"Plum Blossom Introduction" is a masterpiece of plum blossoms in traditional Chinese art. "Qiao Mi Pu" records that this music was first played by Huan Yi during the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Later, it was adapted from flute music to guqin music. The whole song expresses the noble character of the white plum blossoms and the proud snow and frost. This song borrows objects and uses the whiteness, fragrance and cold resistance of plum blossoms to praise people with noble integrity.

The structure of this song adopts the technique of cyclic reproduction, repeating the entire theme three times, and using overtones for each repetition, so it is called "Three Nongs". It embodies the noble character of the pure white plum blossoms and proud snow and frost.

The whole song has ten sections, divided into two parts: 1. The moon at night in Xishan; 2. The first part calls the moon, and the sound enters the twilight; the third part, the second part passes through the clouds, and the sound enters the clouds. ; 4. The cry of the bluebird; 5. The third crossing the river, the long sigh across the river; 6. The sound of the jade flute; 7. The jade in the sky; 8. The sound of the iron flute; 9. The plum blossoms are swayed by the wind; 10. Can't stop.

"Three Lanes of Plum Blossoms" is one of the oldest guqin pieces. It has a beautiful and smooth melody and an elegant and unique form. Through the description of the plum blossoms in the frost and proud of the snow, it praises the noble character of the literati and has high artistic value. The author Huan Yi was a famous general in the "Battle of Feishui" in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

The theme of the music "Three Nongs of Plum Blossoms" expresses plum blossoms. The three Nongs are actually three variations. In ancient times, there were: high-pitched Nong, low-pitched Nong, and You Nong. The whole song is divided into ten sections, two parts. The first section, the first six sections, adopts the cyclic reproduction technique, and the last four sections are the second part, which describes the static and dynamic images of plum blossoms.

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Cultural background of the music

Chinese people have special respect and love for "plum blossom", which has become the embodiment of a certain personality of the Chinese people . Therefore, plum blossoms have naturally become an important theme in ancient and modern artistic creations. People attach great importance to plum blossoms and use poems, paintings, and music to express their whiteness, fragrance, and cold resistance, as well as their noble personality and beauty, such as their proud frost, noble temperament, and elegant taste.

There are "Xiaoya", "Zhaonan", "Chen Feng", "Cao Feng", etc. in "The Book of Songs". Lu You in the Song Dynasty and Gao Qi in the Ming Dynasty also wrote poems praising plum blossoms. In the painting world, people have been painting plum blossoms since the Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, "plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum" were used as independent painting materials, which was called the "Four Gentlemen Painting" headed by plum. In comparison, music praising plum blossoms can be said to be rare.

This song has been around since the Jin and Sui Dynasties. It was originally a flute piece played by Huan Yi in the Jin Dynasty, and was later transplanted into a qin piece by Yan Shigu, a famous qin player in the Tang Dynasty. The name of the music comes from the fact that the melody representing the image of plum blossoms in music appears three times in different passages, hence the name "Three Plum Blossoms".

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Meihuayin