The Significance of Tea Picking and Butterfly Flying to Piano Music

Picking Tea and Butterflies is a famous piano solo by China composer Chen Yuxian. The name of this piece of music comes from a sentence in "The Hut is Blown by Autumn Wind" written by Du Fu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty: "Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, you can see Nanshan leisurely". The composer changed "Picking Chrysanthemums" to "Picking Tea" and wrote a beautiful, brisk piano piece full of folk songs.

The melody of this song is comfortable and cheerful, which shows the comfortable, natural and free situation of tea pickers in the mountains. It depicts the scene of butterflies flying in the sea of flowers through many semitones and small movements, symbolizing the lightness and freedom of life. At the same time, it also shows the composer's love for China traditional music, as well as his familiarity and profound understanding of rural life scenes, which makes people feel the beauty of China traditional culture.

In a word, this piece of music shows the musical elements with China characteristics and embodies the harmony between man and nature, which is very meaningful. It has also become one of the important works for China pianists to show their skills and convey their culture.