中国交响世纪 卷贰 - 塔里木河在奔腾 海市蜃楼的驼铃声 Chinese Symphonic Century, Vol 2: The Dalimu River Is Raging

The Dalimu River is Raging - Of camel bells and hearts that sing Under the silvery moonlight, from the endless desert comes the sound of camel bells, bringing a note of brightness into the forbidding night. Here in this barren, harsh land, music is one of the most treasured of possessions. The folk song "Sha Li Hong Ba" has accompanied countless generations of travelers and merchants as they have crossed the desert on their camels, just as "Herding Song" has offered solace to many shepherds in their lonely, isolated lifestyle. Perhaps most astonishing is that the people here know nothing of musical notation, and there are no professional musicians, nor has anyone ever taken any courses in music. Singing is as natural as talking, and the vast expanse of nature itself is their musical classroom. In calling out to one’s beloved across the vast steppe, the lover can never hear no matter how loudly one may call out, so people express their feelings in song. Thus numerous moving love songs have been produced here, including light-hearted ones such as “Wagoner’s Romance,” stately ones like “Mongolian Pastoral,” plaintive ones such as “The Shepherdess,” and romantic ones like “Beloved Swallow” and “Little Oriole.”