Bāng Chhun-hong

"望春風"
A label of an early record
Song
Published	1933
Language	Taiwanese Hokkien
Label	Columbia Records (古倫美亞唱片)
Writer	Lee Lin-chiu
Composer	Teng Yu-hsien

Bāng Chhun-hong
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	望春風
Simplified Chinese	望春风
Transcriptions Gan - Romanization Mong chhun Fung Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Wàng Chūn Fēng Min - Hokkien POJ Bāng Chhun-hong
Japanese name
Hiragana	ぼうしゅんふう
Transcriptions - Revised Hepburn Bōshunfū

Bāng Chhun-hong is a Taiwanese Hokkien song composed by Teng Yu-hsien,^[1] a Hakka Taiwanese musician, and written by Lee Lin-chiu.^[1] 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),^[2] Ai-Ai (愛愛) or Iam-Iam (艷艷). The title literally means "Longing for the Spring Breeze".

Bāng Chhun-hong was once rewritten into a Japanese patriotic song as "Daichi wa maneku" (Japanese: 大地は招く),^[3] 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^?). The song has also been released in Japan by Hitoto Yo,^[4] a Japanese pop singer. Many Taiwanese singers who usually sing in Chinese had sung the Bāng 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^?),^[5] and a 1977 film which has an English name called "The Operations of Spring Wind". Bāng Chhun-hong is commonly used as background music in Taiwanese films or teleplays. It is also a theme in the soundtrack of Singapore Dreaming,^[6] a 2006 released Singaporean film.

There is a biographical novel of the same name that written by Chung Chao-cheng,^[7] 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

Traditional Chinese	Taiwanese Hokkien Romanization
獨夜無伴守燈下　清風對面吹 十七八 未出嫁　見到少年家 果然標緻面肉白　誰家人子弟 想欲問伊驚歹勢　心內彈琵琶 想欲郎君作尪婿　意愛在心內 待何時　君來採　青春花當開 忽聽外頭有人來　開門該看覓 月老笑阮戇大獃　予風騙不知	To̍k iā bô phōaⁿ tsiú teng-ē, chheng-hong tùi bīn chhe Cha̍p-chhit-poeh, bōe chhut-kè, kìⁿ-tio̍h siàu-liân-ke Kó-jiân piau-tì bīn-bah pe̍h, sûi ke lâng chú-tē Siūⁿ-bōe mn̄g i kiaⁿ phái-sè, sim-lāi tōaⁿ pî-pê Siūⁿ-bōe liông-kun choh ang-sài, ì-ài chāi sim-lāi Thāi hô-sû, kun lâi chhái, chheng-chhun hoe tǹg khai Hut thiaⁿ gōa-thâu ū lâng lâi, khui-mn̂g kai khòaⁿ-bāi Go̍at-ló chhiò gún gōng-tōa-tai, hō͘ hong phiàn m̄-chai
English translation
I was waiting alone under a lamp, the spring breeze blowing on my cheeks. In the teen I still single, looking at the youth gents. Really handsome and really cute, which a family he would comes from? Intent to chat with him, but my heart was as nervous as playing pipa. I wish him to be the groom of me, I hide my love in mind. Waiting the day that the gent comes to pick, the flower was bloomy. Heard someone was coming, I opened the door to look for. The Yuelao† laughed at me for being an idiot, as I tricked by the breeze.

Present-day lyric

Traditional Chinese

Taiwanese Hokkien Romanization

獨夜無伴守燈下　清風對面吹 十七八歲未出嫁　搪著少年家 果然標緻面肉白　誰家人子弟 想欲問伊驚歹勢　心內彈琵琶 想欲郎君做尪婿　意愛在心內 等待何時君來採　青春花當開 聽見外面有人來　開門該看覓 月娘笑阮戇大獃　予風騙不知

To̍k iā bô phōaⁿ siú teng-ē, chheng-hong tùi bīn chhe Cha̍p-chhit-poeh-hòe bōe chhut-kè, tn̄g-tio̍h siàu-liân-ke Kó-jiân piau-tì bīn-bah pe̍h, sûi ke lâng chú-tē Siūⁿ-bōe mn̄g i kiaⁿ phái-sè, sim-lāi tōaⁿ pî-pê Siūⁿ-bōe liông-kun choh ang-sài, ì-ài chāi sim-lāi Tán-thāi hô-sû kun lâi chhái, chheng-chhun hoe tǹg khai Hut thiaⁿ gōa-thâu ū lâng lâi, khui-mn̂g kai khòaⁿ-māi Go̍eh-niû chhiò gún gōng-tōa-tai, hō͘ hong phiàn m̄-chai

† In the recent version, the word "Yuelao" (月老), that means the "god of marriage", had been replaced by "Yuenian" (月娘), that means the "moon" in the Taiwanese Hokkien language.

Media

See also

• Taiwanese pop

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Taiwanese Pop Songs History". http://tzeng2.home.comcast.net/~tzeng2/TaiwanPopSongs/in_english.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-15. 
2. ^ "台灣第一代女歌星 純純桃花泣血的一生" (in Traditional Chinese). http://www.taiwan123.com.tw/musicface/face01.htm#. Retrieved 2008-08-15. 
3. ^ "鄧雨賢生平記要" (in Traditional Chinese). http://www2.tyccc.gov.tw/hakka/guid2c.html. Retrieved 2008-08-15. 
4. ^ "Discography: 月天心" (in Japanese). http://columbia.jp/artist-info/hitoto/COCP-32024.html. Retrieved 2008-08-15. 
5. ^ "望春風(1937年)" (in Traditional Chinese). http://taojianbao.myweb.hinet.net/city/mvphoto/mvphoto.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-15. 
6. ^ "《美滿人生》 Singapore Dreaming" (in Traditional Chinese). http://stars.udn.com/star/StarsContent/Content14705/. Retrieved 2008-08-15. 
7. ^ "鍾肇政專訪" (in Traditional Chinese). http://www.twcenter.org.tw/b01/b01_17001_1.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-15. 

External links

• 望春風 on YouTube