The song portrays the Monkey King, or Sun Wukong, a legendary figure from the 16th-century novel Journey to the West, and features traditional Chinese instruments such as the erhu and bamboo flute. Ten years later, Wukong, written and performed by singer-songwriter Dai Quan, also became a hit with its mix of pop and Peking Opera. In 2005, singer-songwriter David Tao released Susan Says, combining rhythm and blues with Peking Opera.
The lyrics for both songs conjure up visions of Chinese poetry, and the melodies flow smoothly. The songs became chart-toppers at a time when the nation's music market was full of Western-style numbers.
He released songs such as East Wind Breaks in 2003 and Chrysanthemum Terrace three years later, working with his lyricist Vincent Fang. Jay Chou is one of the pop stars who helped popularize guo feng. By the end of the event, she had completed a song titled A Moonlit Night in the Spring, which has lyrics in English.īorn and raised in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, Zeng said: "Guo feng songs are usually in narrative form and conjure up images that are easy for listeners to understand. Zeng Ting, 26, who graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 2020 with a master's in music technology, also joined the Beijing workshop.
They are now embracing their own cultural aesthetics, which is meaningful." Li Liang, head of the Tencent Musician program, which boasts some 300,000 registered Chinese singer-songwriters sharing their music online, said: "Young people grow up with the internet and are open to different cultures. CHINA DAILYĪccording to Tencent Music, more than 1 million videos with a guo feng theme have been streamed on the online platform Bilibili, attracting over 136 million views, while more than 100,000 videos related to guo feng have been played 2.6 billion times on the platform. Ran Yi, Feng Sheng and Yi Si, musicians with the recording label Yi Ke Xiao Cong (One Green Onion), perform online.
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