The original singer of the song "Defending the Yellow River" is Cao Ding.
Cao Ding, born in 1955, is a national-level conductor. Born into a musical family, Cao Ding studied music since childhood, learning piano, horn, voice and composition. He studied piano, horn, voice and composition. Afterwards, he studied orchestral conducting and choral conducting with the famous conductor Li Delun and the famous American conductor Zipper. Cao Ding is "the most active and accomplished young conductor in the music world in recent years". He has not only had successful cooperation with many domestic orchestras, but has also been invited to conduct performances in the Soviet Union, the United States, Japan and many other countries.
He has successfully conducted more than 2,000 concerts in various forms, such as opera, ballet, symphony and chorus, etc. The laser recording of "Yellow River Cantata" made in cooperation with Hong Kong's HNH Records was awarded the Golden Record Prize.
Excerpts from the lyrics of "Defending the Yellow River"
The wind is howling and the horses are screaming
The Yellow River is roaring
The Yellow River is roaring
The mountains west of the river are 10,000 feet high
The sorghums east of the river and north of the river are ripening
In the ten thousand mountain clusters
The heroes of resistance against the Japanese are really quite a lot
In the green veil, there are a lot of anti-Japanese heroes
In the green tent
The guerrillas are heroic
Taking up the clay and foreign guns
Swinging the big swords and spears
Defending their hometowns and the Yellow River
Defending North China and the whole of China
Winds roar and horses neigh
The Yellow River roars
The Yellow River roars
The west side of Hexi is 10,000 feet high.
The sorghum is ripe in the east of the river and the north of the river
In the mountains
There are many anti-Japanese heroes
In the green tent
The guerrillas are heroic
They have taken up their clay and foreign spears
They have wielded the big swords and lances
Defending their hometowns, defending the Yellow River
Defending North China, defending all of China
The wind is howling and the horses are screaming. >The wind is howling and the horses are neighing
The Yellow River is roaring