Shanxi
Travelling to Shanxi, Gilad Passerby fell in love with the local folk song “Go west”, which expresses the sadness and longing of a woman trying to overcome her feelings as her loved one has to go westward to make a living for them.
To express the deep emotional conflict of a loving couple that can’t be together, so they can later have a future together, Gilad Passerby added the man perspective, singing it in Chinese.
Adding the everlasting words of the local and China eternal hero, Yu Guan, a symbol of loyalty, and the beating sounds of the ancient Jiangzhou Guyue drum known as the “drum that can talk”, were combined with echoing the love that overcame space and time.
Dedicated to Shanxi province heritage, this song is also dedicated to people today in Shanxi, China and the world that needs to live far away from their loved ones.
PASSERBY:
The local Shanxi folk song “Go west” touched me deeply, as it expressed the conflict of a newlywed in love couple that needs to drift apart from each other to secure their future.
At that time, the man had to go west to make a living. With no mobile phone around, the couple only way to live their love and loyalty was through their hearts, relying on “love” that would bring them together again.
Today we have mobile phones, but still, many in Shanxi, China and global couples in the world drift apart to secure their mutual future.
This song is dedicated to all of those who sacrifice their present time for the future, being loyal to the idea of love and loyalty to overcome space and time.
