A song from Chengdu revived a closed-down pub.

After the song "The Sound of the River Enters the Old Year" was sung, many audience members felt that it was beautiful, yet also had an indescribable sense of familiarity.

Especially the lyrics "New Year reflects the old moon", "Fish and dragon flames all night" and "New swallows in front of the hall", sound familiar, but when asked to recall the source, I can't remember for a moment.

Just as the discussion was in full swing, Xu Yanzhi, a scholar of classical literature, posted a message on Weibo.

Xu Yanzhi is known in literary circles for being meticulous. If someone writes a lyric with a slightly classical style and claims that they have adapted Tang and Song poems, he will always point out the far-fetched parts.

Therefore, seeing his name appear in the topic, many people thought he was going to nitpick again.

But this time, he wrote: "Everyone finds it familiar because Su Fan didn't use a line from a particular poem, but rather familiar images from many poems."

"The song title 'The Sound of the River Enters the Old Year' most easily evokes Wang Wan's 'Passing by Beigu Mountain' with the line 'Spring on the River Enters the Old Year.' 'Talking idly with the candlelight' has the meaning of Li Shangyin's 'Sending a Letter to the North on a Rainy Night', which expresses the hope for reunion and the conversation by candlelight. 'May the bright moon always follow and never be separated' continues Su Shi's wish to entrust his longing to the bright moon. In the latter half, 'Flames of fish and dragons all night' reminds people of the Lantern Festival lanterns in Xin Qiji's writing. 'New swallows before the hall' borrows from Liu Yuxi's swallows, but no longer focuses on the rise and fall, but rather on the arrival of someone at the door after a long winter night."

"It's important to note that most of these are adaptations, not verbatim quotes. What Su Fan really did well was to bring these scenes from different eras into the same person's New Year, first sitting alone, then gazing at the moon, and finally opening the door to welcome guests. The audience doesn't need to recognize the allusions to follow him through the night."

……

This Weibo post was quite long, but many people only realized its meaning after it was published.

"No wonder I felt like I'd heard it before; it turns out it's the echoes of several poems overlapping!"

"I like the way 'New swallows return to the hall' is handled the most. It's so desolate before, but when we sing this part, it finally feels like there's life in the room!"

"I didn't recognize many of the allusions, but I completely understood the feelings from homesickness to waiting for someone to come home. That's probably what makes it well-written!"

"Did Su Fan secretly open a poetry blind box? Now that Teacher Xu has opened it, I want to go back and listen to it again!"

"What I found familiar wasn't just classical Chinese poetry, but also the image of waiting for my family to come home every Chinese New Year!"

……

Next, some netizens, fearing that people might not understand, directly compared Xu Yanzhi's Weibo post with Su Fan's lyrics one by one.

The guests are listless and weary, and I am reluctant to leave. — Xin Qiji, "Green Jade Table: Lantern Festival"

Listening to the sparse raindrops dripping from the eaves of the paulownia tree – Yan Jidao, "Qing Ping Le".

People return home, the door is closed again—Liu Changqing, "Staying Overnight at the Home of the Master of Furong Mountain in the Snow".

"With nothing to do, I chat idly by candlelight"—Li Shangyin, "Night Rain Sent to the North".

……

With this explanation, everyone can understand it.

Someone couldn't help but exclaim, "As expected of Su Fan, these lyrics are amazing!"

In Lijiapo Village, everyone also praised Su Fan's song.

Pan Lei slammed his hand on the table with extra force, his face crinkling with laughter.

Someone nearby clapped and said, "I thought 'Reincarnation' was his performance, but who knew there was another song after that."

"This song is more like a song for people who couldn't go home for the New Year. My second son is also away this year, and I was thinking of him while listening to it."

"Give him a call later, it's Chinese New Year, we can't just not say a word."

……

On the screen, Su Fan had already stepped off the stage.

Someone looked at Pan Lei and said with a smile, "Old Pan, you were keeping us in suspense earlier, saying you couldn't reveal anything about the Spring Festival Gala, but it turns out you didn't even know Xiao Fan had two songs, did you?"

Pan Lei picked up his teacup, his expression unchanged: "What does it matter if you know or not? Anyway, I didn't keep you waiting for nothing."

Everyone immediately laughed.

After the laughter subsided, Pan Lei looked at the still-scrolling credits on the TV and felt a pang of emotion.

Su Fan had been busy outside for a whole year, and his fame was growing. He couldn't even come back for New Year's Eve.

But when he stood on the Spring Festival Gala stage, he still sang about his hometown and the longing for family reunion.

Pan Lei put down his teacup and said to the person next to him, "Alright, let's proceed with the post-New Year's profit sharing as we agreed before. We'll hold another meeting when Xiao Fan comes back."

……

After the song "The Sound of the River Enters the Old Year" was finished, the group chat of Han Tang Entertainment was quiet for more than ten seconds.

Until Jiang Yi broke the silence.

Jiang Yi: "If you had given me this song in advance, I would have been willing to stay up all night."

Little Fatty: "Me too! I wouldn't complain even if I stayed up all night for two nights straight to sing this song."

Old Han: "Don't get excited. The band for the Spring Festival Gala isn't something you can just change easily."

Little Fatty: "I know, I just felt so itchy when I saw them performing on stage, especially since the accompaniment was so soft at the beginning. I even figured out where the drums should come in from."

Cui Zhan: "It's not just you. When I heard the second half and got emotional, I was also thinking about what we would do if we were doing this song together in the rehearsal room."

Deng Xinyao: "I'd like to sing harmonies for him."

Xie Siyu: "I also want to participate."

The people's dissatisfaction did not stem from feeling that the performance on the Spring Festival Gala was bad.

On the contrary, the stage performance tonight was so beautiful that they couldn't help but think: how wonderful it would be if they could be a part of it.

At this time, in Kyoto, at the Ye family's old residence.

As soon as Su Fan finished singing, Ye Yun picked up his coat and said to everyone in the living room, "I'll go pick him up."

The old house isn't far from the studio. If she goes there now, it should be just in time for Su Fan to finish his backstage work.

Ye Wangcheng sat on the sofa, watching the applause on TV that hadn't ended, and nodded gently: "Be careful on the road."

"Okay," Ye Yun replied, put on her coat, and went out.

After closing the door, Zhao Ling stood up from the sofa and went straight to the kitchen.

After Ye Yun arrived, she parked her car near the exit designated by the staff and made a phone call to Su Fan.

The call was answered quickly.

"Is it over?"

"It's over, I just got off the stage."

"Then hurry up and come out, I'll be waiting for you outside."

"immediately."

After hanging up the phone, Su Fan first greeted Deng Zongqi and several staff members before grabbing his coat and walking out through the backstage passage.

The wind was a bit cold on New Year's Eve. As soon as he stepped out the door, he saw Ye Yun standing by the car, looking towards the exit.

"Didn't you say you'd wait in the car?" Su Fan walked over quickly.

Ye Yun opened the car door and said with a smile, "I was afraid you wouldn't be able to find the car when you came out. Come on in, it's cold outside."

The car was warm, and there was a bottle of water on the passenger seat.

Su Fan picked it up and found that the bottle was warm.

Ye Yun started the car, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw his actions: "Everyone in the family watched your show. After you finished singing, the old man even asked someone to turn the TV back on so he could hear it again."