"A crab (hai) with eight legs (jio)
Two clamps are poking into the sky..."
Recently,
"Crab Song" sung by a choir in Yuxi, Yunnan became popular
dialect plus cute The child's voice
instantly conquered the ears of countless netizens.
Netizens all said: It sounds good and catchy!
Video source Xinhua Daily Telegraph
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Two choirs "learned from the same school"
Two sisters took over the relay
This popular song "Crab Song" was sung by Yunnan Yuxi Ruoshui Children's Chorus. This choir has the same relationship as the previous one. The children's choir affiliated with Yuxi Normal University, which became famous for singing "Xiaoya Luming", was founded by teacher Pu Hailing.
△Sister Pu Hailing (left in the picture) and Pu Hailan (right in the picture).
In 2018, my younger sister Pu Hailing came to teach at Majiazhuang Primary School, Jiuxi Town, Jiangchuan District, Yuxi City, Yunnan Province. This is a rural primary school with only more than a hundred students.
She gradually discovered that most of the children in the school were left-behind children. Their parents worked away from home for long periods of time. The children lacked companionship and care, and were not good at expressing their inner thoughts. Therefore, Pu Hailing, who graduated with a music major, came up with the idea of establishing a children's choir.
△The picture shows sister Pu Hailing
In November 2020, the Ruoshui Children's Chorus of Majiazhuang Primary School was officially established. With the unremitting efforts of Teacher Pu Hailing, the children started from scratch, gradually mastered the singing skills, and their personalities became lively.
In 2023, due to job transfer, Pu Hailing was unable to continue teaching in Ruoshui Children's Choir. Therefore, her sister Pu Hailan, who also graduated with a music major and has been volunteering in the choir, applied to work at Majiazhuang Primary School to continue the Ruoshui Children's Voice Choir. The conductor of "Crab Song" in the video is Pu Hailan.
△The picture shows the elder sister Pu Hailan
The younger sister Pu Hailing was transferred to the Primary School Affiliated to Yuxi Normal University as a music teacher. Soon after, the Children's Choir of the Primary School Affiliated to Yuxi Normal University was established.
The song they rehearsed was "Xiaoya Lu Ming", which was originally a program prepared by the teacher-student choir for the New Year's Concert on January 18. Unexpectedly, it was sung on the stage of the main station's "2024 Lantern Festival Gala".
Video material source: CCTV, Pu Hailing
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"Let dialects and folk songs be passed on"
Today, the persistence of the children of Ruoshui Tongsheng Choir has paid off. Under the leadership of the two sisters Pu Hailing and Pu Hailan , they have won multiple awards and were invited to perform at the Shanghai Golden Hall. Teacher Pu Hailan said: "Bringing the children to the Golden Hall in Shanghai, their faces were filled with happiness and pride, and they felt that this knowledge was really important."
Sisters Pu Hailing and Pu Hailan have been encouraging each other. In their view, the more effort they put in, the more knowledge they have for their children; the more persistence they have, the more opportunities they have for their children.
△The two sisters Pu Hailan and Pu Hailing performed together with the Ruoshui Children’s Choir.
The popular “Crab Song” on the Internet was the performance of the Ruoshui Children’s Choir led by Pu Hailan at the local village evening in Yuxi, Yunnan.
"Crab Song" is a widely circulated folk song. Different regions have their own unique versions. The reason why Teacher Pu Hailan chose the Yunnan dialect version of "Crab Song" is: "It has a unique charm when sung in Yunnan dialect. I want children to fall in love with folk songs and let them feel the charm of dialects."
The children were very excited when they learned that the orally passed "Crab Song" would be performed to the audience as a performance piece, especially the children in the lower grades. I really like the reading part.
Lyrics to the general idea
Read: A crab (hai) with eight legs (jio), two clamps poking up to the sky, and a shell (kuo) on its back that is as big as the shell, ouch! Caught my foot (jio).
Lyrics: Crab brother (guo), eight legs (jio), two big clips, one hard (eng) shell (kuo) shell.It's as horizontal as it is uphill, it's as straight as it is down to the river (huo). When I passed by your door that day, it pinched my foot (jio). Ouch, ouch, pinched my foot (jio). I can clamp it tightly, but I can't shake it off. Please, Brother Crab (guo), please release my foot (jio). Naughty baby, who asked you to tease me?
Children's voices paired with dialects and recited with white songs have made countless netizens dream back to their childhood. They all said: "The song my grandma used to put me to sleep when I was a child" and "I also sang it when I was a child"...
The Yunnan dialect in the video makes people " "Shangtou", many netizens said they did not expect the Yunnan dialect to have such a flavor. Let’s listen to the following audio and reminisce about it ↓
Yunnan dialect version:
“My aunt came back from Dali with some wedding cakes and asked me to give them to my eldest daddy. So thirsty, where is Jiajia? They are here Let’s eat. You asked me to go wash your hands and eat together. There were dried chicken, spicy panhai, and an old soybean sauce, which was too spicy. I showed off three big bowls of rice in one breath. , but it’s so delicious?”
Mandarin version:
“My aunt came back from Dali and brought some Xizhou Baba (a specialty of Xizhou, Dali) and asked me to give it to my uncle and aunt. I happened to meet him. Their family was having dinner. My aunt asked me to wash my hands and eat together. Oh my God, there were ganba mushrooms, spicy crabs, and a stewed old soy fish. It was so good. I ate three big bowls of rice in one go. Isn’t it too delicious?"
How to sing "Crab Song" in your hometown dialect
Source: CCTV News WeChat official account (reporter Chen Hongyan Qin Jing), Xinhua Daily Telegraph
Responsible editor Lu Shicheng
Responsible proofreader Yuan Xi
Editor-in-chief Yan Yun
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