Every red song is a melody of history, engraved with the arduous and outstanding historical journey of the great motherland, and also a clarion call to forge ahead, conveying the voice of hundreds of millions of Chinese sons and daughters.
At the scene of the program "Sing a Song to the Party", the famous performance artist Qu Xianhe was telling the story of the creation of red songs
At 19:35 on June 26, the special program "Sing a Song to the Party" celebrating the centenary of the founding of the Party was broadcast on Hebei Satellite TV, listening to the song "Party, Dear Mother", the Party Yuxin and the Party Yumiao sitting in front of the TV set were once again in tears. They are the survivors of the Tangshan earthquake 45 years ago, the former students of Shijiazhuang Yuhong School, although they participated in the live recording of this program, but when the song "Dang, Dear Mother" sounded, they were touched again.
The familiar melody is easy to resonate with the audience, and it is precisely because of this that "Sing a Song to the Party" selects the classic songs that have been sung for a hundred years since the founding of the party with a high degree of singing, a strong sense of age, and a rich connotation -- "Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China", "Unity is Strength", "Dear Mother of the Party", "Sing a Mountain Song to the Party", "Mother Taught Me a Song", these songs that the audience is familiar with are important carriers of the spirit of the times, and they are also an eternal melody that urges people to forge ahead.
"By telling the stories behind these classic songs, we hope that the program can achieve the resonance of personal emotions and the spirit of the times, complete the continuous inheritance of the red spirit, and express the patriotic feelings of the party and the country accumulated in our hearts." Ji Guofeng, director of Hebei Satellite TV, said, "'Singing a Song to the Party' is one of the key projects in the original program matrix of 'Triple two Micro' launched by Hebei Satellite TV around the theme line of celebrating the 100 weeks of the founding of the party. The 'triplets' were selected as the second batch of key radio and television programs "Singing Songs to the Party" and "Initial Heart" in the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, and the documentary "Bright in Front", which was approved by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and supported by the Hebei Provincial Radio, Film and Television Bureau; "Two Micro" is a series of micro-documentaries "Authentication" and a series of short videos "Red Story Society". ”
Wang Ying, the host of the program "Sing a Song to the Party", was at the recording scene
"Red classic songs are widely sung, with songs as the entry point is easy to let the audience have a sense of substitution, it is not difficult to do such a program, but it is not easy to make a fine product, "Sing a Song to the Party" uses a variety of forms to present these classic songs, from the current broadcast situation, the audience's feedback is very warm." Zhang Zhihong, deputy director of Hebei Satellite TV, introduced.
▍ "speaking" and "singing" combine, multi-dimensional analysis of classics
There have been many singing programs over the years, and various forms of presentation have been tried by similar programs, so how can we make new ideas?
Zhou Sichao (center), producer and general director of "Sing a Song to the Party", exchanged stage presentation with the famous recitation artist Qu Xianhe and the teacher
In the view of Zhou Sichao, the program producer and general director, "Singing a Song to the Party" not only "sings" songs, but also "says" songs, "We have selected 5 classic masterpieces with high singing degree, strong sense of age and rich connotation from hundreds of classic red songs, and each program takes one of the red songs as the starting point, and the recitation artist Qu Xianhe serves as the 'red song story narrator' to tell the background of the times and the process of singing the red songs." At the same time, we also invited the songwriters or descendants of the song, together with experts in the field of music and party history, to conduct a multi-dimensional analysis of the unique value and far-reaching significance of the red song in inheriting history, disseminating culture, transmitting ideas and conveying emotions through interactive conversations at the program site, combined with documentary short films and literary and artistic performances. ”
"Mother taught me a song" lyricist Yang Yong (first from the right), composer Liu Hong (second from the right), famous singer Li Danyang (second from the left) as guests of "Sing a Song to the Party"
Judging from the current recording situation, the participants of "Singing a Song to the Party" are basically the creators or witnesses of these songs: Zhao Shulu, son of "Unity is Strength" lyricist Mu Hong, Lu Qiao, daughter of the composer Lu Su, Cao Hongwen, daughter of "Without the Communist Party, There Is No New China", Yang Yong, lyricist of "Mother Teaches Me a Song", Liu Hong, composer of "Party, Dear Mother", Ma Dianyin, composer of "Party, Dear Mother", Gong Qingfeng, son of songwriter Gong Aishu, and "Singing Zhishan Song to the Party" Lyricist Yao Xiaozhou's daughter Yao Qin and others participated in the recording of the program.
Famous singer Li Danyang sang "Mother Taught Me a Song" on the spot of the "Sing a Song to the Party" program
In addition, Zhang Zhanxiu, a former teacher at Shijiazhuang Yuhong School, Li Zengjun, former secretary of the party branch of Tangshan Fangshan District, former secretary of the party shangcun party branch, Shi Jinping, researcher of the Xibaipo Memorial Hall, and Ren Zhengrui, former director of the New China Memorial Hall, who had no Communist Party, would have been a former friend of Yao Xiaozhou, a former writer and gu of the songwriter of "Singing Mountain Songs to the Party", Li Zengjun, former secretary of the party branch of Tangshang Village, Xiayunling Township, Fangshan District, Beijing, Shi Jinping, researcher of the Xibaipo Memorial Hall, and Ren Zhengrui, former director of the New China Memorial Hall, without the Communist Party, there would be no new China Memorial Hall. In the program, he also recalled with everyone the glory years of the founding of the party in the past hundred years.
"Unity is Strength" Songwriter Descendants, Xibaipo Memorial Research Institute Shi Jinping, famous singer Wei Jindong as guests of "Sing a Song to the Party"
At the end of each program, singers such as Li Danyang, Liu Hegang, Wei Jindong and other singers will work with student choirs from various universities in Hebei to complete the continuous singing of red songs. Through these classic songs, we have laid out the historical picture of the chinese revolution's turbulent and magnificent waves, demonstrated the unswerving and sincere faith of the communists, inherited and carried forward the spiritual genealogy of the Communist Party of China, and completed the propaganda and education on the history of the party, the history of new China, the history of reform and opening up, and the history of socialist development in a subtle way." Zhou Sichao said.
Zhou Sichao, producer and general director of "Sing a Song to the Party", exchanged stage presentation methods with the famous male singer Liu Hegang
▍Tell Chinese stories well and inherit the spirit of struggle
In the glorious course of the Communist Party over the past century, there are too many revolutionary stories of heroes and martyrs that deserve to be remembered and paid tribute to, and "Singing a Song to the Party" is to lay out the "real story", express the "true feeling", tell the red story alive and well, innovate the form of party history study and education, and make the "four histories" propaganda and education more grounded and more popular.
The red song has a beautiful melody, is easy to sing, its rhythm is strong and inspiring, and the revolutionary feelings of loving the party and patriotism contained in it are the spiritual embodiment of an era and the source of strength for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Every red song is a melody of history, engraved with the arduous and outstanding historical journey of the great motherland, and also a clarion call to forge ahead, conveying the voice of hundreds of millions of Chinese sons and daughters.
Discovering the story behind the red song and inspiring the sense of mission and responsibility of Chinese the inheritors, practitioners and creators of the Chinese nation's spirit of struggle is exactly what "Singing a Song to the Party" pursues.
Famous tenor Liu Hegang sang "Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China" at the scene of the "Sing a Song to the Party" program
Zhou Sichao introduced that in the course of the interview, with the help of film and television materials and physical props, the program focused on outlining the life trajectory and mental journey of these literary and art workers, and then analyzed their ideological origins, evaluated their personality charm, and achieved the purpose of resonating and inspiring people, "In the years of revolutionary war, Cao Mars, Mu Hong, Lu Su and other literary and art workers used pens as knives and songs as guns to show invincible combat effectiveness; in the period of socialist construction, in the great process of reform and opening up, and at the moment when socialism with Chinese characteristics entered a new era Yang Yong, Liu Hong, Ma Dianyin, Gong Aishu, Yao Xiaozhou and other literary and art workers have created a large number of fine works that reflect the voice of the people and praise the era. The spirit of tenacious struggle, unremitting struggle, and selfless dedication of these songwriters, as well as the responsibility and responsibility of lyricism for the people and singing songs for the people, are also examples of communists not forgetting their original intentions and keeping their mission firmly in mind. ”
Based on this, in the program "Singing Mountain Songs to the Party", the writer and Gu told an anecdote about the lyricist Yao Xiaozhou. In 1951, in the smoke-filled Korean battlefield, Yao Xiaozhou wrote his first application to join the party, but for various reasons failed to fulfill his wish, and in the following decades, he experienced ups and downs, and his determination to join the party remained unchanged until 2001, when he finally realized his long-cherished wish of half a century. This little-known past presents Yao Xiaozhou's lifelong dedication to the party, and inspires the majority of party members and cadres to keep their original intentions, undertake their missions, and interpret their loyalty to the party and the people with practical actions.
Judging from the programs broadcast in the first period, "Singing a Song to the Party" not only makes enough articles on the artistic value of red songs and the background of the era of creation, but also pays deep attention to the personal stories and struggles of songwriters and singers, but also focuses on ordinary people, and specially presents the touching stories of ordinary people in the process of red songs for the audience.
Students from the Tibetan class of the Affiliated Nationalities College of Hebei Normal University brought song and dance "Singing Mountain Songs to the Party"
When introducing the song "Dang, Dear Mother" and the story of singing, the program team invited the survivors of the Tangshan earthquake 35 years ago, the former Shijiazhuang Yuhong School students Dang Yumiao and Dang Yuxin, to the scene of the program. Dang Yumiao and Dang Yuxin were orphans who lost their parents in the earthquake, and only a few months old they were rescued by the People's Liberation Army and sent to the Shijiazhuang Yuhong School, which was temporarily established in Hebei Province, along with more than 600 other orphans. At that time, they were still swaddling, no one knew their names, and the teachers discussed that since they were children of the party, they would take the surname of "party", so they named them Party Seedlings and Party New. The Dang sisters grew up slowly under the meticulous care of the teachers of Shijiazhuang Yuhong School, and in 1984, when they first heard the song "Dang, Dear Mother", they were suddenly moved, and since then this song has become an eternal melody in their hearts.
The Dang Shi sisters said: "When we were young, we did not have the concept of 'biological mother' in our minds, the teacher was our mother, the party was our mother, it was the teachers who fed us with milk to grow up, it was the teachers who helped us learn to walk, taught us to learn to speak, educated us to love the motherland, and encouraged us to learn culture..." Speaking of emotions, the Dang sisters shed tears.
The story of the Dang sisters, the singers of the red song, made the audience feel empathy for the loftiness and greatness of the party, and also made people's understanding of this classic red song more concrete and deepened. At the scene of the program, the Dang sisters led the singing, and the students of the former Shijiazhuang Yuhong School - today's Shijiazhuang Preschool Teachers College sang together, and they sang the classics again with their heartfelt voices, expressing their infinite attachment and love for the party.
Tangshan earthquake orphans on behalf of the party Seedlings, dang Yuxin (front row left, second from the left) singing the eternal melody in their hearts "Party, Dear Mother"
Hegel once said: "History is a cloud of ashes, but there is a residual temperature in the depths of the ashes." "The song is the epitome of an era, carrying the emotional sustenance and fighting spirit of an era, and the red song contains the spiritual totem of the Chinese in the past hundred years since the founding of the party." Through the in-depth excavation and analysis of the artistic value of red songs, the background of the times, the stories of creators and singers, "Singing a Song to the Party" makes it a carrier for publicizing the revolutionary spirit and patriotic spirit, and condenses the majestic force of forging ahead into the new era.
"Sing a Song to the Party" has a total of 5 episodes, each episode is 40 minutes, June 26, June 28-30 and July 2, every night at 19:35 on Hebei Satellite TV, watch together, sing together!