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.

References

  1. ↑ "Opera: That Place Wholly Faraway". China Daily via SimBam.com. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Tibetan dance drama staged in Jinan". Ministry of Culture of China and The People's Government of Shandong Province. 2 October 2013. Archived original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "97th birthday of late folk singer Wang Luobin celebrated". China.org.cn. 30 December 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Volcano Park, Stone Village and Lava Caves". CRI English. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  5. ↑ http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/17/content_7440397.htm
  6. ↑ Beijing Review, Volume 36 (1993), Google Books. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  7. ↑ 7 September 2013 Music Program, Waterfire Providence. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "'Chinese Bridge' Chinese Proficiency Competition held successfully at UQ" at University of Queensland. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  9. ↑ China's Three Tenors reviewed at Scotland-China Association. Archived original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  10. ↑ Su, Xiaokang (2007-12-18). A Memoir of Misfortune. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 9780307424433.
  11. ↑ D, Joshua D. Pilzer J. (2011-10-19). Hearts of Pine: Songs in the Lives of Three Korean Survivors of the Japanese "Comfort Women". Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199877249.
  12. ↑ (Chinese) "王洛宾：半生荣辱一支歌"
  13. ↑ In that place wholly faraway is Wang Luobin's own love song (in Japanese)

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