Entering a New Era is a red song. The whole song is full of patriotism, the melody is full of righteousness, and the lyrics are healthy and uplifting. This song praises our great party and people in the form of lead singer and chorus. It has the characteristics of lyric songs, and its kindness and affection reflect the love for the motherland, the people and all the beautiful things! After entering the reform and opening up, a song "Entering a New Era" shows us the determination and belief of the party and the four generations of leading collective of the country to build a socialist modern power.
Dongfanghong is an ode created by people during their stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression to express their heartfelt gratitude to the leader, Chairman Mao Zedong, and the China * * * Production Party. Over the years, this ode has become more and more popular with the liberation of China, the gradual prosperity and prosperity of new China, and the improvement of people's love for Chairman Mao and the * * * production party. During the Cultural Revolution, almost everyone could sing Dongfanghong, which became "the solemn ode of the great leader Chairman Mao" and actually became the national anthem. The national anthem was only used when welcoming foreign guests. At major conferences and gatherings, the East is Red is played.
The Story of Spring
In the spring of p>1992, a powerful message of "The Oriental Wind is Full of Spring" in the south flew all over the country like wings. In Mulin County, Heilongjiang Province, the northernmost part of China, Jiang Kairu, vice chairman of the CPPCC County, who just retired to the second line, took a newspaper and was shocked by the passionate narrative above. Shenzhen, a small border town that he passed when he visited relatives in Hong Kong in 1979, really became a modern new city in a blink of an eye? I can't get rid of an idea-if you want to see it, you must see if it is true. He really carried the only 2 yuan in his family to the south. Dong Wenhua, the singer of "The Story of Spring", walked out of Shenzhen Railway Station and Jiang Kairu suddenly became confused. Isn't this Hong Kong? Looking back, the train station building clearly reads "Shenzhen" in two big characters, or Xiaoping's inscription. Oh, really Shenzhen! Compared with Shenzhen, where he passed by 13 years ago, it's like a lifetime ago. If you have never seen everything wither in the severe winter, how can you be surprised to see the spring buds bloom? Jiang Kairu followed the footsteps of great men on the Shenzhen street just passed by Comrade Xiaoping, and really felt the sound of spring. There was a scene in his mind-just in 1979, when he went to Hong Kong to visit relatives, Comrade Xiaoping was also in Guangdong. After listening to the report of a leading comrade of the provincial party Committee, he said: First, find a place in Guangdong, set up a special economic zone, and fight our way out ... Jiang Kairu's heart was constantly hit by the words "fight our way out". As a former soldier, he knows what it means to fight our way out. Xiaoping commanded an army of over one million people, and he would never say this sentence easily. If he did, it would mean last stand, bloodshed and success. At the same time, a picture appeared in Jiang Kairu's mind: Comrade Xiaoping stood in front of the big map of China, pointing out the mountains and rivers, looking for the breakthrough point of China's economic take-off, and looking for the ideal place to set up a special economic zone. He found Shenzhen on the south coast of China, and drew a circle here ... As soon as this feeling came out, a song was mixed with the fragrance of spring. The lyrics, which awakened the passionate singing and longing in the deep heart, flowed out like a clear spring: "The story of spring ……" In March 1994, it was another spring, and the Guangdong Youth Song Creation Competition sponsored by the Communist Youth League Committee, the Provincial Youth Federation and the Provincial Music Association set off an upsurge, with hundreds of entries pouring into the sub-divisions in various cities. In Shenzhen Division, The Story of Spring, written by Jiang Kairu and composed by Wang Yougui, was unsuccessful. Dong Wenhua sang "The Story of Spring", and Jiang Kairu and Wang Yougui were a little depressed, but they were unwilling to let the song die, thinking about it, hoping to find a master to "come back to life". Wang Yougui, the composer of the song, thought of Ye Xuquan, then deputy director of Dongshen Water Supply Bureau and member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Youth Federation. He graduated from the Chinese Department of South China Normal University and was already an amateur writer active in Shenzhen ci circles. On an ordinary day, Ye Xuquan warmly received two songwriters who rushed to your door. In Room 42 of the Reservoir Hotel, Jiang Kairu and Wang Yougui handed the unsuccessful songs to Ye Xuquan, hoping that he could revise them and recommend them. Ye Xuquan looked at the lyrics carefully, and his heart was at a bottom. He said, "It's really a good embryo. It may be promising to be selected after trimming. Let me try it. "At that time, Ye Xuquan had worked in Shenzhen for 14 years, which can be said to be a generation that grew up with the SAR. The farmer's son, who grew up drinking Dongjiang water, personally experienced and witnessed the earth-shaking changes brought by reform and opening up to the SAR, especially the ever-changing face of Shenzhen after Xiaoping's southern tour in 1992. He felt that it was really unique to use spring as a metaphor for such an important political and historical event. It's just that the original is a bit lengthy, and the intention is only to focus on Shenzhen, and some words are not accurate enough to cause ambiguity. In order to save this song with a new idea and a good theme, Ye Xuquan immediately set out to make a bold second creation in terms of structure, conception and wording. His principles are: simplifying the structure, upgrading the realm, eliminating the weeds and preserving the truth. Simplify the structure: change the three paragraphs of the original lyrics into two paragraphs, and shorten the original song that is more than 7 minutes long to about 4 and a half minutes, which eliminates the procrastination of the lyrics, is conducive to singing, and highlights two historic moments. Enhance the realm: In view of the disadvantage that the original lyrics only talk about Shenzhen and write about Shenzhen, the song should be modified in the background and excellent situation of national reform and opening up, so that the song can be sung nationwide instead of Shenzhen. For example, the first paragraph of the original lyrics "In 198, it was a spring, and a great man drew a special zone on the seashore of South China" was changed to "In 1979, it was a spring, and an old man drew a circle on the South Sea of China", which pushed the time forward by one year and set the background after the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee held in December 1978, closely following the historical turning point of reform and opening up; Change the original lyrics "Ah, Shenzhen, Shenzhen, you are the experimental field of reform and opening up" to "Ah, China, China, you have taken a new step and entered the spring of Vientiane renewal"; Change the original lyrics from "a mythical city rises" to "a mythical city rises" ... The conception of the whole song has been raised from Shenzhen to the height of China, from the event of the Special Economic Zone to the great cause of reform and opening up, with deepening connotation and sublimation. Eliminate the weeds and preserve the truth: make major changes to some politically inaccurate or ambiguous words in the original lyrics, and make them more appropriate and profound by personification and metaphor. For example, the original lyrics "A great man wrote a declaration on the seashore of South China" were changed to "An old man wrote a poem on the south coast of China". Because it is not accurate to use "South China" to mark "South", and it is even more inappropriate to use "Declaration" to express the remarks of an old leader who has been handed over, and it is more appropriate to change it to "South Sea of China" and "Poetry". In the original lyrics, "You broke away from the iron chain of poverty and entered the spring when it was warm and cold" to describe the environment of socialism and reform and opening up. The words "iron chain" and "it was warm and cold at first" are easy to cause ambiguity and lead to wrong associations. After being changed to "You have opened a new picture for a hundred years and held a colorful spring", the orientation is correct, magnificent and beautiful. After repeated deliberation, Ye Xuquan finally finished polishing The Story of Spring. The lyrics after the second creation are perfect in structure, clear in conception, precise in wording and magnificent, and endowed with new connotations. With the new lyrics, composer Wang Yougui made great efforts again. This word is a bit funny in some people's eyes. For example, "It was a spring in 1979, and an old man drew a circle on the South China Sea in China ..." A sentence of 17 words is like a vernacular. But Wang Yougui was not shaken by these statements. He tried his best to appreciate the lyrics, feeling that it was a good portrait and made a very important political theme live and popular. In the composer's mind, 17 words are a paragraph, not a sentence, and it will be difficult to write as a phrase. Wang Yougui reads the lyrics of "The Story of Spring" repeatedly every day, and when he reads it, his feeling comes out. He found a pitch suitable for ordinary people's peace of mind-it is not singing, it is speaking, peaceful, cordial and touching. This is the musical theme of the narrative in The Story of Spring. Wang Yougui used music to turn irregular words into complete passages, and enhanced his peaceful, simple, cordial and touching style on the basis of colloquialism. When composing music, it also combines the beauty of the south with the roughness of the north, erasing the musical style of the south or the north alone. This seems to be nothing, but it is nothing and often everything. Although it is only a song, it has an epic momentum; It tells about big themes and big people, and at the same time, it is as real and delicate as common people's daily words, which makes people feel like spring breeze and feel more cordial. In the song, a picture scroll of reform and opening up slowly unfolds, and an epoch-making event and great man reappear in front of us ... After several tempering, the brand-new Story of Spring is reborn. Ye Xuquan directly handed over the songs after the second creation to the jury of the Guangdong Youth Song Creation Competition. At this time, there are two completely different opinions among the judges. Most judges think that this is a political song, which sings about reform and opening up and is a national leader. It is not serious enough to write it with popular sentences such as "Draw a circle" and "An old man". However, the other two judges insisted that the popular songs need this kind of popular writing style full of life breath and fresh and appropriate metaphors full of affection. This song writes the people's support for reform and opening up and reverence for Comrade Xiaoping, which is the real voice of the people. The Story of Spring once again stands at the fork of fate. The two judges argued that this masterpiece was once again out of danger. Under their persistence and persuasion, other judges also changed their views. Finally, this song took the lead in the "94 Youth Song Creation Competition" in Guangdong, and was awarded the gold medal, which made it famous at one fell swoop. The Story of Spring ushered in a new world with a bright future. Ye Xuquan is confident that this song belongs to the times, and it is a song that combines politics and lyric perfectly, so it should be popular all over the country. So he thought of shooting the song into --MTV, a music TV that just landed in China. However, at that time, he, Jiang Kairu and Wang Yougui were not rich, and shooting a music TV film cost more than 1, yuan! Ye Xuquan and Wang Yougui, a songwriter, figured that if they had no money, they would have to raise it themselves. Anyway, they should sing the story of spring! So, Ye Xuquan returned to his hometown of Dongguan and asked several middle school students to raise money. One of them, surnamed Lei, said excitedly after listening to this song: "Without Deng Xiaoping, there would be no reform and opening up, and I could not have the opportunity to change from a mechanic to a boss with tens of millions of net worth!" Immediately decided to take out 1 thousand yuan to support Ye Xuquan. Several other students were also infected, and they gave generously and quickly raised 16 thousand yuan. Then, the song was passed on to Meng Xin of CCTV, Zhang Guoli, who is good at photographing, and Dong Wenhua, a famous singer all over the country, which touched these passionate artists. They all flew from Beijing to Shenzhen at their own expense, and Zhang Chunsheng, now deputy secretary of the Guangdong Communist Youth League Committee, also arrived. Everyone unanimously expressed their willingness to shoot this music TV film. The planning, creativity, script and copywriting of the shooting were carried out in Jinhu Hotel, Dongguan. Meng Xin, the general planner, planned until 3 am every night for three consecutive days, and the work phone in Beijing was also chased for three days. Zhang Guoli, who just finished "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo", volunteered to be the general director of this film, and personally participated in the discussion and copy production of the sub-shots; Singer Dong Wenhua pondered and practiced this song day and night until his voice was uncomfortable; Zhang Chunsheng took the lights and props together; Ye Xuquan and Wang Yougui are responsible for buying mineral water, lunch boxes and wires, and are willing to be handyman. In October, 1994, this MTV film, which was created and planned by Meng Xin, directed and filmed by Zhang Guoli, and sung by Dong Wenhua, became an instant hit on CCTV. In December, it won the gold medal in the second MTV Competition of CCTV. At that time, "The Story of Spring" was sung all over the country and became popular in China. Later, this song was selected into the large-scale documentary Deng Xiaoping, and won the "Five One Project Award" in Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China in 1995, the "Golden Bell Award" as the highest music award in China in 1996, and the music award in Guangdong Lu Xun Literature and Art Award, and became the "golden song" with the most national awards. As Dong Wenhua sang in the song, "There is a rolling spring tide between heaven and earth, and vast sails are raised on the journey." This song has spread all over the world where there are Chinese people, and it has become a song that truly represents the voice of China people and records the style of an era. The names of Jiang Kairu, Ye Xuquan and Wang Yougui have therefore entered the history of China music.