The earliest musical instrument on the moonlit night on the Spring River was the pipa, followed by the guzheng. Now most of them are folk music ensembles.

The whole song "Moonlit Night on the Spring River" is a unique variation, which consists of introduction, theme paragraphs, theme eight variations and ending. This musical form is based on a musical theme paragraph, and other paragraphs are changed through various variations, which enriches the expressive force of music and promotes the development of music.

Delicate technique, revealing the theme of music from different artistic conception and angles, shaping the image of music. Through beautiful and simple lyric melody, smooth and changeable rhythm and various playing techniques, music is like a moving long scroll landscape painting, which appropriately expresses the poetry of music.

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Creation background

"Moonlit Night on the Spring River" is the title of Yuefu's "Five Sounds", which is said to have been written by Chen Houzhu in the Southern Dynasties, but the original words are no longer there. According to Music II of Old Tang Dynasty, Moonlit Night on a Spring River, Flowers in the Garden of Yushu and Tang Tang were written by Chen Houzhu. Uncle Bao often writes poems with female bachelors and courtiers in the palace. He Xu is also good at writing poems. He chooses those particularly gorgeous ones for this song. "Later, the emperor Yang Di wrote this song again. The 47-volume Yuefu Poems collected seven articles on a moonlit night on a spring river, including two by Emperor Yang Di. Zhang's poems, written for the purpose of fiction, are the most famous, though different from the original tune.

It is difficult to confirm the specific creation year of this poem, but there are three opinions about the creation place of this poem: Wei Minghua, director of Yangzhou Cultural Research Institute, believes that the poet created this poem by standing on the edge of Qujiang in the southern suburbs of Yangzhou to enjoy the moon and watch the tide, expressing his feelings and showing the scenery around Qujiang in the Tang Dynasty; Gao Huinian, who has been engaged in the study of Guazhou literature and history for a long time, believes that this poem was written in Guazhou and shows the poetic beauty of Guazhou ancient town. Gu Ren, a scholar who has been engaged in the study of bridge literature and history for a long time, believes that this poem was written along the Yangtze River in the south of Daqiao Town, Jiangdu District, Yangzhou City.