‘Can’t Leave You’ (离不开你, Líbùkāi nǐ) is the song that brought 44-year-old singer Huang Qishan (黄绮珊, Huáng Qǐshān) aka Susan Huang to national attention on China’s internet over the past two weeks. Though she entered the music business 27 years ago, Huang Qishan did not become a household name until recently when she appeared on Hunan Satellite TV’s I’m A Singer (我是歌手, Wǒ shì gēshǒu), a singing competition reality show imported from South Korea’s Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. This singing competition has featured famous artists from the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, such as Qi Qin aka Chyi Chin, Paul Wong Koon-Chung aka Huang Guanzhong (former guitarist from the Hong Kong rock band Beyond), Sha Baoliang, Chen Ming, Shang Wenjie aka Laure Shang, and the former members of the pop duet Yu Quan—Chen Yufan, and Hu Haiquan (these two singers also took turns hosting this reality show).
Category: Chinese Song
Chinese Song: ‘Running Away’ by Zhou Bichang
“Running Away” is included in 27-year-old mainland singer Zhou Bichang‘s latest album Unlock, released on May 16, 2013. At time of translation, this song has generated 38,355 listens on Xiami.
Chinese Song: ‘For the Loved’ 亲爱的路人 by Liu Ruoying
“For the Loved” (or literally “Dear Passersby”) (亲爱的路人, Qīnài de lùrén) is included in 43-year-old Taiwanese singer René Liu aka Liu Ruoying ( 刘若英, Liú Ruòyīng) ‘s latest eponymous album, released on May 10th. This song is the ending theme song for the popular TV drama Drama Go Go Go (or literally Big Sister Marching Forward) ( 姐姐立正向前走, J iějie lìzhèng xiàngqiánzǒu). At time of translation, this song has generated 993,903 listens on Xiami.
Chinese Song: ‘I Miss You’ 我好想你 by Sodagreen
’I Miss You’ (我好想你, Wǒ hǎoxiǎng nǐ) is included in Taiwanese indie band sodagreen (苏打绿, sū dá lǜ) ‘s eponymous album, released on June 17th. The band’s vocalist Wu Qingfeng ( 吴青峰, Wú Qīngfēng) aka Wu Tsing-Fong said he wrote this song five years ago and experienced an emotional meltdown when recording it. This year, this song was chosen to be the theme song of the movie Tiny Times (小时代, Xiǎo shídài) directed by Young-adult Fiction writer Guo Jingming (郭敬明, Guō Jìngmíng). At time of translation, this song has generated 770,516 listens on Xiami.
Chinese Song: ‘Speechless Song’ 无言歌 by Lin Yilian
‘Speechless Song’ (无言歌, Wúyán gē) is part of 47-year-old Hong Kong singer Lin Yilian ( 林忆莲, Lín Yìlián) aka Sandy Lam‘s 2012 album 'Gaia', which was nominated for six awards at the 24th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards. At the July 6th’s awards ceremony, this album eventually won the Best Mandarin Album award while Sandy Lam won the Best Mandarin Female Singer award and co-won the Best Album Producer award with Guangdong singer, songwriter, and music producer Chang Shilei. Chang Shilei also won the Best Musical Arranger award for the song ‘Gaia’.
Chinese Band: May Day 五月天
Mayday (五月天), is a rock/pop band from Taiwan that dreams of being the “Beatles for Chinese People” (华人的披头四). I’ve often wondered why they’d limit themselves to just the Chinese. The band has five members: Lead singer Ashin 阿信, Guitarist/Band Leader Monster 怪兽, Guitarist Stone 石头, Bass Player (+random other instruments) Masa 玛沙, and Drummer Guanyou 冠佑 (formerly known as Yanming 谚明, or just Ming).
Folk music中国的民乐
According to current archaeological discoveries, Chinese folk music dates back 7000 years. Not only in form but also in artistic conception, China has been the home of a colorful culture of folk music. Largely based on the pentatonic scale, Chinese folk music is different from western traditional music, paying more attention to the form expression as well.
Ethnic Han music
Han Chinese make up 92% of the population of China. Ethnic Han music consists of heterophonic music, in which the musicians play versions of a single melodic line. Percussion accompanies most music, dance, talks, and opera. Han Chinese Folk Music had many aspects to it regarding its meaning, feelings, and tonality. This genre of music, in a sense, is similar to the Chinese language. This relationship is made by tones, sliding from higher tones to lower tones, or lower to higher tones, or a combination of both. These similarities mean that the instrument is a very important part in mastering technique with both left and right hands (left hand is used to create tonality on the string, right hand is for plucking or strumming the string), particularly for the classical (literati) tradition. Sometimes, singing can be put into the music to create a harmony or a melody accompanying the instrument. Han Chinese Folk's feelings are displayed in its poetry-like feeling to it with slow soothing tempos that express feelings that connect with the audience or whoever is playing the piece. Han Chinese Folk is delivered in a way, using silences that alter its meaning, this also creates a sound similar to poetry.
Dragon Dance耍龙灯
The famous dragon dance with music is also a remembered tradition. It is seen on Chinese New Year across the world by millions. It is not known when the tradition started, but it is believed to be thousands of years ago, as entertainment of former emperors, royals, and nobles. It was and still is a very important dance in the Chinese culture.
The music history of China
Chinese music has been known historically since the dawn of Chinese civilization, with documents and artifacts providing evidence of a well-developed musical culture.
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