THE LEGEND OF TIANZI SHAN

　(Words and Music by Mark Levine)

　　Xiang Dakun is a TuJia martyr who died to set his people free.

　　He is known as the “son of heaven” for all of history.

　　The big stone peaks at Tianzi Shan that reach up for the sky.

　　Are the writing brushes Tianzi used, that turned to stone when he died.

　　A girl who loved him searched the mountain, hoping Xiang to find.

　　She threw flowers and flowers over the cliffs but then she stayed behind.

　　Her body turned to a statue of stone, that can be seen today.

　　So Xiang Dakun and the lovely girl, forever on the mountain will stay

　　This famous story in Zhangjiajie, is there for all to see.

　　The mountain named for Xiang Dakun, is bright as it can be.

　　You can see the Yu Bi Peaks and the Xian Nv San Hua

　　And learn the legend of Tianzi Shan, and the people of TuJia.

　　天子傳奇

　　馬克•力文

 土家族英雄向大坤為民族自由而奮戰(zhàn)，
他“天子”的稱號(hào)在歷史長(zhǎng)河中流傳,。
直插云霄,，巨石聳立天子山，
那是天子用過的御筆,，為其犧牲而石化成山巒,。

愛慕他的仙女尋至山間，期望與其相見,，
朝朝花雨灑落崖前,，隨即卻避而不現(xiàn)。
仙女化作今日所見之石雕,，
暮暮與朝朝,，向大坤便與之永駐山間,。

這著名的張家界傳說已被世人傳頌千萬遍，
以向大坤命名的山峰是如此的璀璨光鮮,。
觸目所及是御筆峰與仙女散花的美艷,，
你還可領(lǐng)略天子山傳奇與土家族的情緣。

　　本文作者為美國作家,，現(xiàn)在中央民族大學(xué)擔(dān)任教授,，著名音樂人