Spring Silk | 春蚕

[@winwinkoh]

this tune deplicts the various stages in a human life, the human nature coming from different mood changes and finally breaking through. All these life conditions are intepreted in the tune just as natural metamorphosis !

[@yunawong21]

刘德海 was my sole inspiration in learning pipa. His legacy will continue to live on through his works and contributions in the chinese instrumental scene. He will be missed dearly. Rest in peace.

[@sinclairteo]

一路走好

[@alfredleungsf]

吟大师德海 琵琶弦上系平生， 弹冬挑夏精曲成。 悠悠古韵凝指上， 源源新律溢弦中。 低眉风云染日月， 昂首万壑听空灵。 千载雅俗汇德海， 一代绝弹定真名。 06 仲夏夜

[@Charlesguqin]

It is one of the hardest Chinese instruments to play because the finger technqiues are difficult to learn, like the 'lun' technique, where your five digits continuously pluck the strings very quickly without break.

[@ppw8626]

春蠶到死絲方盡 蠟炬成灰淚始乾

[@seniorwisdom]

I LOve it!!!!!!

[@hacona]

The composer is the soloist himself! haha...

[@Charlesguqin]

Oh, I can see it now (finally)!

[@simon18i]

I dont play pipa but judging from the way he plays it, this song is super hard.

[@zhangheyang8408]

这个是真正的中国音乐，即使这是当代人创作的作品。其实很多被奉为圭臬的中国作品是东方的壳子套西方的里子，包括梁祝这样伟大的作品，当下流行的古风音乐就更不在话下了。 春蚕，老童这种作品，用我们常年被西方调式，包括古典音乐和流行歌曲，浸染的耳朵听起来是毫无章法的，但是有一种魔性的意乱情迷，这是真正的中国音乐。

[@xingfenzhen]

Great interpretation, but I doubt that's the author's intent. Since the Chinese title is "spring silkworm" and it supposed to in a series of compositions calls "human life". so perhaps it's about metamorphosis

[@shakuhachi]

this is stunning!!! who is the composer?

[@hacona]

i think each of the little boxes is supposed to be a Chinese character.

[@Charlesguqin]

Why isn't the video loading for me? O_o