On August 18, "Perseverance and Struggle: Xiao Youmei's Musical Life - "Xiangshan Cultural Series·Xiao Youmei's Critical Biography" New Book Sharing and Exchange Meeting" was held in Area B of the 2024 Zhongshan Book Fair event. Hu Bo, the author of the book, a doctor of history

Xiao Youmei (January 7, 1884 - December 31, 1940), a native of Zhongshan, Guangdong, was a modern Chinese composer, educator, and music theorist. He was China's first music doctor and one of the founders of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. He is known as "The father of modern Chinese music".

"A Critical Biography of Xiao Youmei" is an academic biography that comprehensively reviews the artistic life of the famous music educator Xiao Youmei. At the exchange meeting, Hu Bo combined historical stories to tell the unknown side of Xiao Youmei, and presented the character of Xiao Youmei three-dimensionally from three perspectives: "memory and forgetting, perseverance and resistance, past and present". "Why fight? Because there was too much helplessness in the era that Xiao Youmei lived in. It was an era of turbulent society, an era where heroes created the situation, and the situation created the heroes. In such an era, a person has no determination, or even It will be difficult to survive."

Hu Bo pointed out that Xiao Youmei’s life was especially a life of perseverance and struggle. He persisted in his love and pursuit of music and cultivated batch after batch of outstanding musical talents for China. At the same time, he also fought tenaciously against various difficulties and resistance, constantly promoting the development and progress of China's music industry.

Hu Bo introduced Xiao Youmei’s outstanding contributions in music creation, music education, music theory and other aspects. He said that Xiao Youmei has created a large number of excellent musical works, such as "Question", etc. These works have won the love and praise of the audience for their beautiful melodies, profound emotions and unique artistic style.

Guest guests Gao Zhi, consultant, former vice president and secretary-general of Zhongshan Musicians Association, former vice president of Zhongshan Amateur Art School, and Liang Wensheng, associate professor of Zhongshan College of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, postdoctoral fellow in law and director of Zhongshan Xiangshan Cultural Research Association, also conducted the speech Share and communicate.

Written by: Nandu reporter Liu Xianpei