In 1982, lyricist Liang Shangquan was invited by his comrades to experience life in the Xinjiang Military Region. When he saw the green poplars along the highway, he was reminded of the warriors.
Later, Liang Shangquan went to the Hulunbeier Prairie in Inner Mongolia and the Daxing'anling forest area to experience life. On the Sino-Soviet borderline, the outposts stood tall, and the soldiers stood on guard like poplars on the borderline. He was thus inspired to write lyrics, and wrote the lyrics to "Little Poplar" on July 16, 1983, in Hulunbeier.
Sheng Mao, a composer who traveled with Liang, saw the lyrics and composed a song for it, but it failed to be sung. Soon after, Liang Shangquan published the lyrics in "Songs of the People's Liberation Army", and the composer Shengxin was y moved by them and composed the music for them, forming the final version of the song "Little Poplar".
Song Appreciation:The lyrics of Small Poplar are simple and the tune is not complicated, but every sentence is realistic and full of deep feelings, celebrating people with the spirit of the poplar, the People's Liberation Army soldiers who dedicate their youth to the motherland, and the kind of spirit and will to write the history of new China with blood on the soil of the motherland, expressing the fiery sentiments of border guards to the motherland's borders, and telling the people's praise for the border soldiers from their heart. The song is a tribute to the people's passion for the border guards and the people's praise for the border guards.
The composer's heartfelt tune is full of the masculinity of the hot-blooded soldiers, but also speaks of the feelings of longing for their hometowns and loved ones, and is strong and soft, with lively rhythms. The melodious melody allows the listener to experience the vibrant, bitter for the joy of military life.