Introduction to Wang Kaiguo’s works

"Walking Mountains and Rivers" is the theme song of the TV series "Crossing Guandong·Part 2"

Lyricist: Wang Kaiguo

Composer: Zhang Hongguang, Cui Xianliang

Arranger: Bloomberg

Recording: Wan Xiaoyuan

Singer: Han Lei

When talking about this song, you have to mention "Crossing Guandong" A huge historical event. The whole spirit of "Walking Mountains and Rivers" lies in one's deep understanding of the transition of time and the sense of the weight of history. Traveling to Guandong is widely accepted as a social custom. The east gate of Shanhaiguan City defines the land outside the Shanhaiguan and the Central Plains. For hundreds of years from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, Shandong people who had left their hometown began to venture into the Guandong. Breaking into Guandong is a tragic history and a feat of immigration. There is a specific route for "breaking through Guandong" and a specific background for "breaking through Guandong". Therefore, the journey to Guandong is a social and historical immigration phenomenon with spontaneous objective factors and inherent political influence. "Shandong people's invasion of Guandong is essentially a spontaneous, unstoppable and tragic movement of survival by poor farmers on the verge of death." As far as the background of the entire era is concerned, this song is rich and restrained, and its vivid and powerful tone provides a perfect overview of this historical background and social turmoil from a first-person perspective. It contains rich ideas and profound content, making it a classic work handed down from generation to generation.

2. Analysis of theme ideas. There is no gorgeous wording, no beauty and sweetness of love, and no fantasy beauty in the musical work "Walking Mountains and Rivers". The great witness is majestic in space, and the great witness is charm in time. The lyrics of the whole song are simple and unsophisticated, and its essence is that it finds the balance between time and space. The overall style makes people realize the weight of history. The simplicity of the style of poetry is born from the heart, and it promotes the great love of the world. From a personal perspective, the brilliance of human nature flows in the deep sorrow and sorrow. After listening to it, people will feel a kind of dislocation of space and time, in which they can taste the rich and eternal water of the long river of history; there is sweetness in the bitterness, and there is a smile in the tears.

3. Music style analysis. As mentioned above, the perspective of the entire song is a first-person perspective; placing the first-person perspective on the long river of history can better trigger the ups and downs of a person's emotions. As the lyrics and intonation rise and fall, personal ambiguity and historical depth emerge. Coupled with the turbulent social situation, it makes me feel like I have been like duckweed for so many years. This creates a harmonious unity of time and space for this song. As far as the lyrics are concerned, the simplicity of the lyrics is more touching. There are many broad words appearing in the poem: Guanshan, wind and cloud, mountains and rivers, sky, hometown, and smoke; the key points are also dotted with words and phrases in hazy context: dreams, family love. In many places, broad words are combined with human feelings, which makes the lyrics broad in artistic conception without losing emotion; the use of verbs is extremely clever, and the most representative one is the three words "ganchang broken". It is the climax of emotion and the highlight of the entire music. The artistic conception of the whole song is lofty and profound. The tone of the song is soothing and gentle in some places, impassioned in other places; every ups and downs of the tune is an ups and downs of emotion. Generally speaking, it is a personal emotional work full of thousands of years of history. It is composed by Han Lei, the emperor's voice. Singing is perfect.

4. Analysis of lyrics and lyrics connotation. The lyrics "The sky is getting late and the wandering is darkened" introduces time and looks back on the wandering years. The scenes of time and space are used to reflect the wanderings of the years, and gloom is used as a summary and an emotional word. "Loneliness cannot be hidden along the way through mountains and rivers." Looking back further on the mountains and rivers we have traveled through and our state of mind, what is lonely is the experience of the years. "Looking back at the outline of the smoke in my hometown." Looking back at my hometown, echoing back and forth, the smoke has become an outline in my mind, countless associations have unfolded, and the sense of time has unconsciously stretched out. "I am pursuing you in my dream, and I am in my dream." Here comes the word "dream" in a hazy context. Dreams can cause people to have many thoughts; the dream here is not only a summary of time and years, but also a reflection of those years away from home. Looking back; it is not difficult to imagine how sad the protagonist's mood is. Countless past events came to mind, words were pale and could only be summarized in dreams. "Thousands of miles away from each other, separated by family ties." The mountains and distances here are not only the mountains we have traveled through, but also the mountains that block us from returning home. What the mountains and mountains block is not only our footsteps, but also our longing for our family. The appearance of these five words "Missing you makes me heartbroken" is the full burst of emotion and the highlight of the song; all thoughts are reflected at this moment, the wasted years and the feelings of experience are intertwined, and finally the heart is broken. I think the "you" here is a virtual reference, neither to a specific person nor a specific thing. It includes people, time, experiences, etc.; maybe there are lovers, relatives, and some unknown stories. ; There are thoughts, experiences, and too many... "Mountains and rivers are silent and life is vast." Too many memories and too many emotions are contained in the silent mountains and rivers. Love knows no bounds and words are silent. Mountains and rivers have no witnesses, but they are still majestic; the great witness of mountains and rivers is majestic in time. The protagonist here looks at the majestic rivers and mountains after his heart was broken, and seems to find some similarities in them. They are all silent and upright after experiencing years and many stories. Heaven and man are one, as if he is also a part of the rivers and mountains, without any words. Life is as vast as mountains and rivers, with a broad context. "Looking back on the past", I think this sentence can be ignored and not introduced. Following the above, everything is self-explanatory. This is followed by repeated chanting of the song, deepening the feelings.

The lyrics of this song do not describe a scene or a story. They are hastily combined together like a montage in a movie; but the melody that runs through the entire song is indeed an incomparable richness of time and space. The artistic conception leaves us with infinite feelings and associations. The lyrics in this song are extremely simple and plain, but they summarize emotions and time and space. Because this song appeared in "Chuang Guandong", and "Chuang Guandong" left a deep impression on many people who watched it, the artistic conception of this song is enough to summarize the history of "Chuang Guandong", but it should not just This is limited to this, so when appreciating this song, you have to get rid of the TV series mentality.