How many versions of the folk song "Jasmine" are there?

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The history of folk song Jasmine

In addition to the folk songs "Jasmine" circulating in Jiangsu, Northeast China, and Hebei, our country also includes Shanxi and Shaanxi The folk song "Jasmine" is popular in China, Sichuan and other provinces and cities. However, because the Jiangsu folk song "Jasmine" has a melodious and beautiful melody, which vividly expresses the characteristics of jasmine, this song "Jasmine" was famous all over the world as early as the 18th and 19th centuries. In his opera "Turandot", the famous Italian composer Puccini used the melody of the Jiangsu folk song "Jasmine" as the theme to recreate the mysterious and beautiful China.

Jiangsu "Jasmine" is a minor-key song that originated in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties and spread in Northeast China and major cities across the country. It has a history of about 300 years. It was originally called "Huahua Diao". Since the first sentence is an overlapping sentence, it was also called "Double Overlapping Cui" or "Double Overlapping Ci". It spread to the West in the second half of the 18th century and was used by Italian composer Puccini as the theme song for the princess in the opera "Turandot". This song was first included in my country's "Xiaohui Collection" edited by the owner of Zuxiang. Jiangsu's "Jasmine" was included in the "Music Dictionary" compiled by the British composer Rousseau in 1768. This song has also spread to Japan, North Korea, the United States and other countries, becoming one of the representative works of Chinese folk songs. The melody of Jiangsu's "Jasmine" is melodious, smooth, delicate, soft and simple. The musical form consists of four musical phrases forming a single part; the mode is 徴mode. The modern version of "Jasmine Flower" was adapted and created by the composer He Fang in the 1950s based on the Jiangsu folk song "Jasmine Flower". It is currently the most widely circulated "Jasmine Flower". The lyrics describe the psychological activities of a girl who wants to pick jasmine flowers, but is worried about being scolded, made fun of, and hurting the jasmine flowers. It shows a beautiful image of innocence, love and purity, and vividly and implicitly expresses people's feelings about the truth and love. The yearning and pursuit of goodness and beauty.

The melody of Jiangsu's "Jasmine" is mainly based on the zigzag progression of the pentatonic scale. The melody is gentle and smooth. It has the characteristics of a typical southern folk song and is like a picture of the customs and customs of a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. The lyrics usually only include the first few paragraphs about jasmine flowers, and do not sing the story of "The Romance of the West Chamber". Folk singers often sing this song in Wu dialect. The style is delicate and elegant, which sounds novel and friendly. It vividly depicts the image of ancient girls pursuing a better life and is very artistically appealing.

Compared with Jiangsu's "Jasmine", the tune of Hebei Nanpi's "Jasmine" is more narrative in nature. Its tempo is slow and its melodic progression is tactful. In order to strengthen the portrayal of the ancient characters in the song, folk song performers sometimes draw materials from opera music to enrich the folk song. There is a long drawl at the end of Hebei Nanpi's "Jasmine Flower", and its melody material is taken from Lu Opera " Sipingqiang is a commonly used drawl, but it is used very appropriately.

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Tsai Chin-Jasmine

What a beautiful jasmine flower

Fragrant and beautiful, full of buds

Fragrant and white, people praise it

Let me pick you off

Give it to someone else’s home

Jasmine

Ah jasmine

What a beautiful jasmine

Fragrant and beautiful full of buds

It’s fragrant and white people praise it