From DAGADANAs Meridian 68 album. The Kangding Love Song was born in the 1930s in the Tibetan town Dardo (Chinese: Kangdin, Sichuan). The town is situated where the cultures of Tibet and China meet. It is divided by the mighty Dadu River and surrounded by over 50 majestic Himalayan mountain peaks, reaching six thousand metres above sea level. The song presents the simple story of a love which is not accepted by the girls parents because of the gap in status between the lovers. According to legend, a local singer agreed to help the young couple by composing a piece to persuade the parents to change their minds. It was never established who was the songs original author, but it is known that in the 1940s it was written down and arranged by Wu Wenji, a music student at the National Music School in Chongqing. It gained its popularity thanks to the great Chinese soprano Yu Yixuan, who first performed it on stage in Nanjing in May 1949. According to UNESCO the Kangding Love Song is one of the ten most popular folk songs in the world. In the 1990s it also became the first Chinese music recording sent out with a NASA probe in search of extraterrestrial civilisations. The song has been performed by the greatest artists, including Placido Domingo: 2011, under the title Love Song for the Universe.
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