The Historical Background of China Revolution Reflected in Dongfanghong

There is a saying that the tune of "Dongfanghong" comes from the folk song "You don't trust your sister" which was born and raised in northern Shaanxi. The lyrics are: "There is a cloud floating in the blue sky, windy and rainy, and thunder bursts. Third brother is going out of town today, so call your sister hey, you don't trust her. " During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the people of northern Shaanxi rose up to participate in the anti-Japanese national salvation movement at the time of national peril, and adapted this song into an anti-Japanese song: "Riding a white horse and carrying a foreign gun, the third brother ate the grain of the Eighth Route Army, but he wanted to go home to see the girl, but he had no time to resist Japan", which is what people often say.

Another view is that the original song is not a folk song in northern Shaanxi, but a folk song in northwestern Shanxi, called sesame oil. The original words are: "sesame oil cabbage heart, eating beans cramps." I haven't seen anyone who wants to die for three days. Hum, cough, oh, my third brother is a typical love song minor. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, this northwest Shanxi folk song was first rewritten by An Bo and others, and evolved into a folk song "Riding a White Horse" reflecting the anti-Japanese content: "Riding a white horse and carrying foreign guns, the third brother ate the grain of the Eighth Route Army and wanted to go home to see the girl, but he couldn't beat Japan when it was dark." Subsequently, a primary school Chinese teacher, Li Mianqi, wrote another lyric and changed it to "Song of Immigrants", which was sung by immigrant model Li Youyuan. Li Youyuan is an important singer of this song.

1942, there was a severe drought in jiaxian county, northern Shaanxi province, and the government organized more than 70 poor peasants to emigrate to the south to develop barren hills. Ceng Li is the vice captain, and some immigrants on the road are homesick. Li Zengzheng, who is usually good at yangko, said: "If we are proud of the spring breeze on the road, everyone will not want to go home. Chairman Mao leads the poor to turn over, so let's make up a song "Chairman Mao leads the poor to turn over" (that is, "Immigration Song") to sing. "

1943 In the winter, Li Youyuan (1903- 1955) wrote a folk song "Song of Immigrants" with more than ten lyrics according to the tune of the original folk song "Riding a White Horse" in northern Shaanxi.

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.

1944, Chen Bailin, then a reporter of Liberation Daily, published all nine lyrics of this song and the score of Riding a White Horse and Hanging Foreign Guns (namely "White Horse Tune") in Liberation Daily on March 1 1 that year, and later included in Gongmu (signature Zhang) and

1952, Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee and Suide Special Zone held a congress of literary and artistic creators. At the meeting, Li Youyuan made a speech on How I Write Dongfanghong and became a news figure. Since then, Li Youyuan has replaced Li Zengzheng as the natural lyricist of Dongfanghong.

In order to adapt to the performance of professional chorus, many composers have adapted it into chorus, and the well-known chorus "Dongfanghong" was created by the famous composer Li Huanzhi.