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Bng Chhun-hong
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Wikipedia article
'Bng Chhun-hong' is a Taiwanese Hokkien song composed by Teng Yu-hsien, a Hakka Taiwanese musician, and written by Lee Lin-chiu. The song was one of their representative works. It was released by the Columbia Records in 1933, and originally sung by some female singers at that time, such as Sun-Sun, or Iam-Iam . The title literally means "'Longing for the Spring Breeze'".
'Bng Chhun-hong' was once adapted into a Japanese patriotic song as "Daichi wa maneku" , literally means "'The Mother Earth is Calling on You'". It was re-written by and sung by . The song has also been released in Japan by Hitoto Yo, a Japanese pop singer. Many Taiwanese singers have covered the song, such as Teresa Teng, Showlen Maya, Feng Fei-fei, Stella Chang , and David Tao.
Since song's publication, films with similar names have been released, such as the 1937 film directed by , and a 1977 film which has an English name of "'The Operations of Spring Wind'". 'Bng Chhun-hong' has frequently been used as background music in Taiwanese films or teleplays. It is also a theme in the soundtrack of 'Singapore Dreaming', a 2006 released Singaporean film.
There is a biographical novel of the same name that written by Chung Chao-cheng, a Hakka writer. The novel does not describe about the song, instead, it depicts the life of Teng Yu-hsien, the composer.
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Original lyric
Present-day lyric
In the modern version, the word 'Goat-l' (Yue Lao, a god of marriage), is replaced by 'goeh-ni' (moon).
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See also
*Taiwanese pop
References
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