傳說 （薛平貴與王寶釧片頭曲）Beginning Soundtrack Lyrics/Analysis

Here are the lyrics to the song you hear in the beginning of each episode of the drama! I just have to say one word... BRILLIANT. This song is brilliant. If you read the lyrics, it actually tells the whole story of the drama or more of the story between Xue Ping Gui 薛平贵 and Wang Bao Chuan 王宝钏 :) Some people would be like pshh, sounds like something old people listen to (Chinese Operas?) BUT.. I like the melody of this whole song. Sounds so uplifting! The song is a fairy tale itself!  The title of the song is 傳說 which means "Legend". So I plan to so  a translation of the lyrics to English then you will see how the whole story is told in this one song! :) 

傳說 （薛平貴與王寶釧片頭曲）


作詞：簡遠信 
作曲：楊昊東 
演唱：韓元元、楊昊東 


一馬離了西涼關 趕回寒窯見寶釧
One horse leaving Xi Liang, hurrying back to the cold cave to see Bao Chuan 
相府算糧大登殿 歡歡喜喜再團圓
Xiang Fu (Bao Chuan's House) to ask for his money,  da deng dian (entering the Hall of Supreme Harmony),  a happy reunion  


中國傳奇說不完 乞丐也能當國王
There is no end to Chinese legends, even beggars can become king 
為愛和爹三擊掌 第一癡情 王寶釧
For love, Bao Chuan did three claps with her father (to end father and daughter relationship), one infatuated Wang Bao Chuan 
代戰兵犯玉門關 敵將成了駙馬郎
Dai Zhan's army charged into Yu Men Gate, the enemy soldier (Xue Ping Gui) becomes the princess's husband 
可憐寒窯苦盼望 可憐原配變小三
Poor Bao Chuan bitterly hoping in the cold cave, poor wife becomes the smaller (wife) 
咬破指頭寫血書 寄給西涼我親夫
Bite her finger and used the blood to write a letter, sent to Xi Liang to find her husband
榆錢薺菜苦度日 點點鮮血和淚珠
Little money, plain vegetables to bitterly survive the days, little bits of fresh blood and tears 
十八年來來回轉 音訊全無為哪般
Eighteen years pass and come again, hearing news seem like nothing anymore
莫非成了負心漢 忘了寒窯 王寶釧
Could it be he became a man with a cold heart, and forgot about Wang Bao Chuan in the cold cave
平貴接信趕匆忙 喬裝改扮回長安
Ping Gui was in a hurry when he received the letter, wore a disguise (Xi Liang King attire) and went back to Chang An 
夫妻對面不相識 武家坡前戲寶釧
Husband and wife face to face but did not recognize, put on a scene to trick Bao Chuan in front of Wu Jia Po


指頭當筆血為墨 清晨念君到日落
Fingertips as pen and blood as ink, missing her husband from sunrise to sunset
朝思暮想苦等候 相思淚落流成河
Dreaming and waiting bitterly, love sickness tears turns to a river
你若忘了結髮妻 休書一封莫遲疑
You forgot about your wife, hesitating to write a divorce paper 
昔日恩情全拋棄 狠心另娶代戰女
Abandoning the former kindness and love, and marries the girl Dai Zhan 


一馬離了西涼關 趕回寒窯見寶釧
One horse leaving Xi Liang, hurrying back to the cold cave to see Bao Chuan  
相府算糧大登殿 歡歡喜喜再團圓
Xiang Fu (Bao Chuan's House) to ask for his money,  da deng dian (entering the Hall of Supreme Harmony),  a happy reunion  





Phew, the translation turned out longer than I thought. >< Haha but see, the whole story in this one song.

Love Amongst War 薛平贵与王宝钏 Soundtrack

This drama doesn't have much songs, just the beginning, end and various little songs within the drama that the beggars sang.

薛平贵于王宝钏  片头曲Beginning song:  传说 

薛平贵于王宝钏  片尾曲 Ending Song ： 最后一滴泪

In the next post, I will elaborate on the songs and the lyrics! 

Love Amongst War 薛平贵与王宝钏 Summary

Main Characters: 

Benny Chan 陈浩民 as Xue Ping Gui 薛平贵
Jessica Hsuan as Wang Bao Chuan 王宝钏
Xin Zi as Princess Dai Zhan 代战西凉公主 (Princess of Xi Liang) 
Li Jing Rong as Ling Xiao 凌霄 (Dai Zhan's cousin)
Xia Tai Feng as Xi Liang Queen 西凉王后(Dai Zhan's Mother)
Zhang Liang as Wei Bao 魏豹
Lou Ya Jiang as Wei Hu 魏虎
Zhang Yong Qi as Jin Chuan 金钏 (Bao Chuan's oldest sister)
Chen Yi Zhen as Yin Chuan 银钏  (Bao Chuan's second oldest sister)
Chen Wei Min as Ge Da 葛大
Yi Ling as Ge Qing 葛青
Zhou Dan Li as Xiao Lian 小连
Yu Ji Fen as Xue Qi 薛琪 (Xue Ping Gui's step sister) 

Summary: 

The story begins with the birth of a baby boy. The birth of a newborn is supposed to be the most joyous happening, but for this baby, being born would bring danger to him. Once he left his mother's tomb his life was in danger. Immediately he was separated from his mother from birth. He had nothing with him except for a jade pendant and the character "wen 温" etched on his left shoulder by his mother. Hopefully one day she and the father can find their baby with these two things. In order to keep her son safe from the evil people, the mother killed herself to keep his whereabouts forever a secret. Who knew.. this baby would be the long lost son of the emperor.

Xue Ping Gui grew up as an orphan. He didn't know who his parents are but he was raised well by his step father. His stepfather, Xue Hao, had saved him from danger when he was an infant and since the infant had no name, he named the infant Xue Ping Gui. From a young age, he taught Xue Ping Gui well. He hired tutors to teach him how to read and write and he himself taught Xue Ping Gui kung fu. Xue Ping Gui grew up to be a fine gentleman. Wang Bao Chuan is the third daughter of the prime minister to the Tang emperor. Because of being a wealthy, aristocratic family, the father always worries of having face. One day while Wang Bao Chuan was out with her two older sisters, she was suddenly kidnapped by a masked man. Luckily, Xue Ping Qui happened to be nearby and saved Bao Chuan. This was the start of the love story between Xue Ping Gui and Wang Bao Chuan. This was supposed to be a beautiful love story, but who knew saving Bao Chuan would put Ping Gui in life-threatening danger. Due to an unfortunate twist of fate, Ping Gui's father is murdered and his house is burned down. Ping Gui, a well off commoner becomes a  homeless beggar. Bao Chuan still loves Ping Gui regardless of what he becomes but her father strongly opposes of this. From this point of Xue Ping Gui and Wang Bao Chuan will face many hardships and oppositions of their relationship. Will they be able to be with each other? 


Will the relationship between Xue Ping Gui and Wang Bao Chuan work out? And who is this long lost son of the emperor? What does this have to do with Xue Ping Gui and Wang Bao Chuan? Want to know what happens? Watch this 48 episode long historical fiction drama to see the story of Xue Ping Gui and Wang Bao Chuan. 

Major characters in the drama

Suggestions~

I would like ask for those who come across this blog, which dramas would you like me to blog about?

It can be past dramas or upcoming dramas. Since I have a list might as well ask for you opinion on what you want to see. I can post about those first. Please leave a comment. I will try my best! If I haven't watched the ones you suggest I can try to watch it (but no promises!)

I'm open to your suggestions and I will check up on this post every once in a while for comments. If there are no comments then I will just post as I go according to my own list. Looking forward to your suggestions! :D



HEADS UP! Next post will be a drama post I just finished!

Drama is a Mainland China historical fiction drama with two TVB stars: Jessica Hsuan and Benny Chan called 薛平贵于王宝钏 Love Amongst War. Please check it out if interested! ^__^

Until next time~ Happy Drama Watching!

I have returned! ^__^

Hello Readers!

It as been a while since I have posted anything on this blog. Inactive for almost two years now?? It's like I suddenly just disappeared! Haha. I think it was because I was getting ready to graduate from high school and there were just a lot of things going on. I didn't have the time to watch dramas and even if I did, didn't have the time to blog about them. >.<

Just a little update about myself. After graduating from high school, I spent the summer preparing for my first year in college. I am currently majoring in architecture, and done with year one, going on to year two when school starts. I have to say, it was nothing like I expected. SUPER stressful, lack of sleep and no life. Haha yes, no life. I spent so much time in school working on projects, going back even on weekends. In school 24/7 (not quite but almost :P) So with all that was going in I completely forgot about this blog.

Well I am happy to say, I have returned. For how long I don't know. Maybe until school starts again... I spent a month of my summer trying to catch up on sleep (yea I'm really junk about lack of sleep). Now I am motivated to do things before my summer ends. So the other day I happened to think about my blogs and logged on to this drama blog that I started. I was kind of surprised to see that people have been viewing this blog and my past posts. :D I was surprised in a good way! Anyways... I want to thank all of you who come to this blog and take the time to read my posts.

I will be posting about dramas that I have watched in the past (there is a long list) and also about ones I just finished. Umm some I have watched a while back so it will take me some time to recall what happened in the dramas. I might even have to re watch some of them. But anyways, there is a lot and I will try to post more often. I love posting and talking about my reactions of the dramas. I hope that these posts will give the reader more information and insight to the drama.

There will be more posts to come and hopefully you can all enjoy my vents and rambles! haha~ ^__^