For the Chinese people, the folk song "Jasmine" has long gone beyond the scope of familiarity and has risen to the level of national pride - indeed, as the earliest Chinese folk song with music scores recorded and spread abroad, it is also regarded as a popular song by various countries. The piece included and introduced in the music textbook, as "One Song" in "China's 'One Song and Two Songs'" in the minds of foreigners, as the main musical material of "Turandot" and as the opening of the Bird's Nest, is called "Jasmine" It is no exaggeration to say that it is the number one Chinese folk song. However, what we want to discuss today is not the achievements of "Jasmine", nor the history of "Jasmine", but the different "Jasmine" in different places.

Actually, if I asked you to sing "Jasmine", you might give me two answers - the younger one would probably say "What a beautiful jasmine, what a beautiful jasmine" ...", and the elderly may sing softly "What a Jasmine, What a Jasmine..." - In fact, both of these are correct, both are "Jasmine", but the former is from the Qing Dynasty In the last years, it spread abroad, was adapted by Puccini into "Turandot", and was later promoted to the world as "Song of China" by Zhang Yimou. The latter was inherited from "Flower Flowers", spread in the form of Yangzhou Qing opera, and was later He Fang recorded, compiled and promoted the folk tune. Ultimately, these are two works with the same name from different regions (of course, those who do not specialize in research will not care about this difference, and even if they do, they can't tell why they are different). In fact, there are a vast number of Chinese folk songs with the name "Jasmine". Let alone the same region, even the same province or the same city, there will be a different jasmine waiting dozens of miles away. With you. Except for a few places where the lyrics and music are completely different, most of "Jasmine" still uses roughly the same paragraph structure and words and sentences with similar meanings to tell the same story.

Speaking of "Jasmine", we have to mention its predecessor "Flower Flower Tune" (also known as "Fairy Flower Withering", formerly known as "Double Pinnacle"), which was circulated in the Qing Dynasty and was probably born out of the Ming Dynasty. "Twelve Reds"), but there are many such textual research articles on the Internet, so I will not quote them. I just want to say that even now, several basic "Flower Flower Tune" are still sung in Liuhe and Yangzhou. It brings convenience to our appreciation and comparison——

1. "Flower Flower Tune" in the Qing Dynasty, unknown region (not necessarily produced in Jiangsu, because the two "Flower Flower Tune" mentioned below are from Jiangsu) It’s quite different from this one)

What a flower, what a flower

Floating around and falling into my home

I couldn’t stay out of the house. Leave the jasmine flowers behind

What a flower, what a flower

Floating around and falling into my home

I was waiting for it When I was about to go out, I wanted to ask about the fragrance of flowers. Leave the jasmine flowers behind.

I was about to go out. I wanted to ask about the fragrance of flowers. Leave the jasmine flowers behind.

What a flower, what a flower.

The fragrance comes and falls in my home

When I was about to go out, I wanted to ask about the flowers. The fragrance left the jasmine flowers

When I was about to go out, I wanted to ask about the flowers. The fragrance leaves behind jasmine flowers

I suspect that this is the song that Hittner recorded in "Travel Notes on China", because only the first two sentences of each paragraph are similar to Jiangsu's "Flower Flower Tune", and the rest of it is It is closer to "What a Beautiful Jasmine Flower" (actually the accompaniment is more similar, but that was intentional in the arrangement later and definitely does not count); apart from that, this is the only song that is similar to "What a Beautiful Jasmine Flower". The lyrics do not tell the story of a flower-picking girl who is heartless and courageous, but they all talk about the jasmine flower coming to the door of the house, and she loves the flower and wants to keep it, which further proves the inheritance relationship between the two. This song sounds very gentle, and its style is very similar to "Jasmine Flower" popular in Jiangsu Province. The lyrics alone sound more like a prostitute singing in her spare time (the reason for saying this is that most people say that "Jasmine Flower" was earlier It was a song sung by the girls in the brothel. Later, young soldiers of the New Fourth Army walked the streets and alleys to listen to it and wrote it down.)

2. "Flower Tune" in Liuhe, Jiangsu (Liuhe is a district in Nanjing)

What a beautiful jasmine flower.

The garden is full of flowers and grass. It's not as fragrant as it

I want to pick one but I'm afraid it won't sprout next year

What a honeysuckle, it's a honeysuckle

The blooming of honeysuckle is like a gouer bud< /p>

If you want to pick a flower, you will be scolded by those who look at it

What a rose, what a rose

Are the roses in a bowl? The mouth of the bowl is big

I am willing to pick one but I am afraid of the thorns pricking my hands

This is the most direct predecessor of the popular "Jasmine". The original work is about twelve flowers singing in turn. (i.e. the aforementioned "Twelve Reds"), by the Qing Dynasty there were only three flowers left. Then in 1942, He Fang's collection of styles made this song exclusive to Jasmine (of course the tune was changed a lot). This song is very "folklore". Because of its modal singing and three sighs, people can guess the place of origin at a glance. The babbling Wu Nong soft language paired with the erhu seems to make people listen to it. Drunk, it seems that if you listen to "Jasmine" again, you will feel that the characteristics have been lost.

Xiangli Yanyi 3. "Flower Tune" in Yangzhou, Jiangsu

A good flower is a good flower

The flower that blooms is not as blooming as the others

I want to pinch the branches and wear them on my head but I am afraid of being scolded by people who look at the flowers

What a jasmine flower, what a jasmine flower

The jasmine flowers bloom goodbye The fragrance of flowers is nothing but it

I want to pinch the branches and wear them but I am afraid of being scolded by people looking at the flowers

This is a Yangzhou Qing song, so the local color is stronger. Personally, I feel that in terms of listenability, this song will not sound very good unless you are interested in traditional folk arts such as Pingtan and Qingqu. Of course, most of the melody is still very close to Liuhe's "Flower Flower Tune". After all, It's a province. In addition, the lyrics above are incomplete, but I have not found out what the lyrics are after.

By the way, there are actually many versions of "Flower Flower Tune". These are not the only three songs that can be found online, but the rest are just words, so they will not be recorded.

After talking about "Flower Tune", it's time to talk about "Jasmine". After the founding of the People's Republic of China, with the government's promotion of national music, especially Cheng Guilan's singing in the early 1980s, this already silent song regained its luster, and "Jasmine" began to enter thousands of households. In the 1990s, "Turandot" began to land in China. Coupled with Zhang Yimou's bid for the Olympics and World Expo around 2000, "Jasmine" began to reverberate around the world.

Two flowers bloom, one on each side. Let’s start with Jiangsu’s “Jasmine”——

A good jasmine is a good jasmine

The flowers and plants in the garden are not as fragrant as this flower

I want to pick a flower, and the people who wear it will scold me

I want to pick a flower, and the people who wear it will scold me. I scold

What a jasmine flower, what a jasmine flower

A jasmine flower is not as white as snow if it blooms

I have the heart to pick one and wear it but I am afraid that others will laugh at me

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I am determined to pick one but I am afraid of being laughed at by others

What a jasmine flower, what a jasmine flower

The flowers blooming in the garden cannot compare with it

I am determined to pick one and wear it, but I am afraid that it will not sprout next year

I am determined to pick one and wear it, but I am afraid that it will not sprout next year

In fact, from the country’s external promotion and the development of the flower in the 1980s, Judging from the singing by singers, China's "Jasmine" refers to "what a beautiful jasmine"; but to millions of people, music workers, and folk art lovers, China's "Jasmine" has only one name. Flower means "a good jasmine flower". Born out of traditional folk art and improved by drawing on modern music, Jiangsu's "Jasmine" has won the hearts of millions of people with its freshness and softness, so much so that anyone across the country who has anything to do with "Jasmine" is vying to be the song's winner. The birthplace (personally, I think it’s okay for the urban areas in Jiangsu Province to compete, after all, this is indeed a Jiangsu folk song, but it would be boring for people from other provinces to participate in the competition). Closer to home, compared with its predecessor, this song lacks many traces of folk art, and the high-pitched coloratura at the end of each section has been removed, making it simple, easy to sing, and catchy; and the lyrics change from "slave" to "I" , as if she has changed from a woman to a girl. The changes in the lyrics correspond to the changes in the music, bringing freshness to the face (according to my own feeling, it turns out that the flowers are in front of you, and while you are admiring the flowers, you will also Surrounded by the fragrance; and now you are admiring the flowers from a distance, what you feel is the graceful, quiet and far-reaching grace).

Let’s talk about “What a Beautiful Jasmine Flower”. Originally, this song has always been listed in Jiangsu because most people cannot distinguish this song from "Good Jasmine", and researchers can only propose that this is the song that was spread abroad. According to Hittner's romanized lyrics, there are traces of Cantonese dialect, but the true origin is unclear. Until recently, I found the song "Northeast Jasmine" on an old record. After listening to it, I found that it was actually the song "What a beautiful jasmine"——

What a beautiful jasmine. Beautiful jasmine

Fragrant, beautiful and full of branches, fragrant and white people praise it

Let me pick you and give it to someone else

Jasmine, jasmine

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What a beautiful jasmine flower, what a beautiful jasmine flower

One day it falls in my house and I am happy to look at the flowers

No flower in the garden can compete with its fragrance. Wanjia

Jasmine, jasmine, jasmine, jasmine

What a beautiful jasmine, what a beautiful jasmine

Fragrant, beautiful, full of branches, fragrant and white. Praise

Let me pick you off and give it to someone else

Jasmine, jasmine, jasmine, jasmine

This is the song that the Chinese are proud of. "What a Beautiful Jasmine Flower", but singers usually only sing the first verse and then repeat it two or three times. Almost no one sings the second verse.

How to put it, this song is much more elegant than all the "Jasmine" songs that belong to the "Flower Tune" system. It can even be said that among the "lower Riba people" in the world, it is the only one with "yangchunbaixue" - of course, the reason for this is that it It was once exported and then imported. Both the melody and the lyrics were refined to be particularly elegant. Because of this, this song has basically lost its "vulgar" flavor as a folk song and should not be counted as a folk song. Folk songs. But to be fair, this song represents China after all. Its status and value may no longer be in the field of folk songs, but it is definitely a strong mark in the history of music.

The ones under Xiangli Yanyi are not so concentrated. There are only one song for each province, but they are basically from the north——

1. "Jasmine" from Gansu

A good jasmine flower, a good jasmine flower

The jasmine seeds are redder than others

I am willing to break two flowers and wear them, but I am afraid the people looking at the flowers will scold them

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A good jasmine flower, a good jasmine flower

The fragrance of jasmine flowers floats far and wide

There are flowers in the south and north, and no one can compete with them

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There is also the north and the south, and the fragrance of flowers is overflowing. No one can beat it. Oops

The song is very similar to the variation of Jiangsu's "Jasmine", but it also has its own local characteristics. You can really listen to it. It smells like Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia. However, since it is a song that was moved from other places, it is still not as intense as the local songs. Listening to it just relaxes the body and mind.

2. Qinghai "Jasmine"

What a jasmine flower, what a jasmine flower

How can a garden full of flowers be better than it?

What a jasmine flower! p>

If I have the intention to fold two flowers and wear them, I’m afraid the people who look at the flowers will scold me and yell, “Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I have the intention to fold two flowers and wear them, I’m afraid the people who look at the flowers will scold me, “Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.” p>

I won’t fold it, nor will I wear it

One day I will even move it home

I don’t go out every day and sit with flowers Yayah Yahihiyo

I don’t go out every day and sit with the flowers Yayah Yahihiyo

The tune is very close to Gansu’s “Jasmine” above, maybe it’s too close Yes, but it also has its own characteristics - the rhythm is brisk, there is little coloratura, and it rises at the end of each sentence, making the listener's heart open. Notice the words in the second paragraph. The woman, contrary to the fearlessness of the heroine in similar works, uprooted the girl and took it home without looking at the flowers. Moreover, the "doorstep" description is similar to the two exported poems. "Song of China" has different approaches but the same purpose, and the reasons are worth pondering.

3. Henan "Jasmine"

One jasmine, one jasmine

Everyone loves jasmine when it blooms

Pinch one Jasmine Dai, you are so happy that you are smiling, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha did you? Get ready for our happy day, come hey hey hey yo

As if we have made an appointment, this song is like another variation of Jiangsu's "Jasmine Flower", but the lyrics have been changed a lot. Except that the sentence structure is still retained, the content is different - the first time a girl gets on the sedan chair, she picks a flower and wears it. Not only will she not be scolded, but it also represents the deepest blessings from her family and sisters. In this way, the original euphemism of Jiangsu's "Jasmine" becomes more shy and "overjoyed" when used here.

4. Shaanxi "Jasmine"

What a jasmine flower, what a jasmine flower

The thousands of flowers in bloom are incomparable

Sister, I want to pinch a flower and wear it. Oops, it’s a pity that brother Qing is not at home

Oops, it’s a pity that brother Qing is not at home

That year the south wind blew jasmine It bloomed

I will send my beloved brother to a distant place

Pick a jasmine flower, brother, and take it with you. My sister has a thoughtful saying, brother, you must write it down

< p>Wait until the jasmine flowers bloom next year and you will come home

Spring is over and summer is over and the jasmine flowers bloom

I call my beloved brother to come back soon

Wait again The jasmine flowers will bloom in the coming year, don’t let my sister wait in vain

Wait for the jasmine flowers to bloom in the coming year, don’t let my sister wait in vain

Shaanxi’s “Jasmine Flower” is an original local song. I believe that those who know something about Qin and Jin folk songs will not find it unfamiliar. It is still the brother who has passed away and the sister misses her. Don't you see, "Walking to the West" and "Blue Flower" are all so obsessed with men and women - but it is different from other Shaanxi folk songs. , the musical elements in it are not so "earthy" and seem to have been processed, so this should be a song that appeared after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The three sections of this song have the same melody, fast at the two ends and slow in the middle, which perfectly expresses the heroine's longing and reluctance... What else does this have to do with "Jasmine"?

5. Shandong "Jasmine"

The jasmine in spring is blooming and fragrant, so cute

Zhu Yingtai lives beside the jasmine garden

< p>She is determined to study XXXXXXX

Liang Shanbo wished that Yingtai would be a classmate for three years

Yingtai’s parents urged her to come home

It's hard to let go of each other, and it's hard to guess the truth along the way

Liang Shanbo came to visit a friend, and saw that the red makeup fan was unraveled

Poor Yingtai is engaged to Ma Wencai

The marriage is broken, the heart is broken, and the love debt is in trouble

The Ma family carried people, but Brother Liang didn’t see the cry and mourning

A pair of colorful butterflies flew out from the sky.

Jasmine flies with wings, lovers will never be separated

Because there were no ready-made lyrics, I had to take dictation, so "XXXXXXX" appeared in the middle (I can't hear it). It is said that Shandong's original "Jasmine" is very powerful and directly tells the story of "Butterfly Lovers". Fortunately, the last two sentences of each paragraph still have the shadow of Jiangsu's "Jasmine". But I really don’t think this is a Shandong folk song. The regional color is not that strong. It seems that it can be placed anywhere. If you don’t believe me, compare it with "Baoleng Diao".

6. Taiwan's "June Jasmine"

The real beauty of June jasmine is the Bingdilian

If love cannot be in pairs, how can it not be called love? Sadness

June jasmine is in full bloom and the beloved comes to pick it.

If love is just a dream, how can it not make people sad

June jasmine The flowers are so fragrant that the sweetheart comes to enjoy them

How can love not feel so cold without you by my side

Jasmine blooms all over the mountain in June, and the sweetheart comes to enjoy it. Pity

If love is like a butterfly picking flowers randomly, how can it make people feel at ease

The jasmine flowers are in full bloom in June and the beloved comes to pick them

If love is just a dream How can this not be sad

Taiwan’s native folk songs are generally those of the Gaoshan ethnic group. The rest were either composed by immigrants after liberation or were exchanged with southern Fujian. This song "June Jasmine" should be It's the latter situation, a complete little love song, similar to "Green Island Serenade" and "Looking at the Spring Breeze". What I heard was in Mandarin, but I think the original song should be in Taiwanese. The hazy and soft feeling coincides with Jasmine's charm. Also, needless to say, this is completely different from the mainland system.

Okay, I have introduced all the "Jasmine" for which audio can be found. As for the "Jasmine" from Nanpi, Hebei, "Jasmine" from Linfen, Shanxi, and "Jasmine" from Fukasawa, Hebei mentioned on the Internet , "Shu Luo" in Rizhao, Shandong, "Jasmine" in Guyuan, Ningxia, etc. I couldn't find the audio, so they are not included.

The fragrance of flowers overflows throughout China, and the sky is full of colors. Each song "Jasmine" adds a beautiful touch to Chinese folk songs with its own characteristics. They all contain a strong flavor of life and exude the fragrance of earth, giving us the best artistic enjoyment.

Here, I sincerely wish that every jasmine flower can bloom tenaciously and express the endless life of Chinese folk songs with its colorful life!