I am so surprised to read all the comments about my dad's passing. He only started to sing in the past few years because he joined this community. When I would go back home to visit, he would sing for hours every night after dinner. I was so shocked by how loud he was! The last time I went back to visit him was in January 2022. I had to teach a class on Zoom in the evenings, and I made him promise not to sing until I was done, otherwise all my students would hear him from the basement!
Many people in his life only knew him for being an accomplished professor. But he also had many creative interests like drawing, photography, writing, and singing. And he was the best cook! Every time before I visited him, he would ask me what I wanted to eat and plan meals for the entire trip. He was a wonderful father.
I never knew that he was part of such a big singing community, and it makes me happy that he has so many friends and even fans here. I have learned a lot about him since he passed away, and hope that I can still be surprised by him in the future.
Please keep your loved ones close, call your parents or your children. My dad and I were close and we talked pretty regularly, but of course now I wish I could have talked to him more. He was healthy and full of energy, you can hear it in his singing. This was a shock to all of us.
Please celebrate his life and his singing, it would make him so happy.
昨天下午現譜了一首信天游嗩呐曲，送教授一程。
裤带面
詞：西門東瓜
曲：66的山梁
（無前奏無伴奏）
要問羊肚肚有多宽
我來告訴你
黄河涛涛的鼓点
横在上面
便可通天
要問信天游有多宽
我也清楚
只是轻轻地那麽一展
黄土坡的鸿沟
就成了一封情书上
灼烫的泪痕
可若问我裤带面有多宽
我就彻底地抓狂了
说是就几寸那么点宽
也确是真的
可为什么当一个饱咯打响
海便消失了
清晰可闻的
是千里之外
八百里秦川的那一声
吼
（重複一遍）
以下是教授女儿的感谢信：
I am so surprised to read all the comments about my dad's passing. He only started to sing in the past few years because he joined this community. When I would go back home to visit, he would sing for hours every night after dinner. I was so shocked by how loud he was! The last time I went back to visit him was in January 2022. I had to teach a class on Zoom in the evenings, and I made him promise not to sing until I was done, otherwise all my students would hear him from the basement!
Many people in his life only knew him for being an accomplished professor. But he also had many creative interests like drawing, photography, writing, and singing. And he was the best cook! Every time before I visited him, he would ask me what I wanted to eat and plan meals for the entire trip. He was a wonderful father.
I never knew that he was part of such a big singing community, and it makes me happy that he has so many friends and even fans here. I have learned a lot about him since he passed away, and hope that I can still be surprised by him in the future.
Please keep your loved ones close, call your parents or your children. My dad and I were close and we talked pretty regularly, but of course now I wish I could have talked to him more. He was healthy and full of energy, you can hear it in his singing. This was a shock to all of us.
Please celebrate his life and his singing, it would make him so happy.
大风起兮黄土扬，一素白旗兮送老乡，唢呐哀鸣兮泪两行，来来往往兮真情殇 （重複一次）
（無前奏無伴奏）