My Home in Eight Hundred Li Dongting is a classic Hunan song created by Zheng Xinglin, the former director of Yueyang Cultural Center. The theme of this song is Dongting Lake, which reflects Yueyang people's love for their hometown and deep affection for Dongting Lake. This song takes Dongting Lake as the background, praising the magnificent scenery and rich natural resources of Dongting Lake and the feelings of Hunan people for Dongting Lake's hometown.
The lyrics of the songs are rich in Hunan local characteristics and strong folk songs, expressing Hunan people's deep attachment to Dongting Lake and their love for their hometown. The lyrics describe the charm of Dongting Lake, the green and clear water, the beautiful lakes and mountains, and the figure of fishing boats shuttling by the lake, which makes people have infinite reverie and yearning.
Song appreciation
My Home in Eight Hundred Li Dongting Lake is a song with strong Hunan characteristics. Through delicate melody and catchy lyrics, it shows the love for Dongting Lake and the deep affection for hometown.
The melody of this song is cheerful and lively, and the rhythm is clear, giving people a feeling of surging pride. The introduction part at the beginning adopts the singing method of Minnan dialect, which makes the whole song have a clear sense of rhythm and easy music changes.
Then, the song enters the chorus part, and outlines the magnificent scenery and lakes and mountains of Dongting Lake with sonorous melody and brisk lyrics. In the climax, the melody is more passionate and the lyrics are more enthusiastic, which reflects the love of Hunan people for Dongting Lake and their hometown.