Shaolin Temple "Shepherd's Song" Original Singer Zheng Xulan, lyrics and music by Wang Liping, included in the album "Zheng Xulan Solo Song Selection".
Cheng Xulan (郑绪岚), born July 20, 1958 in Beijing, is a Chinese-American female singer.
In 1977, she entered the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe.
In 1978, she went to Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia to study Southeast Asian folk music.
In 1987, she was named one of the country's ten most popular singers in a selection jointly sponsored by CCTV and the Filmmakers Association.
In November 1999 the song "Zhouzhuang is Good" participated in the first National Tourism Song Competition organized by the National Tourism Administration and won the silver medal and the first prize for individual singing.
In August 1984, the song "Shepherd's Song" won the prize at the concert held by the Shanghai branch of China Record Company for selecting 15 excellent songs to be awarded.
Song Introduction and Appreciation"Shepherd's Song" is a female solo song overflowing with watery tenderness, with simple, fresh and beautiful lyrics. The lyrics of the song are characterized by the combination of ancient and modern, beautiful and sensual. The lyrics outline a piece of earthly fairy mirror, gentle and clear, soft and moving, the language is condensed, with the subtlety of classical poetry, but also has a simple sense of beauty.
The whole song is divided into two sections of eight lines each. The sections are symmetrical, with changes in the neatness, clanging and tumbling. Throughout the lyrics, the upper section is mainly realistic, and the lower section is relatively abstract. The lyrics are rhymed with the word "ao", a wave of three, with harmonious rhymes and long, winding rhymes, reflecting the beauty of Chinese music. The appropriate use of long and short phrases constitutes the beauty of rhythm, giving people a fresh and wonderful feeling. It also gives repetition, giving people a sense of repetition, prolonging the lyrics, and giving people a feeling of lingering aftertaste.
The tune of the song is warm and transparent, sweet and pleasant to the ears, it reflects the inner joy of the characters through the singing of the scenery in front of them, lyrical, funny, and rich in the atmosphere of life in the Central Plains. The song has a beautiful melody and infinite flavor, which intoxicates the listener.