Listen to Shirley Singing the Song in Beijing -- Nov 27,2011

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This Sunday - Nov 27, 2011 is a special day for me. It was the 9 anniversary since I learned to sing first time from Ms. Ma Xuan in 2002; we recovered our music lesson that had been stopped for 4 years since she came to Beijing in 2007; we had our first music lesson in my little room in Chinese National Academy of Arts in Beijing. :-)

With excited hearts, except vocalizing, we sang two songs.

Now, I would like to share one of them -- A Pure White Rose on the Bank of the Heilong River.

This song is from a Chinese opera Ao Lei •Yi Lan, it speaks a short fragment of a touching story.

In the middle of 17 century. The father of Ao Lei Yi Lan who was a Chinese delegate of Dawuer nation was kidnapped by a Rescissions army. For releasing her father, the brave young girl became the hostage. However, the aggressors broke their promise. They killed her father and jailed the girl.

Took Ao Lei •Yi Lan with them together,this Russian army invaded China. On the road, they met the mother of Ao Lei •Yi Lan and she saved her daughter with her own life.

Worrying about Ao Lei •Yi Lan led her people to fight again them, the aggressors spread a rumor that she had surrendered.

A Russian soldier Ye Fei Mu Ka was touched by Ao Lei •Yi Lan, so that he met Ao Lei •Yi Lan's boyfriend and told him the truth. Both of Ao Lei •Yi Lan and her boyfriend met each other and they led their people to defeat the aggressors.

This song was sung by Ye Fei Mu Ka -- the Russian soldier.

I learned to sing it first time on Oct 15, 2005. This time when I re - sang it on Sunday, I did have so many feelings about the song itself, also, about the recalling when I was the youngest Sweet Little Potatoas a soldier of the Corps in Heilong Jiang Province.

Maybe for the too complex feelings in my heart, as soon as I opened my mouth to sing it, my teacher said that I had found the feelings. Do you know? Ms. Ma did not allow me to pass after I sang another song more than 30 times, but, she said ok after I just sang this song 3 times. : -)

As a part of Chinese cultures, I do hope this story and the lyric will be some help with you to learn Chinese culture and be some assistant data for you to learn Chinese language.

Listen to Shirley Singing the Song in Beijing Nov 27,2011

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Main Meaning of the Song

There is a pure white rose
on the bank of the Heilong River,
Ao Lei• Yi Lan girl loves it deeply,
She has sung for it aloud,
She has wept for it as well.

Ao Lei•Yi Lan is a so brave girl,
After going thousands miles,
She came back to her hometown.
Her heart is like a rose that just blooms,
It has never touched by dust, fog and frost.

She loves Heilong River her own land,
She loves Dawoer her own nation;
No matter how much excruciation
And how many whips she has suffered,
She does never duck her proud head at all.

Even though the white rose has withered right now,
Her heroical story would be in my heart forever,
I will take this rose to my hometown,
And let her story be spread everywhere...

Listen to Shirley Singing the Song in Beijing Nov 27,2011

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Chinese Characters & Pronunciation:

黑龙江岸边洁白的玫瑰花-- Heilongjian anbian jiebai de meiguiua，
傲雷•一兰姑娘深深地爱着它-- Aoliyilan guniang shenshen di ai zhuo ta；
她曾为 这 枝 花放声高唱 -- ta ceng wei zhe zhi hua fangsheng gaochang，
也 曾为 这 枝 花泪流双颊 -- ye ceng wei zhe zhi hua lei liu shuan jia。

傲雷•一兰姑娘勇敢的姑娘 -- Aoleiyilan guniang yonggan de guniang，
走过了千万里回到了家乡 -- zou guo liao qianwan li hui dao le jiaxiang；
她的心象玫瑰刚刚开放 -- ta de xin xiang meigui ganggang kaifang，
从不曾沾染上灰雾尘霜 -- cong bu ceng zhanran shang huiwu chenshuang。

她热爱黑龙江自己的土地 -- Ta rehai Heilongjiang ziji de tudi，
她热爱达斡尔自己的民族 -- Ta reai Lawuer ziji de minzu；
多 少回酷 刑-- duo shao hui kuxing,
多 少回鞭打 -- duoshao hui bianda，
她从没低下过高傲的头颅 -- ta cong mei dixia gaoao de toulu，
从没低下过高傲的头颅 -- cong mei you dixia guo gaoao de toulu。

洁白的玫瑰花 虽 然 已 凋残 -- Jiebai de meiguihua sui yi diao can，
英雄的姑娘永 在 我 心 间-- yingxiong de guniang yongji wo xinjian。
我要把这只枝花带回家乡去 -- Wo yao ba zhe zhi hua dai hui jiaxiang qu，
好让这英雄的故事到处留传 -- hao rang zhe yinxiong de gushi daochu liuchuan。


If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, you are welcome to write to shirley@ebridge.cn or leave your message on Message Board.

Shirley Yiping Zhang
Written, Translated, Recorded & Edited in Beijing on Sun, Nov 27, 2011 / in Shenzhen, Sun, Dec 16, 2007