The music and dance epic "The East is Red" in the history of new China's status is how

Anyone who is of a certain age must not be unfamiliar with the large-scale music and dance epic "The East is Red", as the first large song and dance work that comprehensively reflects the history of the Chinese revolution after the founding of the People's Republic of China, "The East is Red" has written a brilliant page in the history of the arts and culture of the new China with its grand and magnificent scenes and numerous national performing arts forms. The following is an introduction to the birth process of "The East is Red" for the benefit of readers. In order to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the founding of the country, Premier Zhou initiated a large-scale song and dance work reflecting the history of the Party's struggle and showing the development process of Mao Zedong's thought. ......1 In 1964, the Chinese people of all ethnic groups overcame serious economic difficulties under the leadership of the Party, and made remarkable achievements in the construction of the Third Five-Year Plan, which gave rise to a peaceful and prosperous time for the country. A prosperous scene of peace and prosperity was presented. In order to celebrate the great achievements of the construction of new China, the Party Central Committee, Chairman Mao decided to hold a grand celebration on October 1 of this year, and invited the leaders of all fraternal parties and friendly countries to participate in China. Since it was a celebration, large-scale cultural and artistic activities were of course indispensable. At that time, the Ministry of Culture and the China Music Association were organizing a large-scale "Beijing Music Festival". Premier Zhou was very concerned about this, when he understood the situation of the festival in detail, after careful consideration, he thought that the conditions for organizing the festival were not mature enough, so it would be better to create a large-scale song and dance work that would express the history of the Party's struggle and show the development of Mao Zedong's ideology. The Central Propaganda Department and the Ministry of Culture carefully studied Premier Zhou's suggestion and considered it feasible, because before that, Shanghai had rehearsed a large-scale song and dance program during the "Shanghai Spring" Music Festival to glorify the Party and Chairman Mao's leadership of the Chinese people in the revolutionary struggle - "Under Mao Zedong's Flag". -Under Mao Zedong's Flag". The Air Force Civilian Troupe, the Central Song and Dance Troupe and other cultural groups have also performed "Revolutionary Historical Songs" and dances such as "March of the Sword" and "Flying over Luding Bridge". In addition, in the party's various revolutionary periods have produced a large number of revolutionary songs and new folk songs loved by the people, these programs and related historical data for selection and arrangement, can create a performance of the revolutionary history process, high-quality large-scale song and dance.