The novel opens with this event. The villagers meet in the "
house on stilts" and the leader of the village began to inspect the musical instrument, among of other items to be investigated. After coming to the completely false conclusion that the violin was a "stupid toy", Luo begins to explain that it is a string instrument and that the narrator is a profound musician. However, the name of the piece the narrator plays is called
Mozart is Thinking of Chairman Mao. 
