(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2007-11-06 15:45

 

 

Why Are the Flowers So Red? (Hua'er Weishenme Zheyang Hong)

This beautifully written song was featured in the spy thriller, Visitors to the Ice Mountain (Bingshanshang De Laike). Set amid the chaos of warring secret agents and bandits in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region after 1949, the 1963 film doubles as a love story between a PLA soldier and his puppy lover. The film was extremely popular, and so was the song. In 2003, singer Zheng Jun recorded a rock version. Classic line: Why are the flowers so red, as red as the burning fire? It symbolizes the pure friendship and love. Why are the flowers so fresh, so fresh that I cannot move my steps? They are watered by the blood of youth.