"White Snow in Spring" is one of the top ten famous guqin tunes of the Han nationality and one of the top ten famous ancient tunes in China. It expresses the beauty of early spring when winter turns to spring, the earth revives, and everything flourishes. The melody is fresh and smooth, and the rhythm is relaxed and lively. According to legend, this was written by Shi Kuang, a musician from Jin State, or Liu Juanzi from Qi State during the Spring and Autumn Period. "Yangchun" and "White Snow" in the existing piano scores are two instrumental pieces. The "Magical Secret Music Score" said in its explanation: ""Yangchun" takes the meaning of all things knowing spring, and the gentle breeze; "White Snow" takes the meaning of awe-inspiring and clean, The sound of snowy bamboos."

The allusion of "White Snow in Spring" comes from the article "Song Yu's Answer to the King of Chu" in "The Songs of Chu". King Xiang of Chu asked Song Yu if he had any hidden virtues. Why don't the common people praise you very much? Song Yu said that there were singers who came to Yingzhong in the state of Chu. At first they sang "Xialiba people", and there were thousands of people in the country. When the singers sang Yang A Xie Lu, there were only a few hundred peaceful people in the country. When the singers sang "Spring and Snow", there were only dozens of middle school students. When the song added some difficult skills, that is, "introducing businessmen, carving feathers, and mixing them with Liuzong", there were only a few people in junior high school. Song Yu's conclusion is that "it is the music that makes the song high, and the harmony that makes the song less." The more elegant and complex the songs such as "Yangchun Baixue" and "Yangchun Baixue" are, the fewer and fewer people can sing the harmony, that is, the song is high and the song is low.

Of course, the purpose of this discussion between Song Yu and King Xiang of Chu was not to talk about the song itself, but to emphasize the huge gap between elegance and vulgarity, and to defend his talents and virtues from being recognized by the world. Song Yu went on to say that "birds have phoenixes and fish have kun", which is naturally comparable to common things. Song Yu said, "Not only do birds have phoenixes, but fish also have kuns, and scholars also have them." Finally, Song Yu drew his own conclusion, that is, "The saints are magnificent and live alone in detachment; while the secular people are peaceful." What did the wise minister do? "Song Yu means that great and extraordinary people in the world often act independently, and their thoughts and actions are often not understood by ordinary people.

Shen Kuo of the Northern Song Dynasty pointed out in "Mengxi Bi Tan·Volume 5·Music Rhythm 1" that "Song Yu's Answer to the King of Chu's Questions" clearly stated that "those who have guests singing in Yingzhong" mean that there are guests. Singing in Ying. It’s not that people from Ying are singing, let alone that people from Ying are good at singing. Shen Kuo believed that Yingzhong was the old capital of the Chu State and had "obscene characters." The reason why there were so few people who sang it was because they didn't know or had never heard of this song. It's a bit unreasonable for Song Yu to describe himself in this way. Isn't it ridiculous to accuse the people of Ying because they are not familiar with songs like Yangchun Baixue? Shen Kuo also pointed out that some details in the allusion of Yangchun Baixue were later misinterpreted and spread. For example, those who were good at singing were called "Ying people", but the original text meant that Ying people were not good at singing.

The allusion of Spring and Snow illustrates the huge differences in aesthetic taste and ability among different appreciators. The higher the artistic quality of the music, the fewer people can appreciate it. I have to admit that this difference has a lot to do with the subjective taste of the viewer, and sometimes it is difficult to get an objective and fair evaluation. As Ge Hong of the Western Jin Dynasty pointed out in his book "Guang Jie": "Watching and listening are very good, and love and hate are difficult to agree on." For those who are used to listening to the music on Pu Sangjian and the voices of Lower Riba people, of course they cannot understand Yangchun Baixue and Huang Zhong Dalu's nobility and elegance. From this point of view, there is not much difference between ancient and modern times. When people today appreciate music, most of them “listen to the ear and feel happy to the heart.”