The first month is the Spring Festival.
Catch up with pigs and sheep, go out,
Where have the pigs and sheep been sent?
To the brave Eighth Route Army.
Hey, come on, Mei Cuihua. Hey, Haitang,
To the brave Eighth Route Army.
The world-famous Commander-in-Chief Zhu,
Old people who love us,
Have a nice day,
Launch a production movement.
Hey, come on, Mei Cuihua. Hey, Haitang,
Launch a production movement.
All the eight-way brothers are capable,
Defend the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region,
Help us plant it, help us cut it down,
Who are ungrateful?
Hey, come on, Mei Cuihua. Hey, Haitang,
Who are ungrateful?
I appreciate your kindness,
Catch up with the pig and the sheep and go forward.
Love commander-in-chief Zhu wholeheartedly,
Support our Eighth Route Army wholeheartedly.
Hey, come on, Mei Cuihua. Hey, Haitang,
Support our Eighth Route Army wholeheartedly.
2. Creation background: As early as 1940 1 year, Mao Zedong said at the agricultural exhibition in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region that the Eighth Route Army is also a common people, and the army should not forget its roots. Are workers and peasants; The people are the masters of the country, and we want military-civilian cooperation; Defeat the Japanese aggressors together.
1On August 5, 940, the Eighth Route Army General Political Department issued the "Instructions on Strict Discipline to Improve the Relations between the Army, the Government and the People". From the end of 1942, our army took the lead in supporting the government and loving the people in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region. 1943 65438+ 10 15 The government of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region issued a decision, a convention and a work instruction to support the army for a month. 65438+1On October 25th, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army Left-behind Corps issued the Decision on Supporting the Government and Caring for the People and the Work Instruction on Supporting the Government and Caring for the People, and decided to designate February 5th to March 4th as the month of supporting the Government and caring for the people in the border areas. As a result, a movement of "the army loves the people and the people support the army" flourished in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region. 1943 10 the central government decided to hold a large-scale campaign to support the army and government in the first month of the lunar calendar every year. Since then, "double support" has become a glorious tradition of our army.
In this movement of supporting the government and loving the people, a large number of songs have emerged, among which the most influential and famous is this song "Flower Drum for Supporting the Army", which was created and adapted by An Bo according to the folk song "Playing the Yellow Sheep Tune" in northern Shaanxi.