When it comes to Chinese movie interludes, there are too many good songs to listen to. But there are two songs, which can be said to be the most widely disseminated and the most profoundly influential, and have inspired generations of Chinese.
These two songs, one is the "Shangganling" episode "My Motherland".
The other is the "Hero Hymn" episode of "Heroes and Children".
As we all know, "My Motherland" is sung by Guo Lanying, a singer of the older generation in China, and is one of her representative works.
Guo Lanying can be said to be a household name in China. From the eighty-year-old to the children of a few years old, who is not impressed by her sweet singing?
But when it comes to who the original singer of "Hymn to heroes" is, I'm afraid not everyone knows, right?
In the 90s of the last century, there were also enthusiastic fans and listeners, through the media, specifically looking for the original singer of this song.
But at that time, the original singer did not come forward to admit it, why is this? The reason is quite lamentable.
Until later, the conductor Hu Defeng, who had participated in the recording of the song "Hymn of Heroes", told the truth: the original singer of "Hymn of Heroes" was Zhang Yingzhe, a soloist of the Air Politics Song and Dance Troupe.
But when fans and listeners look for her, why doesn't she want to admit it? And listen to Yaqing slowly.
Born in 1928, Zhang Yingzhe has been different since he was a child because of his loud voice.
In 1946, she served as the director of the Fushun Urban Women's Rescue Association, and in 1947 she honorably joined the People's Liberation Army. Because of his good singing, he became a member of the propaganda brigade of the Liaoning Military Region.
Zhang Yingzhe grew tall. In her words, "people are tall and big." And her style of doing things is also fierce, just like a young man with special spirit.
And her singing voice, like her people, seems particularly high-pitched and heroic. Therefore, she is particularly suitable for singing that kind of magnificent and proud "big song".
A song like "We Walk on the Road" was sung by Zhang Yingzhe at the very beginning. Later, it was changed to a chorus repertoire: "We walk on the main road, full of spirit and morale..."
I think at the "Red May Singing Competition", many friends have sung this song, right?
After the founding of New China, Zhang Yingzhe became a singing actor in the Air Politics Cultural and Labor Troupe, and later served as the deputy head of the troupe. In 1960, she became the National March 8th Red Flag Bearer. With his loud voice and superb singing skills, he became the deputy director of the Beijing Vocal Music Research Institute.
And how did Zhang Yingzhe become the singer of "Hero Hymn" in "Heroes and Children"?
It was 1964, after the lyricist Gongmu and the composer Liu Chi created "Hero Praise", in order to fully express the emotion of this song, many singers were found to try to sing this song.
According to Hu Defeng, who served as the leader and conductor of the choir in the General Political Affairs Cultural and Labor Troupe, in order to find the most suitable person to sing "Hero's Hymn", a special selection group was set up and many actors were found to record. But these people finished recording and left, and no one knew who would be chosen in the end.
Zhang Yingzhe is the same.
When she received the task of recording "Hymn to heroes", her heart was very excited. Because before this, she had already read Barkin's novel "Reunion", and she liked it very much and was very moved. After getting the score of "Hero Praise", I was deeply affected by the heroic feeling of rushing into the clouds conveyed in the song.
However, although the film picture had been filmed at that time, as a singing actor, it was impossible to see it in advance. Therefore, Zhang Yingzhe can only use his brain to imagine some moving scenes when singing this song.
Zhang Yingzhe only entered the recording studio after many singers had auditioned it. At this time, such a picture appeared in her mind: Smoke billowing, my heroic volunteer soldier Wang Cheng, with his own flesh and blood, guarded the position and composed a "heroic hymn"...
Zhang Yingzhe quickly completed the recording work.
She immersed herself completely in the role, singing passionately, full of power, and in one go.
She was sure she was playing at her best.
But whether to adopt her own version in the end, she did not know.
Later, under the repeated deliberations of the songwriter and the director of the movie "Heroes and Children", it was finally confirmed that the version sung by Zhang Yingzhe was the most suitable, so it was decided.
However, on the subtitle list of the film screening, there is no Name of Zhang Yingzhe.
Zhang Yingzhe was also watching the movie, when he heard the "Hero Hymn" come out, heard his own voice, and was surprised to think: Oh, it turned out that I sang it.
At that time, singers almost did not have the idea of fame and fortune, otherwise, how could such a good opportunity to make a name for themselves be easily missed? This matter is going to be put in the present, those stars, do not know how to take the opportunity to hype it.
Zhang Yingzhe turned around and forgot about this matter.
So many people, audiences and listeners, do not know who the original singer of the shocking song "Hymn to heroes" really is.
So, later, when people openly looked for Zhang Yingzhe through the media, why didn't she stand up and unveil the mystery?
It was because Zhang Yingzhe at that time suffered from a variety of diseases, her health was not good, and she was low-key, so she did not admit it after seeing this report.
In fact, Zhang Yingzhe's body has not been very good, she suffers from tuberculosis and often coughs up blood. But as long as there is a performance, she is on. And the actors at that time were not as shelf-like as some stars today. At that time, the singers were soloists, duets, big choruses, and small choruses, so sometimes it was common to go on stage several times a night.
Zhang Yingzhe's daughter once recalled that when she was very young, her mother was either performing or hospitalized. In total, she had 29 major bleeding episodes and passed by Death many times.
So, although she was tall and tall when she was young, in her old age, she suffered from many kinds of ailments. For a long time, she was living in the Air Force General Hospital.
In 2004, Zhang Yingzhe, who was 76 years old, finally met Liu Shangxian, who played Wang Fang in "Children of Heroes". The two "Wang Fang" appeared on the stage of the award ceremony of the Sixth Military Song Contest of CCTV.
When they hugged each other tightly, many viewers finally saw the true face of Zhang Yingzhe, the singer who sang "Hero's Hymn".
At this moment, it was too late.
On May 30, 2005, Zhang Yingzhe, an outstanding soprano singer in China, died of illness at the age of 77.
Before his death, Zhang Yingzhe had one thing that he felt very sorry for. That is, after the recording of "Hero Hymn", the movies were released, and she met Liu Chi, who said that when she first decided on this version of her, the controversy was still quite large. Zhang Yingzhe asked if it was too heroic? Liu Chi said yes, if you first sang, it would be better to be lyrical. Zhang Yingzhe listened and immediately woke up: Yes, if the handling in some places at that time was more tender and the level was richer, wouldn't it be more perfect? Unfortunately, the movie has already been released, and it is too late to change it.
All along, the song "Hero Praise", like "My Motherland" sung by Guo Lanying, has been widely sung as the song that best embodies the Chinese spirit. However, for a long time, people did not know who the first singer of this song was, which is also a pity.
Today, when I say the name Zhang Yingzhe, everyone's ears must have sounded again with the song of "Smoke Billowing Singing Heroes..." right? In addition to "Hero Song", Zhang Yingzhe has also sung many songs such as "Turning Over", "We Walk on the Road", "Qinyuan Spring Snow", "I Fly in the Sky of the Motherland" and many other songs, which are also very popular with everyone, right?
Here, let us pay tribute to this singer. Everyone is welcome to interact with more fans through the message area. I am Yaqing, thank you again for your attention, we will meet again tomorrow at the same time.
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