Although the singer is gone, the afterglow is lingering
——Remembering the famous lyricist In Changsha, Mr. She Zhidi
Text/Tong Zhenjun Li Wenyao
He met She Shuzhong, the son of Mr. She, on Donggua Mountain, Chinese New Year's Eve in 2016. An old farmer from a remote mountainous area who wanted to sell his own citrus and return to his hometown for the New Year as soon as possible, did not hesitate to lie on the orange stall on the side of the road to guard the orange stall at night, and after being discovered by the kind citizens of Changsha, the matter spread to the Internet.
I followed the trail to find his family's rented warehouse on Donggua Mountain and came to interview him, while Shuzhong was wearing the hat of the head of public welfare in Hunan and bringing volunteers to help the elderly sell oranges.
On the snow-covered Donggua Mountain, through the search for interview clues from all sides, I finally found this middle-aged man who was helping the old man on the mountain to weigh oranges, bag, pull a cart, with a straight posture and a strong facial line. He drove me to the old man, and then we got busy...
I recognize The great name of Mr. She Zhidi, but in a distant childhood, the song "Small Ferry in the Mountain Village" that is often hummed in his mouth is Mr. She's work.
Although they both had the surname She, I never associated them: these two people were father and son. It was not until a few days ago, when Mr. She Zhidi passed away and Mr. She Shuzhong posted a commemorative article to commemorate it, that he learned that the two were originally a family.
Beautiful songs echoed in the spiritual hall
I wonder if you have ever attended such a memorial service, the spiritual hall is plastered with lyrics, and the stirring and beautiful songs echo in the spiritual hall?
On the morning of September 11, the memorial service of Mr. She Zhidi, a national first-class screenwriter and famous lyricist, was held at Changsha Mingyangshan Funeral Home. The deceased in the portrait, dressed in a crimson shirt and deep eyes, looked kindly at everyone who was watching him. Above the portrait, it is not the "so-and-so adult who is commonly seen for thousands of years", but the simple and simple characters of the handwritten "Memorial Singer She Zhidi". Many lyrics written by Mr. She Zhidi were posted on the walls and stone pillars of the spiritual hall, and most of the people who entered the scene in advance looked up and silently recited them.
The subsequent farewell ceremony, whether it is in the process of remembrance or the farewell of the body, plays the works created by She Zhidi before his death. Before his death, mr. Li said that he was a "lyricist" and "I only know how to sing the feelings of ordinary people, the common feelings of people, and the feelings of people." Because he only has "ordinary people" in his heart, his works are loved by the general public.
When the songs sound, people completely forget that they are in the solemn spiritual hall at this time, forget the sorrow, but their hearts are full of warm feelings of beauty and love. The deceased's son She Shuzhong was in front of the spirit, listening to the song while gently waving the beat, as if directing a special concert dedicated to his father. The atmosphere of the whole spiritual hall is not like saying goodbye to a deceased person, but like sending a relative or friend on a journey to a distant place.
(Singer's Spirit Hall)
("Mountain Ferry")
No heart to climb the dragon, no heart to attach to the phoenix
Before his death, Mr. She Zhidi talked about his most satisfactory work, which was the theme song he wrote for the TV series "Li Shishi", "Bloody Soul".
The lyrics go like this:
No heart to climb the dragon, no heart to attach to the phoenix.
Pipa covered his face and complained bitterly, since he fell into Willow Lane.
Tears are in the rain, and the rouge wind is sung.
Smiley people's hearts are dripping blood, be careful how precious they are.
Why climb the dragon, why attach the phoenix?
Li Hua is innocent and does not love red, even if she struggles in the dust net.
Thirsty to drink the water of the Yellow River, hungry to eat zhongyuan dreams.
The bloody soul is dead, and I wish to see Kyushu renovate.
"Climbing the dragon without heart, attaching to the phoenix without heart" is his attitude towards life; "why climb the dragon, why should he attach the phoenix" is his talent and backbone.
In the early 1980s, television was still very rare, and listening to the radio was the main way of entertainment. In the "Weekly Song" column of the radio station, listeners and friends could often hear She Zhidi's name. Those who followed the radio to learn to sing "Hunter's Soul", "Sing the Peach Blossom River Again", "Mountain Country Ferry", "Dang, Dear Mother"... A poem that goes straight to people's hearts, is fresh and unworldly, and becomes a good memory of people of that era. Later, the song "Hot Girl" composed by Mr. She Zhidi swept the country, and he was well known to everyone.
After the reform and opening up, witnessing the progress of society, the people's living standards have gradually improved and improved, which has made him, who cares about the suffering of the masses, more stimulated his enthusiasm for creation, and his literary thoughts are gushing and his works are continuous. In recent years, thousands of poems, songs, and works of music have been published in official national journals alone.
Although Mr. She Zhidi is a national first-class songwriter and has also held titles such as vice chairman of the Hunan Provincial Qu Artists Association and president of the Hunan Provincial Music and Literature Society, he has not held an administrative position in his life, and has always maintained the true color of a cloth dress, and the solemnity of the bones is clear in the ordinary.
(Written by Mr. She Zhidi)
(Manuscript by Mr. She Zhidi)
The father's family is upright, and the pattern of children and grandchildren is large
Mr. She was innocent throughout his life, and apart from his lyrics and other literary works, perhaps his greatest satisfaction was his other works— sons and grandchildren.
Her son She Shuzhong has long devoted himself to public welfare undertakings in his spare time, is the person in charge of Hunan Casual Public Welfare, and is also the leader of hunan Veterans' Home, a public welfare organization that cares for anti-War veterans.
He united a large number of caring people who respected history and cherished the feelings of home and country under the banner of Hunan Veterans' Home, and built teams or workstations that cared for veterans in every prefecture and city in Hunan, as well as some districts and counties. The veterans of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Hunan have gone from discovery, to care, to farewell; from more than 4,000 people ten years ago to more than 700 people who still survive today, each of them has been regarded as his own relative! He is both an organizer and an actor, and volunteers affectionately refer to him as the "snake head".
The funeral parlor Shu Zhong often came, and the veterans he sent away were all high-life expectants over the age of ninety, and now his father is only 77 years old! This familiar scene brought him inner sadness that was difficult for others to understand. But he did not burst into tears, but only sang, just like the Father, and sent warmth to the world.
Influenced by such a beautiful spiritual atmosphere, the grandchildren are even more outstanding. At the age of ten, he was named one of the top ten virtue teenagers in Changsha, and is now the general secretary of the regiment of the first middle school in Changsha.
Little he, he also inherited the excellent genetic genes of the old man, full of artistic cells, once won the gold medal of the Changsha Youth Solo Singing Competition, the general host of this year's Provincial May Fourth Youth Gala, and he was also ...
Mr. She travels west with a crane, and when the excitement is exhausted, he will return with a long smile!
(Virtue for public welfare)
(Proud of the children and grandchildren)
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