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In recent days, Nanjing Harmonica Uncle has become popular. Many friends from other places plan to visit him at Xuanwu Lake when they come to Nanjing. Some people call him the wild spokesperson of Nanjing’s cultural tourism. Xuanwu Lake Scenic Area has provided him with a venue to perform regularly. Xuanwu Lake Scenic Area has received this wave of traffic steadily and naturally.
The uncle in the video is an amateur, with gray hair, simple clothes, and a calm demeanor. But when he closes his eyes and plays the harmonica, the whole scene around him immediately becomes spacious, gentle, and romantic. Whether it is “Fleeting Time”, “Later”, or “As Wish”, as long as the uncle plays the harmonica and the familiar melody sounds, the sunset and the new moon are instantly projected on the broad canvas of Xuanwu Lake wrinkled by the breeze. On this canvas, there are young children reading aloud under the spring breeze and catkins, there are passionate teenagers wandering among the lotus leaves and lotus flowers, there are middle-aged backbones walking with heavy loads among the fallen leaves and autumn fruits, and there are octogenarians leaving a series of footprints on the ice and snow long embankment…
How many stories are hidden in this! But gray hair is not a substitute for stories, and the uncle’s harmonica and autumn leaves are not a natural match. The uncle said that his life is very plain, so plain that there is no story, but there is a story in the melody of the harmonica. People understand it and are immersed in their own or other people’s stories. They are so controlled by the sound of the harmonica that they can’t walk, which has become another scene of Xuanwu Lake.
Nanjing is a city that is naturally literary and romantic. It is easy to be emotional here. Being in the beautiful Xuanwu Lake, accompanied by the sound of the harmonica uncle, even if your heart is as cold as a stone, it will definitely move suddenly. Maybe, it is the happy time of wandering slowly; maybe, it is the memory of him (her) who has quietly lost; maybe, it is the hardship of climbing up and the joy of looking at the small mountains after crossing the top of the mountain. All these are the warmest favorites in life, and they are all old objects that have been removed from the edges and corners and touched to the patina. When you meet them again in the sound of the harmonica in an instant, how can your heart not be moved.
I didn’t understand the meaning of the song when I first listened to it, but I became one of the people in the song when I listened to it again. I felt that those who have stories in the harmonica sound are people with stories. Some netizens joked, “When the uncle’s harmonica music sounded, the dogs on the roadside all felt regretful.” In fact, if you listen carefully to these melodies , what makes your heart beat is more than just regret. It’s more like meeting a good friend you haven’t seen for many years. It makes you feel less tense, less entangled in love, and less confused about the future in this time and space. At this moment, it’s like the happiness in your heart has been shared with your loved one, like the long-lost thoughts have been conveyed across mountains and rivers, and like the red envelope reminder sound with a ding-dong sound, the blessings have been put in your pocket, and the warmth has been embraced.
Music is powerful, and the real power lies in the reception, transmission and interaction of emotions. Aren’t the uncle and the harmonica just like good friends like “Zhang Huaimin”? We haven’t seen each other for a long time, and we don’t necessarily need to keep in touch often, but once we meet, we will not be restrained, let our brains go, let our thoughts fly, all kinds of unsatisfactory feelings are soothed, all kinds of ups and downs are poured out without words, and all kinds of new expectations are secretly described. At this time, friends are music, and music is friends, like a gentle breeze blowing through the heart of you and me.
Life is probably like this. I clearly heard “Later”, but I thought of the past; I walked through “Those Years” with ease, but I silently thought that there is a long time to come; “As Wish” flashed through my mind from time to time, but I never thought that I would often be bitten by disappointment, and then I would pile up expectations until I embraced As Wish. Fortunately, there is Zhang Huaimin, and the music like Zhang Huaimin, and the uncle’s harmonica that is intoxicating. In this crowded city, the uncle’s harmonica is like Huaimin, the familiar smile is also Huaimin, and the humility and warmth that pass by are also Huaimin. You heal others, and others are also comforting you. It’s just right to meet and make friends.
