One of the leading lights in literature of that period, Liao Han-chen, wrote out some simple, happy lyrics on the theme of flowers blooming in spring, and gave these to Kuo Yu-hsien to set to music.
當時的文學大將廖漢臣便寫下：「春天到，百花開，紅薔薇，白茉莉。這邊幾叢，彼邊幾枝，開得真齊，真正美。」