"Railway Soldiers in all Directions" is a very unusual song, and its highest honor is appreciated by Premier Zhou Enlai. In November 1963, when Premier Zhou met with the leaders attending the Railway Soldiers Party Congress at the Xihua Hall in Zhongnanhai, he sang "Railway Soldiers Are Determined in the Four Directions" and said that this song is very good, not only you must be able to sing, but also the soldiers can sing, and the railway soldiers are to be in the four directions. He also designated this song as the "soldier song" of the railroad soldiers. Under the influence of the great man effect, this song is widely sung in society. The basic elements of a good song are good lyrics, good songs, and wide circulation, and these three "Railway Soldiers Are Determined to Be in the Four Directions" are all available.
The brightness of the word is like a torch, illuminating the road of struggle.
It is not easy to write poetry as one person who witnessed it: two sentences for three years, one chant and two tears. Because there are many climbers in ancient and modern China and abroad, they have left a large number of excellent poems and lyrics. When the famous songwriter Yan Su wrote the theme song of "Journey to the West", he was stuck when he dared to ask where the road was. And once he was walking when the inspiration suddenly came, the road is not under the feet! So "Dare to ask where the road is?" The road is at your feet!" This classic lyric was born. The author Huang Rongsen has made several changes to the lyrics of "Railway Soldiers In the Four Directions", such as changing the original "long line" to "majestic team". The lyrics were finalized, and premier Zhou changed the "shop" in "Jinxiu Shan He Ya lay on that railway network" to "weaving", that is, "Jinxiu Shan He Ya woven on that railway network", which greatly enhanced the entire lyrics. Wang Anshi's "Berthing Boat Guazhou" has been changed more than ten times, and finally the "spring wind has reached the south bank of the river" to "the spring wind and the south bank of the green river", a "green" character "point qing" pen, making the whole poem a masterpiece passed down from generation to generation. Good poetry and good words are achieved in repeated revisions. Poetry, words. The biggest highlight of the lyrics of this song is "aiming in the four directions", "to the place where the motherland is most needed" and other words, not only the railway soldiers should be like this, the sons and daughters of China should be like this, such lyrics have become an inspirational horn, it is like a torch, illuminating the way forward for the strivers.
The height of the song needs to be looked up, and the melody is picturesque.
The beautiful melody is composed of a clever combination of seven notes, and the clever combination requires the composer's inspiration. Nie Er resonated when he saw the theme lyrics of "Children of the Wind and Clouds", the voice of the nation, the call of the motherland, and the roar of the soldiers poured into his mind, and the inspiration came suddenly, and it took only two days to compose the "March of the Volunteer Army" that swallowed the mountains and rivers. Composer Zheng Zhihao went deep into the army for a long time, on the way back from the Tieqi Division, he suddenly came to inspiration, he sat in the car with a thousand thoughts, the magnificence of the motherland's mountains and rivers and the colorful sparks of the life of the railway soldiers collided in his mind, the beautiful music melody sprouted in his mind, in order to capture the fleeting inspiration in time, there was no paper in hand and he was in a hurry to write the notes on his arm and write the entire arm. The final song was composed with almost no changes. Song of affection, because the song's composition has been innovative, it can be sung with emotion. When singing "only to listen to the cattle and sheep outside the village, and smell the aroma of jiangnan rice flowers", the tune is relaxed and stretched, with the lyrical beauty of "Grassland Night". And when singing "Comrades, take a big step, go forward", the tune is sonorous and powerful, like the "Long March Suite". Enjoying this song is like appreciating a gorgeous picture. A music master once said that he should kneel down to listen to the world's top songs. In view of the fact that the music of "Railway Soldiers in all directions" has reached a considerable height, it can only be better appreciated if you look up.
The breadth of singing is spread throughout Shenzhou, and the songs are passed down from generation to generation.
On April 21, 1962, after the song was published in the "Railroad Soldier" newspaper, the deputy instructor saw that I loved to hum the song in normal times and asked me to teach this song in Quanlian. I had to follow the fate, relying on a little music basic knowledge I learned in middle school, to practice singing by myself first, and then to teach singing after mastering the essentials, and as a result, my company would sing this new song at the first time. In 1964, the Tiezheng Cultural and Labor Troupe won two awards when it participated in the all-army literary and artistic performance as a male vocal chorus, namely the Creation Award and the Performance Award. Subsequently, the Central People's Radio broadcast in the "Weekly Song" column. Since then, the Tiezheng Cultural and Labor Troupe has adopted various forms such as large choruses, small choruses, joint singing, solo singing, etc., and must be sung every time it is performed. The advantage of this song is also that it is suitable for both chorus and solo singing. The Railway Soldier Veterans Choir of Songjiang, Shanghai, sang this song as the main song throughout the country, all the way to the National Centre for the Performing Arts. Zhu Huagen, an old comrade-in-arms who has passed the age of flower armor, sang "Railway Soldiers Are Determined to Be in All Directions" on the stage of the Avenue of Stars on the Central Stage with deep feelings for the railway soldiers, so that the people of the whole country knew how heroic the railway soldiers were at that time. Nowadays, railway soldiers who do not wear military uniforms --- china railway construction must sing every time it holds various meetings. After retirement, the comrades in the railway soldiers must sing at every gathering. What is even more gratifying is that the second and third generations of the older generation of railway comrades are singing this song. This song will be sung from generation to generation!
Author: Liu Jinlong, former Railway Corps Headquarters Office
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