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Biography
【Li Danyang】
Famous soprano singer, national first-class actor, former artistic director of the Rocket Force Political Work Department. He is currently the vice chairman of the China Literary and Art Volunteer Association. Graduated from the Conservatory of Music of Southwest University and master's degree from the China Conservatory of Music. He is a deputy to the 11th National People's Congress, a member of the Standing Committee of the 10th All-China Youth Federation, and a director of the 8th China Musicians Association, and enjoys the "special government allowance" issued by the State Council.
In 1992, 1994 and 1996, he was named "National Audience Favorite Singer" for three consecutive years, and won the "Special Contribution Award" of the 8th, 9th and 10th All-Army Literary and Art Festivals, the "Wenhua Performance Award", the highest national award of the 8th China Arts Festival, the "Ethnic Actor Award" of the 9th China Golden Disc Award, and the "Best Musical Work Award" and "Excellent Actress Award" of the 7th Asian Micro Film Festival.
Representative works include "Chuan Meizi in Military Uniform", "Dear Jasmine", "Red Moon", "The Sound of Military Songs", "I Am Your Daughter and Your Soldier" and so on.
Cover news reporter Liu Qing Yang Chengkai
In everyone's heart, there is an unforgettable memory of childhood, and in everyone's heart, there is an eternal song.
"When I was a child, I heard a song that warmed your heart and mine. The man who sang in the story deeply touched you and me..."
On the eve of the Spring Festival, Li Danyang, vice chairman of the China Literary and Art Volunteer Association and singer, sang his new work "Eternal Ballad" at the 2021 Chinese Literary and Art Circle "Hundred Flowers Welcoming Spring" Gala, and the MV of the same name is also undergoing intense post-production. Rushing home from the scene of the performance, she faced the reporter's camera, took off her mask, and accepted an exclusive interview.
An improvisation
It may seem like a coincidence but it's not accidental
Cover News: How was the song "The Ballad of Eternity" created?
Li Danyang: In the winter of 2020, I went to Sanya after completing my last job, and I didn't expect to be stranded there as soon as I went What was originally an 8-day trip eventually became a 4-month trip.
In 2020, because of the epidemic, Wuhan suffered a heavy blow, and I was really anxious at that time. Just like the 2008 earthquake relief, my heart for my hometown was tugged, it can be said that Wuhan at that time touched the heart of every Chinese.
Including me, the voice we heard the most at that time was "Wuhan come on!" Come on China! "I believe that at that time it was not just a slogan, but the voice of every Chinese including me.
This epidemic has made us deeply feel the cohesion and collective centripetal force of the people of the whole country, and also let the world truly feel the Chinese spirit and Chinese strength.
After the quarantine was lifted, we finally returned to Beijing. After too long of separation and isolation and depressed mood, everyone can finally get some relief and release, so three or five friends came to the family for a small gathering, including the famous musician Hu Li. Together, it is inevitable that everyone will play the piano, sing and sing, and let go of the mood that has been suppressed for too long. Unexpectedly, as soon as Hu Li's piano sounded, it immediately touched me, and I couldn't help but hum "When I was a child, I heard a song that warmed you and my heart." These two sentences.
Hu Li listened to the continuous shouting and said, "Not bad, hurry up and continue to go down, then sing, then sing." Under the "urging" and encouragement of Hu Li and his friends, I really began to work very hard, seriously think and sing down, I did not expect to play a song, a drum, before and after more than an hour, actually played a work, the earliest we named this song "When I was a child heard a song", through me and Hu Li repeatedly deliberated, and finally finalized the name of this song called "Eternal Ballad", so this new song was born.
Cover News: Was it a chance creation?
Li Danyang: It seems to be accidental, but it is not accidental. This kind of melody, this kind of theme, has actually been brewing in my heart for a long time, and it can even be said that it flows out of my veins.
Our generation can be said to have been "red educated", and I admire the heroes of that era very much, such as Huang Jiguang, Dong Cunrui, Qiu Shaoyun, Liu Hulan, Lei Feng, and so on, all of whom are great heroes in my heart. Their touching stories and heroic deeds have influenced us for generations. I think that the reason why I was able to compose this song first came from the education that melted in my blood as a child.
In addition, it is inseparable from the experience of our military career My dad used to be a soldier, he carried a gun, he fought in battle, he was wounded in front of the enemy, and in my mind, my dad was also a great hero. Therefore, I have a special complex and deep feelings for soldiers since I was a child. Therefore, I later joined the army and became a literary and artistic soldier in the army, and it has been a full thirty years now, which is also inseparable from my father's influence.
In addition, as a Chinese literary and art volunteer, we often go all over the country, especially in poor areas, to offer condolences, send joy, go down to the grassroots level, go to the people, serve the people, give the masses spiritual food, and share our artistic achievements. In the past ten years of literary and artistic volunteer service activities, there are many memories and deep feelings, and it should be said that this is also the source of our creation.
It is precisely because of the "red education" since childhood, the experience of thirty years of military service, and the course of literary and artistic volunteer service in the past ten years, that I have more deeply understood a spiritual power. Therefore, when composing this song, I can't help but "seamlessly connect" to the spirit of Lei Feng. So, as I said earlier, it was accidental but not accidental. Because there are many complexes, many stories, many origins, these are all an accumulation, a kind of precipitation.
As a Chinese literary and art volunteer, Li Danyang often goes to all parts of the country to offer condolences and send joy to the grassroots, "giving the masses spiritual food and sharing artistic achievements." Photo courtesy of the interviewee
An eternal complex
Childhood memories affect our generation
Cover News: So, the protagonist in "The Ballad of Eternity" is Lei Feng?
Li Danyang: Singing is Lei Feng, telling the story of Lei Feng, inheriting the spirit of Lei Feng.
About Lei Feng, in fact, there is a complex of many years. When I was a child, I represented the school in an essay competition, and the name of the essay was "Lei Feng Duo in the Hundred Gardens". Among my many idols, Lei Feng should be said to be very impressed.
Lei Feng is an extremely ordinary person, and it may be difficult to find him even in the crowd, but he is a screw that never rusts, doing extremely extraordinary things in ordinary posts, warming the whole of China with light and heat, and passing on the truth, goodness, beauty, and positive energy to everyone around him.
It's these childhood memories, those touching stories, that have touched me deeply and influenced generations of us.
At the beginning of this song, it is actually a kind of childhood memory, "When I was a child, I heard a song that warmed your heart and my heart. The man who sang in the story deeply touched you and me..."
Lei Feng was a model of our time and an idol in the hearts of our generation, "Now that I sing this song again, my excited heart is still vigorous." The melodies of the past are still in the ears, and this life and this life will never be forgotten..."
"Learn from Lei Feng's good example, be loyal to the revolution and loyal to the party", in the second paragraph, I changed the lyrics of "loyalty to the revolution" to "finally the people". Because I think that the spirit of Lei Feng is loyal to the revolution, to the party, and to the people. Lei Feng's loyalty to the party and his love for the people were written in his diary and in his life Although the memories of my childhood have passed many years, I still sing them again, and it seems that they have never changed.
An inner monologue
This song is flowing from the blood
Cover News: You are a singer, do you have any special feelings about the songwriting this time?
Li Danyang: I am a singing actor, not a professional creative staff But there is a saying that you may have heard, "If you read three hundred Tang poems well, you can't write poems and you can also chant." Art, in fact, is connected.
In fact, until today, the spirit of Lei Feng has always influenced us, and it has never stopped We have a lot of living Lei Feng in our contemporary times, and they are infecting and warming everyone with extraordinary deeds in ordinary work, and I think we should sing them out with songs.
I am also especially grateful for the good traditions left behind by the heroes of that era, which we still pass on, carry forward, and spread today I feel that in my bones, this spirit is eternal. In fact, this creation is an invisibly expression of a memory, a kind of beauty, and a feeling of decades, with songs and notes.
I think art is magical, sometimes it doesn't even need too many reasons, as long as a moment of inspiration comes, maybe a miracle will happen, but although it seems to have only taken more than an hour to compose this song, it is actually my inner monologue of decades, an emotional burst from the bloodline
Tell the Story of China well and sing the Red Golden Song I want to use this song and the feelings carried by this song to express my understanding, inheritance, and development of Lei Feng's spirit
Li Danyang said: The core of Lei Feng's spirit is to serve the people and to pass on the truth, goodness, and beauty of the world to more people "I think the spirit of Lei Feng is the spirit of volunteerism." The picture shows Li Danyang interacting with primary school students' "fans" in public welfare activities. Courtesy of respondents
A special fate
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC, it will be presented to you
Cover News: Why are you planning to officially launch the "Ballad of Eternity" MV this year?
Li Danyang: This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, and at this moment worth celebrating, it is a special fate that our "Eternal Ballad" can be released at this special time At this special time, as a party member and a son and daughter of China, I feel very fortunate and happy to have the opportunity to express my love for the party, the motherland, the people, and the voice of our generation with our songs and our works of art.
I also want to spread the spirit of Lei Feng and the spirit of volunteerism to more people through our works. Including this epidemic, many literary and art workers and literary and artistic volunteers are "fighting the epidemic with art", through various ways to spread truth, goodness and beauty, positive energy, and heartfelt care to those areas and groups that need comfort, encouragement, and fuel.
At the same time, I hope that more people will hear this song, and I believe that it can evoke many people's good memories of that innocent era and evoke more people's memories and inheritance of Lei Feng's spirit. I also hope that after hearing this song, more young people will know Lei Feng, learn Lei Feng, and eventually become Lei Feng. Let the spirit of Lei Feng inherit and carry forward in the new era.
A spiritual practice
"I think the spirit of Lei Feng is the spirit of volunteerism"
Cover News: What do your friends around you say about the song?
Li Danyang: After this song was written, I hummed it to my friends around me, and I didn't expect that they were also passionate. "Learn from Lei Feng's good example...", when the familiar melody is sung, everyone can't help but sing together. I also tried to sing on different occasions and at different parties, but the response was very strong.
The first song of this song is our "Learning Lei Feng Literary and Art Volunteer Service" into Daliangshan, Sichuan I still remember that when I sang "Learning from Lei Feng's good example", I didn't expect that the stage and offstage would actually sing together, which was completely a kind of "seamless connection"
Many friends of the same age said that this song has the feelings of a generation. Many young friends also said that this song is very pure and can purify the soul after listening to it.
Cover News: How do you understand lei feng spirit and volunteer spirit?
Li Danyang: The core of Lei Feng's spirit is to serve the people and pass on the truth, goodness and beauty of the world to more people I think the spirit of Lei Feng is the spirit of volunteerism.
Human energy is limited, life is limited, but serving the people can be unlimited. The power of one Lei Feng is limited, but a million Lei Feng will make the world full of love, full of positive energy, full of truth, goodness and beauty.
At present, our Chinese literary and art volunteer service is called "Learning Lei Feng's Literary and Art Volunteer Service." We volunteers are a kind of behavior of learning from Lei Feng, and the model we pursue is juxtaposed with the spirit of Lei Feng
A heartfelt blessing
Winter will surely pass, and we will embrace spring
Cover News: At present, many people are still on the front line of the fight against the epidemic, do you have anything to say to them?
Li Danyang: This year's Spring Festival, the government called for the New Year on the spot, for the safety of more people, many people chose to stay, including me, is also one of them Everyone chooses to stay, in fact, it is also a sacrifice, a kind of dedication, and I want to praise these friends who stay.
I also sincerely hope that the medical workers who are on the front line of the fight against the epidemic, including volunteers, as well as fathers and fellow villagers in the epidemic area, will take care of themselves
I believe that under the leadership of the party and the government, and with the strong support, cooperation and guarantee of all aspects, we will certainly be able to defeat the epidemic
Winter is sure to pass and spring will come soon.
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