Praise for Pingtan

1. I like to listen to this, Suzhou Pingtan by Wu Yu Ruannong. Especially the melodious string sound of the three-string pipa and the clear and euphemistic singing voice of the Wu language are very pleasing to my eyes.

2. The green pines and green bamboos are really good guests; the bright moon and cool breeze are old friends.

3. The oriole at the mouth of Oriole Lane wants to talk, and the black magpie at the head of the river wants to sell ice. Green waves flow from east to west, water flows from north to south, and there are three hundred and ninety bridges with red railings. The mandarin ducks flutter their wings, and there are thousands of willows. I would like to ask whether the spring breeze will come sooner or later, only from the day before yesterday to today. ——Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty, "A Leisure Walk on the Third Day of the First Month"

4. Dreaming about Suzhou in Yangzhou Station, dreaming about Huaqiao Water Pavilion. After I woke up, I didn't know Feng Shiyu. Who was traveling last night?

5. I didn't know that there were mountains and forests in the city, and Xie Gong's hills and valleys should be worthy of him. ——Xu Song of the Qing Dynasty, "Visiting Zhou Xueke in the Huaiyunting Pavilion in Autumn"

6. The moon is setting, the sky is covered with crows and frost, and the river maples and fishing fires are facing melancholy. At Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, the bell rang for the passenger ship at midnight.

7. At the beginning of autumn, a leaf of Gao Wu falls, passing by the old corridor. The moon passes through the blue window and I drink wine tonight, and the rain dims the red walls last year. The dew in the jade pond is cold and the hibiscus is shallow, and the green trees are tall and windy, and the trees are sparse and sparse. Tomorrow I will set sail and go further east, and the immortal will laugh like a perch.

8. Reminiscing about Jiangnan, followed by recalling Wu Palace. A cup of Wu wine with spring bamboo leaves, Wu's two dancing with drunken hibiscus, we will meet again sooner or later. ——Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty, "Recalling Jiangnan"

9. Become one with the masses and endure hardships with the masses. Any problem can be easily solved and any difficulty can be overcome. ——Deng Xiaoping