Greek influencer singers meet at the Acropolis of Athens to sing the praises of Sanxingdui

三星堆金面铜人头像的出土轰动一时，这些敷着“黄金面膜”的先人用智慧创造了灿烂的古蜀文明。而在地球的另一端，同样有着璀璨文明的古希腊也曾出土过一张震惊世界的黄金面具，古希腊迈锡尼文明的标志性文物——阿伽门农黄金面具。

The excavation of Sanxingdui bronze figures with golden masks has caused a sensation. It was thanks to the wisdom of the ancestors who wore these “golden facial masks” that the spectacular ancient Shu civilization was created. But let’s direct our eyes to the other side of the planet for a moment, to another world-shattering golden mask found underground: the Agamemnon Golden Mask, an artifact from Ancient Greece, an era with its own incredible civilization. This mask has long been seen as an iconic artifact representing the Mycenaean civilization of Ancient Greece.

中国三星堆和古希腊迈锡尼，两大文明不仅年代接近，也为后世留下了同样的神秘。带着好奇和疑问，来自希腊和中国的音乐人Mikay米凯、Faye Yuan袁菲、FOTI弗迪，用希腊语和中文双语创作了歌曲《千年以后》。据悉，这首歌是由四川国际传播中心联合中国驻希腊大使馆、QQ音乐、酷狗音乐共同推出的国际博物馆日三星堆-金沙全球推广主题曲，于5月18日在Spotify等全球音乐平台正式上线。

Both of the civilizations—Chinese Sanxingdui and the Ancient Greek Mycenae—flourished around the same time and wound up leaving a similarly lingering mystery for future generations. With curiosity and questions, musicians from Greece and China—including Mikay, Faye Yuan, and FOTI—jointly composed the song “Millennia Later” in Greek and Chinese. It has been announced to have been chosen as the theme song for the global promotion of Sanxingdui-Jinsha for International Museum Day, and is being jointly released by the Sichuan International Communication Center (SICC), the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Hellenic Republic, QQMusic, and KuGou Music. This song is expected to be officially premiered on a variety of global music platforms such as Spotify on May 18.

“千年后你在，尘埃中，唤醒我……”《千年以后》用恢弘的旋律和史诗般的歌词，为数千年前的古蜀大地和爱琴海畔谱写乐章，让世界聆听两大古老文明的现代和声。

Including the lyric “Millennia later, in the dust, you awakened me...”, “Millennia Later” weaves magnificent harmonies and epic lyrics into euphonious melodies that commemorate the ancient Shu region and the Aegean Sea from thousands of years ago, helping the world appreciate the modern harmony of the two ancient civilizations.

歌曲正式发布前，三位音乐人通过线上视频的方式接受了记者专访，讲述歌曲幕后故事的同时，也表达了对中国文化的深厚喜爱。

Before the official release of the theme song, the three musicians gave an exclusive interview to our reporter via a video call. They not only shared with us behind-the-scenes stories of the song but also expressed their deep love for Chinese culture.

两个文明互鉴

“那一刻鸡皮疙瘩都起来了”

去年，四川国际传播中心联合三星堆博物馆共同发起了“三星堆-金沙漂流瓶”全球联动活动，邀请驻外使节和海外网红达人以“开箱带货+抽奖互动”的形式，让来自四川的三星堆青铜神树、黄金面具走进海外年轻人的生活。在走过巴西、日本、越南、泰国等国家后，希腊正是“漂流瓶”全球联动的第五站。5月13日，“青铜之光——古蜀文明”特展也在雅典尼亚斯米尼市政博物馆开幕。

Last year, the SICC and the Sanxingdui Museum collectively launched the “Sanxingdui-Jinsha Drift Bottle” global initiative. Chinese diplomatic representatives and overseas influencers were invited to introduce younger generations across the globe to the Bronze Sacred Tree and Golden Masks from the Sanxingdui site in Sichuan through promotional product “unboxing” and a lottery. Having gone to multiple countries—including Brazil, Japan, Vietnam, and Thailand, this initiative was finally poised to head for Greece, its 5th stop. On May 13, 2025, the special exhibition titled, “Bronze Glow: Ancient Shu Civilization”, was also inaugurated in grand fashion at the Museum of Estia Neas Smyrnis in Athens, Greece.

在这样的契机下，三位在希腊生活的音乐人与三星堆奇妙相遇了。

This rare opportunity made possible a wonderful encounter between Sanxingdui and the three musicians who live in Greece.

歌手袁菲是中国福建人，目前定居在希腊。她此前虽听过三星堆，但并未真正深入了解过。而弗迪与米凯作为希腊人，更是对三星堆知之甚少。袁菲告诉记者，在正式进入创作前，他们曾大量阅读三星堆相关的文献资料，在这个过程中，他们惊讶地发现，“远在千里之外的古蜀文明，竟然与希腊历史文明有一些相似之处。”

Singer Faye Yuan, a native of China’s Fujian, currently resides in Greece. Yuan had heard of Sanxingdui before, but she had not probed into the story of this civilization. For FOTI and Mikay, both Greeks, they of course knew very little about Sanxingdui. According to Yuan, before starting to compose the music, they first dived into mountains of reading about Sanxingdui. During this process, they were surprised to find that "the ancient Shu civilization, even at a distance of thousands of miles, had some similarities with the Mycenaean civilization in Greek history."

“那一刻我们的鸡皮疙瘩都起来了！”希腊音乐人米凯在接受采访时再次“表演”了她当时的心境，“我们没想到的是，两个如此遥远的文明，竟有这么多相似的元素可以互相对照。”

“At that point, we felt goosebumps!” said Greek musician Mikay, explaining how she felt then during the interview. She added, “We never expected that they would share quite so many similarities, despite the great distance.”

于是在歌曲中，三人将青铜、黄金等共有的元素进行融合，试图唤起两国听众的共鸣。例如用三星堆的青铜神树对应希腊的橄榄树，而“黄金权杖指引迷宫”则将三星堆的金杖与古希腊神话中牛头人身的弥诺陶洛斯结合起来，让歌词故事充满传奇又古老的色彩。

When composing “Millennia Later”, the three of them blended some of these shared elements such as bronze, gold, etc. in an attempt to bring out resonance amongst audiences from China and Greece. The Bronze Sacred Tree from Sanxingdui, for example, corresponds to the olive tree from Greece, while this line “The golden scepter points the right way through the maze” combines the golden scepter from Sanxingdui with the tale of the Labyrinth and the Minotaur, a famous episode from ancient Greek mythology, which imbued the lyrics and stories with a legendary and ancient vibe.

穿汉服拍MV

“我们想把中国带到希腊”

歌曲的MV是由四川国际传播中心与三位音乐人合作制作完成，而女歌手们的出镜画面则是由三位音乐人自己拍摄制作的。为了与主题相契合，他们专程在雅典一家中国人开的汉服店租借了两套汉服，进行了一番中式妆造的演绎。

The music video for the theme song was produced by the SICC and the three musicians, and the scenes featuring female singers were filmed and edited by the musicians themselves. To align the scenes with the theme, the musicians specifically rented two sets of Hanfu from a Hanfu shop opened by a Chinese person living in Athens, so as to perform wearing traditional Chinese makeup and styling.

“我们拍MV的地方是在雅典卫城，我们的背后就是神庙，这是希腊最标志性的建筑。我们穿着汉服唱歌，这么做的初心就是想将中国带到希腊。”米凯说。

“We filmed the music video at the Acropolis of Athens, with the Parthenon in the background, Greece’s landmark building. And we decided to sing in Hanfu so as to bring China to Greece,” Mikay noted.

在三星堆，许多参观者会驻足在金面具的玻璃展柜前，然后挑选角度，透过玻璃拍照就能得到一张“戴着黄金面具的自己”，这就是知名的“无影玻璃”。这给袁菲带来了灵感，写成了歌曲的高潮部分——“倒映你轮廓，融合你，成为我”。而这也是歌曲名字《千年以后》的来源：一是想制造古老文明与现代对话的深远，另外也试图激发年轻人点开歌曲的好奇——千年以后会发生什么？

At the Sanxingdui Museum, visitors usually pause before the glass case displaying the golden mask. By taking a picture at a certain angle, they are able to take a photo through the glass that makes it look like one of them is wearing the mask. This famous “shadow-less glass” inspired Faye Yuan in the song’s climax: “Reflecting your contour, merging with you, and becoming myself.” It has also become the inspiration for the song’s title “Millennia Later”, which aims to create a profound dialogue between ancient and modern civilizations, while arousing curiosity in young people and daring them to dream of what might happen millennia later.

制作人弗迪提到，不管是旋律还是歌词，他们在整体的制作中，都没有局限在完全的中式风格或某种类型音乐中，而是希望完全与国际接轨，就是为了让全球更多年轻群体能够通过歌曲了解三星堆，了解中国古蜀文明。

Producer FOTI mentioned that, whether in creating the melody or lyrics, they tried not to limit themselves to an entirely Chinese style or a specific music genre. Instead, they catered to international preferences, thereby allowing more youth worldwide to learn about Sanxingdui and China’s ancient Shu civilization through the song.

三个小时背完全部歌词

“学习中文最好的办法就是听中文歌”

在《千年以后》中，我们能听到两个部分的女声演绎。然而令人惊叹的是，若不仔细分辨，听众将很难分辨哪一部分是母语为中文的袁菲演唱，哪一部分是“现学现卖”的希腊歌手米凯演绎。而更让人惊叹的是，歌曲中大量的中文歌词，米凯仅用了三个小时就全部学会，并全部背了下来。

In “Millennia Later”, we can hear two different female voices. However, amazingly, if the audience do not distinguish them carefully, it will be hard to tell which part is sung by Faye Yuan, whose native language is Chinese, and which one is by Greek singer Mikay, who is “learning by singing”. What is even more amazing is that Mikay learned and memorized all the Chinese lyrics in just three hours.

“在我刚把歌词记住的时候，我发现米凯也记住了。”袁菲笑着说，这让人不可思议。米凯的中文天赋得益于她对中国歌曲和中华文化的无比喜爱。她不仅会十分流利地演唱邓丽君的《月亮代表我的心》《甜蜜蜜》等老歌，还会唱诸如邓紫棋《泡沫》等时下的流行歌曲。在采访现场，米凯就向记者展示了一段中文歌。

“When finishing memorizing the lyrics myself, I realized that Mikay had memorized them as well.” Faye Yuan said with a smile, and said she thought it was incredible. In fact, Mikay’s Chinese talent benefits from her deep affection for Chinese songs and culture. She can sing not only old songs including Teresa Teng’s “The Moon Represents My Heart” and “Sweet as Honey” fluently, but also popular songs such as G.E.M.’s “Bubble”. During the interview, Mikay sang a segment of a Chinese song to prove her chops.

而米凯也现场传授了她学习中文的诀窍，那就是频繁且大量地听中文歌，尤其是邓丽君的歌曲，米凯特别推荐。“唱中文歌其实比说中文要简单，因为你可以将音调都融进歌曲中。”袁菲解释道。

Mikay also shared her secret to learning Chinese at the event, which was to listen to Chinese songs frequently and extensively, especially Teresa Teng’s songs, which she highly recommended. “Singing Chinese songs is actually simpler than speaking Chinese, since you can integrate all the tones into your singing,” Faye Yuan explained.

不仅如此，弗迪与米凯还曾到过中国，他们一边工作一边旅居，在中国生活了三年时间。

Not only that, but FOTI and Mikay had also been to China, where they worked and lived for three years.

“要不是因为思念父母，我会想永远定居在中国。”米凯说。

“If it weren’t for missing my parents, I would have settled in China forever,” Mikay told the reporter.

在中国的三年，弗迪和米凯去过许多地方。除了福建外，他们还在湖南、广东、海南工作和旅行，而他们也总是喜欢参观当地的博物馆，总会被那些神秘所吸引。“如果以后再去中国，一定要去四川，去三星堆看看。”弗迪和米凯说道。

During their three-year stay in China, FOTI and Mikay visited numerous places. Besides Fujian, they also worked and traveled in Hunan, Guangdong, and Hainan, where they always enjoyed visiting local museums and were attracted by the mysteries they found there. “If we go to China again in the future, we will definitely head to Sichuan and visit Sanxingdui,” FOTI and Mikay emphasized.

三位好朋友合作中文歌曲

“感觉圆梦了”

去年，袁菲登上希腊当地的“好声音”音综节目，在节目中她演唱了自己用希腊语写成的原创歌曲，在希腊爆火。一名中国人用希腊语创作音乐，这在希腊还是首次。于是在节目录制的最后一期，袁菲又被邀请重返舞台，节目组安排所有学员一起合唱她的歌。她也借此机会加入了环球音乐，并在今年2月发行了首支个人单曲《Athina》。

Last year, Faye Yuan appeared on the Greek version of the “The Voice of China” music variety show, where she sang her original song written in Greek, which then went viral in Greece. It was the first time a Chinese singer had composed music in Greek. Later, when the final episode of the show was recorded, Faye Yuan was invited back to the stage, with the show manager arranging for all the participants to sing Yuan’s song together. Notably, Yuan also took this opportunity to join the Universal Music Group and released her first solo single, “Athina”, in February of this year.

在《千年以前》的合作前，袁菲与米凯、弗迪就是非常要好的朋友。他们都喜欢在自媒体上发布和音乐有关的翻唱视频，彼此“神交”已久，但一直没有机会线下见面，正式认识还是在一次好莱坞电影的拍摄现场。

Before collaborating on “Millennia Later”, Yuan, Mikay, and FOTI were already good friends. They all keenly post music-related cover videos on social media, and have had a long-standing collaborative relationship with each other. Nevertheless, they did not have the opportunity to meet offline until they “officially” met for the first time at a Hollywood movie shoot.

深入接触后，袁菲得知二人竟在中国福建生活过一段时间，而她自己的家乡正是福建。这种奇妙的缘分让袁菲觉得，米凯就是她在希腊的姐姐。

After meeting and chatting more deeply, Yuan learned that the two had lived in Fujian, China, for a period of time, where she herself had grown up. This wonderful coincidence made Yuan feel that it was fate, that Mikay was to be her sister in Greece.

在QQ音乐上，我们还能找到弗迪和米凯制作发行的中文歌曲《Blah Blah Blah》。弗迪说，他们从中国回到希腊后，感觉自己的文化基因里，都被刻入了许多中国的符号。中国三年的经历，对他们的音乐风格和创作习惯，都有着颠覆性的影响。

On QQMusic, we can also find the Chinese song, “Blah Blah Blah”, which is produced and released by FOTI and Mikay. FOTI said that after returning to Greece from China, they felt that many Chinese symbols had been engraved into their cultural genes. Additionally, their three-year experience in China had had a revolutionary impact on their music style and creative habits.

三人同为环球音乐旗下音乐人，也都是tiktok、Instagram上小有名气的网络达人，这次能一起合作《千年以后》，用袁菲的话来形容，那就是“圆梦一样的感觉”。

The three of them are all musicians under the Universal Music Group and also somewhat famous internet celebrities on TikTok and Instagram. This project, collaborating on “Millennia Later” together, feels in Yuan’s words like “realizing a dream”.

漂流瓶的全球之旅：跨越山海的文明对话

“三星堆-金沙漂流瓶”是由四川国际传播中心联合三星堆博物馆共同发起的全球联动活动，以数字文创与社交互动为载体，以文博跨界联动出海游戏，在短短一年里，“三星堆-金沙漂流瓶”已抵达巴西、日本、越南、泰国等多个国家，在中国驻外使节、国际网红和“互联网原住民”的共同参与下，以“开箱带货+抽奖互动”的创新形式，让来自四川的三星堆青铜神树、黄金面具，走进海外年轻人的生活。截至目前，已经吸引超30万网友参与互动，海外浏览量超200万。

Led by the SICC and the Sanxingdui Museum, the “Sanxingdui-Jinsha Drift Bottle” global initiative uses digital cultural creativity and social interaction as the medium to exhibit the crossover between culture and museum resources and global games. In only a year, this initiative has gone to multiple countries, including Brazil, Japan, Vietnam, and Thailand. With the joint participation of Chinese diplomatic representatives, international influencers, and “digital natives”, this initiative features an innovative approach to cultural exchange including promotional product “unboxing” and a lottery, which introduces younger generations across the globe to the Bronze Sacred Tree and Golden Masks from the Sanxingdui site in Sichuan. To date, this initiative has reached over 300,000 netizens and garnered over 2 million views worldwide.

即日起到6月18日，伴随着《千年以后》的动人旋律，载满古蜀文明瑰宝的“三星堆-金沙漂流瓶”将在希腊开启奇幻之旅，用Z世代的方式讲述最古老的故事。

From today until June 18, the “Sanxingdui-Jinsha Drift Bottle”, carrying the treasures from ancient Shu civilization, will embark on a fantastic journey through Greece. Accompanied by the emotional melody of “Millennia Later”, the Drift Bottle is going to share the oldest tales in a way catered to Generation Z.