"My family lives on the high slopes of the loess" is "The High Slopes of the Loess", a "Northwest Wind" song sung by Fan Linlin.
Song Lyrics
Lyrics: Chen Zhe
Composed by Su Yue
Sung by Fan Linlin
My home is on the high slopes of the loess, and the gale winds are blowing from the slopes,
It doesn't matter if it's the northwesterly winds or the southeasterly winds, it's all my song.
My family lives on the high slopes of the loess, and the sun passes over the slopes,
Shining on my kiln and sunning my arms, and my cows follow me.
No matter how many years have passed, my ancestors have left me behind,
leaving me with a vast expanse of singing, and this Yellow River around me.
My family lives on the high slopes of the loess, and the wind blows over the slopes in all seasons,
no matter whether it is 800 years or 10,000 years, it is my song.
High slopes of loess, a common terrain in northern China. In the late 1980s, the song of the same name, "High Slope of Loess", composed by Chen Zhe and Su Yue, was first sung by Zhang Jinglin (also known as An Wen) at the CCTV "Same Ancestor" gala.In 1988, the northwest wind sound developed by renowned singer Fan Linlin made the song popular for a while, and was heard on the streets, and then many female singers followed suit, triggering the northwest wind pandemic in China's singing world.
The song of the same name, "High Slope of Loess", was first sung by Zhang Jinglin (also known as An Wen) at the CCTV "Same Ancestor" gala.
The song was first performed at the CCTV "Same Ancestor" gala in 1988. In 2008, in a large-scale concert commemorating 30 years of reform and opening-up, Fan Linlin, who has become a singer, sang "High Slope of Loess", which once again brought back fond memories of the idealistic 1980s. Whether it's 800 years or 10,000 years, it's all my song, a high-pitched and bold song, a high passion for life, and a fervent desire to transform the destiny of life that rolls forward in endless contemplation.
The Northwest Wind originated in 1987 and became popular in 1988. It is said that the song "High Slope of Loess" was already written by Su Yue in 1987, but for some reasons, it was not sung, and then Su Yue's ex-wife, Zhang Jinglin, who thought that it was a good song, encouraged Su Yue to make it public and took the lead in the song herself. Although Zhang Jinglin was not a red singer, or even a professional singer, she was a star at the time, and she impressed TV viewers for her role as Qingwen in the 87th edition of the TV series "Dream of the Red Mansion", so Zhang Jinglin's singing of "The Yellow Earth High Slope" made an equally good impression on TV viewers.
Not long after the release of Qingwen's version of "High Slope of Huangtu," it was Fan Linlin's performance of "High Slope of Huangtu" that really made the song popular and popularized the streets and alleys. So much so that many female singers of that year followed suit, and in addition to famous singers, many female singers could be heard singing "High Slopes of Loess" loudly at various spontaneous cultural events, thus triggering the Northwest Wind Song Wave.
Thirty years of reform and opening up in 2008 to commemorate the various large-scale performance activities, Fan Linlin with "my passionate love of the hometown," "Huangtu Gaopo" has become a representative of the Northwest Wind, set off a nostalgic craze, the people who have experienced the eighties, hear these passionate inspirational songs, are full of enthusiasm, back to the age of youth.
Reference Baidu Encyclopedia - Loess High Slope