The ‘Life with You’ Shuimu Nianhua New Year’s concert – Shanghai limited edition. A brand new and perfectly crafted stage design. Inviting Taiwan’s gold-medal director production team. Famous musicians affectionately arrange classic tracks. Let us jointly feel the charm of live music. The whole audience sings nostalgic golden tunes together. Whose youth doesn’t have a ‘Shuimu Nianhua’? Life with you, youth never ends. They use the guitars in their hands to light up the memories of youth and heal the whole world. This is Shuimu Nianhua. ‘Life with You’, ‘In a Foreign Land’, ‘Set Out’, ‘Perfect World’, ‘I Am Very Happy to Love You’, ‘Goodbye Youth’, ‘Love Lost Diary’, ‘Four Directions’, ‘Goodbye to the One I Love the Most’… In their songs, we can find those tattered beauties. Is it an unsolvable theme or full of sincerity? This time, we go to the scene to find the answer. Shuimu Nianhua, a legendary Chinese mainland folk singing group. They are also the group with the highest educational background in the Chinese music scene. The name is taken from ‘Tsinghua University’. Currently composed of Lu Gengxu, Miao Jie, Chen Qiuhua, and Yu Sheng. This is a band from Tsinghua University. They want to convey the theme of ‘live out yourself and follow your heart’ in their songs. So at their concert, we can see middle-aged friends who come together to recall the past years, and also see the younger generation who bring their parents to the concert. Their songs can be heard in every graduation season. Like many people, the university campus is also the place where Shuimu Nianhua’s dreams begin and their ‘best time’. According to Lu Gengxu’s description, in those youthful years, the main colors are red and blue. Red represents the passion of young people, and blue represents fragility and sadness. So, that is also the stage that leaves the deepest impression in their lives. At that time, they were extremely popular, shocking the music scene and winning countless awards, creating too many legends. Debuting at the peak is not only luck but also has troubles! Few people are like Shuimu Nianhua, becoming popular quickly in an era without short videos and then returning to calm. But the youth, courage, dreams and purity they once represented have never been far away. Don’t be afraid of numerous mountains and waters, because life contains infinite possibilities. Even if the mountains are high and the waters are far, why worry about not being able to meet? Therefore, no matter what we have experienced, the marks of those times are worth celebrating together. After half a lifetime, still a teenager when returning, and never forget the original intention! Shuimu Nianhua is about to usher in 25 years. But their works are still like the beginning. Revealing a trace of vicissitudes in innocence. Injecting a touch of sadness like a drizzle in an seemingly calm state of mind… Truly giving a lasting feeling of ‘Time never grows old, they are always there’.
Because of their relentless ‘struggle’, folk music has always maintained a significant position in China’s original music scene. We believe that in the future, they will continue to sing with deep emotion for this beautiful world. When the music starts, the door to our youth opens once again… On New Year’s Eve 2024, let’s pursue the emotions from our memories together! The full text opens on Tuesday, December 31st, with the performance starting at 20:00. The exact duration of the performance is subject to the live event.
