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Song is the pinyin transliteration of the Chinese family name 宋. It is transliterated as Sung in Wade-Giles, and Soong is also a common transliteration. In addition to being a common surname, it is also the name of a Chinese dynasty, the Song dynasty, written with the same character. In 2019, it was the 24th most common surname in Mainland China.
"Drizzle" has been identified variously as the first work of shidaiqu, [6] the first C-pop hit, [16] and the first Chinese modern song. [4] The genre that followed "Drizzle", blending Chinese folk music and jazz, was rejected in the early People's Republic of China , which deemed it " yellow music ". [ 17 ]
This type of music typically employs Chinese national vocal (minzu) vocals, with content focused on reflecting national history and culture or promoting the "main melody" — praising the Chinese Communist Party, the minzu, and the People's Liberation Army. Representative singers include Song Zuying, Peng Liyuan, Wang Hongwei. [1] [2]
The Chinese expression "Three Zhang Four Li" (simplified Chinese: 张三李四; traditional Chinese: 張三李四; pinyin: Zhāng Sān Lǐ Sì) is used to mean "anyone" or "everyone", [4] but the most common surnames are currently Wang in mainland China [5] and Chen in Taiwan. [6]
Feng" on its own means "wind," but in context it is a shortening of the phrase "feng ge" (風格), meaning characteristic style or genre.) Zhong guo feng features traditional Chinese instruments and Western instruments, sometimes written in the Pentatonic Scale. Lyrics may be in the form of Chinese poetry and discuss themes related with Chinese ...
Wang Luobin first named this song as "The Grassland Love Song" (草原情歌), but the song has later become better known by its first line of the lyrics, "Zai Na Yaoyuan De Difang". [ citation needed ] The song is extremely popular in Japan where it is called "Love Song of the Steppe" ( 草原情歌 , Sōgen jōka ) .
The song "The Smooth Love Song" (溜溜的情歌), from the album Hui Wei (回蔚) by Karen Mok, samples this song. The song "Kangding Love Song and Liuliu Tune" remix by Tan weiwei on I Am A Singer season 3, Ep9 in 2015. Sammo Hung sings a portion of the song in the movie Dragons Forever.