The original singer of the song "Eighteen Bends of the Mountain Road" is Li Qiong.
Li Qiong was born in Wuhan, Hubei Province, is now the armed police headquarters of the Cultural and Industrial Troupe famous young singers. She was awarded the special prize in the CCTV Eighth National Young Singers Competition; the solo work "Eighteen Bends of the Mountain Road" at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 1999 won the Audience's Favorite Singer Award and the Best Singing Award; and the works "Eighteen Bends of the Mountain Road", "The Three Gorges, My Hometown", "Eight Hundred Miles of Dongting," "The Old King", and "Sisters of the Green Beach, Sisters of the Leaky Cauldron" were all awarded the Five-One Project Prize by the Propaganda Department.
Li Qiong was born in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, an artistic family, her father is a first-class actor in the Hubei Provincial Chu Opera Troupe, and she grew up in the theater, where opera had a subtle influence on her. The environment prompted her to embark on the path of art. Li Qiong has loved singing since she was a child, and at the age of 14, when she was in her second year of junior high school, she was admitted to the Hubei Provincial Art School with a naturally good voice.
Background and Song Appreciation
The song was originally called "Children of the Sun", but Yan Su later renamed it "Eighteen Bends of the Mountain Road". The lyrics of the song are derived from the poem "Songs and Roads of the Tujia" written by lyricist Tong Wensi in his hometown of Changyang.In the summer of 1990, Tong Wensi went to the west of Ezhou for a picnic, where he enjoyed Tujia folklore performances such as the Pendulum Hand Dance, the Bashan Dance, and the Crying Marriage Song. When the car was crawling on the mountain road, he was attracted by the scenery of the Qingjiang River and the distant mountains surrounded by clouds and mist, so he composed the poem "Songs and Roads of the Tujia".
The song's lyrics, on the other hand, were based on that poem and polished over three years. In "Eighteen Bends of the Mountain Road," Li Qiong conquers the listener's ears through her high-pitched, bright, and fresh tone and singing style. Although the song's melody is catchy, Li Qiong's version of the rendition basically relies on shouting, making it difficult to get a sense of her vocal background and singing technique. As a soprano song, the song has also become a repertoire for some singers to fully demonstrate their vocal condition and range.
Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia for the above - Li Qiong (Soloist of the Cultural Troupe of the Political Department of the Chinese Armed Police)