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03-04-2017, 10:32 PM
Chen Gang, He Zhanhao & VA - The Butterfly Lovers (2004, FLAC)
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01 - Zui Mei de Xinniang (The Most Beautiful Bride)
02 - Zhu Yingtai de Haogan (Jo's Affection)
03 - Anshi Liang Shanbo (Hinting Leon)
04 - Nver Xin Xiongdi Qing (Woman's Heart, Brothers' Love)
05 - Ma Wencai (Winston Ma)
06 - Sanzai Tongchuang (Classmates for 3 Years)
07 - Ni Shi Wo Xinzhong Yi Ju Jingtan (You are the Marvel of My Heart)
08 - Xuannian yu Dengdai (Worrying and Waiting)
09 - Chongfeng yu Juebie (Reunion and Farewell)
10 - Ci Hen Mianmian (Endless Regrets)
11 - Hua Die (Transforming into Butterflies)
12 - Hudie (Butterfly)
http://www.mediafire.com/file/czzz22unb5jmmgv/ButLov.rar
The Butterfly Lovers: Leon and Jo (蝴蝶夢-梁山伯與祝英台) is an animated film directed by Tsai Min-chin, voice-played by Elva Hsiao, Rene Liu and Jacky Wu.
For those who like the orchestral pieces in this soundtrack, they are segments from the famous "Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_Lovers%27_Violin_Concerto) by Chen Gang and He Zhanhao, written >50 years ago.
A modified version of this piece with main orchestral instruments replaced by Chinese traditional musical instruments:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tu5XohUR3Pg
This soundtrack includes all 3 songs (2 inserts and 1 ending) sung by Rene Liu (刘若英), Elva Hsiao (萧亚轩) and B.A.D.
We�re sure you�ve heard of Shakespeare�s romantic play, Romeo and Juliet, but have you ever heard of the "Chinese version" of it?
The Chinese romantic 民间传说 (m�n jiān chu�n shuō), Butterfly Lovers, is a similar but more dramatic story with characters from different culture and backgrounds. Unlike most plays and fairytales, 民间传说 is a special type of cultural production in China. They are legends based on certain historical events, traditions, and famous figures. People created the stories and spread the words orally from one generation to another. Therefore, as time passes by, it�s easy to confuse these folktales with actual history. Mulan, for example, was most likely not a real story. However, while 民间传说 are not real, they accurately reflect the emotions of people in those times.
In fact, 民间传说 are so important to Chinese culture, that we teach them in many of our intermediate and advanced online Chinese lessons.
THE STORY
The title of this great folktale in Chinese is composed of the names of the two main characters -- Liang Shanbo (梁山伯 li�ng shān b�) and Zhu Yingtai (祝英台zh� yīng t�i) -- which is often abbreviated to Liang Zhu (梁祝 li�ng zh�.) Liang Shanbo was a scholar from an ordinary family, while Zhu Yingtai was the only daughter of a wealthy family.
In the Eastern Jin dynasty, women were not allowed to go to school. Yingtai tried her best to persuade her parents to send her to school, and finally was able to attend classes in disguise as a man. On her way to the school from her hometown, Yingtai met Liang Shanbo, and they became best friends. During the time studying at the same school, no one discovered Yingtai�s true identity, including her closest friend Shanbo. Yingtai soon found herself falling in love with him, but she could not express her feelings to him without revealing her secret.
Three years later, Yingtai�s family asked her to go back home. With sadness, Shanbo accompanies his �best brother� for 18 miles to see �him� off, and this famous scene in the story is called 十八里相送 (sh� bā lǐ xiāng s�ng.) During the long journey, Yingtai hinted that she was a woman to Shanbo several times, and even suggested that she be a matchmaker between him and her �sister�, which is Yingtai herself, but Shanbo was too blunt to discover the truth.
It was months later, when Shanbo finally realized that Yingtai was a woman. The two were extremely devoted to one another, and Shanbo decided to propose. However, Yingtai�s parents had already arranged her to marry Ma Wencai (马文才 mǎ w�n c�i), a man from another rich family. Filled with heartbreak and regret, Shanbo became critically ill, and died soon after.
The most dramatic part of the story happens on the day of marriage, when the strangely strong winds prevent the wedding procession from passing the bridge where Shanbo's grave was. Yingtai stopped to pay her respects at his grave. Suddenly, lightning and thunder split open the grave. Unwilling to get married with anyone except for Shanbo, Yingtai jumped into his grave without hesitation. Everyone was stunned as the grave reopened, and a pair of beautiful butterflies came out and flew away together.
ARTISTIC ADAPTATIONS
Nowadays, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai�s romance was adapted into different kinds of artistic forms, including opera, film, TV drama, stage play, figure skating, and music. Among all of them, the Liang Zhu Violin Concerto is the most famous and recognizable. This classical music piece was composed in 1958 and first performed in Shanghai Grant Theatre. After that, different artists and orchestras have given out hundreds of performances around the world, but no one has ever changed a single note of the original composition. People respect the theme of the story and believe that love is an everlasting topic in our lives.
You can check out a video of the concerto below:
https://youtu.be/9H59w1hkBbs
by Xin Yao
]01 - Zui Mei de Xinniang (The Most Beautiful Bride)
02 - Zhu Yingtai de Haogan (Jo's Affection)
03 - Anshi Liang Shanbo (Hinting Leon)
04 - Nver Xin Xiongdi Qing (Woman's Heart, Brothers' Love)
05 - Ma Wencai (Winston Ma)
06 - Sanzai Tongchuang (Classmates for 3 Years)
07 - Ni Shi Wo Xinzhong Yi Ju Jingtan (You are the Marvel of My Heart)
08 - Xuannian yu Dengdai (Worrying and Waiting)
09 - Chongfeng yu Juebie (Reunion and Farewell)
10 - Ci Hen Mianmian (Endless Regrets)
11 - Hua Die (Transforming into Butterflies)
12 - Hudie (Butterfly)
http://www.mediafire.com/file/czzz22unb5jmmgv/ButLov.rar
The Butterfly Lovers: Leon and Jo (蝴蝶夢-梁山伯與祝英台) is an animated film directed by Tsai Min-chin, voice-played by Elva Hsiao, Rene Liu and Jacky Wu.
For those who like the orchestral pieces in this soundtrack, they are segments from the famous "Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_Lovers%27_Violin_Concerto) by Chen Gang and He Zhanhao, written >50 years ago.
A modified version of this piece with main orchestral instruments replaced by Chinese traditional musical instruments:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tu5XohUR3Pg
This soundtrack includes all 3 songs (2 inserts and 1 ending) sung by Rene Liu (刘若英), Elva Hsiao (萧亚轩) and B.A.D.
We�re sure you�ve heard of Shakespeare�s romantic play, Romeo and Juliet, but have you ever heard of the "Chinese version" of it?
The Chinese romantic 民间传说 (m�n jiān chu�n shuō), Butterfly Lovers, is a similar but more dramatic story with characters from different culture and backgrounds. Unlike most plays and fairytales, 民间传说 is a special type of cultural production in China. They are legends based on certain historical events, traditions, and famous figures. People created the stories and spread the words orally from one generation to another. Therefore, as time passes by, it�s easy to confuse these folktales with actual history. Mulan, for example, was most likely not a real story. However, while 民间传说 are not real, they accurately reflect the emotions of people in those times.
In fact, 民间传说 are so important to Chinese culture, that we teach them in many of our intermediate and advanced online Chinese lessons.
THE STORY
The title of this great folktale in Chinese is composed of the names of the two main characters -- Liang Shanbo (梁山伯 li�ng shān b�) and Zhu Yingtai (祝英台zh� yīng t�i) -- which is often abbreviated to Liang Zhu (梁祝 li�ng zh�.) Liang Shanbo was a scholar from an ordinary family, while Zhu Yingtai was the only daughter of a wealthy family.
In the Eastern Jin dynasty, women were not allowed to go to school. Yingtai tried her best to persuade her parents to send her to school, and finally was able to attend classes in disguise as a man. On her way to the school from her hometown, Yingtai met Liang Shanbo, and they became best friends. During the time studying at the same school, no one discovered Yingtai�s true identity, including her closest friend Shanbo. Yingtai soon found herself falling in love with him, but she could not express her feelings to him without revealing her secret.
Three years later, Yingtai�s family asked her to go back home. With sadness, Shanbo accompanies his �best brother� for 18 miles to see �him� off, and this famous scene in the story is called 十八里相送 (sh� bā lǐ xiāng s�ng.) During the long journey, Yingtai hinted that she was a woman to Shanbo several times, and even suggested that she be a matchmaker between him and her �sister�, which is Yingtai herself, but Shanbo was too blunt to discover the truth.
It was months later, when Shanbo finally realized that Yingtai was a woman. The two were extremely devoted to one another, and Shanbo decided to propose. However, Yingtai�s parents had already arranged her to marry Ma Wencai (马文才 mǎ w�n c�i), a man from another rich family. Filled with heartbreak and regret, Shanbo became critically ill, and died soon after.
The most dramatic part of the story happens on the day of marriage, when the strangely strong winds prevent the wedding procession from passing the bridge where Shanbo's grave was. Yingtai stopped to pay her respects at his grave. Suddenly, lightning and thunder split open the grave. Unwilling to get married with anyone except for Shanbo, Yingtai jumped into his grave without hesitation. Everyone was stunned as the grave reopened, and a pair of beautiful butterflies came out and flew away together.
ARTISTIC ADAPTATIONS
Nowadays, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai�s romance was adapted into different kinds of artistic forms, including opera, film, TV drama, stage play, figure skating, and music. Among all of them, the Liang Zhu Violin Concerto is the most famous and recognizable. This classical music piece was composed in 1958 and first performed in Shanghai Grant Theatre. After that, different artists and orchestras have given out hundreds of performances around the world, but no one has ever changed a single note of the original composition. People respect the theme of the story and believe that love is an everlasting topic in our lives.
You can check out a video of the concerto below:
https://youtu.be/9H59w1hkBbs
by Xin Yao