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.

如果音乐是爱的食粮，那就继续演奏吧。对一位爱上中国的墨西哥音乐家而言，情况就是这样。在今天的外国人生活在中国的故事中，我们的记者了解到这个国家是如何不断地触动音乐家的心弦的。

路易斯·阿吉拉尔出生于墨西哥，他在英国学习音乐四年。2004年他去中国旅游时，对中国一见钟情。

他说：“我来这里是为了发行我的音乐，我的梦想就是在这里实现的。我发现，我应该首先学习汉语，以帮助我与这里的人进行沟通。同时，学习汉语是了解这个国家的一种方式，这将给我更多的机会来改进我的音乐。”

我们在校园里遇见他时正值寒假。在过去的一个学期里，他在学习和表演之间保持平衡，有时教孩子们弹吉他。

路易斯几乎每个月都进行着类似活动。现在他已经通过了HSK中文能力考试，他计划在今年毕业后继续他在中国的学习。

他说：“安排我的日程有点困难，但因为演讲是在周末或晚上进行的，所以他们不会干扰我白天的课。但我仍然需要继续学习，所以尽管吉他表演后会很晚，我还是安排了一些时间去学习。”

他告诉我们，他喜欢火锅和芝麻酱，没有火锅和芝麻酱他就活不下去。有时，他对中国哲学颇有想法。他说他尊重孔子的仁慈，但他更欣赏另一位古代哲学家韩非子，他认为法律是社会中最重要的东西。

但是，当谈到音乐时，对他而言无所谓赞成，也无所谓不赞成，他只是享受。

“新年快乐！”他微微一笑，仿佛中国音乐此刻再一次拨弄了他的心弦。

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