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It has countless backgrounds, as well as Countless inheritors, it has become a popular song, and even an epic work engraved on Loess Plateau with a sickle.
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And the reason why it is so famous is because sings praises to our beloved Chairman Mao.
peasants turned into singers
In the northeastern part of Shaanxi Province, there is a place called Jia County , where the entire county town is built on a towering stone mountain, like a fairy village living in seclusion in the clouds, and like being split out by an axe of natural faults. In
, there are shepherds who sing folk songs, there are laborers who hum minor , there are aunts who sing yangko in , and there are girls who sing love songs. They are all masters of this land, the land fills the stomachs of the people, and the folk songs give them hope for life.
At this time, there was a person named Li Youyuan . He enjoyed the dust and sand flying above the loess. His singing flapped the wings of his imagination, and every line of beautiful melodies flew freely from his heart and throat.
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Li Youyuan grew up in this vast expanse of land. His family was poor and he was a tenant farmer of three generations. He started tending sheep for the landlord at the age of 13, and it seemed that he could never see the edge of the future.
In a cold winter, Li Youyuan touched a copy of "Hundred Family Surnames". He looked at the strangely shaped text on it, and his heart burst out with a desire to study.
Li Youyuan relied on working for the school and asked the teacher every day: "Teacher, I want to ask, what is this word?" The teacher smiled and told him: "This is the country." After
, Li Youyuan fell in love with reading more and more . That winter, the children were on winter vacation, but Li Youyuan was still at the school. He cleaned the schoolyard and weeded the weeds; boiled water and brought tea to the teachers. When the school started, Li Youyuan could not only read "Hundred Family Surnames", but also read "Three Character Classic" and " Thousand Character Text ".
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But Li Youyuan's family is really poor and can't afford the tuition, but his eagerness to learn moved the school, and the school allowed him to audit every day. It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, Li Youyuan had to leave the campus after hurriedly consuming what he had learned.
Li Youyuan began to continue farming at home, and he gradually grew up. Soon, the war baptized his homeland, the Japanese invaders robbed his family of food, and the national army confiscated the only silver dollar in his family. He used to not understand the meaning of "country", but at this time he didn't know where "country" was. where.
Poor people like him can only be slaughtered by others in the face of war. When the Red Army arrived, Li Youyuan became vigilant again. What is the
team trying to grab? What will they do to us?
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In Li Youyuan's concern, the Red Army brought peace to Jiaxian County, not only did not rob the masses of needles and stitches, but even did farm work and delivered food for the masses.
At this time, Li Youyuan knew that this team was really different, they were the people's army that really turned the people around. After
, Chairman Mao and several Yan'an literary and art workers delivered speeches here, bringing the Yangko culture to northern Shaanxi. The natural enthusiasm of the people of northern Shaanxi was instantly attracted to Yangko, which quickly became popular. At that time, almost one in every 12 people could twist Yangko.
Li Youyuan also quickly became the leader of Yangko with his natural talent. Later, he also learned to play sanxian and compose lyrics . When the Chinese New Year came, Li Youyuan celebrated with the Yangko team with great enthusiasm. During the time when
was in the Red Army, Li Youyuan was always very happy, and a few lyrics praised the army from time to time.But when it came time to sing praises to Chairman Mao, he always felt that no words could describe the greatness of Chairman Mao.
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One night, another friend of Li Youyuan, Qu Shicai, came to his house. This person is also a local yangko actor. Both of them are very keen on yangko and arranging. Seeing Qu Shicai's arrival, Li Youyuan jumped off the kang happily: "Why didn't I think of you!"
It turned out that Li Youyuan was still thinking about how to write a song that fit Chairman Mao, and Qu Shicai's Arrival, just to contribute to him.
When Qu Shicai heard it, he looked at the candle on Li Youyuan's table again, and he said excitedly, "How about compare Chairman Mao to this candle?" It is he who illuminates thousands of households.
Li Youyuan doesn't think so. Although the candle is bright but weak, it is not enough to describe Chairman Mao's majesty. So, the two spent the night in hard thoughts, but inspiration came the next day. One morning in 1942, Li Youyuan stayed up all night. After sending Qu Shicai away, he got up to work.
He picked up the dung bucket and walked out the door, walking through the mist-shrouded valley, but suddenly saw a bright red sun. It slowly rose from the horizon, exuding golden light all over his body, Li Youyuan was stunned, he stopped to bathe in the sun, and fully felt the warmth brought by the red sun to him.
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Such light is enough to describe the greatness of Chairman Mao, and such warmth is the blessing that Chairman Mao brings to us! As soon as
was inspired, Li Youyuan felt full of energy, and rushed home with a burden. On the way, Li Youyuan saw the slogan posted in the city again, which said " Chairman Mao is the savior of the Chinese people ", Li Youyuan also felt that the word "savior" was written really well! So, the word was also incorporated into the song.
Li Youyuan lives in an ordinary farmyard. The courtyard consists of three-hole caves dug out on the slope. The largest cave in the east is Li Youyuan's bedroom.
Li Youyuan returned home happily, pushed open the dilapidated wooden door, and immediately got on the kang. There was a small wooden table on the kang, a sesame oil lamp on the table, and a worn-out sanxian beside it. On the day of
, Li Youyuan just sat at the small wooden table on the kang, and completed the famous " Dongfanghong ". The tune of this song is taken from a song called "Riding a White Horse", and with the lyrics filled in by Li Youyuan, the later "The East is Red".
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After composing this song, Li Youyuan excitedly sang in and out of the small courtyard. Li Youyuan's nephew Li Zengzheng heard the sound and asked curiously, "Uncle, is this song sung by Chairman Mao?" Li Youyuan replied proudly to Li Zengzheng , and then taught Li Zengzheng to learn to sing this song.
Time came to 1944. In the spring of that year, Jiaxian organized more than 70 people to immigrate to Yan'an, including Li Zengzheng. The task of the masses is to go to Yan'an to open up wasteland and cultivate land. Li Zengzheng, as the deputy captain, led the people to sing all the way from his hometown to Yan'an.
Later, after this song was integrated by Yan'an's literary and art troupe, "The East is Red" we see today. After rewriting by , this song was performed by the Yan'an Art Troupe, and the chorus was held for the first time in Shenyang.
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On October 1, 1949, Chairman Mao stood on the Tiananmen Gate and excitedly announced to the world the fact that New China was officially established today, and at this sacred and solemn moment, "The East is Red" also served as a Background music appeared at the opening ceremony.
Li Youyuan heard the song he wrote and witnessed such a great moment, he shed tears of excitement at home. Originally, Li Youyuan would witness "The East is Red" to a bigger stage, but he died of illness in 1955.
entered the 1960s, the song "The East is Red" not only did not become outdated with time, but became a classic because of precipitation.
to celebrate the upcomingOn October 2, 1964, on the 15th anniversary of the founding of New China, the large-scale music and dance epic "The East is Red", which was planned and directed by Premier Zhou, gave a magnificent performance in the Great Hall of the People. Beijing city .
In 1970, "Dongfanghong" added another reputation. After my country's first artificial satellite was developed, was not only named after "Dongfanghong", but even rushed out of the earth with this song and flew into space.
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At that time, when the sentence "The East is red, the sun is rising, there is a Mao Zedong in China/He seeks happiness for the people, hey hey, he is the great savior of the people" came to China from radio broadcast Every corner of the country was moved to tears, and that great moment has become a permanent memory for many older generations.
Looking for the footprints of Dongfanghong, recalling the past history
In 2011, a reporter found Li Youyuan's hometown and wanted to follow the footprints of "Dongfanghong".
was here, they met Li Jinpeng, Li Youyuan's grandson. When the reporter called Li Jinpeng's mobile phone, the ringtone that rang on the phone was still the familiar song "The East is Red".
Li Jinpeng took reporters to the cave where Li Youyuan once lived, and pushed open the dilapidated wooden door. Inside was a color portrait of Chairman Mao hanging in the center. Below the portrait of Chairman Mao, there was a black and white head portrait of Li Youyuan.
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From the black and white head portrait, the reporter finally "know" this simple farmer. He has a beard and wears a coat, his face is the experience of the years, and the corners of his eyes are the folds of deep memories.
Li Jinpeng recalled that his grandfather was a simple farmer. After he felt the difference of the Communist Party, he gradually regarded himself as a member in his heart.
In 1947, Hu Zongnan 's troops broke the tranquility of Jiaxian County. Mr. Peng led the Northwest Field Army to the front line in northern Shaanxi quickly. As an ordinary farmer, Li Youyuan's patriotism was also ignited at this moment.
He sent his eldest son Li Zengtang into the army. He told the chiefs that although his son had not fought, but he had the strength, it would be good to carry a stretcher for the army;
He recommended his daughter-in-law to the army and told the chiefs , If there are clothes and shoes with holes in the soldiers, even if they send them, the daughter-in-law will make them up for everyone;
As for his youngest son, he has also done what he can.
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Li Youyuan almost poured out his money. He finally grew up from a boy who didn't know the "country" to a patriotic man.
From Li Jinpeng's mouth, the reporter learned the most real Li Youyuan, he no longer seems to wonder why this poor soil can create such majestic songs, Because the people born in this land are all full of sincere emotions.
In 2011, Jiaxian had not been able to get rid of poverty and become rich, but Li Jinpeng said that it was precisely because of the song "The East is Red" that Jiaxian also received an "unexpected joy".
In 1993, a young man in Jiaxian launched an initiative across the country. He hoped that the young pioneers across the country could see the children in the hometown of "Dongfanghong". Children here cannot afford popsicles, watch movies, and even read books are a luxury. He called on everyone to help Jiaxian County, rebuild a Hope Primary School for them, and make the "Dongfang Red" red throughout China. Just like this,
started a massive fund-raising campaign. Young Pioneers from all over the country donated one after another. In the end, more than 200,000 yuan was raised. Dongfanghong Primary School was also built not far from Li Youyuan's former residence.
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And the song "The East is Red" sung by 10,000 people, that song written by Li Youyuan for Chairman Mao, was finally sung again in the hometown of Chairman Mao in Shaoshan, Hunan on the occasion of Chairman Mao's 117th birthday. !
On the day of Shaoshan , in silver clothes, in addition to tourists, villagers and state cadres who came to remember Chairman Mao, a group of young pioneers also came.
They lined up, wearing bright red scarves and holding flowers in front of the bronze statue of Chairman Mao. They saluted the bronze statue,Watching the red flag rising slowly, they showed off their loud singing voices.
They sang "The East is red, the sun is rising, and Mao Zedong is born in China" slowly and gradually. Tens of thousands of people at the scene also joined the chorus along with the singing. The more he sang, the louder it became, so loud that it rang through the entire bronze statue square.
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The people remembered Chairman Mao in such a special way, and Li Youyuan also participated in this chorus in his own special way.
Today, "Dongfanghong" is a fine song that has been carefully polished, but its introduction is still: Li Youyuan wrote the lyrics, Li Huanzhi arranged the music. Therefore, some people will also ask: "Why did a peasant create "The East is Red"?"
That is because, in China at that time, only poor people who had experienced war could truly sing such a song. Every word in the song is full of respect and love for Chairman Mao, and every sentence contains respect and trust for the Communist Party. So why not write it by farmers?
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Today, although "Dongfanghong" is no longer the hot song of the new generation of young people, it has the same weight as the national anthem. Whenever people sing this song, they can always imagine that morning when the sun rises, Chairman Mao led the Communist Party and commanded them to fight a great victory, and from then on people turned over to become masters.
Therefore, old man Li Youyuan's achievements are immeasurable. It is he who wrote a song that has been passed down through the ages, so that future generations can remember the great people's efforts; it is he who wrote down the most authentic appearance of the Communist Party team, so that they can be in the most authentic way. The image is in the hearts of the world.
