#cdrama music

[a-sea-with-no-shores]

I'm a little obsessed with how the suona (嗩吶/唢呐) comes in and proceeds to kick ass in a couple of drama themes (specifically 碧苍战歌 from Legend of Shen Li and 天外來客不悲不愁金剛之身不死不休 from I Am Nobody) and pop songs, so I made a playlist of modern tracks featuring it. The playlist includes hip-hop, rock, dance, pop, and soundtrack/score pieces.

I don't know anything about woodwinds and I don't know much about traditional Chinese musical instruments, so it's possible a couple of tracks shouldn't be here. The Cui Jian song does belong here, though! That is a suona played by a saxophonist (who happens to be the son of a suona player). I've heard that iconic song a million times but hadn't realized it was a suona until I started this playlist.

If you know a song that should be on here, pass it along!

[tockamybeloved]

Let's ROAST! All the Qin Sins Chinese Dramas Have Committed! [CC]

[slushy-sash]

bro cooked so hard he split the sea in half

[ginpotts]

LOVE GAME IN EASTERN FANTASY 永夜星河 ✧ 2024 ✧ Episode 05

Are you out of your mind?

[mostlyfate]

FANGS OF FORTUNE 大梦归离 (2024) dir. Edward Guo, Luo Luo, Wei Nan

[cdramastuff]

Moonlight Mystique - Episode 17.

[bellesdiaries]

I thought you disappeared Thought you were gone Buried you in my heart But as I moved on I had this feeling as I was falling

[xinyuehui]

´‵﹢ Make friends sincerely without holding back. ◂◂

I'm part of your gang,

࣪ every move of yours is monitored by me, yeah ！！✧

Lyrics from ♩ 渣泥ZANI〈間諜小狗 / Spy Dog〉૮˶• ﻌ •˶ა

[storge]

You once swore that you will marry me. Now, I'm right before you.

Nothing Gold Can Stay (2017) 1.72

[zishuge]

The Spirealm 致命游戏 (2024) | Ep. 37

[a-sea-with-no-shores]

I like this song from The Ingenious One (雲字訣) a lot--I don't know, a lot of themes are dramatic and beautiful but not really singable songs, if you know what I mean? And this one is, somehow? I don't know music words, as you can tell.

(As a bonus my partner and I recently finished Ultimate Note, so we can now picture Hei Yanjing singing all the theme songs from our favorite shows lol)

There is of course a peachey blossom video with lyrics in English (more or less) and pinyin

tbh I wish the instrumental score were available for this drama too, but I haven't been able to find it. I don't know what makes the difference between a drama that gets a full score/BGM release and one that doesn't. Pretty much all the ones I've found are great writing music, so I wish I could find more.

[barananduen-blog]

🔊Fangs of Fortune - "Little Poem" 《小诗句》 ED dance MV🔊 This is so cute! 🥹 [Source]

[yilinwriter]

Kindred Spirits 知音: "The One Who Truly Understands Your Songs"

Update: Thank you for all the shares on this post! I want to mention that my debut book of Chinese poetry translations and essays on translation, The Lantern and the Night Moths, is out from Invisible Publishing and available through all bookstores. The longing for kindred spirits is one of the main themes running through the book. https://yilinwang.com/the-lantern-and-the-night-moths/

For #AroWeek, I want to talk about the Chinese term 知音 (pronounced zhīyīn in Mandarin), which has influenced my thinking about queerplatonic relationships. zhī 知: to know, knowing yīn 音: music, sound literally, a zhīyīn is someone who "truly understands your songs"

the term zhīyīn comes from a story about finding a kindred spirit through music.

There are many versions of the story. Here's one version:

One day, the musician Yu Boya was playing a qin (see image) in the wilderness, when he met Zhong Ziqi.

When Boya played one song, Ziqi immediately understood it and described it as reflecting the mood of soaring mountains (高山). When Boya played another song, Ziqi also comprehended immediately and described it as creating the mood of flowing waters (流水). Ziqi could understand all of Boya's songs. When Ziqi passed away, Boya felt so distressed that he destroyed his qin and never played it again. Boya thought of Ziqi as a "zhīyīn," and that term continues to be widely used to this day.

In a modern context, the term of "zhīyīn" is often translated into English as a soulmate, a kindred spirit, or a very close friend, but at its core, it's a term that refers to a type of intensely emotional, spiritual, and platonic connection with someone.

The original songs played by Boya have been long lost to the passage of time, but musicians and composers have tried to imagine what the songs might have sounded like.

There's even a recording of "Flowing Waters" (流水) included on the Voyager Golden Record, symbolically helping humankind search for a zhīyīn as it drifts around in outer space.

For me, as an aspec (demiromantic, biromantic, and asexual) Sino diaspora femme, the idea of zhīyīn offers me a way to think about the concept of queerplatonic relationships, given that it's very similar to the idea of a soulmate but without the necessary romantic connotations of the word in English. The concept of zhīyīn is explored again and again in various Sinophone literature and popular media, from wuxia and xianxia c-dramas to poetry that alludes explicitly or indirectly to zhīyīn.

Folks who follow my work as a translator might know that I have been translating poems by Qiu Jin (1875-1907), one of China's most renowned feminist poets. She frequently wrote about her longing for a zhīyīn. Some of my translations: https://chinachannel.lareviewofbooks.org/2021/02/12/qiu-jin/

The concept of zhiyin also features prominently in my upcoming book of poetry translations, The Lantern and the Night Moths. I originally wrote this thread for Twitter but wanted to bring it here for #AroWeek. Alloromantic folks, please take a moment to learn more about #AroWeek and support arospec creators. If you are arospec and found me via this tweet, please feel free to say hi!

[lyselkatzfandomluvs]

Liú HâiKuan 劉海寬

Wb update 2024.02.14

Another piece he composed, Kingdom.

KuanKuan also shared the music score in the comments!

[txyzfabi]

Oii,faz uma personalização do seu ídolo favorito?

Oi meu bem,eu fiz a do seung hyun ♡

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[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

冰凌花bing ling hua (icicle flower) | OST of I Am Nobody S2 | Cover by Zhou Shen周深