• Interview: Chan Pui -yee, Choi Yu-tin, Chung Nga-yan, Tang Wai-man and Tang Kwok-hin
    採訪: 陳佩怡、蔡雨田、鍾雅欣、吳詠琳、鄧慧敏及鄧國騫

  • 10:00AM-2:00PM, 02/13/2013

  • Pokfulam village

  • SONY IC Recorder: ICD-PX333M, Recorder placed on the table/ 錄音筆置放桌上

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Cindy Chu
The best sound is the sound of running water,
and the worst ones are those of fighting, swearing, and mahjong playing.
The music that is the most representive of Pokfulam village is the Hakka songs —
this is the sound I treasure.
In the past, Pokfulam village was of the color green;
from the 80s onwards, it turned gray and black…

最好聽的聲音是流水聲,
最厭惡吵架、講粗口、打麻雀的聲音,
最代表薄扶林村的音樂是客家歌,
這是我最惦記的聲音。
以前薄扶林村的顏色是綠色,
八十年代開始收變成灰色、黑色…

– Cindy Chu

魏國雄
I’ve worked as a Dairy Farm truck driver, firefighter, member of the hawker management team, street cleaner, police, and driving instructor.
The daily routine was similar; it depended on which line of work needed an extra hand.
During the riots in Hong Kong, bombs were everywhere on the street.
When others went on strike, we covered for them.

我做過牛奶公司司機、消防員、小販管理隊、洗街、警察、教車師傅。
每日的工作都差不多,視乎那項工作需要人。
香港暴動時,周街到是炸彈,
別人擺工,我們就頂上。

– Mr. Ngai/ 魏先生

吳江乾 (朱老闆)
Back then, the materials of a Fire Dragon [in a Fire Dragon Procession during Mid-Autumn Festival] all came from nature — how would there be money to buy them? We didn’t even know where to go and buy them. We’d go right over to the reservoir, chop some bamboos, dry them in the shade.
The record here was eight, nine dragons— the dragon dance teams even started “fighting”.
Have you ever seen chopping knives, metallic rulers, and bike chains hidden in the heads and bodies of the Fire Dragon?

以前做火龍的物料是全天然的,那裡有錢買? 也不知道那裡可以買。
直接去水塘砍青竹回來自己陰乾。
這裡最高紀錄有八﹑九條龍,舞龍師父還打起架來。
你有沒有見過火龍頭、火龍身是藏西瓜刀、鐵尺、單車鏈的?

– Boss Chu/ 朱老闆

黃廣長
Every time I hear this song I think of Pokfulam Village and Tiu Keng Leng.
The two places are really similar actually.
When you come into town for work, there’re skyscrapers and the whole concrete jungle;
taking the bus back, passing Pokfield Road, the breeze would be fresh,
and I would remember that song by Teresa Tang.
The little village making me yearn
This village is my old home…

每次聽到這首歌我都想起薄扶林村同調景嶺,
兩個地方其實好很相似,
當你到城市工作,到處是高樓大廈、石屎森林,
坐車回來,經過蒲飛路﹐那陣風是清涼的,
我會想起鄧麗君的歌,
「小小的村莊令我嚮往,
這村莊是我的故鄉…」

– Mr. Wong/ 黃先生

Cindy Chu

  

Mr. Ngai/ 魏先生

  

Boss Chu/ 朱老闆

  

Mr. Wong/ 黃先生