The bell in the temple was written between 1939 and 1940. When the Japanese invaded China, Cui Weishi was in exile in Hong Kong, living in exile and having no fixed address. When writing this song, Cui lived in a hotel, and there was a Buddhist temple (in today's Temple Street) near the building, with the sound of wooden fish and the sound of bells and drums in the morning. One day, he was full of melancholy. Faced with this situation, he suddenly had inspiration, so he created the bell of the temple.
Cui used flute to compose music, slowly looking for a suitable tune, when he thought of a sentence, he recorded it and then slowly connected it into a paragraph. This work is also created in this way. This song was first played and recorded on a flute, but now it is difficult to find its original record.
The lyrics of "Temple Bell" are as follows:
Cloud cold and rain cold
Lonely at midnight, bleak scenery.
The barren hills are quiet.
Midnight came vaguely.
It's harder for a clock to break a dream.
Who makes me sad?
Alas, there is no end to sorrow.
Love is like a bubble.
Yuanyangmeng
Sanshengyue
Why not approve it?
Old love is broken at once.
Sad and sad, I bear love and hate, and I am determined to escape.
The temple groaned in loneliness.
It was in the middle of the night.