Taiwan Campus Folk has many representative works, including Orchid Grass, Childhood, Country Road, Grandma's Penghu Bay, etc. are all classics.
These songs have also made many celebrities famous, such as Ye Jiaxiu , Pan Anbang , Liu Wenzheng and others.
In 1979, after listening to the story of Pan Anbang and his grandmother, music composer Ye Jiaxiu wrote the draft of the song "Grandma's Penghu Bay" in just ten minutes. After the song
was sung by Pan Anbang, it quickly became popular on campus and became a real campus folk song.
(Pan Anbang and Ye Jiaxiu)
It is said that on the day he got the song, Pan Anbang immediately called his grandmother in Penghu and sang "Grandma's Penghu Bay" on the phone.
He said that there was no sound from the grandmother on the other end of the phone, but he could feel that her grandmother was crying.
Perhaps this song’s true feelings and simple life scenes make everyone have a feeling of resonance.
The song "Grandma's Penghu Bay" has been popular for more than 40 years. It is not only popular in Taiwan, but also has become a classic pop song in mainland China.
In the 1989 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, Pan Anbang sang "Grandma's Penghu Bay" live. After the party, this song became a divine song in the streets.
Many people sang this song during their childhood, but they didn’t know where Penghu Bay was.
When we grew up, we learned that Penghu Bay is on our side of Taiwan.
It is precisely this kind of curiosity that makes many people want to see the real Penghu Bay, and the tourism industry was born.
No one thought that a song could drive the tourism industry of a place, and Penghu County in Taiwan became a tourist attraction.
Many people want to go to the beach of Penghu Bay to see how beautiful the sunshine is there, to see the waves, cacti, coconut groves, old captains, and even to see if there is that lovely grandma.
The singer Pan Anbang has already become a household name with this song. Because of his contribution to the tourism industry in his hometown, Pan Anbang has become the tourism ambassador of Penghu County.
In fact, Pan Anbang not only has "Grandma's Penghu Bay", but also classics such as "Country Road", "Gathering and Parting", and "Dad's Straw Shoes".
In the eyes of many people, Pan Anbang may be a typical singer who is not popular in mainland China. Many people can only sing "Grandma's Penghu Bay", but the original singer has been forgotten.
Another reason may be that after "Grandma's Penghu Bay" became popular, many singers have covered it, such as Fei Yuqing, Liu Wenzheng, Zhang Mingmin, Zhuo Yiting and other singers. So many versions have made many people obsessed with it and do not want to go. Explore who the original singer is and just consider which version suits you.
(Fei Yuqing) Pan Anbang became a famous singer in Asia because of "Grandma's Penghu Bay" and was once a smash hit. But in the 1990s, he chose to quit the music scene and went to the United States to start a garment business, where he could live a peaceful life with his wife and children. In 2000, when Pan Anbang returned to the music scene, this era seemed to have changed to a new world. The era of campus folk songs belonging to Pan Anbang had transitioned to the era of Internet divine songs. In February 2013, Pan Anbang passed away due to illness at the age of 52. Before his death, he was still active in the music scene and wanted to create more exciting works. also wanders around the scenes of major variety shows. He is still remembered as the representative of campus folk songs in everyone's eyes. Time is like a horse, years are like songs, and every song is a story. Pan Anbang’s story is the song “Grandma’s Penghu Bay”. ---END--- (All pictures in this article are from the Internet and have been deleted)
