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 LISTEN TO SHIRLEY SINGING THE SONG
 In my vocal music lesson Saturday night, I learned a new Chinese Shannxi Folk Song Nanniwan -- South Muddy Valley that was created in 40's and have been popular for about 60 years...
For breaking the economy blockaded by the Japanese aggressors in the Second World War, Mr. Mao Zedong and Zhu De decided to send an excellent army -- 359 brigade to come to a place -- Nanniwan that is near by Yanan to develop economy work to offer the food and material to the army to fight with the Japanese aggressors.
From 1941 to 1944, this army created a wonder and changed Nanniwan from a very poor place to be a rich one as the "south area of the Yangtze Rive". The needing of the army in the battlefield to be offered...
This song is just to express this part of history in China.
I am too familiar with this song, because I could sing it since I was about 6 or 7 years old, so, just recorded my singing 3 times, my teacher said that is ok. :-)
An interesting thing is that when I was singing at my home, I did hear some neighbors were singing with my piano out of my door. Can you imagine? Since 2002, in the past 4 years and 4 months, there were really some children and neighbors singing with me together out of my windows when I had my vocal music lesson in some summer days, anyway, I never know who they were... :-)
It seems like that everyone enjoys the good and beautiful things. Do you think so?
 MAIN MENAING OF THE SONGLISTEN TO SHIRLEY SINGING THE SONG
Nanniwan
Smelling the sweet smell of the flowers in my basket,
to listen to me to sing for you,
please come to Nanniwan,
Nanniwan is a good place
there are plants everywhere,
there are flock and herds all over.
In the former years in Nanniwan,
there were only barren mountains everywhere,
there was no any signs of human habitation,
Today's Nanniwan,
it is totally different,
It is not in the old feature at all,
it has become so beautiful as a Shanbei's
"south ares of the Yangtze Rive".
In the Shanbei's "south ares of the Yangtze Rive",
flowers are blossoming full of the mountains.
Let us learn Nanniwan,
to develop everywhere as
"the south ares of the Yangtze Rive".
Now 359 brigade has made a good model for us,
Let us go ahind,
to send our fresh flowers to these great people...
CHINESE CHARACTERS AND PRONUNCIATIONLISTEN TO SHIRLEY SINGING THE SONG:
羈ユ江 -- Nanniwan
援怨翠 -- Hualan de hua er xiang,
ュ延 -- ting wo lai chang yi chang鐚
延 -- chang yi chang
ュ遺羈ユ江 -- lai dao le Nanniwan鐚
羈ユ江絅遵井 -- Nanniwan hao difang,
絅遵井 -- hao difang
医 綺 腮 -- Dao chu shi zhuangjia鐚
臂-- bian di shi niu yang
緇綛雁羈ユ江 -- Wangnian de Nanniwan鐚
紊紊絮 -- chuchu shi huangshan鐚
羃≦篋榊 -- mei ya renyan
絋篁羈ユ江 -- Rujin de Nanniwan鐚
筝緇綛岩筝 -- yu wangnian bu yiban鐚
筝筝-- bu yiban
筝ф─ -- Zai bu shi jiu moyang鐚
絅醇 -- Shi Shanbei de hao Jiangnan
絅醇 -- Shanbei de hao Jiannan鐚
蕾怨羯≦臼 -- xianhua kai man shan鐚
綣羯≦臼 -- kai ya man shan
絖箙ｅ羈ユ江 -- Xuexi na Nanniwan鐚
紊 紊 羆 -- Chuchu shi Jiangnan鐚
羆 -- Shi ya Jiangnan
腴絏ュ篋-- You zhanguang lai you shengchan鐚
筝篋箙 罔 -- san wu jiu l shi mofan鐚
篁 莎 -- Zanmen zou xiangqian,
蕾 罔 -- xianhua song mofan
LISTEN TO SHIRLEY SINGING THE SONG
 If you have any questions, comments and suggestions, please write to shirley@ebridge.cn , or shirleyz004@yahoo.com, You are welcomed to publish your opinions in Forum For Friends as well. :-)
-- Shirley Zhang
Written, Translated and Recorded It on Sun, March 17, 2007
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