Dare to ask where the road is" is the theme song of the TV series "Journey to the West". The music is high-spirited and uplifting. It mainly shows that the four masters and disciples of Tang Monk went to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures, and they were not afraid of hardships and dangers, overcoming obstacles, defeating demons, and finally achieving enlightenment.

Lyricist: Yan Su Composer: Xu Jingqing Singer: Jiang Dawei Source: CCTV's 1988 version of "Journey to the West" ending theme Year of creation: January 1984

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< p>You carry the burden, and I hold the horse to welcome the sunrise, and see off the late Tang Monk (Still from CCTV version of "Journey to the West")

The clouds smoothed over the bumps and became a great road. After overcoming the difficulties and dangers, we set off again. Let’s set out again... ... A lot of spring, autumn, winter and summer. Every scene is ups and downs. Dare to ask where the road is, the road is at your feet. You carry the burden and I lead the horse. Crossing mountains and wading rivers. Frost and flowers on both shoulders. Wind, clouds, thunder and lightning. Ren Chiazha. Singing all the way, to the end of the world, to the end of the world. La la......... A series of spring, autumn, winter and summer. Every scene is ups and downs. Dare to ask where the road is, the road is at your feet.

Songwriter

Xu Jingqing was born in Longkou, Shandong. National first-class composer. Member of the Chinese Musicians Association, member of the China Film Association, and director of the China Film Music Society. Xu Jingqing has been fond of music since he was a child. He often stood under the telephone pole and listened to the humorous duo playing from the rural radio speakers. In middle school, he already showed his talents in music composition. Not only did he learn to play the erhu, but he also learned to play the flute and piano. He is the band leader of the school's art troupe. He composed the chorus "Jixing River Reservoir" based on the labor scenes of his classmates carrying soil and tamping when building the Jixing River Reservoir. Listening to his classmates humming the music he composed, he truly experienced for the first time the happiness that music as spiritual food brought him. In 1965, after graduating from the composition major of Harbin Art Institute, he was assigned to work as a composer at the Beijing Agricultural Film Studio (now the China Agricultural Film and Television Center), for which he composed a large number of agricultural science and education documentary film music. His musical works cover almost all fields of music creation: national orchestral music, symphony, electroacoustic music, opera music, etc., showing his multi-faceted music creation talents and profound artistic skills. From 1972 to 1980, he successively composed the banhu solo piece "Happy Harvest Sickle", the large-scale folk music ensemble "Usuli, My Hometown", the dulcimer concerto "Jinggangshan", etc., as well as the well-known domestic folk music ensemble "Usuli, My Hometown" at that time. Red flowers are blooming everywhere in Dazhai." After 1980, he got involved in film music creation and has contributed to eight feature films including "The Heart of the Heart", "Red Elephant", "September", "A Good Night of Murder", "OK Big Belly Arhat" and "I Will Marry You". The film composition has won the love and praise of the broad audience. Yan Su, playwright. His original name is Yan Zhiyang. A native of Baoding, Hebei Province. Graduated from Chongqing University. Born in 1930. After 1950, he served as the leader of the 1st branch of the Southwest Youth Art Troupe. Joined the Communist Party of China in 1953. In the same year, he joined the Chinese People's Liberation Army. He has successively served as captain of the Southwest Military Region Art Troupe, leader of the choreography team of the Air Force Opera Troupe, creator of the Air Force Song and Dance Troupe, and director of the third and fourth sessions of the Chinese Drama Association. The lyrics "I Love the Blue Sky of the Motherland" and "Down to Sichuan" won the Outstanding Creation Award at the Third Chinese People's Liberation Army Literary and Art Performance in 1964. The opera "Sister Jiang" won the 4th Chinese People's Liberation Army Literary and Art Performance Award in 1977. In 1979, he co-operated with the opera "Remembering My Mother" and the Peking opera "Red Lantern" and won the first prize for the creation of a performance dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Joined the Chinese Writers Association in 1986. Famous playwright and lyricist. Member of the Chinese Writers Association, vice chairman of the Chinese Drama Association, and member of the Chinese Musicians Association.

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The theme song "Dare to Ask Where is the Way" from the TV series "Journey to the West" has become a household name in China. This song has won many awards in China since its release. In 1998, it also won the French "First Chinese Film and Television Song" Lion Award. The author has always wanted to know the creation of this song. Finally, in a small office, I started chatting with Xu Jingqing, the composer of this song. "In 1983, I started composing music for "Journey to the West" as the tenth candidate. At that time, this song was going to be used as an interlude. It was a song full of masculinity. But during the recording, another composer's A theme song already had a male voice, so I had to use Zhang Baomo instead. As the first singer, Zhang Baomo's singing is very distinctive. Her voice is soft yet strong, soft yet beautiful, and very inner.

"After recording, the band, me and the singers were as calm as if they had completed an extremely ordinary and ordinary task. No one praised or applauded. Some people expressed their dislike, thinking that "Journey to the West" is mainly about performance Sun Wukong should be humorous and lively. Some people thought it was too popular. A critical article in a newspaper pointed out that the song "La La La..." was not right after it was sent to a certain publication, saying it was mentally polluted. It was suspected that it was not suitable for publication, etc. Soon, a senior leader criticized me at a meeting and asked the crew to replace the composer, saying that my songs and music were not suitable for the classic masterpiece "Journey to the West". I was depressed, I had finished thinking, I could only write some science and education music for my unit in this life. Later, director Yang Jie convinced me against all the odds: "Actually, writing this song did not involve meditating without sleeping for several days. Kusuo. If I'm not in the mood when I'm creating, I won't write at all. A good song does not mean that the more effort you put into it, the better it will sound. Sometimes it will be just the opposite. Often inspiration flashes and sparks appear unknowingly. At this time, you should hold on tightly and think and create in accordance with this feeling that impacts your heart. Of course, what you get in this case are not all diamonds. Sometimes you also get stones, straws, etc... I remember that day, around winter, I was sitting on the bus and saw the snowflakes and snow falling outside the window. The melody "Spring, Autumn, Winter, and Summer..." suddenly appeared in the minds of pedestrians who were hurrying. They were so excited that they quickly got out of the car, borrowed a pencil from a passing child's schoolbag, and leaned against a wire. The stick recorded this touching sentence on the cigarette box. After I came back, I hunched over my desk and started writing from the first sentence, 'You carry the burden, and I hold the horse.' The whole process took about two hours. It was hard to feel good in my excited state, so I put it on the desk without thinking at all. After two days of sitting empty and two more note changes, the song was complete. "Writing a song doesn't necessarily start from the first sentence, just like a director doesn't necessarily start shooting from the first shot of the script when making a movie. Start writing from the place that excites you the most, and you may have a wonderful sentence." "Spring, Autumn, Winter, and Summer...' This melody is the climax and most touching part of the song. "People gradually accept and like this song. This may be the reason why 25-episode TV series are often broadcast. Just imagine that you should be able to listen to a song a few times 25 times. "Songwriting is mainly about turning an inner feeling into notes through lyrics. It is neither words nor images, nor can it be expressed clearly in language. Therefore, different composers will have different feelings about the same thing. If you first write a song If you consider how perfect the form is and how superb the composition skills and methods are, then what you write will be just a bunch of regular notes, and it will never be a touching and good song." The theme song of "Journey to the West" should be said to be both. It is atmospheric and has a national charm, and the lyrics and music complement each other perfectly. Although it was a work sixteen years ago, it still sounds touching and lively today. Especially Jiang Dawei's singing brings this song to its fullest, which can be called the best. The singing version. The music of "I Dare to Ask Where the Road Is" and "Journey to the West" are Xu Jingqing's successful and famous works. In the past twenty years, he has created nearly a hundred film and television music. The biggest feature of his film and television songs is the fusion of national style and the flavor of the times. This is reflected in the theme songs of "A Woman Is Not the Moon", "Song Qingling and Her Sisters" or "Half Tower", as well as in the TV series such as "Master Hongyi", "Love Debt" and "Zhou Xuan" he created in recent years. He told the author: "Understanding the national style of music cannot be copied except under special circumstances. Copying and copying is what artists do, and it will only make your path of music creation narrower and narrower. National and folk styles should be understood Things are chewed up, eaten thoroughly, and transformed into their own cells, so that the works they write have their own characteristics.

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The upper and lower parts of the song. The lyrics are all introduced by "You carry the burden, and I hold the horse." As soon as this sentence comes out, we seem to see the vast dust and sand. In the distant horizon, Zhu Bajie is holding the white horse, Sha Monk is carrying the burden, and the four masters and apprentices are there. The scene of walking on the road to seek scriptures in the vast western sky is written in the poem "Welcome the sunrise and bid farewell to the sunset, smoothing out the bumps and turning them into a road" and the poem "Crossing mountains and wading rivers with frost and flowers on our shoulders, the wind, clouds, thunder and lightning are overwhelming" are written in the poem above. Although the road to the west was far and dangerous, the four masters and disciples of Tang Monk were not afraid of hardships and obstacles, climbing over mountains and ridges, sunrise and night, letting flowers and snow fall, and thunder and lightning roaring, but we never changed. The desire in my heart is running towards the Holy Land of the West.

"After fighting the difficulties and dangers, we set off again, and we set off again" and "Singing all the way to the end of the world, to the end of the world" remind people of the scene of Sun Wukong slaying demons along the way. As the most important backbone of the Journey to the West team, he is brave and aggressive, lively and optimistic, conquers monsters and monsters, and repeatedly performs extraordinary feats. He removes many obstacles for his master Tang Seng. After eighty-one difficulties, he finally succeeds. "A series of spring, autumn, winter and summer, a series of ups and downs, I dare to ask where the road is, the road is at my feet." This melody is the climax and the most touching part of the whole song. When I was a child, I read novels and never understood it. According to the description in "Journey to the West", the great sage Monkey King, Monkey King, who has great supernatural powers, somersaulted thousands of miles in one go. In this way, Marshal Zhu Bajie of the Canopy and Monk Sha, the General of the Curtain Roller, can "shrink the ground". As long as they use their magical powers, they can reach their destination in the blink of an eye. If they were asked to learn the scriptures, it would be easy. But Tang Monk was born with naked eyes and could not fly. He was destined to go through various hardships before he could retrieve the scripture. Therefore, the sentence "Dare to ask where the road is" is really a good question. "The road is at your feet" - there is no place in the world that cannot be reached. The farthest road is at your feet, and a great journey begins from here. The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. How can we see a rainbow without going through some wind and rain? This is also the most touching part of "Journey to the West".

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