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Recently, sharp-eyed netizens found that The song "Don't Jun Sigh" sung by Cao Xuanbin on CCTV's "Classic Aria" was broadcast in the form of a special report on the China International Television (CGTN) channel Culture Express (Cultural Report), which lasted 5 minutes. The program introduced cao Xuanbin's original intention and background of "Don't Jun Sigh" in detail. Cao Xuanbin spent 13 years polishing his music to success, and CGTN praised him as one of China's promising musicians
The song "Don't Jun Sigh", adapted from a Sheng Tang song "Send Yuan Er Envoy Anxi", tells the story of the deceased's regret for farewell. Cao Xuanbin draws nutrients from the musical and opera elements of Qin culture, and uses the characteristics of the familiar classical Qin cavity music brand to create, combined with modern people's listening habits and understanding of popular music. The arrangement choice to integrate with the guqin is most in line with the cultural temperament of this poem, the "chemical formula" combination, bursting out of the "phenomenon-level" spark, the song not only has the degree of transmission but also has the thickness of culture.
More netizens carefully pointed out that CGTN, also known as China Foreign Propaganda Station, is an authoritative news channel exported by China, founded in December 2016, analogous to CNN (American cable TV) and BBC (BBC), which is aimed at the world's global audience and aims to export Chinese values to the world. This also means that audiences all over the world can watch the broadcast of the program "Don't Sigh" and spread the essence of the "Qin" culture and "Xi'an", a historical city, to the world.
