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H:Hi welcome to CCTV International Center Stage where we bring you into
the music halls and onto the stages of performers from all around China.
I am Hong Mei.
D: I am Dong Jun. This episode we are focusing on the innovative melodies
and fresh style of music created by a very famous couple. Zeng Ge Ge and
Feng Xiao Quan.
H: Married for several years and playing for even more, this dynamic duo
is well －known for their combined mastery of over eleven different
traditional folk instruments,
D: But it is in the way you shake it that makes the difference！ They have
revolutionized folk music into funky rhythms and surprised thousands with
their creativity.
H: They have performed in the States, Korea, South Africa, Italy Holland,
France and the list goes on and on.
D: Today we will share six of their musical compositions with you－－－
H: How they made them
D: Played them
H: And performed them for the audiences worldwide. Stay tuned because this
couple you don't want to miss！
H: They look good,
D: Sing well
H: Play well
D: And write well. Is there anything they can't do well？
H: Feng Xiao Quan wrote this next song on New Year's Eve of 1999. It was
China's first modern folk song to ever be composed utilizing the
double－barreled instrument.
D: Inspired by the Tajik Nationality of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Region, Xue Shan or Snow Mountain has a little bit of the Tajik
H: A little bit of the Han
D: A little bit of old
H: A little bit of new. Here is Zeng Ge Ge and Feng Xiao Quan in Athens,
Greece performing "Snow Mountain."
D: Hong Mei, you are a dancer, right？
H: Yes.
D: Have you ever danced and sung at the same time？
H: Like Madonna does...？
D: Yea.
H: Naah. It is too hard. Well, to tell the truth I don't sing very well.
D: Well, these guys not only master a wide variety of folk instruments,
write their own music, but sing their own songs as well.
H: This next piece features our couple using several different flutes
D: Four to be exact.
H: in a modernized version of an old Chinese saying about Heaven and
Earth.
D: Here they are with "Tian Shang Ren Jian" or Heaven and Earth.
D: The first piece we saw, "Snow Mountain," was inspired by the Tajik
people from the northwest of China.
H: But this next piece is universal. Inspired by the feeling when Spring
arrives, a time of renewal and rejuvenation,
D: this composition is a favorite among Chinese during Spring Festival.
H: Richly infused with and highly connotative of the Manchurians in this
performance, notice the distinctive style of dress and ornamentation.
D: Especially the peonies.
H: They are symbols of the emperor, his power and majesty...
D: And frequently seen on the clothing of people during the Qing Dynasty
when Manchurian culture was widespread.
H: Filmed in Liaoning province, here is Zeng Ge Ge and Feng Xiao Quan with
"Hundreds of Flowers Fill the Sky."
H: I love love stories.
D: I know you do.
H: You have just heard the new sounds and funky rhythms
D: and witnessed Zeng Ge Ge and Feng Xiao Quan's mastery of Chinese
traditional folk instruments.
H: Don't go away, because we have more to come after this short break！
D: Hi, welcome back to CCTV International Center Stage. I am Dong Jun.
H: I am Hong Mei. This episode we are focusing on the innovative melodies
and fresh style of music created by a very famous couple.
D: Zeng Ge Ge and Feng Xiao Quan.
H: And now to the freezing snow capped mountains and deathly hot basins
of Xinjiang.
D: The Uighurs is the most numerous in this interesting population of
Xinjiang's many ethnic groups.
H: Influenced by Arabic, Persian, and Chinese cultures the Uighur rhythms
are distinct and extremely lively, especially the marriage ones！
D: So Zeng Ge Ge and Feng Xiao Quan's rearranged this Uighur marriage song,
and converted it into an instrumental.
H: Here veil refers NOT to the kind, let's say Arabic women wear, but
rather the kind placed over a girl's head before she is wed.
D: Will you do the same when you marry？
（Hong Mei looks at him in disbelief！）
H: Here is the new instrumental, "Lift up your veil."
H: Inspired by the music of the Tajik Minority in Xinjiang, they composed
"Snow Mountain."
D: Inspired by the Uighur Minority also in Xinjiang they rearranged their
marriage song producing "Lift up your veils."
H: And drawing on the Northern Shaanxi Folk melodies have written a
wonderful version of a very traditional song－ "The Mule Driver."
D: Quoted as not even being able to grow a blade of grass, the loess
landscape in Northern Shaanxi has produced much suffering and difficulty
for its people.
H: Having to travel for long distances to find work, this song is about
the men who journey out for months on end.
D: Here is their version of "The Mule Driver."
H: Now we travel by camel into the deserts...
D: By camel..
H: With wrapped heads of cloth...
D: And tan wrinkled skin..
H: I am not going. I don't tan, I burn.
D: I knew you would say that....We are just imagining Hong Mei....
H: I know where you are taking me.
D: Where？
H: Into the Buddhist grottoes set amid sand dunes along the Silk Road in
China.
D: Yes, back to the Northwest and along the way we can discover the fabulous
murals, for example, in the Dun Huang grottoes in Gansu province.
H: These historic murals were inspired by people's belief in Buddha and
all that He taught humanity.
D: Indian, Chinese, Russian, Persian peoples all came together under one
prophet at that time.
H: After Feng Xiao Quan traveled to these caves, he was so moved by the
scenery and the freedom he felt, he wanted to perform this next piece
D: Here is "Because of Love."
H: You have been watching CCTV International.
D: I am Dong Jun.
H: And I'm Hong Mei.
D: Join us next episode as we bring you more dance,
H: more song,
D: and more fun on Center Stage！
H: Bye for now！
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