The Pearl of the Orient is a song written, composed and sung by Luo Dayou, included in Luo Dayou's album "Take Off Together" released on July 8, 2008, and sung by Guan Zhengjie in the Cantonese version.In 2009, the song was shortlisted as one of the 100 patriotic songs recommended by the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee.
In late 1984, China and the United Kingdom signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which led to a several-year-long wave of emigration from Hong Kong, and it was against this backdrop that Lo's "Pearl of the Orient" was written.
In 1985, Lo took a break from the music scene with a live album titled "Youth Dance" and emigrated to the U.S. the following year due to his dissatisfaction with the cultural policies of the then authorities in Taiwan. During the years he settled in the United States, as a musician, he visited Hong Kong many times and began to focus his music creation on this city, which has a special significance in modern China. Therefore, Luo Dayou composed the song in 1986, and the lyrics were invited to Zheng Guojiang, and eventually handed over to the singer Guan Zhengjie interpretation.
The main song of "Pearl of the Orient" utilizes a very soft Chinese pentatonic scale in the main part, thus creating a timeless and expansive classical mood, while in the chorus, the compositional techniques of western music are used to give the piece an atmospheric and grandiose effect with rigorous harmonies and ornate structures.
In the song, Hong Kong is compared to a lover who has been through a lot of changes, both praising her charming style and promising her unchanging promises. The song's melody is beautiful and stretching, and the lyrics are y emotional, with love for Hong Kong, sighs for the present and the past, and hopes for the future all integrated into it, giving people a strong emotional experience