Yu Jiangying graduated from the China Conservatorium and is currently
considered among the most talented of China's young composers. Between
1999 and 2000, Yu composed the music for the plays Rhinoceros in Love, Bootleg
Faust, and the television Seven Swords. She has also composed, directed and
played the leading role in the play Negative. From 2002-03 Yu led a team in
Yunnan collecting folk-music recordings of the provinces various minority
peoples, later collaborating in the production of two audio disks - Songs on Tea
Horse Road and Lanping.
"This film is filled with songs and emotions which I have been hoping to
express for sometime. I want to communicate with the audience in the simplest
way, leading them into my complex and fascinating world."
In this film Yu Jiangying has fully explored her musical talents, utilizing
the folk music of Yunnan's minority peoples.
