Huang Zhun, who passed away today, was the first female composer to create film music in New China. She composed well-known music for films such as "Red Detachment of Women", "Women's Basketball No. 5" and "Wrangler".
In 2021, a reporter from Liberation Daily interviewed Huang Zhun exclusively at East China Hospital. Looking back on her creative career, she said: " You can't write good works if you are locked in a room. You must go deep into life, experience life, and understand the times."
Director Xie Jin once "criticized" Huang Zhun: " You are too simple!" Huang Zhun said, his mind was only filled with musical notes. Those notes do not come out of thin air, they come from all over the world and the mixed flavors of life.
Her own life, isn’t it just a song or a movie??
A "postal parcel" sent to Yan'an
In the early autumn of 1938, a dilapidated charcoal-burning long-distance bus was about to set off from Guiyang. 12-year-old Huang Zhun stepped onto the car carrying a small rattan box. Through the car window, she saw her sister waving to her.
At that moment, she felt like a postal parcel. The unknown eldest brother will send her to the receiving place where she thinks about day and night - Yan'an.
The long-distance bus was bumpy on the mountain road. Just like the last time he took the long-distance bus, Huang Zhun vomited violently. But this time, she no longer has her mother's care by her side. She said to herself, I have been in the Kuomintang's prison, and this little pain is nothing.
Not long ago, on August 13, Huang Zhun took to the streets to demonstrate with members of the "Democracy First" members. Minxian, the "Vanguard of Chinese National Liberation", is an anti-Japanese and national salvation organization under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. The 12-year-old Huang Zhun was far from the age to join this group, but she insisted on participating in that day's parade as she often participated in activities with the members of the "Democracy First".
Along the way, they sang anti-Japanese and national salvation songs and marched forward with slogans. In the chaos, Huang Zhun and his team members were escorted to prison by heavily armed military police. In the interrogation room, a Kuomintang police officer shouted to her: "You are so young, why do you follow the adults in demonstrations? You will be beheaded if you do this!" "You are the one who should be beheaded if you don't let us resist Japan!" Huang I definitely feel that I am a warrior at this time.
Under the active rescue efforts of the underground party of the Chinese Communist Party and the influence of Zou Taofen's "August 13 Guiyang Youth's Misfortune", Huang Zhun and others were finally released.
Huang Zhun’s original name is Huang Yuxiang. As the second girl in the family, she has been looked down upon by her grandmother since she was a child, but her parents regard her as a treasure. Huang Zhun's father was a Kuomintang officer. In 1937, Huang Zhun's sister was preparing to join her husband, Shao Gongwen, in anti-Japanese and national salvation work. Before leaving, her father asked her mother to take Huang Zhun and her sister with her. "At that time, we did not know that my brother-in-law had joined the Communist Party of China. My father's decision was tantamount to entrusting us to the Communist Party of China."
After being released from the Kuomintang prison, her brother-in-law Shao Gongwen told Huang Zhun that there were two things in front of her Road: One way is to stay in Guiyang to study, the other way is to go to Yan'an. "I want to go to Yan'an!" Huang Zhun heard his sister and brother-in-law talk about Yan'an very early on. There is a school there where you can learn singing and acting called Lu Xun Academy of Arts.
" The word "Yan'an" is like a spark of fire. I was so happy that I almost flew up. " Recalling the scene of that year, 95-year-old Huang Zhun's eyes sparkled. She told reporters: "At that time, Yan'an was freedom, patriotism and hope in my heart."
Before going to Yan'an, Huang Zhun decided to change her name. My sister brought a dictionary, Huang Zhun closed his eyes and flipped through a few pages. When I opened my eyes, I saw my finger falling on the word "quasi", and that was it.
"Packet" Huang Zhun set off from Guiyang, passed through Chongqing and Wuhan, and finally arrived at the Xi'an Eighth Route Army Office. Along the way, four elder brothers escorted her, one of whom was injured. " We have never met again. I don't even know their names, but I am grateful to them all my life. "
From Xi'an to Yan'an, there is still 800 miles to go.The comrades in the office saw that Huang Zhun was young and asked her to wait for the car to arrive before taking the car away. But Huang Zhun decided to walk to Yan'an with a group of young people. After walking for less than two days, there were many blood blisters under her feet. She gritted her teeth and followed the team limping forward. Several times, she fainted from hunger on the road.
Finally, the towering pagoda appeared in front of them. A group of young people came towards us with neat steps. They sang: "Ah, Yan'an, your solemn and majestic city wall has formed a solid anti-Japanese front. Your name will be remembered forever..."
Finally, the towering pagoda appeared in front of them. A group of young people came towards us with neat steps. They sang: "Ah, Yan'an, your solemn and majestic city wall has formed a solid anti-Japanese front. Your name will be remembered forever..."