Certain historical periods and major historical events are always associated with some songs. The Marseillaise was popular during the French Revolution, the Internationale was born in 1871 during the Paris Commune uprising, the Katyusha was sung everywhere during the Soviet Union's Patriotic War, and the National Revolutionary Song was sung during China's Northern Expeditionary War....... As the saying goes, the years are like a song, the times are like a song, and history is like a song.Historical songs of the 20th century have witnessed the Chinese people's journey from suffering to victory, and have been integrated into the history of the Chinese people. From suffering to victory, into the national emotions, national blood, it stirred the deep feelings of the people, inspired the fighting spirit of the nation. Today, we use music to review history, let history and songs intertwine in time and space, let us spread our wings and fly back to the past to touch the pulse of history. Before the lesson, the students have conducted a survey to interview the elders at home, learn to sing old songs, collect historical songs, fill in new lyrics and other activities, and now, each group will present the results of their research around the theme.
Group 1: The theme of our group is "Anti-Japanese Songs - The Horn of Salvation". The shocking "September 18th Incident" pushed the Chinese nation to the brink of extinction, and also changed the direction of modern music in China - anti-Japanese salvation became the theme of the times and the heartfelt cry of Chinese musicians: "Roar for the war of resistance, compose for the masses", in the soaring anti-Japanese salvation mass singing movement, thousands of musical works were produced, and a large number of talented and patriotic musicians, represented by Nie Er and Xian Xinghai, emerged. During the Anti-Japanese War, the Chinese land was filled with guns and smoke, and the majority of patriotic soldiers and civilians were actively involved in the war against Japan. Anti-Japanese songs also have a strong combat, listening to songs as if in the battlefield with the enemy, the generous and mournful, stirring and high-spirited songs, is the flow of the true feelings of the children of China. For example, "On the Songhua River" expresses the grief and indignation of the northeastern people and accuses the aggression of Japanese imperialism; "March of the Volunteer Army" expresses the indomitable fighting spirit of the Chinese people and the national spirit of the Chinese people who are not afraid of sacrifices to resist foreign invasion with a generous and mournful melody. These songs truly reflect the historical picture of the Anti-Japanese War. Please listen to the anti-Japanese songs. (The fourth scene of the large-scale music and dance epic "The East is Red", "The Beacon of Resistance to Japan", can be made into multimedia courseware by capturing the screen, and shown as the background)
The joint song repertoire can be selected from "On the Songhua River", "The March of the Volunteer Army", "Behind the Enemy's Border", "Song of the Partisan Army", "Nanniwan", "Defending the Yellow River", etc. The order can be in accordance with the different wars of the Anti-Japanese War, the Chinese people's spirit of resistance to the war. The order can be arranged according to the different stages of the Anti-Japanese War.
"Don't forget the past, the future will guide you", although the War of Resistance against Japan has just passed half a century, but there are still a very small number of right-wingers in Japan to this evil history of the invasion of China, to take the attitude of "disowning", and even openly denied the Nanjing Massacre. Worse still, they take the opportunity of revising textbooks to blatantly distort the truth of history. The repetition of an anti-war song permeated with the blood and tears of the Chinese people is not only a way of not forgetting the national shame and educating patriotism, but also a powerful retort to the very few right-wingers in Japan. History is not to be tampered with, nor can it be tampered with.
Panel 2: The theme of our group is "listening to the songs of the Cultural Revolution", although the "Cultural Revolution" has been over 20 years, but for a country, a nation, it can not be regarded as a long time. There are many elders around us who have personally experienced the "Cultural Revolution", and the songs of the Cultural Revolution are still fresh in their memory. Below, please listen to the songs of the Cultural Revolution that we have recorded during the survey interviews. (Sung by the interviewees, e.g. "Proletarian Cultural Revolution, hey, it's good! That's good! That's good! That's good! Revolutionary big-character posters, hey! The fire burns everywhere, the triumphant song rises to the sky." (etc. songs.) At the same time, show the group members' collection of old gum-wood records and old songbooks from the Cultural Revolution. After listening to these old songs, please talk about what you learned from the songs about the historical phenomenon of the Cultural Revolution?