One
It was an old yellowed piece of paper, covered with small tadpole-like notes and scrawled pen letters on both sides of the rusty riding nails, which could be easily ignored and abandoned. However, when I tell you that this is the original song of "Guerrilla Song" composed by the famous musician Mr. He Luting 78 years ago, you will be in awe and feel its golden brilliance and heavy weight.
"We are all sharpshooters, every bullet destroys an enemy, we are all flying troops, even if the mountains are high and deep. In that dense woods, camps for comrades were arranged everywhere, and on that high hill there were countless of our good brothers. There is no food, no clothing, but the enemy sends it forward; there is no gun, no cannon, the enemy makes it for us. We grew up here, every inch of land is our own, no matter who wants to take it, we will fight with him to the end! ”
It's a popular, time-honored classic song. It was born in the bloody storm of the Japanese and Kosovars' iron hooves and the mourning of the wilderness, it sang in the green yarn tents and tunnels behind the enemy's back, it resounded on the battlefield filled with gun smoke, and it inspired and inspired the Chinese people to finally win the great victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan.
Two
On August 13, 1937, the Japanese launched a large-scale attack on Shanghai, and the Songhu War of Resistance broke out. The people of Shanghai set off a climax of resisting Japan and saving the country, and people in Shanghai's literary and art circles promptly organized rescue drama teams to rush to the interior and the front line in north China to participate in anti-Japanese propaganda activities. On August 21, He Luting resolutely followed the first team of the drama team and set off by train from Shanghai West Railway Station, where they made a tour along the Shanghai-Nanjing, Longhai and Tongpu railway lines. At the end of the year, they crossed the Yellow River to Linfen, Shanxi, and while performing for Yan Xishan's troops, they heard that the office of the Eighth Route Army happened to be moved to Liuzhuang, a western suburb of Linfen. Therefore, the team members unanimously asked to go to the Eighth Route Army office to rest and perform for the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army.
Peng Xuefeng, director of the office, personally received them. Peng Xuefeng briefed the members of the drama team on the Eighth Route Army's War of Resistance, and at the same time sent them a batch of documents and materials on waging guerrilla warfare. He Luting was deeply moved by the Eighth Route Army's skillful use of guerrilla warfare and heavy blows against the Japanese army. The unique sensitivity of a cultural person made his mind present the moving scenes of guerrillas one by one wandering on "high hills", "dense woods", "a bullet destroying an enemy"; a musician's unique feeling made his mind flash "no guns, no cannons, the enemy made us!" "The touching melody of the swinging intestines. His blood was boiling, and an unprecedented rhythm and melody gushed out. The breath of the sharpshooter, the pace of the flying army wading through the mountains and waters, the dangerous silence in the camp, and the earth-shattering roar of fighting with the enemy have become his musical elements full of live sense and handy. The oil in the oil lamp on the kang is dry, the lamp grass is almost burned out, and the fragmented and fragmented musical images are also completed in one go!
Three
In the spring of 1938, the General Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army held a meeting of senior cadres in Liuzhuang, and the Shanghai Cultural Circles Salvation Drama Team performed this song for the first time at the conference evening. At that time, there was no piano, no orchestra, only Ouyang Shanzun whistled as an accompaniment, and a burst of loud singing made He Luting seem to see a fiery heart beating. After the performance, the thunderous applause is the best affirmation and praise! Zhu De, Ren Bishi, Liu Bocheng, He Long, etc. shook hands with the actors one by one, especially Zhu De shook He Luting's hand and praised him for writing this song well. Yang Dezhi, the commander of the 685 Regiment who had come here to rest from the victorious battle on the Pingxingguan battlefield, even more eagerly invited He Luting and the drama team to teach and sing this song camp by camp and one after another. On the day of the troops' mobilization, the sky was full of snowflakes, and the soldiers sang in unison, while rushing to the new battlefield with great strength and vigor.
Mr. He Luting is an outstanding musician, if "Shepherd Boy Piccolo", "Senjidema", "Evening Party", etc., are the divine strokes of Mr. He Luting's intoxication with the wonderful national music; "Song of the Four Seasons", "Song of Tianya", "Spring", etc., are Mr. He is in the bright and green ten mile ocean field, deeply expressing and sympathizing with the people's yearning for a better life and the cry of the dark forces; then "Guerrilla Song" is the most successful and enduring red song created by Mr. Under the influence of the Communist Party. It's tall, majestic, romantic, upbeat, and lightweight. As a result, this anti-Japanese war song quickly spread throughout the country's urban and rural areas, and even in the enemy-occupied areas, people also sang it widely. At the juncture of the Chinese nation's life and death, it was like sunshine that dispelled the shadow of fear of a strong enemy in people's hearts and greatly encouraged the fighting spirit and confidence of the anti-Japanese army and people to win victory.
Four
According to Teacher Chen Shaokang, a veteran researcher at the Communist Party of China's Great Memorial Hall who personally accepted the original manuscript of "Guerrilla Song" from Mr. He Luting, "It was in August 1961. At that time, I saw an article written by He Lao in Shanghai's "Liberation Daily" entitled "The Creation of Guerrilla Songs", which made me think of collecting the original song manuscript. A few days later, when I came to the He family on an appointment to see this precious manuscript, I couldn't help but hum it softly. Elder He laughed and sincerely said, "The manuscript of the "Guerrilla Song" is donated to you and collected by the state." ”
Nowadays, without living up to the expectations of Elder He, the original song manuscript of "Guerrilla Song" has been treasured as a national first-class cultural relic, and the melody of "Guerrilla Song" will always inspire us to stride forward with our heads held high!
Source: Learning to power the country
Editor: Yang Junhui