Songs that glorify socialism, the ****-producing party and the proletarian revolutionary movement are "red songs".
"Red songs" generally refers to songs that glorify socialism, the ****-producing party and the proletarian revolutionary movement. Since the color red symbolizes proletarian revolution and socialism, "red songs" naturally represent the political orientation and ideology of the proletariat. Therefore, songs such as "La Marseillaise" and "The Star-Spangled Banner" cannot be called red songs.
The source of the "red songs" is folk songs, which determines that they are popular among the common people. From the Jiangxi folk songs during the Jinggangshan period and the "Letters to the Gods" during the Yan'an period, to the full of pride during the liberation of the motherland and the reform and opening up of the country, the folk songs of different regions in different periods constitute the diversified styles of the "Red Songs", and the people of different regions and different nationalities can be found in the "Red Songs". "People from different regions and nationalities can find their own tones in the Red Song. This makes the "red songs" have a wide mass base.
The "Red Song" is also contemporary. The "red songs" produced in different eras are very close to life, both in terms of melody and lyrics. The content of the lyrics certainly reflects the revolution, construction and life practice in different times, showing a specific era; its melody also reflects the real life and spirit of that period
Classic Red Song
1, the motherland song
"Chinese People's Republic of China"
"The National Anthem of the Chinese People's Republic of China"
"The East is Red"
"The Chinese People's Republic of China"
"The Chinese People's Republic of China"
"The Chinese People's Republic of China"
"Sing for the Motherland"
"Without the **** Producer's Party there would be no New China"
"Unity is Strength"
"Socialism is Good"
"We are Walking on the Great Road"
"Singing a Mountain Song to the Party"
"O Party, Dear Mother"
"Mother Taught Me A Song"
"I Love You, China"
"My Motherland and I"
"Ode to Beijing"
"My Chinese Heart"
"Love Me, China"
"China, China, the Bright Red Sun Never Falls"
"The River and the Mountain"
2. The Golden Years Part
"Listen to Mother Tell Me About the Past"
"I love you, China. Listen to Your Mother Tell You About the Past"
"August Osmanthus Blossoms Bloom Everywhere"
"The Sun is the Reddest, Chairman Mao is the Most Kind"
"On the Songhua River"
"Ballad of the Great Wall"
"Nanniwan"
"Revolutionaries are Forever Young"
Revolutionary People are Forever Young - Selections from the Opera "The Flame of the Stars"
"The Revolutionaries are Forever Young". Flame of the Stars"
"Praise for Red Plums"
"Hymn to Heroes"
"The Water of the Honghu Lake, Waves Beating Waves -- Selection from the opera "Red Guard of Honghu Lake"
"Ninety-nine Days of Sunshine" -- Interlude from the movie "The Story of Liubao"
Reference for the above: Baidu Encyclopedia - Red Songs