Liuyang River was originally a song written in the 1950s, with a smooth and beautiful melody. In 1970s, Zhang Yan, a famous guzheng player, adapted it into a guzheng music. Although the original song was not unfolded, each paragraph skillfully used different techniques, which formed a sharp contrast and made the music more appealing. Variations are used in music, which profoundly expresses people's love for their hometown and life.

The performance techniques of guzheng "Liuyang River" are mainly divided into three parts in the whole repertoire. The first part shows the soft melody of the music by rubbing, singing, sliding and pressing with the left hand, and plays it at the beginning and end of the music; The second piece is the fast playing part with both hands; The third song alternately descends arpeggios with smooth hands to express the beautiful melody of music.

In the first paragraph of music, we mainly pay attention to the accuracy of sliding and control the speed of music, just like expressing our inner love for life with singing; There are two main difficulties in the whole music, that is, fast playing with both hands and arpeggio.