Zai Na Yaoyuan De Difang
"Zai na yaoyuan de difang" (Chinese: 在那遥远的地方) is the title and first line of a popular Chinese song by Wang Luobin, the renowned Chinese songwriter and ethnic music researcher. English translations of the song's title include "In That Place Wholly Faraway",[1][2][3][4] "In a Faraway Fairyland",[5] "In That Distant Place",[6][7][8][9] "In a Land Far Far Away",[10] and "In That Far-Off Land".[11]
Wang Luobin wrote the song in 1939 in Qinghai while shooting a film near Qinghai Lake. He met a young Tibetan girl, and wrote a song about the beautiful impression that she left upon him and all those around her. The song is set to the tune of a Kazakh folk song that Wang had collected in the area.[12][13]
It became one of the most popular songs in China and one of the best known Chinese songs in many countries. Wang Luobin first named this song as "the Grassland Love Song" (Chinese: 草原情歌), but later changed to "Zai Na Yaoyuan De Difang". [14] The song is extremely popular in Japan, where it is called by the initial name.
References
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- ^ Beijing Review, Volume 36 (1993), Google Books. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
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- ^ Su, Xiaokang (18 December 2007). A Memoir of Misfortune. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 9780307424433.
- ^ D, Joshua D. Pilzer J. (19 October 2011). Hearts of Pine: Songs in the Lives of Three Korean Survivors of the Japanese "Comfort Women". Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199877249.
- ^ (Chinese) "王洛宾：半生荣辱一支歌"
- ^ In that place wholly faraway is Wang Luobin's own love song (in Japanese)
- ^ Zai Na Yaoyuan De Difang (Baidu Encyclopedia)