Bang Chhun Hong

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Name = 望春風


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Published = 1933
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Language = Hokkien
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Writer = Lee Lin-chiu
Composer = Teng Yu-hsien
Label = Columbia Records (古倫美亞唱片)
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"Bang Chhun Hong" (traditional Chinese: ; pehoeji: Bāng Chhun Hong; pinyin: Wàng Chun Feng; romaji: Boushunfuu) is a Hokkien song composed by Teng Yu-hsien,cite web |url=http://tzeng2.home.comcast.net/~tzeng2/TaiwanPopSongs/in_english.htm |title=Taiwanese Pop Songs History |accessdate=2008-08-15 ] a Hakka Taiwanese musician, and wrote by Lee Lin-chiu. The song was one of their representative works. It was released by the Columbia Records in 1933, and originally sung by some female singers at that time, such as Sun-Sun (純純), [cite web |url=http://www.taiwan123.com.tw/musicface/face01.htm# |title=台灣第一代女歌星 純純桃花泣血的一生 |language=Chinese |accessdate=2008-08-15 ] Ai-Ai (愛愛) or Iam-Iam (艷艷). The title is literally means "Longing for the Spring Breeze".

"Bang Chhun Hong" was once rewritten into a Japanese patriotic song as "Daichi wa maneku" (大地は招く), [cite web |url=http://www2.tyccc.gov.tw/hakka/guid2c.html |title=鄧雨賢生平記要 |language=Chinese |accessdate=2008-08-15 ] literally means "The Mother Earth is Calling on You". It was written by Koshiji Shirou (越路詩郎) and sung by Kirishima Noboru (霧島昇). In recent, the song also has a new Japanese lyric sung by Hitoto Yo, [cite web |url=http://columbia.jp/artist-info/hitoto/COCP-32024.html |title=Discography: 月天心 |language=Japanese |accessdate=2008-08-15 ] a Japanese pop singer. Many Chinese singers had sung the "Bang Chhun Hong", such as Teresa Teng, Maya Showlen (秀蘭瑪雅), Feng Fei-fei (鳳飛飛) and Stella Chang (張清芳). An adapted version which work and sung by David Tao was also emitted.

Since the song was published, some films of the same name had released, such as a 1937 film directed by Andou Tarou (安藤太郎), [cite web |url=http://taojianbao.myweb.hinet.net/city/mvphoto/mvphoto.htm |title=望春風(1937年) |language=Chinese |accessdate=2008-08-15 ] and a 1977 film which has an English name called "The Operations of Spring Wind". "Bang Chhun Hong" is commonly used as background music in Taiwanese films or teleplays. It is also a theme in the soundtrack of "Singapore Dreaming", [cite web |url=http://stars.udn.com/star/StarsContent/Content14705/ |title=《美滿人生》Singapore Dreaming |language=Chinese |accessdate=2008-08-15 ] a 2006 released Singaporean film.

There is a biographical novel of the same name that written by Chung Chao-cheng, [cite web |url=http://www.twcenter.org.tw/b01/b01_17001_1.htm |title=鍾肇政專訪 |language=Chinese |accessdate=2008-08-15 ] a hakka writer. The novel does not describe about the song, instead, it depicts the life of Teng Yu-hsien, the composer.

Lyrics

Original lyric

ee also

*Taiwanese pop

References

External links

*YouTube|A76BY38QncM|望春風