女儿国 （杨丽萍） Country of Daughters

A dance by Yang Liping. Listen very close to the lyrics, this dance described the harship and the labourious life that women from the poor, western part of China faces.

The lyrics can roughly be translated to:
The sun wants to rest, it can rest.
The moon wants to rest, it can rest.
Women want to rest, they can't rest.
If women rest, the fire will burn out.

Cold wind blows at the elderly, and women use their backs to block it.
Splinter in child's feet, and women use their heart to pad it.
If there is a woman there, the old and the young will stay together.
If there is a woman there, the mountain may crumble and men will hold it up.

If there is no women under the heavens, the sky will not light.
If there is no women on the earth, the grass will not grow.
If a man does not have a woman, the man will be ill.
If there is no women under the heavens, there will be no men.

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Film & Animation

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• 女儿国
• 舞蹈
• 云南
• yang
• liping
• yun
• nan
• province
• dance
• chinese
• ethnic

[Sambucca]

This is tribal and creepy. I like it.

[nixyi]

Ilove this dance. Its so full of energy.

Thx for posting the full version (:

[LaProfondeurDuCiel]

@sugarsweet87 can you provide a translation? aside from that: MAGNIFICENT

[beledigrrl]

Wow!!

[lonniebhodge]

Some folks form Dali told me that she has a studio and school for ethnic dance now in Yunnan...she was interviewed for a book recently from there...

She is amazing wherever she is!

[woaini4evah]

pretty sure she lives in beijing. =]

[lonniebhodge]

I am heading to Yunnan where we would like to interview YAng Lipng for the China Dreamblogue...

If anyone has any contact info please let me know:

Lonnie at blogofdreams dot com