Lyricist Qiao Yu was born in Jining City, Shandong Province. His representative works include Let's Swing Both Oars, My Motherland, People Say Shanxi is Good Scenery, Liu Sanjie, and Unforgettable Evening. He was the honorary director of the Opera Research Institute of Peking University.
When she was a child, her family was struggling to make ends meet and relied on her brother to work as a sales clerk.
In the early 1946, Qiao was admitted to the Northern University of Hebei, Luhu and Henan Border Region, and began to publish poems and novels in newspapers and magazines, as well as rice-planting operas.
In 1948, the North China Union University merged with the Northern University to form the North China University, and was transferred to the Creative Writing Office of the Third Department of the University, and began to create professional works.
Qiao Yu's works glorify the great motherland and the people, sing of a better life, call for true love. His works have become household names and have been sung by generations. His works transcend time and space, belonging to the time, also belong to the future. His works have lasted for decades and have a strong artistic vitality. His lyrics are profound in meaning, unique in context, diverse in style, excellent in words and feelings, plain as words, and very easy to sing. His lyrics not only reflect the profound Chinese culture, but also record the storms of history and the spirit of the times.