The composer of this song is Deng Yuping, a Sichuanese, and Zhang Che, a Zhejiangese. He is one of the directors of the film The Storm in Alishan (the other director is Zhang Ying, a Sichuanese). The first singer is Chien-Hsi Chang, the heroine of the film, from Sichuan.
1948, forced by the fierce competition in the film market, Shanghai Guotai Film Company found a new way, and jointly directed by Zhang Che and Zhang Ying, filmed The Storm of Alishan written by Zhang Che. This is a film set in Taiwan Province Province. The leading role is played by Lan as the leader of Gaoshan nationality, the leading role is played by (Lan's wife) as the girl of Gaoshan nationality, and the leading role is played by Pingdi youth. The film crew plans to shoot the interior at the Shanghai studio first, then go to Taiwan Province Province to shoot the exterior, and then go back to Shanghai to finish the whole film. It is difficult for the two directors to break up because the songs with local characteristics of Taiwan Province Province should be recorded in Shanghai in advance and brought to Taiwan Province Province for the heroine to sing and lip-synch. 1945 Only a few years after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Taiwan Province Province was recovered from the Japanese imperialists, and the mainland still lacked information on the local conditions and customs of Taiwan Province Province, so there was no basis for writing this song. Knowing that the actor (poet and painter) is very talented, he mobilized Deng to write lyrics.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Deng Yuping came to Shanghai from Kuimen in Bashu Basin. He has never been to Taiwan Province province, let alone Alishan, which is really difficult. Zhang Che used his quick wits and said to Deng, "We have never been to Alishan or seen Alishan. Isn't your hometown as beautiful as the sky?" ! You can get inspiration from the scenery of your hometown, the flowers of poets and saints! "The heroine introduced Tushanzishui and Nanbei Hot Springs to Deng, and introduced to everyone that his hometown has a small West Lake with a long history and a beautiful Zhongxiushan Lake ... Deng finally found inspiration and passionate lyrics when recalling Bashan Shushui and the rural customs there. The lyrics are concise and lively, running through a red line of Alishan, Sun Moon Lake and beautiful scenery. Zhang Che, who inspired Deng Yu in peacetime, also clarified his thoughts from the introduction of "Emei is beautiful on earth, Qingcheng is quiet on earth, and Jialing River is clear" by Zhang Ying and Chien-Hsi Chang, and composed a cheerful and beautiful song for the lyrics. Everyone applauded at will. This song was named "Gao Shanqing" by Zhang Ying and Zhang Che. It was taken to the recording studio, sung by the heroine Chien-Hsi Chang, and pre-recorded.
At that time, the prices in Shanghai soared and the shooting expenses were very tight. In the beginning of 1949, the film crew traveled across the ocean to Taiwan Province Province to finish filming the exterior. At this time, Shanghai has been liberated, and it is difficult to return to Shanghai. The film crew was trapped in Taiwan Province province. According to the production process, all the negatives taken in Shanghai must be put in the development factory and cannot be taken to the location. Unwilling to fail, the two directors were accepted by the private Vientiane Film Company in Taiwan Province Province through various efforts, remake the scenes already shot in Shanghai, and then completed the production of the whole film. 1950 was shown in Taiwan Province province to meet the audience. This is a Mandarin feature film in China film history, which started in Chinese mainland and ended in Taiwan Province. Ching-Hung Wu, Mars, Cui Bing, Miao Ching, Xiao Xiang, Wei Pingwa, etc. They are all cast members of this film, and Xu Xingfu is the producer.
Deng Yuping, whose pen names are Yuping and Xiahuo, 1924, is from Yangjiagou (now Dongfeng Township), Santai County, Sichuan Province. When he was in Santai county junior high school and Tongchuan senior high school, he loved writing, running big-character posters, reciting poems and painting. /kloc-went to Chongqing in 0/944 and was admitted to the actors' troupe of the Central Film Studio. Once participated in the filming of Bloody Cherry Blossom with Xiu Wenshu and Bai Yun. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he went to Shanghai with the factory. After Deng Yuping arrived in Taiwan Province, he wrote many lyrics, poems, movie scripts and sponsored some publications. 198 1 year, Deng Yuping, a Gao Shanqing lyricist, a Sichuan poet and painter, won the Jinding Award, the highest prize of poetry in Taiwan Province Province. The original efforts finally paid off. 1982, became a professor at China University of Arts and Sciences, Taiwan Province Province; However, it was not until 1983, with the help of Lin, a famous writer in Taiwan Province, that he boarded his lifelong dream-Alishan. 1985 Before he died in Taiwan Province Province, he always wanted to go back to his hometown to see Yuntai Mountain and Fujiang River and his long-lost relatives. "Girls and boys will never be separated, and green water will surround green hills." Poets who died of illness can only fly across the strait with songs and return to their homeland where they were born and raised.
Chien-Hsi Chang, male, 1929, from Bai Zi Lane, Jiaochangkou, Chongqing. During the Anti-Japanese War, she participated in the "Children's Troupe" cared by Guo Moruo. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, she joined Cathay Film Company, became the heroine Yu Na in The Girl of Alishan, and became famous as the lead singer Gao Shanqing. This movie, which is a very high box office in Taiwan Province Province, has become a famous work in Chien-Hsi Chang. She won the first "Golden Horse Award" in Taiwan Province Province for this film. Since then, she has performed on the drama stage many times, participated in some film shooting, and went to Southeast Asia for cultural exchanges many times. In 1970s, after she settled in Hongkong, she was named Zhang Qianqian. She works in a production company and writes. After the reform and opening up, she returned to her hometown of Chongqing and Chengdu to visit relatives many times. 1985 The 40th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Chongqing held the Fog Festival. She rushed to Chongqing to meet the former members of the Children's League who came to Chongqing, and replayed the live drama "Put Down Your Whip" with Zhang Ruifang and Feng Zi. She was elected as a member of the sixth and seventh CPPCC in Sichuan Province. He also served as director of overseas friendship associations in Chongqing, Chengdu and Hongkou District of Shanghai. Sun, a female writer, interviewed her in the 1990s. She said that she would never forget her hometown. She came from China.
Zhang Ying, one of the directors, and his wife Ceng Yun (also an actor in A) are both from Fushun County, Sichuan Province. Formerly known as Zhang, 1920, a native of Yongnian Township, Fushun County, Sichuan Province, studied in Fushun County No.2 Middle School. From 65438 to 0939, he joined the Teaching Troupe of the Central Military Commission, performed plays in Chengdu and Chongqing, and was hired as a professor by the Drama Department Competition of Nanhong Art College. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he came to Shanghai and joined Cathay Film Company as a screenwriter and director. After staying in Taiwan, he directed many films such as Wen Tianxiang, and was the chairman of Taiwan Province Film Producers Association. He is a gifted scholar who went out from Sichuan and has always missed his hometown. 1990, he first set foot on his homeland; 1996, specially returned to Fushun County to attend the 90th anniversary celebration of Fushun No.2 Middle School. He came to Chengdu many times with a deep homesickness. He also hopes to promote exchanges between Taiwan Province Province and Sichuan Opera. He said that he couldn't speak the local dialect in Taiwan Province province, and he couldn't understand Minnan dialect. He always speaks Sichuan dialect. "I can't forget that it was raised by salt water in my hometown!"
Zhang Che, born in Qingtian, Zhejiang, 1923 was born in Shanghai. He likes literature and opera since he was a child. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he joined the film industry and worked as a screenwriter and director in Shanghai Guotai Film Company. He made 93 films in Taiwan Province and Hongkong in his life. In the 1970s, he filmed Ma Yongzhen, which combined kung fu and chivalry, and introduced martial arts movies into a new field, thus winning him the title of "godfather" of martial arts movies. Zhang Che and Li Hanxiang are both right-hand men of Shaw Company. In early 2002, Zhang Che was awarded the "Lifetime Achievement Award" by the Hong Kong Film Awards. His first film, The Girl of Alishan, made him get along well with three Sichuanese. He missed the scenery, Sichuan Opera and its sudden change of face in Sichuan. He has always wanted to make a film in Sichuan in his lifetime. From 65438 to 0986, Chengdu Emei Film Studio co-produced a feature film with Hong Kong Changhe Film Company, and Zhang Che was invited to Emei to direct Dragon Crossing the River. This is a film with the theme of the fate of Sichuan opera artists. He finally saw the beautiful scenery of Sichuan, such as Jinjiang, Huanglongxi and Emei Mountain, which he talked with three other Sichuanese. As a result, he realized his greatest wish in his life "to do something for Sichuan". He died in Hong Kong at the end of 2002. When I was in Chengdu, I talked with him and got a general understanding of his life. I learned more about the whole process of the creation of the famous song Gao Shanqing.
Gao Shanqing, an unforgettable song, expresses the deep nostalgia of its creators-three Sichuanese and one Zhejiang native for the motherland, Taiwan Province and inland Sichuan.