Japanese folk songs

Shimabai

(Shimabai/シママ) refers to the folk songs of Amami Islands (today's Kagoshima Prefecture). In the Amami dialect of Ryukyu language, "island" means not only "island" but also "hometown". "White" () means "ballad". Therefore, the original meaning of the word "Island White" is "the folk song of my hometown", and it is precisely because of the special meaning of the word "シマ" that many election beauties write this ballad as "シマ" instead of "Island White". People who sing on the island are called "Bai Zhe". Because the pronunciation of "Bai" is the same as that of "Song" in Japanese, some China media also write "Shimabai" as "Shimasong".

history

Island White originated from Ryukyu Islands, which is the first general term of Ryukyu Islands folk songs. Later, it specifically refers to the folk songs of the Amami Islands. In the early days, Shimabai was dedicated as a song to the gods and sacrifices. Its content is also related to praising gods and expressing prayers. Later, labor songs appeared to educate future generations and express love. 1609 After the Samoan invasion, Samoans used Amami Islands as the main producing area to produce brown sugar. Under the Samoan rule, Amami had to produce a lot of brown sugar. The island white in this period also expressed the tragic life of Amami under Samoan rule. 196 1 10 In June, Amami Takeshita, who lives in Kansai, performed an island song at the "Art and Folk Art Conference" in Japan, which caused great repercussions in the Japanese music industry. Since then, island leaves have become popular in the Japanese music industry. The famous Bai people are Hirayama Toyo, Tsukiji Junzao, Dangyuan, Asazaki Ikue, Liji, Yuanqiansui and Kousuke Atari.

Japanese: Shimabai Chinese: Island songs are popular songs in Japan. One day in the early 1990s, a young Japanese who just graduated from Meiji University went to Okinawa to collect folk songs. Perhaps it was the unique rhythm of Amami folk songs that inspired his creation. He wrote a song "Island White" in one breath that he didn't expect to be so sensational. Once his band The boom started singing, it spread all over Japan immediately, and the young man became famous-he was Kazufumi Miyazawa. Kazufumi Miyazawa deliberately used Sanweixian, the most popular national musical instrument in Okinawa, as a prelude to this song, accompanied by the ancient Taigu. Just listening, you may mistake it for an old song that has been circulating for hundreds of years. The lingering homesickness can especially evoke the homesickness of people wandering outside. Soon, "Island White" was chosen by the people as one of the 100 songs that touched the Japanese most. Interestingly, because of this song, Okinawa has also become a tourist attraction, and islanders have also opened a special wine room in Shimabaiju, where drinkers can enjoy the Sanwei Line spectrum, and "Shimabaiju" has naturally become an iconic song. I hear business is booming. This song was not only written by Kazufumi Miyazawa, but also written by him. The general idea is as follows: Erythrina flowers are in full bloom, the wind is blowing wildly, and the storm is coming; Erythrina bloom, the wind is blowing wildly, and the storm is coming; Constantly emerging sadness, such as waves crossing the island, meeting you in the sugarcane forest, leaving you forever under the sugarcane forest ... Obviously, walking in this miserable land of Okinawa, Kazufumi Miyazawa, must be thinking, and many war stories can't help but come to mind. During World War II, the "Okinawa Battle" between the United States and Japan was one of the most tragic battles. The military government requires all Okinawa people to be soldiers, stick to Okinawa, and "collective self-determination" if they can't keep it. According to statistics, more than 200,000 people were killed in that battle in Okinawa, and how many people were separated and their families were ruined. So far, many locals prefer to say that they are Okinawa people rather than Japanese. Kazufumi Miyazawa injected these passionate feelings into the middle of each note one by one.