Xinhua News Agency, Shenyang, September 17 Title: "918" in the Song: The Magnificent Song of the Times and the Feelings of Home and Country
Xinhua News Agency reporters Chen Mengyang, Sun Renbin and Ding Feibai
"My home is on the Songhua River in the northeast, where there are forest coal mines and soybean sorghum all over the mountains..."
Every time "918", this mournful song called "On the Songhua River" still sounds moving. The song carries history and also witnesses change. On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the outbreak of the "918" incident, the reporter returned to the place where the "918" incident broke out, and in one magnificent song after another, witnessed the changes between the white mountains and black waters in the past 90 years, and tasted the feelings of home and country in the songs of different eras.
(Subtitle) Lamentations: The Cries and Sorrows of Broken Mountains and Rivers
In the golden autumn of September, the breeze is gentle.
In an ordinary peasant courtyard in Xijianyang Village, Daluzhuang Township, Dingzhou City, Hebei Province, there were bursts of songs: "'918' and '918', from that tragic time, broke away from my hometown and abandoned the endless treasures... Daddy, Daddy, when will we be able to get together. ”
The 83-year-old Xie Wenyan sat on the matza, singing and singing, and a layer of tears gradually rose in his eyes, and his 81-year-old wife Zhang Man hoarded quietly next to him, rubbing his eyes with rough hands.
Zhang Man hoard and He Wenyan are the grandson and granddaughter-in-law of Zhang Hanhui, the author of the song "On the Songhua River". Surprisingly, Zhang Hanhui has never been to the northeast in his life. How was this melancholy song created?
In the summer of 1936, Zhang Hanhui, a member of the Communist Party, was sent by the organization to apply for a job as a teacher in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, and in fact mainly engaged in united front work. During his stay in Xi'an, he heard and witnessed the tragic scenes of the exile of officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army and ordinary people, which stimulated his enthusiasm for creation. He borrowed the elements of the song "Weeping Grave" from his hometown of Dingzhou, Hebei Province, and sang a sound of sorrow and indignation in a tone like weeping with tears.
After the founding of New China, "On the Songhua River" was compiled into the large-scale musical and dance epic "Dongfang Hong", and the singer Li Guangxi sang this song that year.
Recently, the 92-year-old Li Guangxi sang this song affectionately in front of the reporter's camera again, and the old man burst into tears: "My childhood was spent under the iron hooves of the Japanese Kou. I have been singing this song since I was a child, this song was born in the old era when the country was destroyed and the family was destroyed, and I hope that young people can remember history. ”
Battle Song: The Drum Horns of the Jingo Iron Horse
The autumn sun is just right, and the maple leaves in Huanren County, Liaoning Province are gradually redder.
Wu Zhenhai, a 71-year-old farmer, came to the Huanren County Anti-Japanese League Martyrs' Cemetery at the head of the village as usual, sat slowly in front of the steps, and sang softly: "We are the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army, creating a joint First Route Army, and the sound of ping-pong charging to kill the enemy and surrender weapons is the ironclad evidence of the victory of the revolution..."
The old man sang the "Military Song of the First Route Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army", and his father, Wu Wenquan, was once a soldier of the Anti-Japanese Coalition, and when he was young, his father taught him to learn to sing several anti-Coalition war songs. "I was young at the time and didn't understand what the lyrics meant." After becoming an adult, Wu Zhenhai gradually understood his father's intentions: "He wants me to pass on the spirit of the Anti-League!" ”
After the "918" incident, due to the Kuomintang's policy of non-resistance, the northeast fell in less than half a year. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army waged a protracted and arduous struggle against the Japanese aggressors.
On June 1, 1938, the General Headquarters of the First Route Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army was officially established. That night, Yang Jingyu wrote the "Military Song of the First Route Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army" and taught it to sing it himself. In the difficult years, the fierce singing gave the anti-coalition fighters endless courage.
At the Northeast Anti-Japanese Resistance League Historical Facts Exhibition Hall, director Zhang Pengyi took out two thick copies of the "Northeast Anti-Japanese League Song Collection" and "Northeast Anti-Japanese War Song Collection". "The two books contain more than 700 songs of the Anti-Japanese Coalition and the War of Resistance, and in the course of fighting the Japanese invaders to the death, these songs propagated the party's anti-Japanese ideas and tempered the iron will of the anti-Japanese fighters." Zhang Pengyi said.
"Victory Song of the Western Expedition", "Camping Song"... Time flies, through the anti-war songs that have been baptized by the years, the indomitable history of the whole nation's war of resistance jumps on the paper, and people seem to be in the era of beacon smoke.
(Subtitle) Zhuang Song: The surging tide of the new era
Under the clear blue sky, at 9:35 on September 17, the G906 high-speed train sped past the Shenyang "918" History Museum.
Inside the cab, Zhao Kai, a 46-year-old driver, looked ahead and looked attentive. In the carriage, the song flowed: "My home, in the north." Firstborn heart, speak softly. You have changed your appearance, Shen Shui Yang..."
This is the city propaganda song "The Sun of Shenshui" released by Shenyang City not long ago, the melody is beautiful, and Zhao Kai occasionally can't help but hum a few words.
The line traveled by Zhao Kai was the Beijing-Harbin Railway, which passed dozens of meters away from the Wicker Lake section of the South Manchuria Railway, which was blown up by the Japanese army that year.
As the train passed, Zhao Kai was a little emotional: "90 years ago, there were trains of The Japanese invaders running on our homeland, and Chinese suffered humiliation. After 90 years, the city of Shenyang is becoming more and more beautiful, the country is becoming stronger and stronger, and the humiliating old era is gone! ”
In the Beiding community, not far from the 918 History Museum, Zheng Yuwu, a 62-year-old resident, rode his bicycle to the renovated Beiding Ruins Exhibition Hall. This northeast army garrison, which was shelled by the Japanese army during the "918" incident, is now surrounded by high-rise buildings and bustling and lively.
"I grew up in this neighborhood and have seen the changes over the years. Young people should understand: today's good days are not easy to come by! Zheng Yuwu said.
In the lively community, the melody of the popular song "Home in the Northeast" from previous years came: "My home is on the Songhua River in the northeast / There are mountains full of soybean sorghum / Next to the green mountains and green waters / Two large poplars in front of the door ..." The lyrics are similar to "On the Songhua River", but in the song, the sadness is no longer, and the atmosphere of freedom and cheerfulness is scattered on the street. (End)