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Shirly Sung China(Shannxi) Folk Song--052: Nanniwan -- South Muddy Valley

LISTEN TO SHIRLEY SINGING THE SONG

In my vocal music lesson Saturday night, I learned a new Chinese Shannxi Folk Song Nanniwan -- South Muddy Valley that was created in 40's and have been popular for about 60 years...

For breaking the economy blockaded by the Japanese aggressors in the Second World War, Mr. Mao Zedong and Zhu De decided to send an excellent army -- 359 brigade to come to a place -- Nanniwan that is near by Yanan to develop economy work to offer the food and material to the army to fight with the Japanese aggressors.

From 1941 to 1944, this army created a wonder and changed Nanniwan from a very poor place to be a rich one as the "south area of the Yangtze Rive". The needing of the army in the battlefield to be offered...

This song is just to express this part of history in China.

I am too familiar with this song, because I could sing it since I was about 6 or 7 years old, so, just recorded my singing 3 times, my teacher said that is ok. :-)

An interesting thing is that when I was singing at my home, I did hear some neighbors were singing with my piano out of my door. Can you imagine? Since 2002, in the past 4 years and 4 months, there were really some children and neighbors singing with me together out of my windows when I had my vocal music lesson in some summer days, anyway, I never know who they were... :-)

It seems like that everyone enjoys the good and beautiful things. Do you think so?


MAIN MENAING OF THE SONGLISTEN TO SHIRLEY SINGING THE SONG

Nanniwan

Smelling the sweet smell of the flowers in my basket,
to listen to me to sing for you,
please come to Nanniwan,
Nanniwan is a good place
there are plants everywhere,
there are flock and herds all over.

In the former years in Nanniwan,
there were only barren mountains everywhere,
there was no any signs of human habitation,
Today's Nanniwan,
it is totally different,
It is not   in the old feature at all,
it has become so beautiful as a Shanbei's
"south ares of the Yangtze Rive".

In the Shanbei's "south ares of the Yangtze Rive",
flowers are blossoming full of the mountains.
Let us learn Nanniwan,
to develop everywhere as
"the south ares of the Yangtze Rive".
Now 359 brigade has made a good model for us,
Let us go ahind,
to send our fresh flowers to these great people...

CHINESE CHARACTERS AND PRONUNCIATIONLISTEN TO SHIRLEY SINGING THE SONG:

-- Nanniwan

-- Hualan de hua er xiang,
-- ting wo lai chang yi chang鐚
-- chang yi chang
ュ遺 -- lai dao le Nanniwan鐚
-- Nanniwan hao difang,
-- hao difang
腮 -- Dao chu shi zhuangjia鐚
-- bian di shi niu yang

-- Wangnian de Nanniwan鐚
紊紊 -- chuchu shi huangshan鐚
羃≦ -- mei ya renyan
-- Rujin de Nanniwan鐚
-- yu wangnian bu yiban鐚
-- bu yiban
罔≧ -- Zai bu shi jiu moyang鐚
-- Shi Shanbei de hao Jiangnan

-- Shanbei de hao Jiannan鐚
-- xianhua kai man shan鐚
-- kai ya man shan
絖箙 -- Xuexi na Nanniwan鐚
-- Chuchu shi Jiangnan鐚
-- Shi ya Jiangnan
篋-- You zhanguang lai you shengchan鐚
筝篋 罔 -- san wu jiu l shi mofan鐚
-- Zanmen zou xiangqian,
罔 -- xianhua song mofan


LISTEN TO SHIRLEY SINGING THE SONG

If you have any questions, comments and suggestions, please write to shirley@ebridge.cn , or shirleyz004@yahoo.com, You are welcomed to publish your opinions in Forum For Friends as well. :-)

-- Shirley Zhang
Written, Translated and Recorded It on Sun, March 17, 2007