Hi everyone,
Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is the 58th episode — Gulibita.
It was recorded yesterday.
Instrumentation: guzheng, sanxian, hand drum and vocals all performed and arranged by me. Listen to this track on a headphone if you can.
I knew this song as Why Is The Rose So Red (花儿为什么这样红) from childhood from a famous Chinese movie from 1963, Visitors on the Icy Mountain (冰山上的来客). As far as I can find out, the melody is adapted from a Tajik folk song. Gulibita is a girl’s name in Tajik. It is a love song.
Hope you enjoy it!
Wu Fei 吴非
I learned this song from my father since I had memory. He made this traditional Beijing meat pie 肉饼 last night for us. The song and this dish have been part of my childhood.
