The evening breeze gently caresses Penghu Bay, and the white waves chase the beach... Behind this familiar melody is the childhood life of the folk song king Pan Anbang, and this song is also the beginning of Pan Anbang's singer's career.
Pan Anbang, a folk song king with the same name as Fei Yuqing, relied on a fire called "Grandma's Penghu Bay", and this song has become a common memory for generations.
Born in Penghu Bay, Taiwan, Pan Anbang has been very close to his grandmother since he was a child, and the good times of his childhood were always spent at his grandmother's house.
When he grew up, Pan Anbang often recalled the days of playing on the beach in front of his grandmother's house, and Pan Anbang, who aspired to be a singer, naturally hoped to sing the beauty of his hometown with his own singing voice.
In a chat with lyricist Ye Jiaxiu, Pan Anbang expressed his thoughts and talked about his childhood.
Ye Jiaxiu's creative thoughts also opened up instantly, and he wanted to write a hometown song to Pan Anbang. In this way, the songwriter worked effortlessly, and in less than an hour he wrote a cheerful song "Grandma's Penghu Bay".
The song was tailor-made for a newcomer singer in Pan Anbang, and as expected, when he sang it to his grandmother, the grandmother choked on the other end of the phone. The song was released in 1979, and in an era full of tape recorders, sales of this tape soared, and people began to know the newcomer singer Pan Anbang in Penghu Bay through singing.
The 18-year-old Pan Anbang soon won the title of "Prince of Folk Songs", and it was also in that year that Pan Anbang won the Best Newcomer Award in Taiwan with this popular song "Grandma's Penghu Bay", and the teenager's fame can be described as the limelight.
Since then, Pan Anbang has quickly become a well-known singer with the song "Grandma's Penghu Bay", and he and Ye Jiaxiu have also become a close cooperative partner. Since then, Ye Jiaxiu has also written songs such as "Country Road" and "Daddy's Straw Shoes" for Pan Anbang.
In the following ten years, Pan Anbang has always maintained a new album every year, with the halo blessing of "Grandma's Penghu Bay", coupled with the unique charm of his folk song prince, each album of Pan Anbang can get the attention of the whole people, and it is also the top ten singers of the year in Taipei and Xingma for six consecutive years.
At that time, the little brother Fei Yuqing had already become popular in Taiwan with "A Cut of Plum", and Pan Anbang was once on a par with Fei Yuqing, collectively known as Shuangxiong.
In 1989, Pan Anbang stepped on the stage of national attention - Spring Festival Gala, becoming the first Taiwanese singer invited to perform, wearing a red coat, wearing a black top hat Pan Anbang is tall and handsome, singing moving, and the performance of the Spring Evening has made countless young girls regard him as a dream lover.
Being able to appear on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala undoubtedly makes his career go to a higher level, and mainland audiences can see this long-known singer at close range, "Grandma's Penghu Bay" is even more popular in the mainland. Just by relying on a famous song, Pan Anbang can get a lot of business performance opportunities, which can be described as fame and fortune, and earn a lot of money.
A song "Grandma's Penghu Bay" made Pan Anbang successful, which not only opened his singing career, but also made his career rise higher and higher.
Even after seven years of re-emergence after quitting the music scene, Pan Anbang can immediately rely on the original singer identity of "Grandma's Penghu Bay" to quickly open up popularity among young people, and the tour concert is not bad for the audience.
In 1979, the song "Grandma's Penghu Bay" was played on the streets and alleys of Taiwan, which could be heard on the radio of every household, and the fresh style of the song reminded countless people of the fascinating Penghu Bay.
This song brought fire to Pan Anbang, but also to Penghu Bay in Penghu County, which quickly became a tourist attraction in the hearts of Taiwanese. In the early 1980s, this song "Grandma's Penghu Bay" spread to the mainland, and countless mainlanders wanted to see the whole picture of Penghu Bay as soon as possible.
In 1984, Hong Kong singer Zhang Mingmin was invited to participate in the 1984 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and in addition to singing the deafening song "My Chinese Heart", the talented singer also chose to sing the popular "Grandma's Penghu Bay" that swept across the taiwan straits and three places, which shows that the status of this song at that time was not ordinary.
In 1989, Pan Anbang, dressed in a red suit and a black top hat, was invited to participate in the Spring Festival Gala, and standing on this stage that attracted the attention of the whole people, Pan Anbang sang his first song "Grandma's Penghu Bay" again. It's been 10 years since the song was released, but it's still hilarious once it's sung.
The song is still a hit in ten years, and the more people sing this song, the more people want to go to Penghu Bay to find out. Penghu Bay has also become a well-known tourist attraction, and people who come to Penghu Bay can always hear the song "Grandma's Penghu Bay".
This song has become a symbol of Penghu Bay, which is also one of the reasons why "Grandma's Penghu Bay" can be sung for a long time and has been on fire.
In addition, the reason why this song has been able to catch fire for 40 years is also because it has been continuously covered and passed on by singers of different eras.
Counting the different versions of the song "Grandma's Penghu Bay", whether it is sung by a well-known singer or arranged and covered, it is an unforgettable song.
Looking back at the song "Grandma's Penghu Bay" today, this song created in the late 1970s incorporates a unique Taiwanese folk style, with elements of family affection, which is a rare and good work.
This song is full of joy and happiness, full of a small fresh breeze, catchy, and can be hummed involuntarily along with the melody.
However, in the early 1970s, Western songs were still dominant in the Taiwanese music scene. The rise of Taiwanese folk songs in the mid-to-late 1970s, "Grandma's Penghu Bay" is also a highlight that must be mentioned in this period, which is a new breakthrough and attempt.
Originating from the folk songs of southern Fujian, with Taiwanese style as the mainstay, more prominent localized folk songs and rhythms, "Grandma's Penghu Bay" mixed with folk songs with popular winds, so that the listeners are refreshed, as if they are in Penghu Bay.
The song "Grandma's Penghu Bay" began in 1979, when the stars of the Taiwanese music scene were shining. As a newcomer, Pan Anbang became famous because of this song.
Watching this song Pan Anbang opened his career as a singer, the album came out every year, and the awards were won year after year. Pan Anbang received more commercial performance opportunities and frequently appeared on various radio programs.
When Pan Anbang died in 2013, he left a 900 million yuan estate, which was earned by relying on his singing career. Pan Anbang opened his hundreds of millions of dollars in his life with a famous song of "Grandma's Penghu Bay".
The value of Pan Anbang is not in singing the song "Grandma's Penghu Bay", which is regarded as a divine comedy in people's eyes, which not only brings fire to Pan Anbang, but also brings fire to the tourism industry of Penghu Bay.
The value of this song is more to let people have a place to sustenance for their grandmother's home, that is, Penghu Bay.
Today, in honor of Pan Anbang and in recognition of his contributions, the Pan Anbang Memorial Hall has been established near Penghu Bay. The 900 million-dollar singer has created more than 100 million yuan of tourism for Penghu Bay.
Pan Anbang would not have thought that he could have such a huge potential value, and a song he sang soulfully made himself and his grandmother's Penghu Bay. People remember Grandma and remember him.
The reason why a classic is a classic is that it will not become obsolete at any time, and the song "Grandma's Penghu Bay" will not sound outdated in any era. Unconventional, sober and cheerful songs deserve its status for more than forty years.
"Grandma's Penghu Bay" is not a short-lived meteoric song, it has remained a classic for forty years and has been sung by countless people. This song, which brings Pan Anbang 900 million yuan in revenue, is more like a spiritual inheritance.
Penghu Bay, Penghu Bay, Grandma's Penghu Bay. Just as for everyone, Grandma's house is a warm haven, a place of affection.
This is the softest place in people's hearts, singing the voice of everyone. It is precisely because of the eternal theme of family affection that we will never forget and make us like this song so much.
This song full of good times reminds the listener of childhood, and the beauty of childhood can heal people's lives.
Grandma's Penghu Bay, there is affection and childhood, there are more beautiful memories, so this song is not out of date at any time, and it can be released to listen to it at any time.