In the 1980s, Hong Kong film songs began to enter an era of prosperity and development. The film "Shaolin Temple" pioneered the co-production of films between Hong Kong and the Mainland. The interlude "Shepherd's Song" in the film is a typical masterpiece. one.

This is a female solo song filled with tenderness, and the lyrics are simple, fresh, beautiful and moving. The first paragraph mainly describes the beautiful hometown in the eyes of a 16-year-old girl. The second paragraph describes the girl's lofty ambitions and ambitions.

This song does not stick to the specific tone of the era shown in the film, but uses perfect music to depict the life and feelings of a young girl in that era that are connected to our hearts, so it can still be recognized today. Widely understood and welcomed by moviegoers and music lovers.

The world’s best martial arts comes from Shaolin. In 1982, China's first martial arts film "Shaolin Temple" was released at a cost of 2 million yuan. It had an unprecedented impact and became popular all over China.

At that time, there were countless enthusiastic young people across the country singing "Shaolin Shaolin" and "Shepherd Song" after watching the movie, imitating Jet Li's black tiger pulling out the heart on the advertising poster, and chanting " The wine and meat passed through the intestines, and the Buddha left in his heart "Go to Shaolin Temple."

The lyrical "Shepherd's Song" sung by Zheng Xulan is clear, pure, sweet, moving, lively and melodious. Almost everyone, regardless of gender, old or young, can hum a few lines of "The fragrance of wild fruits, the beauty of the mountains, the jumping dogs, and the running sheep" ". Of course, it also made Jet Li, a generation of martial arts superstars who later went to Hong Kong and then Hollywood, popular. This shows how much influence movies and songs have on people.

The mountain gate of Shaolin Temple still has the three characters inscribed by the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. After entering the mountain gate, turn right and see two newly erected stone tablets, with the lyrics and music scores of two songs neatly engraved on them.

One is "Shaolin Shaolin" and the other is "Shepherd's Song". The song that filled Songshan Mountain's ears was the song "Sunrise at Songshan Col, Morning Bell Startles the Birds" sung by Zheng Xulan. Listening attentively, it seemed as if you were hearing the sound of nature.

These two songs have been played every day in Shaolin Temple for more than 20 years without interruption. In order to commemorate the movie "Shaolin Temple" that year, the current abbot Yongxin, who has the spirit of advancing with the times, ordered people to plant an inscription here, because without that movie, there would be no Shaolin Temple today.

Standing in the pagoda forest, I heard the sound of chanting sutras in the temple. It turned out that the thousand-year-old Shaolin wanted to restore tranquility. This artistic conception makes people miss the singing of monk Jueyuan and the beautiful shepherd girl who sang the madness thousands of years ago.

"The sun rises over the Songshan Col, the morning bell frightens the birds, the creeks in the forest are gurgling, and the grass is green on the slopes." This "Shepherd Song" is still considered by many experts to be a classic in the Chinese pop music scene. .

Zheng Xulan used her soft and sweet voice to bring a charming and charming daughter to life, and also filled the iron-clad Songshan with tenderness.