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Sister Liu  |
| CCTV.COM 2002-08-06 16:08:32 |
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The story of Sister Liu is about a beautiful and clever young woman who uses her gift of singing to inspire her people to fight feudal forces around them.
The film “Sister Liu”is an operatic film based on the legend of a girl singer of the Zhuang ethnic minority in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Sister Liu was said to be the Zhuang nationality's " fairy of singing” during the Tang dynasty, some 1,000 years ago. She was particularly famous for her many mountain songs that focus on love and pursuit of a better life, and which have since become musical treasures of the Zhuang people. Based on the local legends, Lei Zhenbang composed music for the film, which won him the award for Best Film Score in 1960, at the second “Hundred Flowers Award”, one of China’s top film awards. The film also swept across southeast Asia during the 1960s, and won great public acclaim.
Film dialogue
(Laughing)
You are bookish
Season's changing
you don't know
You rich man never touch the soil for plowing and seeding
Only get knowledge from books
 Assign you a piece of field
How do you harrow and plough?
All fool!
Listen to me
I have fertile land
I know harrowing and plowing
I walked behind the farm cattle.
Sister, why do you disguise it to me?
Pardon?
Who got your embroidered ball?
Me
How nice if you can be my sister-in-law.
Don't say so.
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Throstle in locked cage
It is hard to fly out
 Don't dash out
Grass wings when wind blows
So have to wait the chance
We have a century date
I would like to die with you
in the same day.
About the composer
Composer Lei Zhenbang remains a household name in China even though he passed away five years ago. As a famous film music composer, he is remembered for the dozens of popular songs that have helped a number of films to receive great public acclaim. Away from the silver screen, his songs about ethnic minorities have served to arouse people’s interests in knowing more about them and their rich culture.
 Lei Zhenbang’s career as a renowned composer began when he entered the film circle, by joining the Chinese Film Orchestra in 1949. Over the following decades, he produced over 100 moving songs for films.
Of all of Lei Zhenbang’s songs, however, the most impressive ones must be those reflecting the lives of ethnic minorities. He made countless trips to areas inhabited by ethnic minorities in order to better understand their unique music.
The pieces that we’ve heard today represent just a small proportion of Lei Zhenbang’s works. He composed a large number of film scores based on the music of China’s ethnic minorities, from throughout the country. His name and music remain as a treasure of Chinese music, one that will be remembered for many years to come.
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Editor: Yang Yang CCTV.com
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