Shin Fung Hung
Biographic Data
| ID | 1607980 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shin Fung Hung |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shin Fung |
| FAMILY NAME | Hung |
| SIGNATURE | HUNG S F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Duke University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5159-4994 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Christians in the City of Hong Kong
From Singing "Out-of-Tone" to Creating Contextualized Cantonese Contemporary Worship Songs
For over a century, Hong Kong Christians have sung Chinese hymns in an "out-of-tone" manner. Lyrics in traditional hymnals were translated or written to be sung in Mandarin, the national language, but most locals speak Cantonese, another Sinitic and tonal language. Singing goes "out-of-tone" when Mandarin hymns are sung in Cantonese, which often causes meaning distortions. Why did Hong Kong Christians accept this practice? How did they move from …
From Singing "Out-of-Tone" to Creating Contextualized Cantonese Contemporary Worship Songs
For over a century, Hong Kong Christians have sung Chinese hymns in an "out-of-tone" manner. Lyrics in traditional hymnals were translated or written to be sung in Mandarin, the national language, but most locals speak Cantonese, another Sinitic and tonal language. Singing goes "out-of-tone" when Mandarin hymns are sung in Cantonese, which often causes meaning distortions. Why did Hong Kong Christians accept this practice? How did they move from …
Christians in the City of Hong Kong
From Singing "Out-of-Tone" to Creating Contextualized Cantonese Contemporary Worship Songs
For over a century, Hong Kong Christians have sung Chinese hymns in an "out-of-tone" manner. Lyrics in traditional hymnals were translated or written to be sung in Mandarin, the national language, but most locals speak Cantonese, another Sinitic and tonal language. Singing goes "out-of-tone" when Mandarin hymns are sung in Cantonese, which often causes meaning distortions. Why did Hong Kong Christians accept this practice? How did they move from …
Christianity (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Religious studies (2 works) · Acoustics (1 work) · Ancient history (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · China (1 work) · Decentralization (1 work)