The Historical Cycle of Minnan Songs in Xiamen and Taiwan Province (Figure)
(26-7-7 9:43:34)
Since the launch of the first Minnan original song competition sponsored by Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Culture and this newspaper, it has attracted great attention from people on both sides of the strait, and the organizing committee hopes to expand the creative team through the competition. Xiamen and Taiwan Province are closely related to the creation and inheritance of Minnan songs. Looking back on the past is for the better development of today. We look forward to the cross-strait opening a new page of Minnan songs from Xiamen in this competition.
Taiwan Province's Minnan songs originated in Xiamen
Mr. Peng Yiwan, a Minnan cultural scholar, said that the Minnan songs in Xiamen and Taiwan Province have far-reaching origins. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the songs of southern Fujian were all the rage on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. At that time, the "Wendetang" and the "Huiwentang" in Xiamen were the publishers who printed the songs of southern Fujian dialect. They first used watermarks, and later, with the gradual development of technology, they used lithographs. These brochures sold well in Xiamen and also sold to Taiwan Province. At the end of Qing Dynasty, Taiwan Province was occupied by Japanese, and many people in Taiwan Province showed national integrity. At that time, a song named "Xue Mei Si Jun" was widely sung on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. The song sings: "Sing a song for you to listen to. Xuemei is really upright ... I advise you to listen carefully and learn from Xuemei's behavior." It's about a woman who lives a strong life with her children after her husband's death. After this story spread to Taiwan Province, it was given a new meaning. Because Taiwan Province was under the rule of Japan at that time, people borrowed a woman's husband to keep a festival to express their unwillingness to be ruled by Japan, to be upright and to have national integrity. Xue Mei Si Jun was called "National Day Tune" or "Xiamen Tune" at that time.
in p>1922, Zhou Shu' an, a talented woman in Xiamen, wrote the first Minnan coloratura song-Sleeping Song, which was accompanied by the piano. It can be called the embryonic form of Minnan pop songs. Later, Yao Zhanfu, a native of Xiamen, crossed the sea to Taiwan to compose songs in Minnan, and his masterpieces "Bitter Wine Full" and "Sour Heart" were popular all over Taiwan. Zeng Zhongying, a famous songwriter, also went to Taiwan Province after graduating from Xiamen University. These people have played an inestimable role in the development of Minnan songs in Taiwan Province. In the 192s-193s, Taiwan Province produced a group of Minnan-language songwriters. For example, Taiwan Province native musician Zhan Tianma wrote lyrics, Wang Yunfeng composed Peach Blossoms and Tears of Blood, and Cai Deyin's Song of Red Orioles, which were re-written with the ancient tune of Su Wu Shepherd. 1933-1937 was the golden age of Taiwanese popular songs, and many classics that are still sung today were created at that time, such as Looking at the Spring Breeze, Moonlit Night, rainy night flower, Four Seasons Ballads and so on. These songs, like a warm and soft spring breeze, blow through the streets, the cities and villages, soothe the loneliness of "Sweet Potato Boy" (referring to Taiwan Province people) under the control of "Four Feet Boy" (referring to Japanese rule), and also spread across the strait separated by a strip of water.
songs in Minnan are popular on both sides of the Taiwan Straits
Looking at the Spring Breeze is a classic song in Minnan, which has been popular on both sides of the Taiwan Straits for decades. In 1933, Taiwanese musician Li Linqiu wrote "Looking at the Spring Breeze" with the artistic conception of China's classical sentiment poem rooted in "The Story of the West Chamber", which was combined with Zheng Yuxian's China traditional pentatonic music to create this enduring masterpiece. The lyrics sing: Sitting alone at night without a companion under the lamp, the cold wind blows across the street, seventeen and eighteen are unmarried, thinking about the young family, and generating a beautiful face and white meat. Whose children want to ask him if he is afraid of bad news (sorry) and play the lute in his heart. I love my husband, and I love him in my heart. I don't know when you will pick it, and the youth will bloom. It seems that someone came outside the door, opened the door to see Mike (see), and some people laughed at me for being stupid, even though I was cheated by the wind. Looking at the Spring Breeze reflects the complex emotions of girls in an implicit way, and it is a classic with beautiful lyrics and music.
nowadays, many people in southern Fujian, even foreigners who come to southern Fujian, can sing "local songs" such as "It's dark, it's going to rain" and "Only if you work hard can you win". Minnan songs have special charm and charm. "Local songs" bring joy and ideals to the lives of people on both sides of the strait, and bring will and strength to the lives of people on both sides of the strait. In the song "Fight hard to win", it is sung that "I can't help sighing when I lose my ambition, but I can't help feeling scared when I am down and out ... Three points are doomed, and seven points depend on hard work to win" and so on. This song has encouraged many people to move forward bravely, and people have been encouraged by this spirit of hard work and pioneering.
In recent years, songs in Minnan language are very popular on both sides of the Taiwan Straits, and classic or popular songs such as Station, Home, and Roasted Meat Zongzi often haunt people's ears. However, some people with a heart in Xiamen found that most of these pop songs were written by Taiwan Province and sung from the other side of the Taiwan Strait. Xiamen, which once had a brilliant period in the creation of Minnan songs, seems to have not produced songs that can be popular across the Taiwan Strait in recent years. It seems that Xiamen is lagging behind, so we should catch up.
Minnan original song contest hopes that the two sides will create brilliance together
Minnan songs are wonderful works of Minnan culture, which are widely loved by Minnan folks on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and all over the world. "Our folks, our songs" contains the unique nostalgia and affection of Minnan people, which combines the life interests and local culture on both sides of the strait and can make people deeply feel its local flavor. According to relevant sources, the original authors of the top ten songs in Minnan dialect selected in 25 are all in Taiwan Province, which makes Xiamen, a cultural center in southern Fujian and the source of Minnan songs, deeply feel the responsibility of rejuvenating. The first Minnan original song competition was launched at this time, which can be said to have played an effective role in helping Xiamen catch up with Minnan song creation.
the organizing Committee of this competition said that the purpose of holding this original song contest in Minnan language is to gather cultural elites on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, tap the seeds scattered among the people, improve the level of songs creation in Minnan language, promote the inheritance and innovation of songs in Minnan language, prosper the cultural and entertainment market on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and expand cultural exchanges and exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, and let songs in Minnan language enter the vision of more people, including non-Minnan people, not only as a musical form. Text/Lu Zhiming Li Ju
Birds in the Rain, a film made in Taiwan Province in the 194s, was composed by Zeng Zhongying, a Xiamen native, and later became a popular song in Minnan. Photo courtesy of Peng 1,
Zhang Xingyue, a popular singer in Taiwan Province, sang "Looking at the Spring Breeze" with nostalgia. Photo courtesy of Li Ju
A photo of Miss Chun Chun, a Taiwan Province pop singer who sang "Looking at the Spring Breeze" in those days, formerly known as Liu Qingxiang (first from the right) and her friends.