Campus ballads originated in Taiwan in the 1970s. Since the mid 1980s, it has existed on the mainland and has gradually become a special music phenomenon that at one point was immensely popular. In the beginning, campus ballads were prevalent at China's colleges; then following commercial successful commercial, the ballads became fashionable in the
whole society and inspired an impassioned resonance.

Campus ballads are a special kind of music phenomenon whose birth was closely related with the prevailing original mainland music and the influence of outside music. In the influence of the outside music, Taiwan campus songs have been the most direct and far-reaching one. Concerning the influence of the original music of the mainland, rock music has played an important role in the promotion of campus ballads. In addition, American-European pop music and China's folk music all have had a degree of influence on it.

  Taiwan: Cradle of China Campus Ballads

A singer once said that Taiwan campus ballads are the mold for mainland campus ballads. Indeed, people can see the glamour and influential power of the Taiwan campus ballads. From Liu Wenzheng's "A Small Country Road" and "Penghuwan, My Grandmother's Home" to Luo Dayou's " Childhood," "Love Song 1980," and "Love Song 1990" and Li Zongsheng's " Spirit of life," Taiwan musicians and their works not only make valuable contributions to Taiwan's pop scene, but also have a great impact on campus ballads produced on the mainland.

Even today, large quantities of Taiwan campus ballads, which are so simple, fresh, and full of childish playfulness, are still echoing indistinctly in the heart of university students who grew up in the 1980s and 1990s.

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