Let's sing a song
Joining the Tao Yuan Hiking Team, every Tuesday we go hiking and sing all the road on bus. Since Karaoke was spread rapidly in the whole Taiwan, people love to sing and share with family and friends. In my image , Taiwanese were not so active and happy in past age. Something we couldn't understand when we were young ; when we finally understand ,we are not young any more.
My mother seldom bursted into laughter, she was hard work in a big family and was bothered by a flock of children. Until she was getting older and sometimes met her old friends, on that private occasion ,they talked together fluently in Japanese and sang their teenager's songs, they were so happy and loud laughter. I finally understood not the songs made their emotional ,it was the people and things that came to their mind .Due to be growing and educated in the time of Japanese ruled , they had confused with recognition and was strangled in whole their life.
We were growing after WWII ,the popular songs were filled with reflecting poor life or translating from Japanese songs, especially female's sorrowful fortune. 1971 Taiwan was forced to leave United Nations far away from the International political stage. The college students started to write and sing their songs expressing themselves that they would wake up and strongly explore their way in the future. These campus songs guided Taiwan to become the center of Chinese popular music.
1980s and 1990s Taiwan experienced rapid economic growth and it's technology industry plays a key role in the global economy. 1987 the President Chiang Ching- Kuo lifted Martial Law. The fog lifted and we could see the mountain. Taiwanese far away from low atmosphere kicked off singing loud. Karaoke helps people to remind the tune and words of songs. You Tube provides a learning way. Now all ages can sing a song free and happy .
Let's sing a song !
讓我們唱一首歌
參加桃源健行隊，每星期二我們去健行並在車上一路唱歌。自從卡拉OK在整個台灣快速風行，人們愛唱歌也樂於與家人親友分享。在我印象中，過往的年代，台灣人不是這麽充滿活力又快樂的。有些事我們年輕時不瞭解，當我們終於瞭解時，已不再年輕。
我的母親幾乎不曾朗朗大笑，她在大家庭中辛勤終日，又得煩一大群子女。直到她步入晚年，偶爾見到老朋友時，她們私下場合彼此用流利的日語交談，唱她們青春少女時的歌曲，我發現她們是如此的快樂，笑得多麼開心。終於瞭解讓她們感動的不是歌曲本身，而是出現心中的人事物，她們成長並受教育於日據時代，終其一生有壓抑認同的困惑。
我們成長於第二次世界大戰後，當時的流行歌曲充滿反映貧困生活或翻譯日本歌曲，很多是描述女性悲哀的命運。1971年台灣被迫離開聯合國並遠離國際政治舞台，大學生開始寫歌唱出他們的覺醒，也探索他們未來的路。這些校園歌曲創作引領台灣成為華語樂壇的中心 。
1980年代和1990年代，台灣經歷了快速經濟發展，它進步的電子工業使它扮演了全球經濟關鍵性的角色。1987年蔣經國總統宣佈解嚴，霧散了我們看見青色山脈。台灣人遠離低迷的氛圍，開始大聲唱歌，卡拉0K幫助人們記起曲調和歌詞，You Tube 提供了學習的工具，現在所有年齡層的人都能自由快樂的唱歌。讓我們來高歌一曲吧！
