None of this song is the main song of Cui Jian's first album, because of this song, he is known as the first man in Chinese rock. This song is undoubtedly a representative of Chinese rock music. The song was issued in 1989, and it was a special period for China. At that time, China experienced things (for example: Chairman Mao's passing, the invasion of the American and Hong Kong and Taiwan ideological systems. The state is in the stage of reform and opening up in the period of the alternation of the old and new ideas and the transition period of the social system. The emergence of this song may be of an epochal significance. Of course, everyone has a different understanding of the content of the song. Some people say that this song reacts …show more content…
This is a new fashion song written by Western musical instruments, such as guitar, Beth, keyboard, jazz drum and so on. On the surface, it seems to be close to the trend of individualism in the west, but to examine its melody style, it is a typical northern folk song. Cui Jian is rather than adhering to a hoarse roar rock singing, as it is in imitation of the northwest people's rough voice. At that time, most singers were imitating and singing the song of Hong Kong and Tai singers. Cui Jian, which has self venting and unadorned singing, is undoubtedly extremely abrupt. The most characteristic is that this song in 45 seconds -60 seconds of time, into the nation's unique musical instrument China flute. This is the ingenious integration of Chinese traditional instruments with Western guitars, keyboards and percussion instruments. In the whole piece of music, both the volume and the tone of Cui Jian were very high. His unique singing has given a new way to rock music. The tune of 44 makes the song seem very rhythmic. The repeated paragraphs have been repeatedly talking about the subject - nothing. I think this is hook, so that the melody that makes this song is very easy to be remembered by the audience and to impress people. In general, this is a rock music with Chinese characteristics, and the style of Cui Jian's singing and song gives a new meaning to the type of
The Cultural Revolution in China was led by Mao Zedong, due to this Liang and many others faced overwhelming obstacles in many aspects of their life such as work, family and everyday encounters, if affected everyone’s families life and education, Liang lets us experience his everyday struggles during this era, where the government determined almost every aspect of life. The beginning of the book starts out with Liang’s typical life, which seems normal, he has a family which consists of three children, two older sisters and him the youngest, his two sister’s reside in Changsha 1. his father has an everyday occupation working as a journalist at a local newspaper. Things start to take a turn early in life for Liang Heng, his family politics were always questioned, the mistake made by one of his family members would impact his entire family and it would be something they would have to suffer through, it was impossible for them to live down such a sin.... ...
It is also the piece that had enough of an effect to make the evil man go away, in the film, Fantasia. My strongest reaction to this piece, is the warm and chilled feeling I get hearing it. The idea of developing “chilled” bones from music is amazing. I arrived at this certain place, by truly diving into the song. I really listened to it, and could hear the seriousness in the singer’s voice. I could hear and understand the passion that the musicians felt when they pressed the piano’s keyboards. The singing, along with the instruments complimenting, is astonishing. I caught myself listening to this piece during the interview, and I could imagine even an evil monster falling in love with this tune enough to turn good. I felt the drama and power in the singing, and the seriousness in the playing of the
“It was not easy to live in Shanghai” (Anyi 137). This line, echoed throughout Wang Anyi 's short piece “The Destination” is the glowing heartbeat of the story. A refrain filled with both longing and sadness, it hints at the many struggles faced by thousands upon thousands trying to get by in the city of Shanghai. One of these lost souls, the protagonist, Chen Xin, was one of the many youths taken from his family and sent to live the in the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. Ten years after the fact, Chen Xin views the repercussions of the Cultural Revolution internally and externally as he processes the changes that both he, and his hometown have over-gone in the past ten years. Devastatingly, he comes to the conclusion that there is no going back to the time of his childhood, and his fond memories of Shanghai exist solely in memory. This is in large part is due to the changes brought on by the Cultural Revolution. These effects of the Cultural Revolution are a central theme to the story; with repercussions seen on a cultural level, as well as a personal one.
The film focussed on his eventual departure from China to U.S.A after being selected by a world leading choreographer, Ben Stevenson and the consequences that followed. To leave his family at age eleven, I admired how he persevered even though his teacher was very tough and picked on him for being too weak. The film often referred back to his old life in the village, portraying that his family meant the world to him, shown by flashbacks. I can understand why a film was made for Li Cunxin to portray how a person, even from the poorest of backgrounds, can transform their life if they’re given a chance.
Many say that music has evolved over the years. This essay shall explore the elements of two versions of one song. It shall discuss the correlations and disparities of these songs and confer how it has been revolutionised to entertain the audiences of today.
They should not have been singing around a corpse. There is another funeral section where Yan Hui brings up Mengsun Cai’s mother's death to Confucius, “When Mengsun Cai’s mother died, he wailed without shedding any tears, he did not grieve in his heart, and he conducted the funeral without any look of sorrow.”(p.84) and Confucius responds, “Mengsun did all there was to do. He was advanced beyond ordinary understanding and he would have simplified things even more, but that wasn’t practical. However, there is still a lot that he simplified.” and at the end he tells Yan Hui “though something may startle his body, it won’t injure his mind; though something may alarm the house [his spirit lives in], his emotions will suffer no death. Mengsun alone has waked up. Man wail and so he wails, too--that’s the reason he acts like this.”(p.84) What he is saying by this is even though he conducted the funeral service for his mother, and did a fine job, he has to move on and not mourn on the death longer than what is needed. Analyzing the situation and thinking critically on how your life will be from now on and accepting the change and moving on is what I made of this passage. Zhuangzi thinks in the same way, letting things happen and living with
That’s why most of the Chinese youth were inspired to join the army due to the books that were sold and the song that was written just for the Red Guards army. The book’s name is “Little Red Book.” The song’s name is “Red Guard Song.” For the members, the “Red Guard Song” reminds them of why they joined the Red Guards. To add on, two young women had written their own memoirs to explain what their life was like when the Cultural Revolution was happening and how their life was changed when they joined the Red Guards and started to rebel against their parents and their own teachers.
In a village left behind as the rest of the China is progressing, the fate of women remains in the hands of men. Old customs and traditions reign supreme, not because it is believed such ways of life are best, but rather because they have worked for many years despite harsh conditions. In response to Brother Gu’s suggestion of joining communist South China’s progress, Cuiqiao’s widower father put it best: “Farmer’s have their own rules.”
Zhao Zhenkai also known as Bei Dao is a Chinese born in Beijing, China. He’s one of the most outstanding, extraordinary and distinguished Chinese poet of his generation. By many, he’s seen and considered as one of the major writers in modern China. Bei Dao which literally means “Northern Island” is the pen name of this Chinese poet and he’s won copious international awards for his poetry, he’s been nominated severally for the Nobel Prize in literature and he’s an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and letters. He’s also an author of short stories. He’s known through his writing as a critical thinker who creatively constitute a driving force culture and he’s seen as a pervasive, Insuppressible media machine that is incessantly grinding lives into story lines and human voices into carefully gleaming sound bites. Bai’s poetry core concern at this time is a solicitation for the reimposition of personal space and life’s ordinariness against a general indigence of humanity in china for the past ten years. Bai has written many poems which challenge the issue of a corrupt society, abuse of power and bloody landscape of the fascist dictatorship in China. Some of Bei Dao’s books of poetry and essay include, Blue house (2000), Unlock (2000), Midnight Gate (2005), The August Sleeper (1988), Old Snow (1991) and at the Sky’s Edge Poems (1991-1996) and untitled.
Throughout the film ancient China’s profound history and glorious culture has displayed through various cultural elements. The martial arts, writing system, architecture all together gives an image of the Chinese culture. The developments and advanced techniques have shaped the country and stabilized the society. China has accomplished some of the greatest achievements of mankind. It had also made significant contribution to the development of advanced systems around the world. Chinese culture is very unique. All the elements presented in the film have truly strengthened my understanding of the Chinese
There are lots of musical instruments are integral to Chinese culture, including the flute-like xun and the guqin, which is in the zither family. And of course china has the Beijing opera which is developed for hundreds of years and now still very popular in Chinese. There are also the Chinese martial arts - Kung Fu. The aim of Chinese martial arts is to strengthen both the body and mind and to extend friendship. Martial arts are not intended to do harm to others, nor does the practitioner use his skills to boast, or to betray his friends or his country. These are the paramount principles that every person who practices martial arts should
The song explores change within an individual by utilizing various language techniques including rhyme, writer's purpose, tone and also other techniques such as audio techniques and solutions to pre-mentioned problems. The aspect of self-change within this text is obvious as the text explores the concept that most large-scale change stems from change within an individual. The text informs the reader that by starting with yourself and altering your own ways you can influence others and even the world and "make the world a better place".
The harmony of the group is perfectly shown in this song. When a person hears it for the first time it sounds like one person sings it. The song opens with hope, “Helplessly Hoping”, that even in despair, there is hope. The word choice in the song is evocative and elegant, but it can have different meanings. The words are full of mystery, and the alliteration can make one’s spirit uplifting. The song is a non-verbal dialogue between a guy who loves a girl, waiting for her, and wonders about her love for him. The guy is being her harlequin, who hovers close to her, so she could notice him. The guy sees the girl’s good qualities, and true and kind spirit she has. Spirit is considered something that flows in the air, so that is why he wished he could fly and grasp her.
His songs, which might be considered as simple, actually have deeply philosophical meaning to contemplate on. For instance, the song “Our Love” which he performed tells about the power of love over any biases, stereotypes and differences. Like the song “Our Love”, there are many lyrics which reaffirm the belief in life and love, as well as depict the challenges and struggles on the way. That is why everyone can connect to the songs, finding one aspect of life or another which one has experienced, as
Chinese music is described as a unique form of art. Even today, the Modern Chinese music has a Western Modern Music style. The music has it's own characteristics and is very much distinct.