On April 10th, 2024, at 7:00 PM, organized by the College of Music of Yangzhou University, “Ancient Rhyme, Modern Sound, and Beautiful Yangzhou” Yangzhou folk song concert (2023 Innovation and Entrepreneurship training program for college students in Jiangsu Province, “Inheritance and Protection of Suzhou and Chinese Dialects in Singing Language - Taking Yangzhou Dialect as an example” stage results) was successfully held in the lecture Hall of Yifu Library, Hehuachi Campus, Yangzhou University.

　　Wu Wei, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the College of Music; Yao Ting, Director of the Public Art Education Center of Yangzhou University and deputy Dean of the College of Music; Zhang Yunxia, Director of the office; Wang Yiyuan, deputy director of the office; Zhou Hongxian, Secretary of the Youth League Committee (Director of the Student Affairs Office), and many other teachers attended the concert. More than two hundred students actively participated and watched it together.

　　The project was directed by Professor Shan Hongjian from the College of Music of Yangzhou University, and Long Jian, a 2021 undergraduate from the College of Music, served as the project host. The project members included Ding Yuzhen, Xu Xinjie and Cheng Zhuoran.

　　The concert was mainly in charge of two students, Long Jian and Ding Yuzhen. Long Jian was the host of the project, and Ding Yuzhen was the person in charge of the concert. They invited students from different grades to perform the audio-visual feast together. Although the students come from all over the country, they all interpret their respect and love for Yangzhou folk songs in their own ways.

　　During the concert, the lecture hall of Yifu Library echoed with melodious melodies and soulful tunes of 12 folk songs, such as “Banqiao Daoqing”, “YangLiuqing”, “My Hometown is in Gaoyou”, “Counting duck eggs”, “Pulling roots and Luchai Flowers”. A series of classical Yangzhou folk songs are presented in a unique way, making the audience feel the unique charm of Yangzhou dialect.

　　After the concert, as the instructor of the project and the concert, Professor Shan Hongjian said: "The nation is the world. Today’s concert is not only a stage achievement of provincial college students' scientific innovation, but also a practical demonstration extending from the classroom to the stage, and an exploration of the mutual promotion of music performance and academic research. We still have a long way to go to integrate local music with classroom teaching, and inherit and promote our traditional music culture.”

　　This concert is not only an artistic enjoyment, but also a powerful practice of the inheritance and protection of dialects in Central Jiangsu. While enriching campus cultural life, it improves students’ artistic accomplishment, promotes the inheritance and protection of dialects in Central Jiangsu, and makes more people know Yangzhou dialect and its cultural value.