUSIC!!! 😍🤩

[@govindarajulu-kasturi9614]

Lovely Music Salutations to the Artists Great God Bless Kasturi G

[@CTruitt]

That was breathtaking ❤️❤️❤️

[@user-rr9fk5bk9l]

太讚了! 幽．．．．．美。

[@st1010]

this movie version of the butterfly lovers starring nicky wu & Charlie yeung had the best soundtrack! if u would like to hear more, just look up "the lovers 1994 ost starring nicky wu and Charlie yeung"

[@rainmakeramg]

Guo Gan is the erhu master. This is not the full version of butterfly lovers, missing the best climax of this violin concerto 😰

[@joshjtubiter2118]

Only the erhu can cry hard enough for this story.

[@lindaw140]

Wow superb civilization!!!! So proud of my chinese heritage! Music has no border

[@xingzhang4965]

Wow, this is almost perfect. I wish sound quality is better.

[@wjh5144]

Excellent! The music is so full of emotion that it sounds like a touching story told by the musicians.

[@nnn23457]

yes,you are right.it is a beautiful love story.

[@lamgrandpa9349]

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[@user-hq4qr8xi6n]

我認識一個高級外省人，我感覺他是台灣前十富，老年生意失敗，卻因為小女兒未婚生子對像他不喜歡，他道語【對方看起來像混混】被21的小孩。我因緣下老師傅老頑固聽下我的話，我是梁祝的影迷下。能勸動他跟女兒見諒女兒與小伙子的愛。我很心慰……因為我也是戲中人的角

[@user-hq4qr8xi6n]

我真是個三寸不爛之舌，我心想他如果幾十億身價，我也許不能幫到那個女孩的梁祝愛。

[@rqz6367]

郭冠英吗？

[@danelesistsehrschonvielend7938]

I love Chines music Wooooow amizing ....one

[@1809steph]

wonderful....beautiful...excellent...I loved it !!!

[@carlosferrazduarte]

Is just beautiful!

[@nonangel1]

That's just amasing!

[@hervelakotasunka2625]

Touching heart and soul so deeply.

[@gu7740]

this song calms me everytime I listen to it

[@Stephenlok0606]

幽怨缠綿，動人心魄。

[@imnotactuallythisold]

I keep getting shivers.

[@bluetoad2001]

this is really beautiful. thanks for posting.

[@ginahwang3276]

한번도 직접 들어볼 기회가 없었어요.♡ 슬픔도 있고 행복감도 있고 그리움도..느껴져요

[@littlemicu]

Very Beautiful

[@kohjunkee3309]

i love this beautiful sad music....u could hear the happy, sad pain.sufferings.loneliness, beauty life in it...Butterfly Lovers..go watch the movie...Nicky Wu n Charlie...Tsui Hark

[@thedreammen2]

لحن رائع جدا ...يأخذك الى عالم اخر...

[@Bloedmann3000]

Wunderschön, sauber gespielt.

[@youngmurphy7556]

Only when the erhu and the Chinese classical canon are incorporated into western orchestral repertoires do I think the Chinese reverence for western musical heritage shown here will be have been reciprocated. This was beautiful, by the way.

[@samdave3368]

Wow super original and cool chichiEe

[@Hela5123]

this is so beautiful , it makes me cry :) . Well done , i hope listening to it directly one day

[@nelsonsmith8287]

Tap into the earth, earth yourself to the ground. Keep grounded why you learn along the way. Walk with the animals, talk to the animals share what you have to give. Give and they shall receive. The received then shall inlighten you, earth that spark, ignites life in your passion, passionately to your heart. Electrifying, what come through you for the world to see. Fly, spread those wings for I am the wind that carries the butterflies. Lovers of different kinds. Kindness has no shape, kindness no form. Formed by two people falling in love, with butterfly wings.

[@feifei566]

very beautiful music.

[@rocketjim]

I wish I could play a musical instrument so beautifully T-T The only thing in Life I am most familiar with is my Playstation controller. *bangs head against the wall*

[@PeteMaral]

Then go for it, my friend... If you not try u wont know.. Anyone can play!! I'm certainly that u also can.. =)

[@rocketjim]

It is so rare to come across a sweetie like you on the internet! You are right, thank you for the push. I think I shall start with the a ukelele first :D

[@tankzore25]

rocketjim erhu hard to play just gotta give it some love and you'll be fine ukelele is fun too :D

[@tankzore25]

rocketjim also if you want to learn erhu amazon got really good ones for starters i also recommend the playing erhu: Bridging the Gap by patty chan dont really know if youll ever start erhu but just wanted to give you some recommendations if you ever decide to :D

[@snow8141]

+Tank Zore its not hard to play. it's fun if you get used to the fingering of the notes :D. (A player that performed in a few concerts)

[@ThEfAiRyLiE]

Hermosa melodía!!! casi llore al escucharla!! *-*

[@alejandroortegav2278]

Hermosa composición.

[@ozzzy3302]

chinese music is beautiful

[@tomjamapz]

An epic story behind the song.

[@theory02]

11:45 Sweet, gentle melodies

[@fernandantoniodiascarvalhoneto]

Wonderful, heaven

[@user-fl6nv6so8n]

Love this music

[@christianisaacflorestorres843]

I want to learn the erhu everytime I listen to it

[@hvd95]

Beautiful!

[@JusaKiki]

so beautiful....

[@user-bw8pj1tl1b]

音準有變化～另一種感受！