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This week, I learned a new Chinese (Shト]xi) folk song -- People Said That Shanxi Is In A Good Scene --Ren Shuo Shanxi Hao Fengguang
This song is the theme song of a famous movie The Young Ones In Our Village -- Wo Men Cun Li De Nian Qing Ren that was produced in 1959 by Changchun Film Studio. Director : Ma Feng, Act The Leading Role: Su Li. It is full of the Shト]xi local colors. Its main plot is that how a group of young people in a village tried to change the poorness and behindhand situation via blasting cliffs to bring water, then to build a water and electricity station. This movie made a daring trying and allowed two boys love a girls at the same time, and also, it's strong idealist color made many city young people looking forward to a countryside life in 50's.
This song was written by Qiao Yu, Zhang Luzhang wrote its music. It was sung in the movie by a famous folk musician Guo Lanyin first time. :-)
Note: Shト]xi and Shヌ始xi has same Chinese pinyin, but, one is tone 1, the other is tone 3. For distinguishing both of them.シ靴hinese government makes a rule that Shト]xi keeps its original form and Shヌ始xi should be written as Shannxi. You have to know that Shヌ始xi's capital is Xian and Shト]xi's capital is Taiyuan. They are totally different places. Today, the song we have touched is a fold of Shト]xi.
Their Chinese character are: 螻ア隘ソシ Shト]xi -- Shanxi 髯戊・ソシ Shヌ始xi -- Shannxi
I introduced another China (Shanxi) Folk Song: Xiu He Bao-- Embroider Pouch to you days ago, do you still remember it?
MAIN MEANING OF THE SONGLISTEN TO SHIRLEY TO SINGING THE SONG
People said that there is a wonderful scene in Shanxi, soil is fat, water is beautiful, corn is sweet-smell. It is Taihang mountain on the left, It is Lヌ嗟iang mountain on the right. When you stand on the high place to see up, you can see the water from Fen River is singing to flow by my little village. Apricot flowers are blooming in the Apricot Village, We are just at the golden ages, young boys do not dare to stand hundreds' hard work, young girls can embroider ten thousand's flowers. We will not get older for we have dreams always. You see the grandmothers with white hair, when they are straight their wastes, they are just like only 17 or 18 years old... :-)
You are welcome to clink any Chinese Character in the lyrics below to see its Chinese pinyin, meaning and pronunciation, also, you can follow the links to enter the New Chinese Board and follow me to read it in Chinese
CHINESE CHARACTERS AND PRONUNCIATION:
莠コ隸エ螻ア隘ソ螂ス鬟主 -- Ren shuo Shanxi hao fengguangシ 蝨ー閧・豌エ鄒莠隹キ鬥 -- di fei shui mei wugu xian縲 蟾ヲ謇荳謖螟ェ陦螻ア -- zuoshou yi zhi Taihang Shan, 蜿ウ謇荳謖 譏ッ 蜷 譴 -- youshou yi zhi shi Lヌ嗟ian縲 遶蝨ィ驍」鬮伜、 -- zhan zai na gaochu 譛荳荳譛 -- wang shang yi wang, 菴逵驍」豎セ豐ウ逧豌エ蜻 -- ni kan na Fenhe de shui ya, 蜩怜沸蝠ヲ蝠ヲ蝨ー豬霑 -- hua la la de liu guo 謌醍噪蟆譚譌 -- wo de xiao cun pang縲
譚剰干譚驥蠑譚剰干 -- xing hua cun li kai xing hua, 蜆ソ螂ウ豁」蠖螂ス蟷エ蜊 -- er nヌ zheng dang hao nian hua縲 逕キ蜆ソ荳諤蜊闊ャ闍ヲ -- nan er bu pa qian ban ku, 螂ウ蜆ソ閭ス髞荳遘闃ア -- nヌ er neng xiu wang zhong hua縲 莠コ 譛 驍」 蠢 豌 豌ク 荳 閠 -- ren you na zhiqi qong bu laoシ 菴逵驍」 逋ス蜿逧蟀蟀 -- ni kan na baifa de po po, 謖コ襍キ驍」閻ー譚ソ -- ting qi na yao ban 荵 雎。蜊荳蜈ォ -- ye xiang shi qi ba縲
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--Shirley Written, Translated, Sang And Recorded on Sat, Feb 18, 2006
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