A melodious song of "Entering the Painting of Jiangnan" sounded in my ears, bringing people to the poetic realm of misty rain in Jiangnan. @Zhou Zijun In the live broadcast room, a young man in black clothes and long hair was holding erhu , closing his eyes tightly, immersing himself in the beautiful music. Through live broadcast, Zhou Zijun broke the inherent impression of many people about Erhu, allowing many young netizens to "vertically enter the trap" of folk music. With the help of live broadcast rewards, Zhou Zijun not only gained financial independence, but also made her musical journey wider.
Zhou Zijun, 25 years old this year, is from Chongqing. When he was 7 years old, he was influenced by his family and began to learn erhu. With a passion for love and long-term efforts, he successfully entered the Affiliated Middle School of the China Conservatory of Music. But as he got older, he began to form his own music concept, and even began to hate the erhu, and secretly learned electric guitar in private. In Zhou Zijun's view at that time, the erhu meant a kind of technology and a set of rules, but in short, it was not what he wanted to pursue.
In the third year of high school, Zhou Zijun made an impulsive and bold decision - to drop out of school. After leaving campus, he first worked in Beijing for a year in rock , and then returned to his hometown in Chongqing, where he continued to polish his erhu performance skills while teaching pop music by himself. The pressure from his family and real situation makes him urgently need an opportunity to prove himself.
Zhou Zijun noticed Douyin . The impact of external information made him begin to pay attention to how insiders explain the future development direction of the industry, and began to understand that he was not satisfied with just being an erhu player. "If I had to play the erhu, I wanted to make this instrument younger and make some resonances with some tracks," he said. In May 2021, Zhou Zijun registered the Douyin account of the same name with his own name and began to explore the path of folk music keeping pace with the times on this new stage.
Over the past year, Zhou Zijun has released more than 100 works such as "The Wind Rises", "Pipa Walk", "Autumn Strong", " Exploring the Window " on TikTok, which has attracted millions of fans' attention and received over tens of millions of likes. In the video, Zhou Zijun with flowing medium-length hair often wears a black suit, playing the adapted popular songs beautifully and fashionablely like a magical boy. On February 8 this year, he became popular with a song called "The Pianist" with millions of praise. Some netizens left a message, "After listening to the Erhu version of "The Piano Master", it feels like my heart has been purified."
In addition to posting short videos of playing, Zhou Zijun has also started to live broadcasting and teach Erhu on Douyin since this year. An English teacher followed him to learn erhu in the live broadcast room, and his various tricks of "being scolded" attracted tens of thousands of people to watch. Zhou Zijun's professional and interesting teaching made netizens jokingly call him "Snape in the Erhu world", and also made everyone feel the fun of learning traditional musical instruments. He said, "I think for folk music, the most important thing now is universal education, which is a part of my strength as a music professional."
"The sound of the erhu is like this, refreshing the sound in my memory." "So the erhu sounds so nice." Young netizens gathered in Zhou Zijun's live broadcast room and expressed their love by giving rewards and gifts. Once upon a time, Zhou Zijun didn’t even have money to repair the piano. Now, relying on live broadcasts on Douyin and exposure brought by the platform, he not only gained financial independence, broadened his music career, but also gained the understanding of his family.
html, who had not been in contact with him for more than 0 years, sent him a text message, which was very short, just a sentence, "Son, I found that you have really learned something." Grandpa and grandma felt light on his face and thought he had done something and supported him in doing TikTok. The relationship between Zhou Zijun and his father also eased. Although he moved out and lived there himself, he still went home every day to walk his dog and take care of the situation at home.Regarding future plans, Zhou Zijun has a lot to do. Now he is preparing a music studio with his friends. He will be responsible for teaching Erhu in the future, and may also try to produce some original music works . After eighteen years of learning the piano, the Erhu was part of Zhou Zijun's childhood, and it was also a shackle he had to do his best to break free. Now, through short videos and live broadcasts, he has rediscovered the beauty of Erhu and found a direction to realize his personal value.
