Taking the Yellow River Cantata as an example, the story behind this red song took place in the fall and winter of 1938, when Zhang Guangnian (the poet Guang Weiran) marched with his anti-Japanese troops to the banks of the Yellow River in the Great Northwest.
After admiring the majestic mountains and rivers of China, witnessing the Yellow River boatmen fighting against the fierce winds and waves, and listening to the high-pitched, melodious boatmen's horns, he composed the recitation poem Yellow River Chant and recited it at the New Year's Eve gala. Xian Xinghai was so excited that he said he wanted to compose the "Yellow River Cantata" for the theater group.
Zhang Guangnian used only five days before the Spring Festival to complete all the verses of the "Yellow River Cantata" in more than 400 lines, and Xian Xinghai wrote for six consecutive days in a humble kiln in Yan'an, holding an illness, and completed all the scores of the "Yellow River Cantata" in eight chapters and the accompanying music on March 31st. The two **** together wrote the musical epic of the Chinese nation in this era.
The significance of the red song "Yellow River Cantata".
The Yellow River Cantata tells of the guerrilla war of the anti-Japanese soldiers and the people in bitterness and joy under the leadership of the Party, praises the heroic and wise guerrilla fighters, eulogizes the heroism of China's millions of soldiers and civilians in the war against the Japanese, sings of the majesty of the Chinese nation, envisions the breakthrough of a new China, and sounds the bugle call of the battle to the suffering laboring people all over the world.
These scenes are expressed and rendered by the music, turning into a real and colorful picture, and the whole movement shows exuberant vitality. The Yellow River Cantata is a magnificent epic, which has accompanied the Chinese nation all the way through the grueling war of liberation and victory over imperialism, and inspired us to strive for a more prosperous and powerful motherland.