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Thursday, June 12, 2008

Jay Chou chooses Wenzhou's "Ding Ding Dong"

The result for the month-long event "Jay Chou searching for a song in Wenzhou" was revealed a few days ago, a Wenzhou folk song that everyone knows "Ding Ding Dong" was chosen by Jay Chou, after being rearranged it will appear at Jay Chou's concert being held in Wenzhou on the 5th of July.

According to reports, since the start of the event, the organisers received over 50 folk song representatives from different parts of Wenzhou, among them there was no lack of familiar songs "Bird", "Love Song of Jiu Shan", "Moonlight", "Lantern". "Slob Song" and other classic songs. Jay Chou chose "Ding Ding Dong" in the end not only for its elegant and broad range but for its lyrics that reflect Wenzhou's ancient city image, the culture and people.

According to introduction, being the most famous Wenzhou folk song both abroad and within, it was chosen to be in the folk song collection for Asia and Pacific regions by the united nations teaching group. People from Wenzhou have grown up singing "Ding Ding Dong", it is passed on from one generation to the next and is deeply imprinted in childhood memories, it is the real meaning of Wenzhou music.

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