Song Zuying, a famous singer launched her world tour in Yichang at 8 p.m. yesterday evening. In two hours concert, she sang 17 well-known songs, such as auspicious day, Flying Song for Mother Earth, Little Pannier, etc.　More than 30,000 fans attended her concert in spite of the rain.

It was the first time that she had concert in Yichang, where she began her world tour. With the help of a thoughtful arrangement, the concert is full of the Three Gorges flavor.

The audiencegotinto the mood as soon as the melody of DragonBoat Tune, a folk song of Hubei Province began. When she sangthat the younger sister wascrossing the river and who could help her, the audience joined in the singing with all of their enthusiasm.

The songtheOde toBachubrought the concert to the climax，whichwas a song about Yichang and the scenery, written by Zhou Lirong, Chairman of Yichang Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and Fang Shi, a famous musician, the Vice-chairman of Hubei Musician Association.

Thephotosof Yichang, such as Three Gorges Dam,Three Gorges Folk Custom Tour Site,Chexi Folk Custom Scenic Spotand Qu Yuan Temple were shown on theLED screen with the song, which described themagnificentbeauty of Yichang. Intoxicated in the sceneries and the songs, the audience waved the glow sticks,giving their endless applauses for her performance.

Meng Fei, a famors presenter,wasthe presenter ofthe concert, and besides Sha Baoliang,a famors singer and ZhaXi Dun Zhu, aTibetan singer,40 young singers of Gezihua Chorus from Yichang Youth Palacewere also invited to be the guest performers for the concert.

At 10p.m., before the final song Love My Chinabegan, Xu Peidong, a famous composer, theParty Secretary ofChina MusiciansAssociation,appearedon the stage and the audience sang along with Song, which made a perfect ending of the concert.(Above: Songis performing.)

Photographed by Wu Yan

（Reporter Yang Jing, Yang Chunyan, Lei Pengcheng）