Fernleaf Hedge Bamboo in the Moonlight (Hulusi Music)

Composed by: Shi Guangnan

Performed by: Lumu Ade  

In 1978, a group of three people from Tianjin Opera House visited Dehong (Yunnan Province) for inspiration. Songwriter Poet Ni Weide saw that local Dai ethnic young men and girls like to date in the fernleaf hedge bamboo woods in the moonlight, singing love songs with soothing hulusi music. Inspired by the romantic scene, the poet immediately wrote the lyrics as “Fernleaf Hedge Bamboo in the Moonlight”.

Back to Tianjin, the famous composer Shi Guang-Nan composed the music for the lyrics. Soon, this music became popular all around China and abroad, as the example of southwestern ethnic music.