The song was born on a midsummer night in 1954.
Pan Yingjie, the lyricist of green island serenade, and Zhou Lanping, the composer, went to Taiwan Province to work in Zhongguang Radio Station. The reason why they wrote green island serenade was very simple. One night in the midsummer of 1954, they chatted in the single dormitory and talked about that there were many well-known serenades in foreign countries, but there was still a shortage of Chinese. Pan Yingjie, who loves literature, suggested serenading "lyrical beauty to win" to create a pop song, which won the harmony of Zhou Lanping.
Pan Yingjie took advantage of the inspiration and wrote the lyrics by integrating his impressions of Taiwan Province and his feelings about love in one night. Pan Yingjie said that when he arrived in Taipei that year, he saw tall coconut trees and felt very fresh. Besides, he thinks that Taiwan Province is a green island, so the word "green island" in the lyrics refers to Taiwan Province, not "Huoshao Island".
The next day, Pan Yingjie gave it to Zhou Lanping. Zhou Lanping, who was in love, was quite satisfied with it and was deeply impressed by me. Under the expectation that love is as sweet as honey, she immediately composed green island serenade. This song is based on the Taiwan Province landscape of "full of green", describing the ups and downs of men and women in love, and was recorded by Ziwei (real name Hu Yiheng) in Zhongguang Studio. The song was first sung by Ziwei in a comprehensive program hosted by "Zhongguang" Bai Qianru, and it became popular all the time. Pan Yingjie was born in the first period of "Central Music Cadre Training Class" and was an alumnus with Zhou Lanping in the early and late period. In the famous "Thousand Chorus" during the Anti-Japanese War, there were Pan Yingjie and Zhou Lanping. Ziwei became popular with green island serenade, and Zhou Lanping also made music for the movie Butterfly Lovers. "green island serenade" was once rated as the third place in the "Top Ten Golden Songs in a Hundred Years" in the 2th century.
When Zhou Lanping died, Pan Yingjie gave him an elegiac couplet: "Hum green island serenade, and Yonghuai's family is beyond the mountain." Pan Yingjie also has excellent admiration for Ziwei's lead singer. He said: "Ziwei has beautiful timbre, excellent sound quality, skillful skills and appropriate use of emotions. She is good at singing lyric songs. When she sings this song, the words and melodies in it also flow out of the song like a clear stream, which is refreshing. Unfortunately, Iraqis have passed away! But her singing will live forever. " Green island serenade was originally intended to be used in a movie, but it didn't succeed. I didn't expect Universal Records in the Philippines to take a fancy to this song. After recording it, it was introduced to the Philippines, which immediately became very popular in the local area, and even spread to Malaya (Malaysia was not established at that time) and Indonesia. The Malayan newspaper also vividly described that this song was originally a love letter written by a jealously jealous murderer to his girlfriend in prison, which was touching. In that era of underdeveloped information, this popular song, full of "sad and beautiful" stories, won the sympathy of many people and spread widely, and everyone thought the story was true.
In p>1958, Fengming Records in Taiwan Province discovered that this melodious song was actually composed by Taiwan Province, so the recording of Ziwei in "Zhongguang" was released in Taiwan Province, and fans first came into contact with this song. In 1961, Sihai Records re-recorded this song, which was still sung by Ziwei. With the broadcast of the radio, it soon became popular in the streets. Adults and children can sing it, and schools and communities have also adopted this song as a singing track.
in the 197s, Zhu Fengbo, a famous Chinese singer, made green island serenade popular all over the country. Pan Yingjie, who is 83 years old, said in the ward of Rong General Hospital that the lyrics are written about Taiwan Province, and the "Green Island" refers to Taiwan Province. He said: "I don't want to use Baodao. Green Island is more poetic and not tacky." Pan Yingjie thinks that Taiwan Province is a green island, so the "green island" in the lyrics refers to Taiwan Province. The title of "Green Island" is just an imaginary situation, which has no other meaning, let alone politics.
Some people regard the "green island" in the lyrics as a "green island" dedicated to political prisoners during the period of Taiwan Province's white terror. Pan Yingjie said with a smile that it was misinterpreted. He said, "Is there a coconut tree on that green island?" In 1958, the "August 23rd Artillery War" broke out. Because of the words "floating" and "shaking" in green island serenade, the Taiwan Province Police Chief also interviewed Pan Yingjie and others, suspecting that they were alluding to the stormy Taiwan Province.
pan Yingjie said that similar distortions have happened, which is not uncommon, but I always ignore them. I am a Q-type, and the rumors are self-defeating. Pan Yingjie is 83 years old. Together with Zhou Lanping, Gao Yudang, Wang Bowen and others who have recently been involved in the topic, he has passed away. He is the only one who is still alive. In the 196s and 197s, green island serenade, recorded by Ziwei, was written by Pan Yingjie and Zhou Lanping. In the global Chinese society, the famous song green island serenade, which has been popular for nearly 5 years, has recently caused a storm in Taiwan Province.
The green island serenade storm in Taiwan Province was caused by a talk of Bai Yang, a famous writer in Taiwan Province, in Green Island, and Bai Yang was an important political prisoner in Taiwan Province and stayed in Green Island for a long time. Bai Yang said that "green island serenade" was written by prisoners because of their feelings.
Li Kuncheng, executive director of the preparatory office of "Taiwan Music Museum", said that there were many mistakes in Bai Yang's statement, saying that the lyrics were written by prisoners for love, but it was actually an old rumor. In the 196s and 197s, green island serenade, recorded by Ziwei, was written by Pan Yingjie and Zhou Lanping.
Recently, two political prisoners, Gao Yudang and Wang Bowen, who were imprisoned in Green Island, were also accused of being "lyricists" and "composers". Li Kuncheng stressed that the management of Green Island was strict in those days, assuming that Gao Yudang and others wrote them, but how did these lyrics spread? And it will be released soon in 1954? It's hard to imagine, and why didn't Gao Yudang and others come forward to rehabilitate after lifting the ban for many years? These are all unreasonable.