"If anyone dies at the age of 97, Naiheqiao will wait for three years", what does this sentence mean and where does it come from?

The background music of Impression Sanjie Liu, Vines Twisting Trees, is adapted from Sanjie Liu's classic folk song, Where are Trees Twisting Vines in the World, and performed by sister singers Chyi Chin and Chyi Yu.

The lyrics are:

Y: Only vines are wrapped around the trees on the mountain.

Y: Where can I see a tree with vines?

Yu: If the ivy leaves are not wrapped around the tree,

Y: Spring is wasted year after year.

Y: You don't collect bamboo when it is harvested.

Y: You should keep the bamboo shoots.

Y: You don't pick up hydrangeas.

Y: Empty-handed.

Y: Clean up your troubles empty-handed.

Qin: Forget it.

Qin: We have been friends for a hundred years.

Qin: Who died at the age of 97?

Qin: Naiheqiao waited for three years.

The rattan tree is taken from Hakka folk songs in nine tones and eighteen tones. As the artistic carrier of Hakka culture, Hakka folk songs are a rich symbol, which records the continuous development history of Hakka people through word of mouth: men and women talk to each other, and the seas run dry and the rocks crumble; Hakkas sweat and reap a bumper harvest; Even defend the country and resist aggression.

Extended data:

Since ancient times, Zhuang, Han, Yao, Dong and other ethnic groups in Guangxi like singing and are good at singing. This national character makes them naturally create the legend of singer Liu Sanjie. People regard Sanjie Liu as a spiritual factor in singing activities and worship her to get creative inspiration. Before 1950s, people would burn incense in front of Liu Sanjie's tablet and pray for the victory of the duet.

The story of Liu Sanjie in folklore is a complex and different discourse. Conflicts between people with the same class and different values also exist between different social classes. There are not only the portrayal of real life, but also the concepts of romantic fantasy and witchcraft.

Due to the spread and evolution of the legend in different historical periods, different cities and different nationalities, the stories are superimposed, interrelated and contradictory. But in any case, the ancient group of Liu Sanjie in folklore contains folk ethics, folk wisdom, folk imagination and folk taste, which is the most attractive and dynamic place in Liu Sanjie's legend.

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