Mexican musician's China dream

If music is the food of love,play on.That's the case for one Mexican musician who has fallen head over heels in love with China.In today's stories of foreigners living in China,our reporter finds out what it is about the country that keeps touching the musician's heart strings.

Luis Aguilar was born in Mexico,and went to the United Kingdom spending four years studying music.When he traveled to China in 2004,he fell in love with the country at first sight.

He said,“I came here to publish my music,and that's where my dream came true.I found out that I should first learn Chinese to help my communication with people here.At the same time,studying Chinese is a way to get to know thiscountry,and thiswillgive me more opportunities to better my music.”

It's winter vacation when we met him on campus.During the past semester,he balanced himself between study and performing,sometimes teaching children to play the guitar.

Luis plays for activities like this almost every month.And now that he has passed the official HSK Chineselanguage proficiency exam,he's planning to further his study in China after graduating this year.

He said, “It is a little bit hard to arrange my schedule,butsince the presentations are atthe weekends or at night,they won’t interfere with my classes in the day.But I still have to continue my study,so although it's late after the guitar show,I still arrange some time to study.”

He tells us that he loves hotpot and sesame paste and cannot live without them.And sometimes he thinks a lot about Chinese philosophy,saying that he respects Confucius for his clemency（仁慈）,but he agrees more with another ancient philosopher,Han Feizi.He holds that the law is the most important thing in a society.

But when it comes to music,there's nothing to agree or disagree,just to enjoy.

“Happy Chinese new year！ ” He just smiled as if Chinese music once again touched his heart strings at the very moment.

如果音樂是愛的食糧，那就繼續演奏吧。對一位愛上中國的墨西哥音樂家而言，情況就是這樣。在今天的外國人生活在中國的故事中，我們的記者了解到這個國家是如何不斷地觸動音樂家的心弦的。

路易斯·阿吉拉爾出生于墨西哥，他在英國學習音樂四年。2004年他去中國旅游時，對中國一見鐘情。

他說：“我來這里是為了發行我的音樂，我的夢想就是在這里實現的。我發現，我應該首先學習漢語，以幫助我與這里的人進行溝通。同時，學習漢語是了解這個國家的一種方式，這將給我更多的機會來改進我的音樂。”

我們在校園里遇見他時正值寒假。在過去的一個學期里，他在學習和表演之間保持平衡，有時教孩子們彈吉他。

路易斯幾乎每個月都進行著類似活動。現在他已經通過了HSK中文能力考試，他計劃在今年畢業后繼續他在中國的學習。

他說：“安排我的日程有點困難，但因為演講是在周末或晚上進行的，所以他們不會干擾我白天的課。但我仍然需要繼續學習，所以盡管吉他表演后會很晚，我還是安排了一些時間去學習。”

他告訴我們，他喜歡火鍋和芝麻醬，沒有火鍋和芝麻醬他就活不下去。有時，他對中國哲學頗有想法。他說他尊重孔子的仁慈，但他更欣賞另一位古代哲學家韓非子，他認為法律是社會中最重要的東西。

但是，當談到音樂時，對他而言無所謂贊成，也無所謂不贊成，他只是享受。

“新年快樂！”他微微一笑，仿佛中國音樂此刻再一次撥弄了他的心弦。

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