Title: Grandma's Penghu Bay
Sung by: Pan Anbang
Lyrics: Ye Chiaxiu
Music: Ye Chiaxiu
Evening wind gently brushes the Penghu Bay
White waves follow the sandy beach
No coconut groves adorned with slanting sunlight
But just a sea of blue
Sitting on a low wall in front of the gate, I thought about it over and over again.
There were also two pairs of footprints on the beach at dusk
That's when my grandmother held my hand gently with her staff
Treading through the twilight towards the warmth of the afterglow of Penghu Bay
One footprint is a string of laughs and a lot of time spent
Till the night engulfed the two of us on the way back home
Penghu Bay, Penghu Bay Grandma's Penghu Bay
There were many childhood fantasies of my own, and I was able to enjoy them.
There are many of my childhood fantasies
Sunshine, sand, waves, cacti
And an old sea captain
Expanded Information
"Grandma's Penghu Bay" is an album released on September 1, 1979 by the singer Pan Anbang. It was written by Ye Jiaxiu as lyricist*** It contains 20 songs.
"Grandma's Penghu Bay" won the 1979 annual "Taiwan's Best New Artist Award". It was recorded as a song in the first book of the fifth grade of the elementary school textbook of music in Zhejiang Province.
Composition background:
Pan's grandmother lived on the edge of Penghu Bay. When Pan was a child, he went to his grandmother's house every day to chat with her, help her work, and take her hand to the beach to watch the sunset, so the album was named "Grandma's Penghu Bay".
Talking about "Grandma's Penghu Bay", creator Ye Chia-hsiu recalled that it was Pan An-bang's story, and it was also the first time for Ye Chia-hsiu to write someone else's story.
For Pan Anbang's first album, Ye Chia Hsiu talked with Pan Anbang for a whole afternoon, and Pan Anbang told Ye Chia Hsiu everything that he considered most important in his life, including the fact that Pan Anbang grew up with his grandmother, Ye Chia Hsiu felt that this kind of emotion between grandparents and grandchildren was very special, and so he wrote this song."
Composing the song Ye Chia Hsiu also immediately developed the motivation to compose a work for Pan An Bang after he was famous for the story of his childhood in Penghu with his grandmother's grandparental love, and based on this real-life experience, he wrote the song "Grandma's Penghu Bay".