The Origin of Hakka Mountain Songs, Urgently!

Talking about the origin of Hakka songs, there is a beautiful legend circulating in Meizhou. According to legend, during the Tang Dynasty, in the Meizhou Songkou, there is a famous female singer named Liu Sanmei, she not only has a good voice, but also smart and clever, mountain songs out of the mouth. As she was very famous in the area, many singers came to sing with her. One day, Liu Sanmei was washing clothes by the river, a boat came from downstream, and on the boat stood a Xiucai, who named Liu Sanmei to sing with her. When she saw the arrogance of the Xiu Cai, she asked, "How many songs do you dare to find Liu Sanmei? The scholar immediately replied: I have the most mountain songs, the boat contains seven or eight buckets, take out a bucket with you, until next year to cut the early harvest. Liu Sanmei was particularly amused, and then sang: river lips washing Liu Sanmei, may I ask where Xiucai came from? Since ancient times, mountain songs come out of the mouth, where there are mountain songs carried by boat. Xiu Cai heard the song and realized that she was no match for San Mei. From then on, "since the ancient mountain song from the mouth" has become a famous line of mountain song.