On the evening of November 17, the sixth "Sinan Art Appreciation Meeting" opened in Sinan Literature House, and warm and beautiful music flowed in the cold night.

2023 coincides with the 10th anniversary of the "Belt and Road" initiative, this year's "Sinan Art Appreciation" around the "Silk Road traditional music", invited the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra to join hands with Chinese and Western artists across the border, with 8 art sharing activities, focusing on the exchange of Eastern and Western music culture on the Silk Road, to show the integration and development of national instruments on the "Belt and Road".

The first event "Silk Road Traditional Music", Fudan University history professor Ge Jianxiong as the guest guide, Jin Kai, Wang Yinrui, Cao Yun, Lu Shasha and other players together, a display of the Western regions of the Silk Road rich and diverse ethnic instruments, combined with historical stories, show how different regions of different ethnic instrumental music spread to the world in thousands of years of cultural exchanges. Become the common cultural heritage of human civilization. A Malaysian student from the School of Medicine of Jiaotong University also interacted with the performer and cooperated with him to accompany the bamboo flute song Rasa Sayang on percussion.

On November 22, led by Wang Yue, researcher of Shanghai Museum, Harp player Liu Xuanyi, flute player Zhao Yunmeng, percussionist Jiang Yuanqing and cello player Jiang Shan, the Chinese Harp fully demonstrates the artistic charm of Harp and its crossover with Western instruments.

On November 24, "Meet the string" led by Liu Bo, chief of Ruan Music Department, the orchestra "Fashion string" group, invited Feng Jici, project director of Shanghai Hanfu Copyright Center and senior researcher of Shanghai International Fashion Science and Innovation Center of Donghua University, to guide and talk, and appreciate the integration and development of national Musical Instruments and costume culture on the Silk Road.

On November 29, "Zheng Cong Baixian" by the Dulcimer chief Cao Yun, together with Yu Xiaona, Gao Jing and other players, explore the same origin of the dulcimer family and their own development history.

On December 8, "Pipa Silk Language" led by Professor Guo Shuhui of Shanghai Conservatory of Music, chief Pipa Voice Yu Bing and pipa players Shen Cen-lin, Zhu Tianjing, Liu Xuexian and Liu Jia, revisited the silk Road from the perspective of pipa evolution, and enjoyed the unique artistic charm formed after the pipa art has been inherited and evolved since ancient times.

On December 13, Hu Qin player Zhang Jiawei served as the tour guide and guest performer. Together with Chen Xiaoyan, Wang Xiaobin, Dong Shilan and other Hu qin players, the Hu Qin family instruments and the string instruments of the Silk Road such as Aeche, Sattar, Husitar, etc., opened a colorful picture of the Western regions.

On December 15, "Modern Suona" was performed by suona player Jiang Feng. Together with other suona players such as Lu Bin, Yang Yang and Wang Shijie, the Silk Road Suona, the Tartan pipe and the Armenian pipe played together, not only has a strong Western charm, but also has a Shanghai style of urban style.

On December 20, "Harmony of Sheng and Qin" was the closing event. Zhao Zhen, chief of Sheng Vocal Department, joined hands with Zhang Qi, Associate professor of organ major of Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Zhao Chenxi, young harmonica player, Yin Yiwen, accordion player, and performed with several Chinese and Western instruments with deep roots, such as sheng, harmonica and organ, to create a beautiful harmony world.

"Sinan Art Appreciation" is co-sponsored by Huangpu District Publicity Department, Shanghai Grand Theatre Art Center and Sinan Residence, and hosted by Shanghai Chinese Orchestra. It has been held for the sixth year and has become one of the art education brands and cultural business cards in Shanghai.

"Sinan Art Appreciation Fair" insists on being open to the public free of charge. The audience can reserve the event through the registration articles sent by "Shanghai Huangpu" wechat public account, "Shanghai Grand Theatre Art Center" wechat public account, "Sinan Mansion" wechat subscription account and "Shanghai Chinese Orchestra" wechat public account. At the same time, each event will also be broadcast to the public free of charge through the official wechat webcast of Shanghai Huangpu.