"Jasmine", also known as "Flower Flower Tune", is a Han folk tune that has been very popular in urban and rural areas of my country since the Qing Dynasty. At present, it is popular all over the country and has become one of the most representative and outstanding folk tunes in my country.
The tune of "Jasmine Flower" varies from place to place, but the lyrics are basically the same, and they all reflect the innocent love of young men and women. The northern "Jasmine" often sings the legendary story of Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying in "The Romance of the West Chamber".
The Italian composer Puccini used "Jasmine" in his famous opera "Turandot", making the song a representative folk song on the world opera stage.
The general musical characteristics of "Jasmine" from various places are: four phrases of starting, continuing, turning and closing. The falling tones are: "Zheng", "Gong", bass "Yu", Bass "sign". The first sentence is divided into two short sentences, with a symmetrical structure and opposite falling sounds; the third sentence is a condensed sentence, and there is no pause after the sentence, tightly connecting to the fourth sentence. The melody has great ups and downs, smooth twists and turns, and is graceful and lyrical.
Nowadays, people listen more to "Jasmine" from Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. The melody is delicate, graceful, euphemistic and moving. This minor tune is similar to other minor tunes. It is also a single-section song. The musical structure is also relatively balanced, but it has its own characteristics: the third and fourth lines of lyrics are connected together, and it is difficult to separate them musically. shear. In addition, the use of syncopated rhythm at the end of the sentence gives people a light and lively feeling.
Tape collector Mr. Li Li is a senior figure in Yangzhou folk art circles. In 1986, he participated in the compilation of "Collection of Chinese Folk Arts·Jiangsu Volume" and discovered a 1934 tape in the warehouse of a Shanghai record company. There was an old song called "Flower Flower Tune" sung by Huang Xiuhua, a famous Qing opera master in Yangzhou at that time, in the glue record produced by Shanghai Beikai Record Company. It turned out to be the now famous and popular "Jasmine Flower", so Mr. Fei specially invited Someone copied it. This is also the earliest existing audio material of "Jasmine". According to his research, the song "Flower Flower Tune" is actually an excerpt from the popular song "Double Overlapping Greens" that was popular in the Jianghuai area during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. In other words, "Jasmine Flower" was already popular in Yangzhou more than 400 years ago. Sung for the sake of spreading.