A song from Chengdu revived a closed-down pub.

Netizens flocked to the live stream to make reservations.

Within just over ten minutes, the number of reservations began to rise rapidly.

As the news spread, more and more people entered the live stream.

Even many musicians and entertainment companies have been drawn to this so-called grassland music experiment.

At 4:50 p.m., before the live stream even started, the number of people waiting online had already reached an extremely exaggerated number.

Countless people sat in front of their screens, watching the countdown tick away.

ten minutes.

five minutes.

One minute.

When it reached 5 p.m., the black screen of the live stream finally lit up slowly.

There was no host, nor the large stage that everyone had imagined.

The camera pans across the undulating waves of grass and finally focuses on a group of people under the setting sun.

Agula, Chaolu, and Chen Fang stood at the very front.

Jiang Yi, Xiao Pang, Lao Han, and others stood behind them with their musical instruments.

There was no further explanation; viewers of the live stream simply saw the song information on their screens.

Reincarnation

Performed by: Hanggai Band

Lyrics and music: Su Fan

Arrangement: Su Fan, Hanggai Band, Jiang Yi, Lao Han, Xiao Pang...

Viewers watching the live stream were instantly aroused by this information.

"Reincarnation" is indeed a new song.

Moreover, both the lyrics and music were written by Su Fan.

This means that the Montreal song they've been waiting for for two whole days is finally going to be released.

However, after the initial excitement, many people realized something was amiss.

The singer is not Su Fan.

Who are the Hanggai Band?

Before this, they had never heard of such a band in the entertainment industry.

While ordinary viewers were simply curious, some musicians in the industry who were watching the live stream were already taking it seriously.

It's not surprising that Su Fan personally wrote the lyrics and composed the music.

What's truly noteworthy is that he didn't choose to sing it himself, nor did he give the song to an already established artist from Han Tang Entertainment.

He gave the song to an unknown band.

Moreover, judging from the list of arrangers, this song was not something that Su Fan wrote on the spot and had a few people rehearse briefly before it was performed.

Almost everyone from Han Tang Entertainment participated.

During the two days the production team was absent, they were clearly working on the song.

With just a few lines of information displayed on the screen, everyone's expectations were completely aroused.

Just then, the last line of production information slowly faded away.

A distant, melodious sound of the morin khuur (horsehead fiddle) had already drifted out from the darkness.

The music was not hurried.

Immediately afterwards, a deep throat singing emerged from beneath the melody.

The sound was not like ordinary singing; it was more like an echo from the depths of the earth, rising and falling with the morin khuur, gradually unfolding the vastness of the entire grassland.

A moment later, the bass quietly entered.

The deep tone supports the melody, and the drumbeats fall gently in response.

thump.

thump.

Each step was light, yet like the distant sound of horses' hooves, moving with an ancient and steady rhythm, gradually approaching the crowd.

After the intro, the singing began.

"Birds, flowers, all living things are the same."

Symbiosis and sharing of time, air and sunlight

As the years go by, the torch is passed down from generation to generation.

Today is fleeting, but what's gone is gone forever.

……

However, most of the audience were stunned when the song started.

They don't understand.

Because the song was sung not in Mandarin, but in Mongolian.

The unfamiliar syllables rise and fall with the melody, their sounds deep and resonant, intertwining with the morin khuur (horsehead fiddle) and carrying a distinct grassland flavor.

The number of comments in the live stream room also increased rapidly after a brief pause.

"What's going on? I didn't understand a single word!"

"I thought there was something wrong with my headphones."

"Stop adjusting your headphones, this is Mongolian!"

"The entire song was sung in Mongolian! The production team didn't give any prior notice!"

"Even though I can't understand it, the pronunciation and melody are such a perfect match."

……

Although I couldn't understand Mongolian, the translation at the bottom of the live stream screen made it possible to understand the lyrics.

The lyrics do not deliberately describe any particular scenic spot, nor do they directly praise the grassland beneath one's feet.

It depicts the symbiosis of heaven and earth and all things, as well as the continuous continuation of life over time.

Individual lives may be short-lived, but the traces that truly existed will become eternal in a certain sense through memory and inheritance.

The song continues.

Spring, summer, autumn, and winter cycle

Birth, aging, sickness, death, the cycle of fate

Years and months change, rise and fall cycle.

The universe is eternally youthful, yet it never returns.

……

The first three sentences all talk about reincarnation.

Spring goes and autumn comes, the four seasons change.

Life goes from birth to death, and eras rise and fall.

All things in the universe seem to always follow some unseen laws.

The cycle repeats itself endlessly, life goes on and on.

But the last sentence suddenly broke free from the cycle of reincarnation.

The universe can be eternal, and the seasons can come again.

Even after the grasslands wither, they will turn green again in the next spring.

Only youth, once gone, will never return.

It is this line that adds an indescribable sense of desolation to the originally vast and profound song.

Listeners may still not understand every syllable sung, but they can already feel what the song is really trying to express through the translated lyrics on the screen.

Those audience members who actually understood Mongolian were even more shocked.

The rich and resonant pronunciation of the Mongolian language perfectly conveys the sense of vastness and destiny in the lyrics.

It wasn't until this moment that they understood why they hadn't chosen to sing the song in Mandarin.

Only with such a sound can this song truly originate from the grasslands.

After a brief interlude, the morin khuur (horsehead fiddle) took over the melody again.

This time, the power in the arrangement is slightly toned down.

The rousing drumbeats recede into the background, leaving only a steady rhythm that carries the song forward.

The sun of last year is still shining in the sky this year.

The songs of our predecessors are still sung by their descendants.

A finite life conveys infinite glory

In a constantly changing world, there are always some unchanging beliefs.

……

If the preceding lyrics describe the brevity of life in the cycle of reincarnation...

This passage describes how a short life can be extended.

Last year's sun has set, but the same sun is rising today.

The person who sang the first song may have long since passed away, but as long as those who come after are still willing to sing, those ancient melodies will not truly disappear.

A person's life is ultimately finite.

But the songs, stories, and beliefs he left behind can transcend time and be passed down to generation after generation.

Those ancient folk songs that have been passed down on the grasslands.

Those shepherds whose names I can no longer recall.

And the generations of people who have lived on this land.

They all reappeared before the public as the music played.

Uliji's smile faded without him even realizing it.

Initially, all he hoped for was a song that could generate buzz for Montreal.

But upon hearing this, he realized that what "Reincarnation" could leave behind might be far more precious than a temporary tourist attraction.

Times can change, and so can lifestyles.

But someone must always remember where those voices came from.

There will always be someone who continues to sing them.

At this moment, the song's name was finally revealed.

Reincarnation is not simply returning to the starting point.

Rather, it is the passing of one generation of lives that gives way to new lives that follow the traces they left behind, continuing their journey into the distance.