In what year was Dongfanghong created?

The melody of the song "Dongfanghong" was originally the folk song "Sesame Oil" in northwestern Shanxi: "Sesame oil, cabbage heart, I have to eat beans to get cramps, I want to die after not seeing you for three days, I cough, oops My third brother." At that time, there was an old actor in the Red Army Drama Club, Fang Xianzhang, who had performed and sang along both sides of the Yellow River. Later, in 1938, the famous Chinese musician An Bo and others filled in new words according to this minor tune. It's called "Riding a White Horse": "Riding a white horse, carrying a foreign gun, the third brother ate the food of the Eighth Route Army, and wanted to go home to see the girl. He was crying, and I couldn't care less about attacking Japan...". Later, this revolutionary folk song has been sung in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region.

In 1944, after the Yan'an Luyi Yangko Troupe performed in Suide District, they planned to write a large-scale Yangko opera "Xianan Road" that reflected the theme of immigration. At this time, Liu Chi's entire staff, including Wang Dahua, Zhang Ping, He Jingzhi, Wang Gang and others, went to Jiaxian and Wubao areas in Yulin, Shaanxi to express their condolences to the soldiers of the First Independent Brigade. Passing by Wulongpu (today's Wuzhen, Jiaxian County), he stayed in a mule-horse shop. He learned that two immigrant models, Li Youyuan and Li Zengzheng's uncle and nephew, also lived here, so he invited them over. While sitting on the big bed chatting, Li Youyuan suddenly said: "We made up a song to promote immigration." As soon as he heard the new lyrics, Liu Chi quickly took out a pen and paper and prepared to write down songs and musical notation. The uncles and nephews of the Li family sang at the top of their lungs: "The east is red, the sun is rising, China has Mao Zedong, he seeks survival for the people, huh, he is the great savior of the people..." When Liu Chi heard this, he realized that this was not the case. The tune of "Sesame Oil"? "The mountains and rivers are beautiful, the sky and the earth are flat. Chairman Mao led Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia and welcomed immigrants to open up the mountains and forests. Our border areas are full of red; the three mountains are low and the five mountains are high. Chairman Mao has made great contributions in governing the country. The border areas are run well and the people praise Tang Yao; the border areas are red and red. The border areas are popular. There are no poor people in the border areas. If there are poor people, they immigrate, dig out the roots of poverty and turn over..."

Once, Liu Chi went to Jia County (today's Jia County) middle school to give a chorus to the students When they were tutored and sang "The East is Red, the Sun Rises...", their music teacher said that they had sung this song a long time ago, with only four verses. The county party committee propaganda director felt it was a repetition, so he removed one verse and made it three. part.

In 1945, Yan'an organized the "Advancing Northeast Cadres Group", and Lu Yi organized a literary and artistic cadre group as the Eighth Squadron. Liu Chi and Gong Mu (the author of the "March of the Chinese People's Liberation Army") set out from Yan'an together and walked across five provinces. During the march, they sang "Immigration Song" repeatedly and sang along with it, all the way to the northeast. In November of the same year, Liu Chi went to Shenyang to organize a performance and asked Gong Mu to write the poem. Liu Chi, Gong Mu, Wang Dahua, Gao Yang, Tian Fang, Yan Wenjing and others added three new verses for you and me. In the first paragraph, change "to survive" to "to seek happiness." During the march in September 1945, Gongmu wrote a short poem "Departure" with 37 lines. The first two sentences are "The Communist Party, like the sun, shines wherever it shines", and the last two sentences are "Wherever there is a Communist Party, the people will be liberated." I didn't realize at the time that it could become a part of "The East Is Red". Finally, everyone added a new line and wrote, "Chairman Mao loves the people. He is our leader and leads us forward in order to build a new China." In order to reflect the characteristics of local folk songs in northern Shaanxi and their earthy flavor, the third paragraph is written as: "The Communist Party is like the sun. It shines brightly wherever it shines. Wherever there is a Communist Party, The people of Nadal will be liberated." After the rewrite, the first performance was in Shenyang. Liu Chi conducted the chorus, which won warm applause from the audience. When the large-scale dance epic "The East is Red" was filmed in October 1965, this folk song was put on the stage and became the opening song. The scene was grand and majestic, and it became an ode to a generation of great men.