By Wang Haoran and Mao Weihua in Urumqi |
China Daily |
Xierzhati Yahefu, an Urumqi-born director, works on the set of the movie The Composer in Almaty, in November 2017. CHINA DAILY
Duan Zhiyuan has a simple philosophy: "Only those who do not cherish life can ignore music."
It is a creed that drove Duan, a retired editor from Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, to embark on a journey to Almaty, Kazakhstan, to retrace the footsteps of Xian Xinghai, the Chinese composer of the famed The Yellow River Cantata.
