Tang Xiaoxian: "The Moon Reflects on Two Springs" has nothing to do with "The Friendly Guest"

Tang Xiaoxian: "The Moon Reflects on the Second Fountain" has nothing to do with "The Friendly Guest" Phoenix City Tang Xiaoxian Chinese folk musician Hua Yanjun (A Bing) performed in Wuxi in September 1950...

Phoenix City Tang Xiaoxian

> Among the six erhu and pipa pieces recorded by Chinese folk musician Hua Yanjun (A Bing) in Wuxi in September 1950, there was an erhu piece, which was named "Two Springs Reflect the Moon" after discussion between Mr. Yang Yinliu, a professor at the Central Conservatory of Music, and A Bing. This emotionally rich piece of music has a beautiful title and a strong artistic appeal. It has won the "20th Century Chinese Music Classic Award" and has been selected as one of the top ten famous songs in the world. The famous musician Mr. He Luting once said: "The elegant name Erquan Yingyue is actually contradictory to the connotation of the music. Rather than describing the scenery of Erquan Yingyue, the music profoundly expresses the painful life experience of the blind man A Bing." Seiji Ozawa, chief conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the United States, said that he felt heartbroken after listening to Jiang Jianhua's erhu solo at the Central Conservatory of Music. Later, after he conducted the performance of "The Moon on Two Fountains" with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, he said, "I did not conduct well and did not give full play to the strengths of the music." It can be seen that authorities in the music industry at home and abroad unanimously affirmed the music "The Moon Reflects on Two Fountains" and spoke highly of it. In the 2010 Issue 02 of Suzhou Magazine, Dong Miao published an article titled "Lu Wenfu's Love Affair with Abing in His Life". The article was full of doubts and has been questioned by those who are familiar with Abing and his works. "Lu Wenfu's Life of "Abing's Love"" was reprinted by "Yangtze Evening News" and "Newspaper Digest". Later, it changed different titles and has been widely circulated on the Internet to this day. The article actually said: ""Er Quan Ying Yue" was not written by A Bing, but originated from the obscene song "Zhi Xin Ke" sung by the bitch in the sex shop when she was flirting with her client!" So what kind of tune is "Zhi Xin Ke"? "Zhi Xin Ke", also known as "Dock Diao", is a folk tune spread in southern Jiangsu. The melody is pleasant and melodious. The lyrics sung vary from place to place. "Intimate Guest" circulated in Taicang, Jiangsu Province is representative, and the song really depicts the life of a brothel woman. The theme song "Song Girl from the End of the World" for the movie "Street Angel" produced by Shanghai Star Company in 1937 was changed by Mr. He Luting based on "Intimate Guest". The episode in the 1964 movie "Three Smiles" shot by Hong Kong's Great Wall Film Company also used the tune of "Intimate Guest" to compose the lyrics. The first paragraph of "Suzhou Scenery" in the Suzhou folk song "Dajiu Lianlian" and so on also borrowed from "Intimate Guest". It can be seen that the public is no stranger to "Intimate Guest". In the first twenty years after the recording of "Er Quan Ying Yue" came out in 1950, people never found that it had the slightest connection with "Intimate Guest". Such rumors have increased since the 1970s. Yang Yinliu, the author of "History of Ancient Chinese Music" and "Shi Fan Gong and Drum" and the founder of modern folk music who successfully interpreted the music score of Jiang Baishi in the Song Dynasty, translated the Gongchi score of "Zhi Xin Ke" into simplified notation and recorded the original lyrics. When comparing the score of "Er Quan Ying Yue", people can see that the melodies of the two pieces have no similarities or similarities, and the tune, style and charm are completely unrelated. In 1978, Mr. Yang Yinliu wrote twice to Mr. Li Songshou, a famous erhu educator and professor of the Music Department of Nanjing Normal University, talking about "The Moon Reflected in Two Springs" which was born out of the ditty "Zhi Xin Ke". In a letter dated September 27, 1978, he wrote: There are more and more weird stories. Some people say that "A Bing's Two Springs Reflect the Moon was born out of the folk ditty Zhixinke". If Pang allows this statement to be true, it is tantamount to admitting that A Bing's Two Springs Reflect the Moon is worthless. In a letter from Yang Yinliu to Li Songshou on October 11 of the same year, he once again mentioned the issue of "Zhixinke". "Attached is the translation of "Zhixinke" (according to Gongchi Pu). You will see at a glance that it has nothing to do with "Er Quan Ying Yue". From this we can see that what Dong Miao said in "Lu Wenfu's Life and Love with Abing" that ""The Moon Reflected in Two Springs" was not written by Abing, but originated from the obscene song "Intimate Guest" sung by the bitch in the sex shop when she was flirting with her client!" is really nonsense.

Commemorative album of folk musician Hua Yanjun (A Bing).

> Portrait of Abing playing "Two Springs Reflect the Moon".

> Existing steel wire tapes of Abing's original sound.

>The end of Yang Yin's letter to Li Songshou on September 27, 1978.

>The end of Yang Yin's letter to Li Songshou on October 11, 1978.

"Zhixinke" translated from Gongchipu to simplified musical notation.