As early as January 1940, Mao Zedong in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Agricultural Exhibition, said: the Eighth Route Army is also the people, the army can not forget the original, the original is the workers and peasants; the people are the masters, we have to cooperate with the military and the people; we are united, the Japanese invaders will certainly be defeated. August 5, 1940, the Eighth Route Army General Political Department issued the "on strict discipline to improve the relationship between military politics and military people, the military and civilian relations. The General Political Department of the Eighth Route Army issued the Instruction on Strict Discipline and Improvement of Military-Military-Civilian Relations. From the end of 1942, our army took the lead in carrying out the pro-government and pro-people campaign in the Shanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. on January 15, 1943, the Shanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Government announced the Decision on Supporting the Army, the Convention on Supporting the Army, and the Instructions for the Month of Carrying Out the Campaign of Supporting the Army. on January 25, the Commanding General of the Eighth Route Army Retained Corps issued the "Decision on Supporting the Government and Caring for the People. Decision on Supporting the Government and Caring for the People" and "Work Instructions for the Month of Supporting the Government and Caring for the People", deciding to designate February 5 to March 4 as the month of supporting the government and caring for the people for the troops in the border area. Thus, a "military love the people, the people support the army" movement in the Shanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border area flourished. 1943 October, the central government decided that every year in the first month of the lunar calendar should be held in the future to support the government and the army of a large-scale mass movement. From then on, the "double embrace" has become the glorious tradition of our army.
A large number of songs have emerged from this pro-government and pro-military movement, the most influential and famous of which is the "Flower Drums for the Military" composed by An Bo according to the Shaanbei folk song "Playing the Yellow Sheep Tune".
Flower drums are a common form of Chinese folk dance music, with different styles and styles. The flower drums of northern Shaanxi Province are more famous, and are often performed by two men and two women, with one holding the gong and the other carrying the drum, singing and dancing, accompanied by gongs and drums, and sometimes accompanied by suona. The Flower Drums for Supporting the Army" is sung by both men and women, and maintains the performance form of the flower drums in northern Shaanxi.