Rural scenery gives band a taste of the country

In the one-hour show, audiences also followed the band picking tea leaves in a vast garden, run by Yang Feng, who keeps his family tradition of growing tea trees in the small village. Before they left Zhenghe county, the band played with children of a primary school of Jinping village, where they met a teacher Ye Xiangmei. The 35-year-old Ye has been teaching at the school since 2013. While the school suffers from a teacher shortage, Ye teaches multiple courses, such as Chinese language and music.

"She is a great teacher who is warm, enthusiastic and caring. She reminds me of my mother, who was also a teacher before her retirement," says Zhang Jing, the band's bassist.

In the show, they performed four of their songs, all against the backdrop of the villages in Zhenghe county they visited. Sunset, waterfalls, animals and villagers were featured in the show, which added a different layer of meaning to their songs.

The first man the band met was Song Zengfu, who took the band to see his bees, his rabbit, and his handcrafted pieces, like wooden rocking horses and bamboo baskets. Song's wife made them lunch and invited the band to drink their homemade glutinous rice wine.

Both in their 60s, the couple enjoy their lives in the small village.