Comments on: How Does An Old British Folk Tune Find Its Way To China? Perhaps Through Simon And Garfunkel http://beijingcream.com/2013/02/how-does-an-old-british-folk-tune-find-its-way-to-china-perhaps-through-sg/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lucy http://beijingcream.com/2013/02/how-does-an-old-british-folk-tune-find-its-way-to-china-perhaps-through-sg/#comment-217419 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 02:58:13 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=9774#comment-217419 Your friend was just misleading. The website clearly states the name of the song to be “Scarborough Fair” (in Chinese).

]]> By: Ick http://beijingcream.com/2013/02/how-does-an-old-british-folk-tune-find-its-way-to-china-perhaps-through-sg/#comment-217403 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:33:23 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=9774#comment-217403 i think it tends to be more comical here (China, east Asia?) because of their strange obsession with nationalist invention. The baffling instance that 蹴鞠 is the origin of Cambridge rules Association Football or the sino-Korean tustle over 端午节 being prime examples.

I suspect it’s might be one of those nebulous ‘face’ issues, in the west one looses a great deal of face by making a claim that cannot be proven but here it seems, not. So the odds tip in favour of making rabid claims of ownership.

]]> By: SeaHorse http://beijingcream.com/2013/02/how-does-an-old-british-folk-tune-find-its-way-to-china-perhaps-through-sg/#comment-217400 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:40:34 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=9774#comment-217400 It happens a lot with folk songs. I had an argument with my father about the origins of Frere Jacques. It’s like when I found out other countries ‘stole’ the tune to God Save the Queen (not sure if the English thought of it but theirs was the most renowned)

]]> By: Chackie Jan http://beijingcream.com/2013/02/how-does-an-old-british-folk-tune-find-its-way-to-china-perhaps-through-sg/#comment-217371 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 09:12:01 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=9774#comment-217371 How did she not know? It says so in the title: 斯卡布罗市集. (Scarborough Fair)

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