On the Water Side was written by Qiong Yao and composed by Lin Jiaqing. This song was written by Qiong Yao on 1975 for her film On the Water Side. The original singers were Gao Lingfeng and Jiang Lei. 1980, Teresa Teng covered this song and included it in the album "On the Water Side" of the same name. Since then, On the Water Side has been popular all over the country.
1988, Qiong Yao released a TV version of On the Water, which was sung by Li Bihua as an episode of a TV series. Before and after it, this song has also been covered by many singers several times. Although On Water was inspired by China's earliest collection of poems, The Book of Songs,
However, the tune does not use the traditional five tones in ancient China, which adds a mysterious exotic color to the work and better embodies the theme of "softness". On the Water Side is adapted from The Book of Songs, which was originally sung by Gao Lingfeng and Jiang Lei in the film On the Water Side. After the cover of Teresa Teng, it was widely circulated.