[Music]
Dear Ulan Chabu, I love you...
[Explanation] The deep and vigorous matouqin of Inner Mongolia, the high-pitched and loud ancient tunes of the Amis tribe in Taiwan... the ethnic customs of both sides of the strait are perfectly integrated in this song "Dear Ulan Chabu".
Recently, the lead singer of this song, Taiwan Ami young singer Yang Pinhua, told reporters from China News Agency about the creation process of this new song in Beijing.
[Concurrent] Young singer Yang Pinhua from Taiwan Ami
In 2010, I followed the Mongolian director to the Moscow Film Festival.
When the prairie saw this wave of the entire prairie in Moscow in a foreign land, I thought of my home, and I thought of the kind of touch I was on the edge of the Pacific Ocean.
There seems to be a big gap between the customs of the ethnic minorities on the two sides. I think the awe of nature between the two are actually the same as the broad vision, so I tried to combine the music of the two ethnic groups. A fusion.
[Commentary] This song was composed and produced by Wu Xuwen, a well-known Taiwanese musician.
Yang Pinhua recalled that the creation lasted more than a year. Due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, part of the recording and post synthesis of the song had to be performed separately on both sides of the strait, and the teams on both sides of the strait often discussed through video connections.
After continuous running-in and collision, the national music of the two sides of the strait finally expresses the most primitive and sincere emotions.
[Concurrent] Young singer Yang Pinhua from Taiwan Ami
This song integrates three different places including Beijing, Inner Mongolia, and Taipei, and then there are communication between different ethnic groups, so we actually spent a long time on video calls.
It started to collide continuously, that is, each instrument, and then a resonance point in the tonality.
But actually returning to the lexical surface, it is very simple.
Finally, I was talking about this land. We thank you. We are very grateful for the fate here.
[Commentary] During the shooting of the song's MV, Yang Pinhua was once again shocked by the vastness of the grassland, which is still unforgettable.
In his view, music can allow ethnic minorities on both sides of the strait to find resonance without dialogue.
[Concurrent] Young singer Yang Pinhua from Taiwan Ami
For the first time standing on the volcano in the grassland, I was very excited.
It was never known that there was a volcano on the grassland and it was very well preserved.
It turns out that the grassland is really like the endless feeling we used to be on the Pacific Ocean, looking out from our clear water cliff.
We hope to bring out the feelings of our family through a piece of music, and we can also pass on the culture between the two places, so that everyone can hear the resonance of the grassland and the sea.
[Explanation] "Dear Ulan Chabu" is just the beginning.
Yang Pinhua said that in the future, he will continue to work with Wu Xuwen to try to integrate music with other ethnic minorities in mainland China.
He opened his own music restaurant and bar in Beijing’s hutongs, where singers of different ethnic minorities often sing here.
He hopes to show and provide a possibility to the people in this way: the mainland has a vast world, and everyone can blend in.
[Concurrent] Young singer Yang Pinhua from Taiwan Ami
I made a small stage for music and dining. The main cultural content is about our Taiwanese culture and ethnic minority culture.
I hope to provide a venue like this to help people from the tribe. He can have a belief that we have a base for advancement on the mainland, we can settle here, we can start a business here, and get paid.
Maybe it's just a stage now. I hope that through hard work, this stage can be doubled and multiplied dozens of times to grow.
Wang Lu Mei and Li Xuefeng report from Beijing
Editor in charge: [Yu Xiao]