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Listen to the 30 classical
Chinese songs to be played by the moon probe satellite Chang'e No.
1 in space :
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China's first moon probe satellite Chang'e No. 1 will be sent to
space soon. Along with the satellite, 30 classical Chinese songs
and music pieces will also be sent to space. These songs include
My Lovely Hometown, Moonlight over Erquan
Springs, Ode to the Yellow River, The Butterfly
Lovers, etc., the Shanghai Evening Post reported.
These songs and music pieces will be played by Chang'e No. 1
after the satellite reaches its destined orbit, which is 380,000
kilometers away from the earth. By then, Chinese people can hear
these songs sent via satellite transmission for the first time in
radio, TV or online.
The 30 songs and music pieces are selected through a nationwide
public vote. In July 2006, secretary general of the Commission of
Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND)
Huang Qiang, who is also COSTIND's spokesperson, announced
COSTIND's decision that Chang'e No. 1 satellite will carry 30 songs
and music pieces into space for its launch, and people across the
country could select their favorites and recommend them to COSTIND
during a nationwide campaign for the selection.
At that time, COSTIND's Moon Exploration Engineering Center
recommended more than 150 songs and music pieces as candidates.
They included China's national anthem, Peking opera The Drunken
Imperial Concubine, a piece of Huangmei opera, traditional
Chinese song Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon and pop song
Wish You Everything Good, etc..
With three rounds of selections, the organizer of the event then
publicized their criteria on how a candidate song could be selected
– that the theme of the song should be related with one's love for
the motherland, the Yellow River, Yangtze River, the moon, or the
national cultural heritage included in the first batch of UN
cultural heritage list; the song could also be classical Chinese
songs, traditional opera arias, or children's songs; these songs
should also reflect overseas Chinese people's love for their
motherland. With these criteria, some 30 songs and music pieces
were finally selected.
Apart from traditional songs like The Butterfly Lovers
and My Lovely Hometown, there are also some songs produced
in recent years, including Loving China, Singing for
Our Motherland, etc. In addition to these 30, the song
March of the Volunteers and The East is Red were
also selected. The former song is China's national anthem and the
latter was once played on China's first manmade satellite DFH-1.
The two songs have been selected because of their special
historical significance.
(China News Service, China.org.cn?October 19, 2007)
