How the saxophone traveled from curiosity to popularity in China Xinhua | Updated: 2025-08-07 07:25

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202508/07/WS6893e485a3108a99c190586f.html At the opening ceremony of the 20th World Saxophone Congress in late July, as a melody filled the venue, 57-year-old Yin Zhifa was swept back to a distant morning in 1976 when he first caught sight of a shimmering saxophone.