Farewell, break through the blockade line, Zunyi meeting shine, four cross the Chishui out of the strange soldiers, fly over the Dadu River, over the snowy mountains and grasslands, to the town of Wuqi, congratulations, congratulations, General Division.
1. Farewell
The red flag flutters, and the bugle sounds. Sons and daughters of soldiers, farewell to their hometown.
Wang Ming's route is a heinous crime, and the five "encirclements" are rampant.
The main force of the Red Army is on the march, and the strategy is to move to a faraway place.
Men, women, and children came to see them off, tears staining their clothes as they recounted their love for each other.
Holding the hands of the Red Army tightly, when will the relatives return to their hometown?
The dark clouds will not last, but the red sun will always shine.
The revolution must triumph, the enemy will be buried.
2. Breaking through the blockade line
The road is long and the autumn wind is cool. The enemy is heavy and the army is busy.
The Red Army crossed the Yudu River at night and grabbed the Xiangjiang River across the Wuling.
Thirty days and nights of flying troops, breaking through four blockade walls.
The Red Army is not afraid of bloodshed and suffering, and it has been killing tigers and wolves.
The whole army misses Chairman Mao and looks forward to the sun on the misty road.
3. The Zunyi Conference was a glorious event
Miao Ling is a beautiful place where the sun rises. The new year is coming," he said, "and I'm sure it's going to be a good one.
The Zunyi Conference has brought glory to the whole Party and the whole army.
All hail Chairman Mao, and the Marxist-Leninist line points the way.
The great victory was won at Daba, and the workers and peasants became the Red Army in great numbers.
The wise leader took the helm, and the revolution marched forward.
4. The Four Crossings of the Red River
The road across the broken mountains is difficult to travel. The sky is like fire and the water is like silver.
Kindred spirits send water to quench their thirst, the army and the people are one family.
The road is hard to travel across the mountains. The enemy's heavy soldiers are pressing on Qianjiang's territory.
Warriors traveled the world on two feet, and crossed the Chishui River to make a miraculous army.
Wujiang River is a heavenly danger, and the soldiers are approaching Guiyang and forcing Kunming.
The enemy abandoned their armor and threw away their smoking guns.
The enemy abandoned his armor and threw away his smoking gun.
5. Flying over the Dadu River
The water is fast, the mountains are high, the passes are dangerous, and the wolves are fierce.
The children crossed the Jinsha River and were greeted by their brothers and sisters.
Anshun field side of the lonely boat brave, treading waves to wipe out the enemy soldiers.
They were in the middle of a two-hundred-and-fourth day and night journey, pursuing the enemy to take over Luding.
The iron rope bridge shows the mighty wind, the warrior ten thousand generations to leave the name of heroes.
6, over the snowy mountains and grasslands
Snow-covered, wild, plateau cold, cooking broken food.
The Red Army is a man of steel, not afraid of difficulties.
The snow-covered mountains bowed down to welcome visitors, and the grass carpet and mud felt set up camp.
The wind and rain have hardened their bones, and the more they eat, the more determined they are.
The officers and soldiers are united in their suffering, and their revolutionary ideals are higher than the sky.
7. To the town of Wuqi
The gongs and drums are sounding and the rice-planting songs are rising. The Yellow River sings, the Great Wall rejoices.
The gods' soldiers descend from the mouth of the Lazi River, and the 100-foot cliff is a dàng (ladder).
The red flag is displayed on Liupan Mountain, sweeping the enemy's riders like a bamboo.
The army and people of Shanxi-Gansu spread the happy news that the conquering division has arrived at Wuqi in victory.
The brothers in the north and south joined hands to expand their base of advance.
8. Wish for success
The snow flies and washes away the dust of the expedition. The enemy is attacking, send a gift.
The long journey has not yet stabilized the feet, and the enemy is besieging the situation.
Chairman Mao came to the battlefield to take command, and the whole army rallied to kill the enemy.
The sound of artillery was heard in the mountains of Zhiluo, and more than 10,000 enemy soldiers were captured in one net.
The enemy chief, Mr. Niu, was captured alive, and the army and people sang a song of triumph into the clouds.
The foundation stone was laid in victory, and the people and the army sang a song of triumph.
9. The Good News
The love of hand and foot, the heart of comrades. The first time I've seen this, I've seen it, and I've seen it, and I've seen it.
The valiant Second and Fourth Front Armies have been fighting in several provinces for a long time.
Throughout all the hardships, the army has been victorious in the city of Ganzi.
The whole army rebuked Zhang Guotao, and marched northward side by side.
The army and people of the border area were overjoyed, and red flags were displayed to welcome their relatives.
10. The General Division
The red flag fluttered and the bugle sounded. The horses are roaring and the songs are bright.
The iron flow is 25,000 li, and the Red Army's fame is known throughout the world.
All the powerful brigades will meet in division, and the Japanese invaders will lose their courage and souls.
The army is happy, the people are happy, and they sing together.
Sing the leader Chairman Mao, sing the great **** production party.
Background:
The Long March Suite is a poem written with tears in his eyes by General Xiao Hua, former director of the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), during a period of serious illness, and it was originally called the Long March Suite.
At the time of the Long March, Xiao Hua was 18 years old and a political commissar of the Major **** Division. Xiao Hua used his own personal experience to describe the legendary 25,000-mile Long March in the history of the Chinese Revolution.
The poem was composed by Chen Keng, Sheng Mao, Tang Hao and Yu Qiu of the Beijing Military Region Comrades-in-arms Literary Troupe and handed over to the Comrades-in-arms Song and Dance Troupe for rehearsal. After the task was given, the rehearsal of "Long March Song" was carried out in an intense state of overtime.
Beijing Military Region Commander Yang Yong and Political Commissar Liao Hansheng personally supervised the rehearsals, and the director of the political department and chief of staff were present at the rehearsal site. Luo Ruiqing and Yang Chengwu, who experienced the Long March, made a special trip to tell the actors the story of the Long March and asked them to tighten the rehearsal to achieve close organization, strict requirements and serious attitude.
The rehearsal site has a large road map of the Red Army's Long March, with red arrows marking out the specific positions corresponding to each song in the Long March. Rehearsing each song, the cast and crew learn to read selected Red Army memoirs to inspire emotion.
In the meantime, Premier Zhou Enlai came to the rehearsal site several times to cheer for everyone and put forward specific opinions on the rehearsal. The Long March Song*** is divided into ten songs.
Zhou Enlai pointed out: the first song, "Farewell", to sing the heavy and helpless mood of the Red Army when it left the Central Soviet Zone, rather than the majestic and vigorous look;
The sixth song, "snow-capped" section, "officers and soldiers are united with the same suffering, the revolutionary ideals are higher than the sky! "To show the Red Army soldiers to overcome the hardships of the iron will, to sing with heart. Once, Zhou Enlai came to the scene, in order not to disturb everyone, sat in the last row to watch the rehearsal.
At the end of the rehearsal, the comrades spotted Zhou Enlai, causing a sensation. Zhou Enlai walked up to the stage to take a photo with the actors, pointing to his cousin Tang Jiang, who was the conductor, and said humorously, "Your clothes are all wet, you're a ten-quart division."
The comrades of the Comrades Song and Dance Troupe later called their cousin "General Division".
After nearly three months of overtime rehearsals, the troupe went to the Tianjin People's Auditorium in July 1965 to perform the piece, which was reviewed by the lyricist Xiao Hua. After watching the performance, Xiao Hua said to the actors with tears in his eyes, "I didn't expect you to interpret the Long March Song in such a touching way, thank you!"
On August 1 of that year, on the occasion of the Army Day, the Long March Songs premiered in the National Cultural Palace in Beijing with great success, and was later performed in Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Taiyuan and other places, with a full house.
When the show was performed in Zhongnanhai, Ma Guoguang led the singing of "Four Crossings of the Red River", and when he came to "Mao Zedong's use of military force is really like God", Mao Zedong applauded, saying that he sang it in a dashing, lively, humorous and witty manner, and that the gestures were very godlike.
After the song, Mao asked his cousin Tang Jiang what the leader's name was. The cousin uncle said his name was Ma Guoguang. Mao Zedong humorously said, that is, the apple of Guoguang! Cousin uncle said, Ma Guoguang also sang "really happy people". Mao Zedong said, "I've heard of it, and it's very good," he said.
Zhou Enlai was fond of the Long March Song. Zhou Enlai watched "Long March Song" no less than 10 times from rehearsal, review to public performance, his cousin recalled.
In June 1966, Zhou Enlai visited Eastern Europe and named the chorus of "Songs of the Long March" to accompany him. Comrades Song and Dance Troupe organized 18 chorus members to accompany the visit, in addition to the official performance of the cultural reception, several times Zhou Enlai personally commanded the cast and embassy comrades to sing "Long March Song", "over the snowy mountains and grasslands" section is Zhou Enlai's favorite, often sung by everyone in tears.
The Long March Song was performed in the capital, Zhou Enlai went to see the performance for three nights in a row, and after each performance, he talked to everyone about his feelings and exchanged views.
On one occasion, Zhou Enlai said to several composers, "Comrade Xiao Hua's words are well-written, and your tunes are good, and your singing is even better, especially the two Ma and one Jia (referring to the singers Ma Yutao, Ma Guoguang, and Jia Shijun) sang well, so I think it can be performed, and then listen to the opinions of all sides.
For example, although you broke through the chorus of the wall form, but how to solve the music wall ah? Otherwise, playing presses the chorus and affects listening to the singing." Zhou Enlai also asked the actors to teach him to sing over and over again.
In 1975, with Deng Xiaoping's support, it was decided to rehearse the public performance of "Songs of the Long March" in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Red Army's victory in the Long March and to turn it into a movie art film for the silver screen.
At that time, Deng Xiaoping suggested that Xiao Hua make changes to some of the lyrics to facilitate the revival of the Long March Song. Xiao Hua made two changes according to the suggestion. The Beijing Military Region Comrades Singing and Dancing Troupe accepted the task and rehearsed it with the original cast.
After the outstanding singing of the Beijing Military Region Comrades Singing and Dancing Troupe and the meticulous filming of the Bayi Film Studio, "The Long March Formation Song--The Red Army Is Not Afraid of a Long March" was made into a movie and officially released in 1976, which aroused a strong ****sing throughout the country and became a household red classic at that time.
The Song of the Long March has gone through many revisions since its birth in 1965, resulting in different versions and three relatively stable and widely circulated versions, namely, the public performance version in 1965, the revival version in 1975 and the dance version in 1992.
The 1975 version has been in circulation for the longest period of time, is the most extensive, and is the most familiar to the audience, with many changes in the lyrics and in the treatment of the final "General Division" passage compared with the 1965 public performance version.
The 1992 version returned all the lyrics to the original, while increasing the orchestra, the size and length of the chorus, and the dance elements.
The Songs of the Long March is more than just a chorus; it is performed in a manner that bears the distinctive imprint of the times. During the performance, the chorus members dressed in military uniforms and changed formation on stage according to the lyrics, with a strong sense of the era.
In this half-century of more than 50 springs and autumns, the "Long March Song" has accompanied the growth of several generations, many of which have become household names, women and children know.
In the past 50 years, this work, which has been cared for by Zhou Enlai and other revolutionaries of the older generation, and which has been the work of several generations of artists, has influenced generations of Chinese people by its profoundly condensed vocabulary, refreshingly melodious tunes, rich national style and popular performing arts.
Over the past 50 years, "Songs of the Long March" has toured more than 1,000 performances at home and abroad, with an audience of millions, making it a miracle in the history of Chinese music and Chinese performances, and known as a classic of Chinese music in the 20th century.
The Long March Suite is an eternal complex, a relentless pursuit, a noble faith, and a song integrated into life. It is engraved in the heart and deep in the marrow!
The Long March Song has been sung for 50 years, and the victory of the Red Army in the Long March into the 80th anniversary. Forever singing the "Long March Song" is to carry forward the spirit of the Long March, so that the spirit of the Long March from generation to generation, with the spirit of the Long March to inspire forward.