[EngSub] The Six-chi Alley 六尺巷 赵薇 [CCTV Chinese New Year's Gala 2016]
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Story of the Six-chi Alley:
This story happend in
City of Tongcheng of
Anhui Province during
Emperor Kang Xi's reign of
Qing Dynasty.
Grand Secretary ZHANG Ying (张英)'s house was next to the house of WU's family. When WU built a new wall, it wanted to invade ZHANG's vacant land. The dispute between the two sides was submitted to the county government. ZHANG's family members sent ZHANG Ying a family letter to get his support. After reading the family letter, ZHANG Ying wrote a poem:
A family letter just for the space to build a wall,
Why not retreat 3 chi to give him more space?
The Great Wall is still there.
Where is
Emperor Qin Shihuang?
ZHANG's family members were ashamed after reading ZHANG Ying's response letter. They retreated 3 chi of space to the WU family.
Knowing what happened to ZHANG's family, WU's family also felt ashamed. They also retreated 3 chi of space to ZHANG. That was where the Six-chi Alley came from.
Title: The Six-chi Alley 六尺巷
Lyrics by HE Dongjiu (贺东久)
Music by ZHANG
Zhengyang (张正扬)
Performed by ZHAO Wei (赵薇)
English translation by RomanticChineseSongs@YouTube
My hometown has two walls of
100 meters long,
Morality and righteousness in the middle, comity on both sides.
My hometown has two walls of 100 meters long,
Morality and righteousness in the middle, comity on both sides.
My hometown has an alley of 6 chi wide,
with spirit of accommodation, with harmony hidden in the poem.
"A family letter just for the space to build a wall"
"Why not retreat 3 chi to give him more space?"
Often neighbors show respects to each other.
A deed worthy of praising lasts forever
.
In the 6-chi alley, mottled shadows still record the humility.
Fighting with each other to prove self-righteousness.
Competing with each other to vent spleen.
A wall of 3 zhang high and 2 chi thick
...
The righteousness is hidden in the comity.
My hometown has two walls of 100 meters long,
Morality and righteousness in the middle, comity on both sides.
My hometown has an alley of 6 chi wide,
with spirit of accommodation, with harmony hidden in the poem.
"A family letter just for the space to build a wall"
"Why not retreat 3 chi to give him more space?"
Often neighbors show respects to each other.
A deed worthy of praising lasts forever.
A deed worthy of praising lasts forever.
The
CCTV New Year's Gala (simplified
Chinese:
中国中央电视台春节联欢晚会; traditional Chinese:
中國中央電視台春節聯歡晚會; pinyin:
Zhōngguó zhōngyāng diànshìtái chūnjié liánhuān wǎnhuì) is a
Chinese New Year special produced by
China Central Television.
Broadcast on the eve of Chinese New Year on its flagship
CCTV-1, satellite channels
CCTV-4,
CCTV-9,
CCTV-E,
CCTV-F, and
CCTV-HD, the broadcast has a yearly viewership of over 700 million viewers, making it one of the premiere television events of
Mainland China. It has the largest audience in the world. The show features various acts, such as drama, dance, music, and comedy. The CCTV New Year's Gala in this year was held on Feb.06, 2016, the Chnese
New Year Eve of 2016.
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