tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42141091587380036202011-07-29T05:52:23.725+02:00songs and singers from different parts of the world...Dan-en-Provencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07455271840489346651noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4214109158738003620.post-72770824524719490352009-07-29T18:18:00.000+02:002009-07-29T18:18:40.714+02:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4214109158738003620-7277082452471949035?l=dan-en-provence.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan-en-Provencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07455271840489346651noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4214109158738003620.post-30927701750041363602009-07-19T19:28:00.009+02:002009-07-19T21:25:04.815+02:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pUgScDSx2aE/SmNbzZVlz_I/AAAAAAAAAA8/NREgyGissYI/s1600-h/DSCF0013_17.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pUgScDSx2aE/SmNbzZVlz_I/AAAAAAAAAA8/NREgyGissYI/s320/DSCF0013_17.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360228920033923058" border="0" /></a><br /><br />In October 2007 I visited Changsha, the capital of the Hunan region. My Chinese colleague, Professor Chen Xiaoxiang (Sophy) invited her students and me for a Karaoke evening.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pUgScDSx2aE/SmNcYyzrixI/AAAAAAAAABE/EMEZE2sJ2zQ/s1600-h/DSCF0010_18.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pUgScDSx2aE/SmNcYyzrixI/AAAAAAAAABE/EMEZE2sJ2zQ/s320/DSCF0010_18.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360229562526173970" border="0" /></a><br />We were joined by my colleague's friend Ivy Huang who sang a song called <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/a5g6jxydc1">Sao zi</a> - (Ode to my sister-in-law) a traditional song from the North East of China.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here are the words in pinyin...<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">saozi...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">saozi jie ni yishuang xiaoshou peng yiba heitu,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> xian ba guizi mai diao, </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />sao zi...</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">sao zi jie ni yidui dajiao cai yiliu shandao ,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> zai ba women song hao,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />sao zi...</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">sao zi jie ni yifu shengban dang yi dang taiyang,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">women hao da shengzhang,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />ai...hang hang di saozi, qin qin di saozi,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> women yong xianxue gongfeng ni,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> hang hang di saozi, qin qin di saozi,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> women yong xianxue gongfeng ni,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />ao...hei hei di saozi,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">ao...hei hei di saozi,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">ao...hei hei di saozi,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">ao...hei hei di saozi,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">hei hei di ni...</span><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4214109158738003620-3092770175004136360?l=dan-en-provence.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan-en-Provencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07455271840489346651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4214109158738003620.post-38872345814349687342009-07-19T16:23:00.006+02:002009-07-19T21:23:13.732+02:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pUgScDSx2aE/SmNidBqn9eI/AAAAAAAAABU/DH1oZVJ3UWk/s1600-h/DSCF0007_5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pUgScDSx2aE/SmNidBqn9eI/AAAAAAAAABU/DH1oZVJ3UWk/s320/DSCF0007_5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360236232303965666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />In October 2003 I spent a couple of weeks in Beijing and I was taken to a famous tea house accompanied by Professor Lin Maocan and one of his students.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pUgScDSx2aE/SmNhWgEifdI/AAAAAAAAABM/aFUv41WTtS0/s1600-h/DSCF0021_2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pUgScDSx2aE/SmNhWgEifdI/AAAAAAAAABM/aFUv41WTtS0/s320/DSCF0021_2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360235020695010770" border="0" /></a>In the tea house, acrobats musicians and comedians performed while we drank tea.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />One of the last performances was particularly impressive - a group of four musicians played five musical instruments - each one played a different instrument with his left hand and his right.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pUgScDSx2aE/SmNIBERMypI/AAAAAAAAAAk/s2Doq6RuZww/s1600-h/DSCF0014_3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pUgScDSx2aE/SmNIBERMypI/AAAAAAAAAAk/s2Doq6RuZww/s320/DSCF0014_3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360207164663974546" border="0" /></a><br />Then the impresario announced - having performed this incredibly difficult task they will now do the impossible and sing at the same time.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />They started singing a song in Chinese and everyone in the audience joined in singing the song.<br /><br />It was obviously a very popular song.<br /><br />I later asked Yu Ju, the student who accompanied us, if she could find the words for me. She did - the song was called "<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/f391o854qg">Tian Mi Mi</a>" - I looked it up on internet and discovered Deng Li Jun - also known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Teng">Teresa Teng</a>.<br /><br />I decided I would like to learn to sing this song.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4214109158738003620-3887234581434968734?l=dan-en-provence.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan-en-Provencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07455271840489346651noreply@blogger.com0