Spring Story refers to the classic song "Spring Story" sung by Dong Wenhua. The song describes the story of Comrade Deng Xiaoping's southern tour, the chief architect of reform and opening up and modernization. It is now generally used as a metaphor for the good results achieved by reform and opening up.
The Spring Story is a classic song composed by Jiang Kairu and Ye Xuquan, composed by Wang Yougui, and sung by Dong Wenhua. The song describes the story of Comrade Deng Xiaoping's southern tour, the chief architect of reform, opening up and modernization.
Some of the lyrics of "Spring Story":
"In 1979, it was a spring day, when an old man drew a circle by the South China Sea, fabulously rising a city and miraculously gathering a mountain of gold.
In 1992, it was another spring, there is an old man in the South China Sea side of the poem, heaven and earth swings up rolling spring tide, the journey to raise the vast sail."
The "old man" refers to Comrade Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of reform, opening up and modernization. The song has become the musical repertoire of China's second generation of leaders.