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In the written records of Chinese history, the first time the character Song was used as a surname appeared in the early stage of the Zhou dynasty.One of the children of the last emperor of the Shang dynasty, Weizi Qi (微子启), was a duke from the state named Song, who descended from his ancestor Xie (契) whose name was derived from the surname Zi (子).
Xinyao (Chinese: 新謠; pinyin: Xīnyáo) is a genre of songs originating from Singapore. [1] It is a contemporary Mandarin vocal genre that emerged between the late 1970s to 1980s. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Xinyao songs are typically composed and sung by Singaporeans , although there are exceptions: one of the most notable being Eric Moo , who is not ...
As Zhang Wei was a common name in the Chinese language, [citation needed] he became known by his stage name, Da Zhang Wei. [ citation needed ] In January 1999, The Flowers signed with a small Beijing-based Chinese independent label , New Bees Music, and released their first album, On the Other Side of Happiness . [ 2 ]
The video includes scenes of Chopstick Brothers' original music video as well as T-ara's music video. Norwegian Power Metal artist PelleK uploaded a cover of this song on his YouTube channel Pellekofficial on January 14, 2015, in a metal style and has been both complimented and criticized for his pronunciation of Chinese words.
The term shídàiqǔ (時代曲) literally translates to 'songs of the era' in Mandarin Chinese. When sung in Cantonese, it is commonly referred to as jyut6 jyu5 si4 doi6 kuk1 (粵語時代曲); in Amoy Hokkien, it is known as Hā-gú sî-tāi-khiok (廈語時代曲). These terms incorporate the native names for the dialects.
The song was widely used by the Chinese government in turn-of-the-century official events, [16] but became censored [19] after the 2011 Chinese pro-democracy protests, also called the Jasmine ("Mo li hua") Revolution, [21] which used the song as a deniable and hard-to-block way of expressing support for democracy.
The song was featured in an episode of the T.V. series Daredevil Season 01 Episode 05 titled "World On Fire". [8] The song "Runaway Train", from the soundtrack of the 2003 video game, Command and Conquer: Generals, samples this song. This song is also sampled in a soundtrack of Dynasty Warriors 4, a video game by Koei.
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