Long ago in China, when I took a college English class, a young teacher played movie clips of "The Sound of Music " that I think might be my first time seeing a real foreign movie. Athogh I did not fully understand conversations in the movie, few songs amazed me then, including the song called "Edelweiss" , sung by a lead actor, Chris Plummer who played an Austrian captain run away from Nazi German. Later on I found out the movie had won at least 10 awards, back in the 60s, including Tony and Oscar, and the voice of "Edelweiss" singing in the film, was not from the actor Plummer himself, but a white guy named Billy Lee who provided a voice in many films.
Half century after the movie or the musical, people still remember the story , the actress / singer --Julie Andrews (see pic above), and songs such as "Edelweiss".
小帖士:
Edelweiss, 通常被稱為雪絨花,是一種屬於菊科或向日葵科的山花。 該植物更喜歡海拔約 3,000 米的岩石石灰岩地方。 它可用作治療腹部和呼吸係統疾病的藥物。
雪絨花(植物名稱為 leontopodium)還代表高貴純潔。 雪絨花也是當今阿爾卑斯山孤峰和純淨空氣的象征。
Edelweiss 讓你呼吸通暢,聲音清脆,不過俺也喜歡來自五千米高原與青海湖畔的格桑花。
格桑花作為中藥還有明目益肝,消毒解熱等功效。在藏族人心中,它也象征追求幸福吉祥和美好情感。
So on this holiday weekend I give you 2 flowers, edelweiss and slims Azalea (格桑花)。
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Edelweiss
(Song by Richard Rodgers)
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever.
CAPTAIN, MARIA, THE CHILDREN AND Small and white clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever