If you had to choose a song to represent China, which one would you choose?

Dongfanghong, the star of the sun, China has a Mao Zedong, which is people's favorite song. It was Chairman Mao who laid a happy land for the people, established a new China and lived a happy life. Everyone is equal. The country is rich and strong, and the society is stable.

The tune of "Dongfanghong" was originally a folk song "Riding a White Horse" in northern Shaanxi. /kloc-in the winter of 0/943, Li Youyuan, a farmer singer in Jiaxian County, Shaanxi Province, wrote a folk song "Song of Immigrants" with more than ten lyrics according to the tune of "Riding a White Horse".

Song of Immigrants has both narrative elements and lyrical elements, expressing the happy mood of poor farmers pursuing a happy life under the leadership of Chairman Mao and the Communist Party of China (CPC). After the song was compiled, Li Zengzheng, Li Youyuan's nephew and farmer singer, sang at folk and mass gatherings many times, which was very popular with people.

Subsequently, Yan 'an literary and art workers sorted out and edited the immigrant songs, wrote three lyrics, renamed them Dongfanghong, and published them in 1944 Liberation Daily. After liberation, in order to adapt to the performance of professional chorus, many composers adapted it into a chorus. The popular chorus "Dongfanghong" was composed by the famous composer Li Huanzhi.

《? Dongfanghong is an ode written by the people in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression to express their heartfelt thanks to President Mao Zedong and the Chinese Production Party. Over the years, with the liberation of China, the gradual prosperity of new China and the improvement of people's love for Chairman Mao and the * * * Production Party, this ode has become more and more popular.

1964, the opening song of the large-scale revolutionary music and dance epic "Dongfanghong" was publicized by Premier Zhou Enlai to celebrate the 15 anniversary of the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC). Today, Dongfanghong has become the most popular song in China for more than half a century. To some extent, "Dongfanghong" has become another name for the spirit of China.