Singing Stones of Pingtan is performed at the 2017 Spring Festival Gala for Overseas Chinese held in Fuzhou, provincial capital of South China's Fujian province on Jan 18. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The singing stones of Pingtan took center stage in Fuzhou on Jan 18, at the 2017 Spring Festival Gala for Overseas Chinese.

The percussive rhythms of "Moligaoshanqing", a ballad of beats created all from hitting the igneous rocks collected from Pingtan's Junshan Mountain which towers over the nearby Beigang Village.

"The melody blends two famous songs, Jasmine Flower and Kao Shan Ching from the mainland and Taiwan," said Lin Jhihyuan, the program's producer, a Taiwan resident who's started a business in Pingtan.

Lin and his wife Xu Lingsi were inspired by the beautiful melodies created by the locals hitting rocks collected from the mountain near Beigang village in Pingtan. The couple built an art community named Singing Stones in the village, which features homestay hotels, creative arts, and catering.

Lin Jhihyuan shows visitors how to create melodies by hitting igneous rocks collected from Junshan Mountain near Beigang village in Pingtan, Fujian province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Singing Stones was created as a creative cultural communication platform for cross-Straits artists. A lot of Taiwan artists visits in order to get inspired and many mainland visitors also come to experience the exquisite Taiwan creative culture.

With the help of the couple, Beigang village, positioned as a cross-Straits creative culture village, has already become a business incubator and a practice base for the Taiwan Innovation Park.

A panoramic view of Beigang village in Pingtan, Fujian province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Lin said that that more people should come and get immersed in the enchanting melodies sung by the stones in Pingtan. He also hoped that Pingtan people across the world could hear the enchanting melodies and revisit their homeland.