China's Young People Love Live Music

China is having a concert boomboom: A period of rapid economic growth or increase in activity; a deep resonant sound. — 繁荣；景气；隆隆声, and more young people are going to live music shows.

Zhuji is a small city in China, and it is famous for an old story. It is the home of Xi Shi, a beautiful woman who livedlive: To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside — 居住 there a longlong: Lasting for a great amount of time — 长久的 time ago. For many years, people visited Zhuji just to hear about her. But now, many people come for a different reason. Every new year, the city holdshold: To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice) — 举办 a big music festival. This year, more than 130,000 fansfan: A person who likes a sport, music group, or famous person very much. — 粉丝；爱好者 came to the festival and stayed overnightovernight: During or for the night; suddenly or very quickly. — 一夜之间；突然.

Across China, the music business is growing very fast. Lastlast: Most recent — 最近的 year, concerts made 62 billionbillion: The number 1,000,000,000 (one thousand million). — 十亿 yuan. In 2019, the total was only 20 billion yuan. So the money from concerts has become much bigger in just a few years.

Mayday is one of the most popular bands in the country, and fans love its live shows. At one show, the band eveneven: Exactly, just, fully — 正好 played on a moving bus. The bus drove around a hugehuge: Very big in size. — 巨大的；极大的 football stadiumstadium: a large building with rows of seats around an open area, used for sports events — 体育场；运动场 as it played.

After covidcovid: Short for COVID-19, the disease caused by Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus — 新冠病毒, many people in China were carefulcareful: Giving a lot of attention to what you are doing so you do not make a mistake. — 小心的；谨慎的 with money. The strictstrict: Demanding that rules are obeyed; precisely defined and not to be deviated from. — 严格的；严厉的 zero-covidzero-covid: China's very strict rules that tried to stop all covid cases — 清零政策 lockdownslockdown: The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g. in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g. in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or pandemic, etc — 封锁 made people worriedworried: Feeling anxious or troubled about something that might happen. — 担心的；忧虑的 about the future. Many still do not like to spend much today. But concerts are different, and fans are happy to buy tickets for them.

Local governmentsgovernment: The group of people who run a country. — 政府 also like concerts very much. When fans travel to other cities, they spend money on food and hotels. Some local governments give singers money to come and performperform: To do something in front of an audience. — 表演；演出 there. On the island of Hainan, one big concert brought visitors who spent 3.2 billion yuan in the city.

Some fans spend a lot of money on music. Last year, a fanfan: A person who likes a sport, music group, or famous person very much. — 粉丝；爱好者 called Ms Wang and her husband followed the band Mayday to many cities. They spent 20,000 yuan on tickets, and they spent the same amountamount: How much of something there is. — 数量；数额 again on flights and hotels. For her, going to a concert feels like a very happy day.

Chinese writers call this kind of spendingspending: the amount of money that is spent on something — 花费；支出 emotionalemotional: Relating to or arousing the emotions; having feelings that are easily excited. — 情感的；情绪化的 consumptionconsumption: The using up of a resource; the eating, drinking, or ingesting of something. — 消费；消耗emotional consumption: spending money on fun experiences to feel good, not on new things — 情绪消费. People pay for happy feelings, not for new things. Even when money is tighttight: fitting closely; difficult to move or undo — 紧的；紧身的, young people still want these experiences.