"The Death of the War" was included in Jay Chou's fifth album "Qilixiang", and the entire album has two songs that are not used as words, but are expressed as poems. These two songs are "Qilixiang" and "The Death of Cessation" in cooperation with Fang Wenshan.
Many people may have questions, what does it mean to be martyred? The martyrdom here is the song of mourning, that is, the song of the soldier who died on the battlefield.
The title of the song points out that the idea of this song is anti-war. The whole song was composed and arranged by Jay Chou himself, and the MV was found to guide Kwong Sheng in "In the Name of the Father". Come to Vladivostok to shoot.

Vladivostok is used as an important military base by the former Russian Empire and has been a battlefield of countless wars in history, which coincides with the background of the song.
The tune and MV of the whole song are more gloomy and gray than "In the Name of the Father". 15 local soldiers and 40 children were recruited to assist in the filming. Depicted as the center of them, the reverse shows that the war has brought invisible pressure to these innocent people.
"The Fall of the War" was also nominated for the "Best Music Video Director Award" and the "Best Lyricist Award" at the 16th Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan.
The theme of the song "The Death of the War" is anti-war, and set in Vladivostok, a city that has experienced war, to tell the story of what a singer saw and heard about the whole social situation under the circumstances at that time, and even used his mouth to express his views on the war and his sadness about the suffering of the children in the war. This work has a very high humanistic and caring atmosphere, and at the same time has a high degree of artistry. It is different from Jay Chou, which everyone likes to hear the most favorite, such as "Qilixiang", "Confession Balloon", "Waiting for You to Leave Class", and "Blue and White Porcelain", and it is also different from the big compilation "In the Name of the Father" and "The Seventh Chapter of the Night" that have been named as gods.
The eyes of the children, who appear frequently in the MV, are full of fear of war. The devastated lands of the post-war period also reflect the bad effects of the war, and the whole song shows Jaylen's disgust for war and sympathy for the people who have been devastated by the war. A song to mourn those who died in the war to stop the war. Here it is indeed the meaning of the song of mourning, the song of mourning those who died in battle. Cessation refers to the purpose of singing this song, in the hope of quelling the chaos of the war.
From the very beginning mv in terms of architectural style. Distinctly English architecture. Plus the scene of Jaylen and Yu Hao's detective. I've already guessed what. When the sixth sentence is heard. Nothing to guess. Friends familiar with "Sherlock Holmes" and "Detective Conan" know it.
This song is almost musically arranged by Jay Chou, and the arrangement of this "Death of the War" is also the best "divine work" in the hearts of many people in Jay Chou's arrangement. Oh, yes, the piano soundtrack was played by Jay Chou himself.
The most wonderful thing about this song is definitely Fang Wenshan's words.
In this song, it is defined as poetry.
In the "Seven Mile Fragrance" album, there are two songs written in poetry. One is "Qilixiang" and the other is "The Death of The War".
And Fang Wenshan's poetic work, he found a very subtle entry point: the child's perspective.
Depict war from a child's point of view. He doesn't say anything, he doesn't say anything. It is to paint the picture, calmly, truthfully, fully, to sing it to you.
Perhaps, as others have said, this is the level of opposing war in the eyes of the small, seeing the world from a leaf, and opposing war from the eyes of children.
Fang Wenshan was nominated for Best Lyricist at the 16th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his poem "The Death of The War Stopped"
The MV director of "The Death of the War", Kwong Sheng. The MV god in Jay Chou's early team, the director of the Golden Melody Award, is also known as the first master of Taiwan's MV.
The MV of "The Death of The War" went to Vladivostok to shoot the scene, and specially invited 15 local soldiers and 40 children to participate in the performance. Even the local army, and military equipment were used.
The picture, the lens, the object, the angle of view, the tone in the whole MV... Everything is standard, and the atmosphere is portrayed seriously and darkly. The actors' shooting and capture details are precise.
And I think the most classic thing is that the MV is carried out from the role of a storyteller.
Throughout the MV, the real protagonist has always been the children who keep appearing.
They either play in front of the piano.
Or confused in the crowd.
Or a lifeless look back.
Or the numbness of standing in the center of the stage...
"What is the shape of hope in the eyes of children?"
No one knows the answer, so when you see the eyes of these children, what kind of answer do you have in your heart?