After that incident in 1976, the cheerful and festive "Toast Song" quickly spread throughout the country.
The song of "Toast Song" comes from Shi Guangnan, a native of Chongqing.
There are not many people who can sing "Toast" these days, and as soon as you sing it, you will reveal your age.
But his other song, "Walking on the Field of Hope," is still sung from time to time by people (such as Song Zuying).
There is also a song that everyone is very familiar with, "Anchovy Bamboo in the Moonlight", because it has the taste of Yunnan folk songs, and some people also like to play this song with gourd silk.
Some composers have a fixed style, Lei Lei, the author of "A Good Man's Life in Peace", and many of her songs are a tune.
But Shi Guangnan is different, his style is unpredictable, and each song presents a different style.
For example, "Phoenix Tail Bamboo in the Moonlight" is a strong Yunnan Dai flavor that can take you to the tropical Xishuangbanna, while "Turpan Grapes Are Ripe" is a typical Uyghur style, with beautiful Uyghur girls dancing with the accompaniment of Dutar, and chromatic scales 4 and 7 appear in large quantities in the melody.
The styles of these two songs are so different that you can't imagine that they were created by the same person, which is Shi Guangnan's skill.
Before Shi Guangnan became famous, when he was only a middle school student, he even concocted the so-called "foreign famous songs".
Once the Central Radio broadcast a beautiful melody "Estonian folk song" "Lovely Dulia", the announcer also clearly told the audience that this song is composed by Daules, composed by Kalma Di, translated by Yao Xinkai (foreign lyrics are translated into Chinese and then every word and the score must be matched to sing.
In fact, this song was created by Shi Guangnan, and what Daules Kalma Di Yao Xinkai these Chinese and foreign people are all imaginary.
Below: Shi Guangnan and his wife
Shi Guangnan loved music since he was a child, and his love of music led to his untimely death.
Here's the thing: there was a classmate in the class who had a record player, and his family had a number of records, including Shi Guangnan's favorite "Blue Danube".
At that time, there were very few people with radios or record players, and Shi Guangnan's family was very average, and he could not afford such home appliances.
In order to go to this classmate every day to listen to the blue Danube, Shi Guangnan used the breakfast money given by his parents to make a deal for this classmate.
Health experts tell us that breakfast is important, especially when you are growing up.
Because Shi Guangnan sacrificed breakfast in order to enjoy music during this time, he also sacrificed his own health, leaving his beloved wife, daughter, and country early at the age of 49.
In fact, in my opinion, Shi Guangnan's works, the highest artistic standard is the violin solo song "Ruili Riverside", but the song is high and low, this very beautiful work from the beginning is very small, after all, Chinese is still not used to listening to pure music, because we need lyrics to express specific feelings, if there is no lyrics, just a bow rubbing on the four strings, we will feel confused, very hazy.
We don't want to be hazy, we want to be clear.