As a person born in the 1980s, there must be a song that cannot be ignored when growing up, and that is "Stars Light" written and performed by Taiwanese singer Zheng Zhihua in the early 1990s. How popular was Zheng Zhihua's song that showed his loneliness?

As a post-80s generation, there must be one song that cannot be ignored when growing up, and that is "Stars Light" written and performed by Taiwanese singer Zheng Zhihua in the early 1990s.

Zheng Zhihua shows his loneliness

How popular was this song back then? Not to mention the audio and video stores on the streets use loudspeakers to brainwash passers-by all day long. Even the late artist Zhao Lirong specifically mentioned this song "Stars Lighting" in the 1993 sketch "Star Chasers", which he collaborated with Guo Da Cai Ming. 》.

Zhao Lirong sang to her star-chasing granddaughter Cai Ming what she thought about lighting the lamp

The reflection of the lyrics on the economy

When I was listening to this song when I was a child, I was puzzled by one of the lyrics, that is, "The sky now is a dirty sky. Stars are no longer visible in the civilized sky. "At that time, I felt that there were slogans about being civilized and polite every day in the school. Isn't civilization a good thing? Why are the stars invisible?

The sky that looks up is a light with stars

When I grew up and had a certain understanding of social development, I realized that this lyric was obviously caused by Zheng Zhihua's inevitable influence on Taiwan's economic development at that time. expressed deep dissatisfaction with the phenomenon of industrial pollution. The civilization mentioned in the lyrics of

certainly does not mean civility and courtesy, but refers to the emerging civilization system developed based on modern industry and the resulting changes in the environment and social relations compared to traditional agricultural civilization. It has had a huge impact on most people who came from agricultural civilization.

Environmental changes

Taiwan was one of the Asian Tigers during that period. Benefiting from the United States being trapped in the quagmire of the Vietnam War economic stagnation , which caused capital to transfer to Asia, the Four Tigers showed strong development momentum in the 1970s and 1980s. . Zheng Zhihua was born in 1961. He happened to grow up during the period of rapid economic development in Taiwan. He witnessed with his own eyes that when he was a child, he could see the stars when he looked up, but when he grew up, he could no longer see the stars in the sky.

After experiencing rapid development, the iconic 101 Building in Taipei City stands out.

The most important feature of industrial development is mechanized production. The demand for steel and fuel has increased significantly, which will naturally cause very serious pollution problems. Ordinary people are most intuitive about this. My first feeling is air pollution, which up to now is PM2.5.

Industrial air pollution

Industrial production has moved from Europe and the United States to Asia, and pollution has followed. Europe and the United States have since been relieved, and they only focus on developing smoke-free industries such as finance and service industries. In particular, the UK has gotten rid of the centuries-old title of Twist. The scenes of the past can only be found in Dickens's masterpiece "Oliver Twist".

Changes in social relations

There is another sentence in the lyrics: "I learned to lie to others. I chased fame and fortune. Only when I got lost in reality did I realize my fragility." This reflects the transformation of agricultural civilization into industrial civilization. The relationship between people At the same time, the social relations between the two have undergone fundamental changes. There are more and more duplicity. In other words, there are more liars.

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The social relations of traditional agricultural civilization. Due to low production efficiency, only the majority of people working in agriculture can solve the food problem of the entire society. There are relatively fewer groups engaged in business. Most people do not have business ideas, family relationships, and kinship. Relationships and neighborhood relationships are very important, and actions will be constrained by traditional moral ideas.

Agricultural mechanization has liberated farmers

Industrialization has improved the efficiency of various productions. In particular, mechanization has liberated most farmers from the fields. They either enter factories and become workers, or start engaging in business-related jobs. They believe that money is happiness and pursue status. With fame and fortune, traditional cultural education gradually loses its effectiveness, integrity and moral character become a scarce thing, and people are strangers to each other. There is no longer a familiar traditional social relationship, and only money determines how to get along with others.Therefore, Zheng Zhihua will have a deep reflection on the changes in his personal temperament when he grows up. This is the discomfort caused by the generation under the education of agricultural civilization towards the drastic changes in social relations brought about by industrial civilization.

Conclusion

As a veteran born in the 1980s who grew up listening to Zheng Zhihua’s songs, the author’s feelings growing up are surprisingly similar to those born in the 1960s. In fact, this also reflects that no matter where in the world, economic development has its own context and Laws, only by understanding their essence can we understand their future and avoid losing ground in the great changes.