"Jasmine Flower", originated in Jiangsu, was first named "Fresh Flower Tune", also known as "Playing Flower Drums", and was first printed in the Qianlong period of the "Embellished White Fur - Flower Drums" collection of operas.
1, "Jasmine Flower" was first published in 1957
2, Form: Chinese folk songs
3, Lyrics: "Jasmine Flower" has been circulated in a number of versions in various regions of China, and the tunes and lyrics of each version are often similar. The most widely circulated now are the folk songs from the areas of Liuhe in Nanjing, Yangzhou, and Tianchang to Taizhou.
The lyrics are as follows: "A good jasmine flower, a good jasmine flower, full of flowers and grasses can not be more fragrant than it, slaves have the heart to pick one to wear, but also afraid of the next year does not sprout; a good honeysuckle flower, a good honeysuckle flower, honeysuckle flower blossom better than hooks child buds, slaves have the heart to pick one to wear, look at the flowers of the people to be scolded by the slaves; a good rose, a good rose, rose flowers, rose flowers, bowls ah bowl of mouth, the slaves have the heart to pick one to wear! I'm not sure if it's a good rose, but I'm afraid of the thorns."
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The historical development of "Jasmine Flowers"
1, ? In 1768, when French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau edited the Dictionnaire de la musique, he included the song "Jasmine Flower" in the entry of "Chinese Music".
2. Between 1920 and 1924, Puccini, the famous Italian composer, used the song in his opera "Turandot".
3. In 1942, the folk song "Tune of Fresh Flowers" was collected and organized by the famous composer He Fei, and the adaptation was completed in 1957, officially renamed as "Jasmine Flower".
4. In 1982, UNESCO recommended "Jasmine Flower" to the world and identified it as a music textbook for the Asia-Pacific region.
5. At the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, a robot at the Japanese Pavilion played "Jasmine Flower" on the violin.
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