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 LISTEN TO SHIRLEY SINGING THE SONG
 Love as a beautiful human feeling was sung from the first time that human being came into the world and in the thousand and thousand years, it has not been stopped for one day. Anyway, do you know which love song is the No. 1 in Chinese nation? It is just Kangding Ballad that is from Kangding County in the Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.:-)
There is a folk custom in Kangding that young people choose their lovers through singing love songs, which can fully express their passion and ideas. Just this kind of culture soil, has produced the beautiful love song.
This song combines the styles of the Han and Tibet nations, that is why, there are many interesting accessorial words in it and makes this song sounds very easy and fun.:-)
In May,1949, Ms. Yu Yixuan, a famous Chinese vocal music professor and musician sang this song Paris, then, in London 1949. Then, this ballad has been widely spread across the country as well as many parts of the world, even Placido Domingo, one of the world's three most famous tenors, sang the song in Shanghai and Beijing...
Also the places that were mentioned by this song -- Kangding County and the Pao Mao Mountain ? Horse Race Mountain also have changed to be some famous scenic spots.:-)
Recently, a TV play series that has the same titlehas published by China Center TV Station. You can see the photos about it via link.
Can you read any thing about it in Chinese? :-)
I learned and recorded it tonight even though my dentist did not allow me to sing for I just lost a tooth yesterday. :-) But, I did, I really hope it is a little bit help to your Chinese learning via my work ...:-)
MAIN MEANING OF THE SONGLISTEN TO SHIRLEY SINGING THE SONG:
Kangding Ballad
Over the Horse Race Mountain,
there is a cloud,
over the Kangding city,
there is a bended moon,
it is shining the land
The elder sister of the House of Li,
she is so beautiful girl,
The elder brother of the House of Zhang,
He has fell in love with her.
The bended moon,
he has fell in love with her...
 He firstly loves her beautiful,
he secondly loves her talent to manage a family,
the bended moon,
he loves her for her talent to manage a family...
I can love any boy in the world,
You can love any girl in the world,
the bended moon,
You/I can love any girl/boy in the world... :-)
CHINESE CHARACTER AND PRONUNCIATION LISTEN TO SHIRLEY SINGING THE SONG:
綺絎罩 ? Kangding Qing Ge
莊薊羣羣絮筝 -- pao ma liuliu de shangshang,
筝羣羣篋 -- yiduo liuliu de yun yao
腴腴羣羣 -- duanduan liuliu de zhao zai,
綺絎羣羣 -- Kangding liuliu de chen yao.
篋綣綣 -- yueliang wanwan,
綺絎羣羣 -- Kangding liuliu de chen yao
絎羣羣紊紮 -- Li jia liuliu de dajie,
篋羣羣絅 -- rencai liuliu de haoyao.
綣絎羣羣紊 -- Zhang jia liuliu de da ge,
筝羣羣絅 -- kanshang liuliu de ta yao.
篋綣綣 -- yueliang wanwan,
筝羣羣絅 -- kanshang liuliu de ta yao.
筝羣羣筝 -- yi lai liuliu de kanshang,
篋羣羣絅 -- rencai liuliu de hao yao.
篋羣羣筝 -- er lao liyliy de kanshang,
篌綵羣羣絎 -- hui dang liuliu de jia yao.
篋綣綣 -- yuelian wanwan,
篌綵羣羣絎 -- hui dang liuliu de jia yao.
筝羣羣絅絖 -- shijian liuliu de nzi,
篁羣羣 -- ren wo liuliu de ai yao,
筝羣羣桁 -- shijian liuliu de nanzi,
篁篏羣羣羆 -- ren ni liuliu de qiu yao.
篋綣綣 -- yueliang wanwan,
篁篏羣羣/羆 -- ren ni liuliu de qiu yao
You, see there are so "liuliu de" in the song, they have really made this song very fun and easy, right? :-)
That is all for this song and poem and hope you enjoy it.
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
Written, Translated and Recorded It On Sat, April 1, 2006
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