Writing songs for our homeland – Taijiang people sing the local history

Since the beginning of last year, Taijiang Branch of Tainan Community University and Hai-wei Tsao-Huang Temple have not only been promoting the One Village, One Temple music band but also opened a singing class called “Sing your First Song”. In one class, youngsters and elderly residents from the local community studied for a whole semester under legendary singer-songwriter and Golden Melody Awards’ nominee, Hsieh Ming-Yu (謝銘祐), during which time they wrote “Taijang People”, a song depicting the traditional farming life of Taijiang people. 

Tainan City Cultural Affairs Bureau, Hai-wei Tsao-Huang Temple and Taijiang Branch of Tainan Community University formally released the song at Hai-wei Tsao-Huang Temple, where Anqing Elementary School Choir and teacher Hsieh Ming-Yu and classmates together sang “Taijiang People” for the first time. 

Teacher Hsieh Ming-Yu said he very much supports the vision of local people writing local songs. When the “Sing your First Song” class began, all of the Taijiang participants were complete novices in songwriting; however, after a short period of time, many were using the theme of Taijiang and its people to write songs in Taiwanese Hokkien. After humming out the song, modifying lyrics, rhythm, and feel, the song was finally born. Hsieh Ming-Yu added that he strongly encourages Taijiang kids to get involved in Taijiang People’s Orchestra and together sing local songs.

Writing songs for our homeland – Taijiang people sing the local history

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(以下是中文對照)

為家鄉寫歌，台江人唱出地方學

社區大學台江分校與海尾朝皇宮，從去年開始，除了推展一村一廟一樂團之外，更開辦為家鄉寫歌課程，其中「寫一首曲子」班同學，包括阿公阿嬤、青年朋友，在金曲獎歌王謝銘祐老師的指導下，經過一學期的學習，以台江人耕塭、種紅蔥拓墾的生活，寫成「台江人」新歌。

台南市文化局、海尾朝皇宮、社大台江分校，在海尾朝皇宮為這群同學舉行「台江人」新歌發表會，同時由安慶國小合唱團與謝銘祐老師及同學，一起唱出這首台江人之歌，共唱台江學。

謝銘祐老師說，他支持在地人寫在地歌的願景，「寫一曲首子」剛開課時，台江學員對寫歌都還不是很成熟，第二學期之後，學員就用台江主題來創作，經過幾次課程之後，學員各自以台江人生活，試著用台語寫出幾句話，然後哼出來，修改歌詞、韻律，品味意境，最後才有這首歌的誕生。謝銘祐老師也鼓勵台江子弟可以籌組台江人樂團，共同唱出在地的歌。