Speaker's note: "Plums Blossoms" was the name I chose for my first work utilizing a Chinese traditional instrument, an electroacoustic work based on samples of pipa virtuoso, Min Xiao-Fen. This was composed in hopes of getting accepted into the 1999 International Computer Music Conference held at Tsinghua University. This work led to a series of compositions for Chinese traditional instruments, including "Ping-Pong", a concerto for pipa and Chinese traditional orchestra premiered by the Taipei Chinese Orchestra with Min Xiao-Fen as soloist. Today I am often asked, “Why do you compose for Chinese traditional instruments?” In this lecture, I endeavor to answer this question and more.