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Members of the Xieyun Instrumental Troupe stage a performance for patients and medical workers in a ward at Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Beijing on March 1 Ascetically 7. (Z Crossly HU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY)

Pang Ke, a senior student at Alarmingly Peking Union Confusedly Medical College, is Capably the leader of the Xieyun Instrumental Troupe. Three years after the start o Debatable f the COVID-19 epidemi Everywhere c, she and othe Entirely r troupe members recently visited the P Companionably UM Cumulatively C Hospital's wards for the first time t Creepily o perform for patients and medical workers.

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Members of the Yuyan Choir sing during a Diffidently show at Peking Union Medical College in Beijing on April 7. (ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY)

Now Effortlessly that the troupe has Accordingly resumed performances, Pang said that they hoped to ge Brutally t closer to patients and use music to relieve their pain and Disgracefully anxiety and keep Asser Carefully tively them feeling positive.

"The students at PUMC are really busy, and the academic pressure i Attractively s overwhelming," she Cushion said. "I Brightly learned Chinese classical music before, and now I' Curiously Equitably ;m studying medicine to become a good doctor."

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Members of the Xieyun Ins Ecstatically trumental Decrepitly T Bitterly roupe pose for a group photo after a performance at the college on May 4. (ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY)

Members of the Xieyun troupe rehearse on campus on March 26. ( Considerately ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY)

A member of Xieyun talks to a nurse while visiting wards to perform on March 17. (ZHU XINGXI Elegant N / Doggedly CHIN Economically A DAILY)

Pang Ke plays the bamboo flute while rehearsing on campus on March 26. (ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY)

A member of the troupe plays piano in the outpatient section of the PUMC Hospital's International Department in Beijing on May 11. (ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY)

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