Where is Jasmine Flower a folk song?

"Jasmine" is a Chinese folk song, originated from the Nanjing Liuhe folk singing for 100 years "flower tune", by the military composer He Faq from the compilation of the compilation of folk songs in the Liuhe organized. 1957 to complete the adaptation of the song, the lyrics.

This song has been performed at the handover ceremony of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games, the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, the opening ceremony of the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games, and other major events. In China as well as the international has a very high visibility, in China and the world widely praised, is one of the representative elements of Chinese culture, because of its special status and representation, known as "China's second national anthem"? .

Expanded Information:

Jasmine (folk song) is called " There are hundreds of ways to sing the song, but they are similar and are actually one kind of song, which is called "approximate tone" in the music industry. This tune is widely spread in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the main popular area in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

According to the late music historian Zhang Ming (formerly a researcher at the Institute of Ethnic Music of the China Academy of Art) and other experts, the Qing Dynasty "flower tune" was popular in the Ming Dynasty in Yangzhou "flower tune" based on the development. Yangzhou Qingqu, as well as the Yangzhou opera, which draws rich nutrients from Yangzhou Qingqu, all have the "Fresh Flower Tune" song, which is inextricably linked.

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