Sun Xi wrote lyrics, Liu Chi arranged and Liu Shiming sang.
Song introduction
This is a new folk song based on the lyrics of traditional folk songs. Its tune comes from Xintianyou (also known as Shuntian Tour) in northern Shaanxi. Look at these two songs:
Your mother beat you up and wore red shoes covered with dew and water.
2 bowls of cold water and a piece of paper, whoever goes against his conscience will die first.
Their tune is very similar to the folk song "Flowers on the Cliff".
In fact, Mr. Liu Chi, an old musician, once worked in Yan 'an for literature and art. He walked through many places in northern Shaanxi and collected a lot of local folk music. In 1950s, when the film "Pastoral in Northern Shaanxi" started shooting, the leader decided that Liu Chi would be the composer of this film. When composing music for the episode "Flowers on the Cliff" created by director Sun Qian, he made use of the folk songs collected in the above years and made a little arrangement, which became this well-known "Flowers on the Cliff". After the film "Pastoral in Northern Shaanxi" was released, this episode was immediately accepted by people, so that the plot of the film was gradually forgotten by people, while the song "Flowers on the Cliff" became more and more popular. Later, people often heard this song in the form of duets between men and women. In fact, it also appeared in the form of male and female solos, but the words and expressions were adjusted.
It should be noted that the popular folk song "Do you know" in recent years is also from the same folk song, with basically the same melody. Bloom on the Cliff and Do You Know are both famous, with their own audiences and supporters. The phenomenon of homophony and different words is common in folk songs, from which we can learn the wide adaptability and unparalleled regeneration ability of folk songs.