The story of "Lonely Sandbank Cold" Lyrics: Chen Xinrong Music: Zhou Chuanxiong Arranger: Zhou Chuanxiong Since you left, my heart has haggard Such a strong love that blows away tears for no reason can no longer make me sad night after night. When the thread of memory is entangled and the past is fragmented, panic occupies the heart. There are flowers accompanied by butterflies. Lone geese can fly together in the dead of night and wander alone. When happy lovers send red messages to share. I closed my eyes with joy and felt sad, but I didn’t dare to look back. I still picked up all the cold branches and refused to rest. With a hint of regret, I felt lonely on the sandbank. Who should I miss? It is understood that this song was inspired by Su Shi’s Fortune Teller. . I can only see lonely people coming and going alone, and their misty and lonely shadows. Startled but looked back, no one can spare the regret. Picking up all the cold branches and refusing to live on them, the lonely sandbank is cold. ——Su Shi·Bu Suanzi During the Shaosheng reign of Emperor Zhezong of the Northern Song Dynasty, there lived an old man with frost on his temples and his family members in a few thatched houses at Baihe Peak in Huizhou (now Huizhou City) on Guangnan East Road. During the day, he cleared wasteland and farmed beside the thatched house; at night, he read or recited poems and lyrics under an oil lamp. This old man was Su Shi, a famous minister of the dynasty. For most of his life, he was caught between the struggle between the new party and the old party. Because he was upright and outspoken, he was repeatedly demoted. In the eighth year of Emperor Zhezong's reign (1093), the so-called new party came to power. They persecuted Su Shi as an old party, demoted him again and again, and finally demoted him to the position of Sima Huizhou of the Jianchang Army. Su Shi felt that there was no hope of returning to the north, so he bought several acres of land in Baihe Peak, built a few thatched houses, and settled down temporarily. Strangely enough, whenever night falls, a young woman secretly comes to Su Shi's window and eavesdrops on him reciting poems and composing poems. She often stands silently until late at night. The dew wetted her shoes and socks, but she didn't notice it, still listening attentively. When she heard the key points, she couldn't help but read along in a low voice, shaking her head like an old scholar. The uninvited guest in the middle of the night was quickly discovered by his host. One night, when the girl came secretly, Su Shi gently opened the window and wanted to talk to her and find out what happened. Unexpectedly, as soon as the window opened, the girl ran away like a frightened bird. She nimbly jumped over the short courtyard wall and disappeared into the night. The Baihe Peak area was sparsely populated and there were only a few households. It didn't take long for Su Shi to figure out the whole story. It turned out that not far from Su Shi's house, there lived a prisoner Wen. He has a daughter named Chaochao, who is twenty-eight years old. She is elegant, handsome, well-educated, and especially likes to read the poems and poems of Bachelor Dongpo. She often reads them without putting the book down. She knows all the works of Su Gong by heart. , to the point of obsession. She made up her mind not to marry anyone other than a talented scholar like Su. Therefore, although he has passed the age of 15, he has not yet married. Ever since Su Shi was demoted to Huizhou, she had been looking for opportunities to meet Master Su, but she had never met Mr. Su. Although Su Shi was demoted, he was still a court official after all, and as the daughter of a small eunuch, how could he meet others casually? Besides, men and women are different. So she had no choice but to take advantage of the cover of night, regardless of the cold wind and frost, to stand on the dirt and listen to Master Su reciting poems. For her, it was really a great enjoyment. Su Shi was very moved after learning the true love. He thought to himself, how can I, Su Shi, be so virtuous and capable of attracting the favor of a talented woman like this? He made up his mind to fulfill this beautiful and talented daughter of the governor. Su Shi knew a scholar named Wang. He was a suave man, well-read in poetry and books, and had extraordinary ambitions. Su Shi looked for an opportunity and said to Wen Dujian: "I want to draw a red thread between the prince and your daughter, so that your daughter can fulfill her wish early." Wen Dujian and his daughter were very happy. From then on, Wen Chaochao would study behind closed doors, or do needlework, waiting for good news. Who knows, disaster will fall from the sky. The persecution of Su Shi by those in power did not end. Just as Su Shi and his family were initially settling down in Huizhou, in April of the fourth year of Shaosheng's reign (1097), Zhezong issued another imperial edict and demoted Su Shi to Qiongzhou Biejia Changhua Army resettlement. Qiongzhou is far away in Hainan, with "no charcoal in winter and no cold springs in summer". It is a remote and barren land. The government officials did not allow Su Shi to make any preparations and urgently urged him to go on the road. Su Shi had no choice but to leave his family in Huizhou and set off for Qiongzhou alone with his youngest son Su Guo. The whole family went to the riverside and said goodbye with tears. Su Shi couldn't help but feel sad when he thought that his chance of surviving was extremely small. He left in such a hurry, and his mood was so bad, how could he care about Wang Lang and Wen Chaochao's marriage? Su Shi's sudden demotion to Hainan was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for Wen Chaochao. She felt that not only had she lost a good marriage, but she had also lost forever the opportunity to associate with the scholar Su whom she admired. From then on she became demented and depressed. He often went to Xuexue Su's old house in Baihe Peak alone and stood there for half a day. Gradually she stopped eating and sleeping, and finally fell ill. Before she died, she asked her family to go to Baihe Peak to see if Xuexianshi Su had returned. She left this world full of infatuation, full of talent and infinite regrets. In accordance with her will, her family buried her next to a sand dune in front of Baihe Peak, with the grave facing Hainan. She hoped that even if she died, her soul would be able to see Xuexiang Su returning from Hainan. In the third year of Yuanfu (1100), Huizong succeeded to the throne and granted amnesty to the world, and Su Shi was able to return to the mainland. When Su Shi returned to Huizhou, Wen Chaochao's grave was covered with weeds. Standing in front of Chaochao's tomb, Su Shi had mixed feelings and couldn't help but shed tears. He hated himself for not being able to fulfill Chaochao's wish. Now, he could no longer comfort this suffering soul. He recited this poem full of guilt.
"Lonely Sandbank Cold" is a new love song that combines Chinese culture and Indian Sita style. Zhou Chuanxiong has spent more time in the mainland in recent years, and has naturally absorbed a lot of Chinese culture, and Song poetry is his personal favorite. This song was conceived by Su Shi's "Businessman". Different from many works that deliberately use musical elements, this song can be said to be an improvised fireworks created by unexpected combinations. At first, the guitarist was adjusting the tempo. Suddenly, Xiaogang discovered that the tempo, which was close to the sitar, was very special with the song. The lonely cold tone perfectly complemented the loneliness of the song, thus creating the exotic musical element of "Lonely Sandbank Cold" . Singapore's gold medal arranger Terence Teo was even more amazed after hearing this song, and then added elegant strings to Zhou Chuanxiong's arrangement, making the whole song richer in musical level. In terms of the music video, director Kuang Sheng did not use the national style of China and India in the song to shoot, but used futuristic and post-modern cold-toned fashion scenes and spaces with misty and alluring female figures. , interweaving an eerie atmosphere and avant-garde visuals to emphasize the new feeling presented by this song. With the director's sincere communication, Zhou Chuanxiong broke the previous performance standards and had many intimate sex scenes with the heroine, trying to show the lonely and complex emotions of men in lust.