Herald News (reporter Fang Yanyan Ye Xinyang text) "I really, really only moved." At the song press conference of "Welcome to the Alley", Gong Ruixiang, a Taiwanese compatriot in his seventies, choked up with red eyes after listening to the chorus. His mother, who was born in Xiamen and moved to Taiwan with his father in 1946, grew up listening to stories about Xiamen, and today he hears the familiar Hokkien language again very kindly.
Hokkien dialect, if you don't put it, the ancestral culture is fragrant for thousands of years. On December 14, funded by the special fund for the development of literature and art in Xiamen, Zhou Zhiru, president of the Tainan Cultural Association, Wang Zhikun, deputy director of the Xiang'an District Cultural Center, and others created the Hokkien song and MV "Welcome to the Alley" was officially released. The song was sung by more than 100 people including residents of Bin'an, Fangxing, Sanxiang communities and Taiwan compatriots in Xiang'an District, Xiamen City, depicting the cultural heritage and prosperity of the thousand-year-old town of Maxiang, showing the new vitality and new atmosphere of Xiamen.
Talking about the original intention of creation, Zhou Zhiru, one of the creators of the lyrics, said that Fujian is the original hometown of Taiwanese compatriots, but now many Taiwanese people do not know about Fujian. During the creation process, I played this song to my friends in Taiwan, and everyone liked it very much. They were amazed that Xiamen could retain so much traditional culture and be so vibrant, and they expressed their willingness to visit Xiamen.
One of the songwriters, Wang Zhikun, who was born and raised in Maxiang, said that he was very happy to have this creative opportunity, his creative process is very smooth, and he hopes to bring the hearts of compatriots on both sides of the strait closer through this song.
In the lyrics of "Ma Xiang Welcome", "Bowl of rice cakes, roast meat dumplings, fried oysters in Gelai, spring rolls." Catchy, the food culture inherited from both sides of the strait carries the emotions and memories of Taiwanese people;"Xiamen flowers bloom to Xiang'an, the thousand-year-old town is Ma Xiang", depicting the history and cultural heritage of Ma Xiang;"The geography is good and prosperous, and the profits are connected to all parts of the world", showing the importance of the geographical location of Maxiang and the scene of commercial prosperity;"In the old community, the new hope, everyone works hard to be a model, goes to Nanyang, passes through Taiwan, and the incense of the king of Chi is passed down from generation to generation", showing the spirit of Minnan people who love to fight hard to win and the belief of inheritance.
The song also expresses a warm welcome to all those who come to Horse Lane, the songwriter.
1. Qiu Yijuan, science and technology commissioner of the Xiang'an District Culture and Tourism Bureau, is from Hunan, and there are many new residents of Maxiang who do not speak Hokkien among the community residents who participated in the singing.
For most Taiwanese compatriots, they may not know where the Quanzhou Mansion Maxiang Hall is on the family tree. In addition to being released on YouTube, Facebook and other platforms, "Welcome to the Horse Lane" will also be organized by the Tainan Cultural Association and sung in front of various palaces and temples in Taiwan.