The party's deep love stirs people's hearts and is sung to this day. But few people know that its lyrics come from "Lei Feng's Diary".
"In 1963, the song "Sing a Folk Song for the Party" was published in the "Shanghai Song" magazine, originally titled "Lei Feng's Song"." In the Lei Feng Memorial Hall in Fushun City, Liaoning Province, director of the Lei Feng Spiritual Research Association in Fushun City, Lei Feng Collection Collector Chu Shiqi took out a thin album, and "Lei Feng's Song" was published on the last page of the album, with the words "The words are taken from Lei Feng's diary, and they are a musical instrument."
In 1963, "Shanghai Song" magazine published this "Song of Lei Feng". Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Jiangmin
Stroking the yellowed last page, Chu Shiqi told the story of this song. In 1963, the media successively published Lei Feng's diary. For a time, the simple and touching words in the diary moved countless people. At that time, the composer Zhu Jian'er read this little poem in the newspaper and was deeply moved. He quickly composed a melodious melody for it and named it "Lei Feng's Song".
"In fact, many songs written for Lei Feng were published that year, but only this one was excerpted from "Lei Feng's Diary"." Chu Shiqi said that this richly layered and sincere work was sung by the Tibetan singer Tseden Dolma. It soon became popular all over the country. "Caidan Dolma was born into a poor serf family. Her personal experience adds deeper emotion and meaning to this song."
Tibetan singer Cedan Dolma sang "Sing a Folk Song for the Party." Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ning Fan (published on December 16, 1963)
So how did "Lei Feng's Song" change its name to "Sing a Folk Song for the Party"?
Liu Siwen, an interpreter at Lei Feng Memorial Hall in Fushun City, said that Lei Feng loved learning very much and copied a large number of articles and poems he read in his diary. Because he wrote them for himself, he often did not mark the source. It was later verified that this poem was not originally created by Lei Feng, but came from an author named "Jiao Ping". The work was first published in the magazine "Shaanxi Literature and Art".
In the autumn of 1963, Zhu Jianer finally learned through various searches that "Jiao Ping" was Yao Xiaozhou from the Jiaoping Coal Mine of Tongchuan Mining Bureau, Shaanxi Province. In 1958, Yao Xiaozhou, who retired from the army and worked in Jiaoping Coal Mine, felt the miners' simple feelings for the Party and wrote the poem "Sing a Folk Song for the Party." Subsequently, he posted it to "Shaanxi Literature and Art" under the pen name "Jiao Ping".
"Lei Feng, who was born as an orphan, had deep feelings for the party. When Lei Feng read Jiao Ping's poem, he must have resonated deeply in his heart, so he copied the poem neatly into his diary. " Chu Shiqi said.
Although it is an excerpt, Lei Feng also made modifications to the poem. In the original poem, "Mother only gave birth to my body" was changed to "Mother only gave birth to my body"; "The Party calls us to make a revolution" was changed to "The Communist Party calls me to make a revolution"; the last four lines of the poem were deleted. "This enhances the emotion of the whole poem and is more suitable for arranging and singing." Chu Shiqi said.
In an interview before his death, Yao Xiaozhou once said that when he wrote "Sing a Folk Song for the Party" under the kerosene lamp in his workroom, he never dreamed that this little poem would later spread all over the world and become a way for countless people to express their love for the Party. 's classic works.
"Without Lei Feng, my poem would be a piece of coal. Lei Feng is the miner who discovered this piece of black gold and let it see the sun again...let it emit light, generate light and heat, illuminate and warm people." Yao Xiaozhou once said.
Like destiny, the coal mine worker Yao Xiaozhou, the young composer Zhu Jian'er who returned to China after studying, and the Tibetan singer Cedan Dolma who escaped the fate of serfs all achieved success in their lives because of Lei Feng's heartfelt and affectionate excerpts. The highlight moment also created this classic that has been sung for more than half a century.
"Whether they were transcribed or created by Lei Feng himself, many sentences in "Lei Feng's Diary" are both simple and profound, and are closely integrated with the times and society at that time.Chu Shiqi introduced, in "Lei Feng's Diary", "If you are a drop of water, have you nourished an inch of land?" "This passage has also been composed into several versions of songs and is loved by people.
(Source: Xinhua News Agency)
