Mexican musician's China dream

If music is the food of love,play on.That's the case for one Mexican musician who has fallen head over heels in love with China.In today's stories of foreigners living in China,our reporter finds out what it is about the country that keeps touching the musician's heart strings.

Luis Aguilar was born in Mexico,and went to the United Kingdom spending four years studying music.When he traveled to China in 2004,he fell in love with the country at first sight.

He said,“I came here to publish my music,and that's where my dream came true.I found out that I should first learn Chinese to help my communication with people here.At the same time,studying Chinese is a way to get to know thiscountry,and thiswillgive me more opportunities to better my music.”

It's winter vacation when we met him on campus.During the past semester,he balanced himself between study and performing,sometimes teaching children to play the guitar.

Luis plays for activities like this almost every month.And now that he has passed the official HSK Chineselanguage proficiency exam,he's planning to further his study in China after graduating this year.

He said, “It is a little bit hard to arrange my schedule,butsince the presentations are atthe weekends or at night,they won’t interfere with my classes in the day.But I still have to continue my study,so although it's late after the guitar show,I still arrange some time to study.”

He tells us that he loves hotpot and sesame paste and cannot live without them.And sometimes he thinks a lot about Chinese philosophy,saying that he respects Confucius for his clemency（仁慈）,but he agrees more with another ancient philosopher,Han Feizi.He holds that the law is the most important thing in a society.

But when it comes to music,there's nothing to agree or disagree,just to enjoy.

“Happy Chinese new year！ ” He just smiled as if Chinese music once again touched his heart strings at the very moment.

如果音樂是愛的食糧，那就繼續(xù)演奏吧。對一位愛上中國的墨西哥音樂家而言，情況就是這樣。在今天的外國人生活在中國的故事中，我們的記者了解到這個(gè)國家是如何不斷地觸動(dòng)音樂家的心弦的。

路易斯·阿吉拉爾出生于墨西哥，他在英國學(xué)習(xí)音樂四年。2004年他去中國旅游時(shí)，對中國一見鐘情。

他說：“我來這里是為了發(fā)行我的音樂，我的夢想就是在這里實(shí)現(xiàn)的。我發(fā)現(xiàn)，我應(yīng)該首先學(xué)習(xí)漢語，以幫助我與這里的人進(jìn)行溝通。同時(shí)，學(xué)習(xí)漢語是了解這個(gè)國家的一種方式，這將給我更多的機(jī)會(huì)來改進(jìn)我的音樂。”

我們在校園里遇見他時(shí)正值寒假。在過去的一個(gè)學(xué)期里，他在學(xué)習(xí)和表演之間保持平衡，有時(shí)教孩子們彈吉他。

路易斯幾乎每個(gè)月都進(jìn)行著類似活動(dòng)。現(xiàn)在他已經(jīng)通過了HSK中文能力考試，他計(jì)劃在今年畢業(yè)后繼續(xù)他在中國的學(xué)習(xí)。

他說：“安排我的日程有點(diǎn)困難，但因?yàn)檠葜v是在周末或晚上進(jìn)行的，所以他們不會(huì)干擾我白天的課。但我仍然需要繼續(xù)學(xué)習(xí)，所以盡管吉他表演后會(huì)很晚，我還是安排了一些時(shí)間去學(xué)習(xí)。”

他告訴我們，他喜歡火鍋和芝麻醬，沒有火鍋和芝麻醬他就活不下去。有時(shí)，他對中國哲學(xué)頗有想法。他說他尊重孔子的仁慈，但他更欣賞另一位古代哲學(xué)家韓非子，他認(rèn)為法律是社會(huì)中最重要的東西。

但是，當(dāng)談到音樂時(shí)，對他而言無所謂贊成，也無所謂不贊成，他只是享受。

“新年快樂！”他微微一笑，仿佛中國音樂此刻再一次撥弄了他的心弦。

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