The Song of Supporting the Army
It's New Year in the first month of the lunar calendar. I've caught up with the pigs and the sheep
Where are the pigs and the sheep going? Send them to the brave Eighth Route Army
Hi, Meicui flower, hi, Begonia flower? To our brave 8th Route Army
The world-famous Commander Zhu? The campaign for the production of the great
Hi, Meicui flower, hi, Begonia flower? We've launched a production campaign
Each and every one of our brothers from the Eight Roads is capable of defending our border region. They are defending the border area of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia. Which people don't appreciate it
Hey, Meicui flower, hey, Begonia flower? Which people don't appreciate it
If you do, then I do too. I'm going to catch up with the pigs and goats
They all love our Generalissimo Zhu? We all support the 8th Route Army
Hi, Meicui flower, hi, Begonia flower? All for the Army of the Eight Roads
Hi, Meicui flower, hi, Begonia flower?
Expanded Information:
"Embracing the Army Yangge", also known as "Embracing the Army Flower Drums" or "Embracing the Eighth Route Army", is a folk song from northern Shaanxi Province. The song expresses the support and love of the people of northern Shaanxi for the Eighth Route Army and Commander Zhu. It expresses praise for the Eighth Route Army and the Nanniwan and other mass production movements initiated by Commander-in-Chief Zhu De.
North Shaanxi folk songs are traditional folk songs of the north Shaanxi region, divided into three categories: labor trumpets, letter to the sky, and ditties. The labor songs include rammer song, ram-raping song, quarrying song, cow yelling song, and field playing song.
The albatross is divided into high and flat. These self-contained genre and each of the characteristics of the traditional folk songs, are from all aspects of social life, sung in northern Shaanxi people's bitterness and joy, love and hate, and when the social system is fundamentally changed, the content and form of folk songs also change. This change is reflected in the content of the performance of new social life and new characters, but also make a variety of genres have a new meaning.