"The original heart is like a torch, Changsha imprint" (13) 丨 "The enemy has guns, I have flesh and blood" - "The father of the national anthem" Tian Han visited the former residence

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"The enemy has guns, I have flesh and blood"

——"The father of the national anthem" Tian Han's former residence visited

Hunan Daily New Hunan client reporter Zhou Xiaolei

"Rise up, those who do not want to be slaves, build our flesh and blood into our new Great Wall..." Whenever the shocking national anthem sounds, we will be full of excitement and blood.

In early summer, it's full of greenery. With reverence, the reporter drove from Changsha city to Tianhan Village, Guoyuan Town, Changsha County, in less than an hour, where a solemn building with white walls and green tiles was hidden in a turquoise field, which was the former residence of Tian Han, the "father of the national anthem".

Tian Han was the main founder of modern Chinese drama and an excellent leader in the early revolutionary music and film industry. He devoted his life to writing, leaving behind more than 100 plays, more than 2,000 poems and lyrics, and was a "cultural giant" who wrote works. But what is most memorable is the national anthem he composed.

"Tian Han was born here on March 12, 1898, and spent his childhood and adolescence." Jin Huan, a docent of Tian Han's former residence, told reporters.

Tian Han's former residence used to be called Tian Jia Yuan, which is a typical Hunan rural house, brick and wood structure, front and back two entrances, white walls and green tiles. After years of vicissitudes, the brick and wood structure of the Tianjia house has long collapsed, and the current building was restored by the local government on the original foundation in 2005, which basically restored the historical situation and style of that year, and was listed as a provincial cultural relics protection unit in Hunan.

When Tian Han was 9 years old, his father died prematurely due to illness, and he was raised by his mother Yi Keqin. Tian Mu "has a firm understanding of the mind and never returns to all kinds of hardships", and attaches great importance to the education of her children. Tian Han's uncle Yi Xiang was a democratic revolutionary who followed Dr. Sun Yat-sen throughout his life in the revolution and was later killed by warlords.

Tian Han's hometown of Changsha County is the place where Xiang opera and shadow drama are prevalent. When he was five or six years old, he often rode on the shoulders of his uncles to chase the scene more than a dozen miles away. Tian Han once recalled: "Shadow drama was the starting point for me to contact drama. In 1910, the 11-year-old Tian Han left the countryside and went to Changsha to enter a new school, which made it easier to contact drama. At the age of 13, he borrowed from the traditional origami drama "Three Niangs Teaching Son" and wrote the drama study "New Godson", which tells the story of a martyr's wife of the Xinhai Battle who taught his young son to strive to serve the country. The words and deeds of his mother and the patriotic loyalty of his uncle planted the seeds of "strong and indomitable" in the heart of the young Tian Han. At the age of 18, Tian Han studied in Japan under the patronage of his uncle and vowed to dedicate himself to theatrical career.

Beginning in the winter of 1929, Tian Han actively participated in political activities while engaging in literary and artistic activities; in March 1930, as one of the initiators, he participated in the inaugural meeting of the Chinese Left-Wing Writers' Union, and was elected as one of the seven executive committees, and then joined the Grand League of the Chinese Freedom Movement.

It was also at this time that Tian Han met Nie Er in Shanghai, when Nie Er was only 19 years old. At this time, Tian Han had already witnessed the fall of the northeast, the puppet state of Manchukuo appeared on the scene, and the land of Shenzhou was troubled by internal and external troubles, poverty and weakness, and deep disasters, which was a critical moment for the survival of the Chinese nation.

Tian Han was determined to write a film script with the theme of the Longcheng War of Resistance, "Children of the Wind and Clouds", and the theme lyrics were written on the last page of the manuscript, but when Tian Han had just finished writing the lyrics, he was arrested by the Kuomintang authorities. After Nie Er learned the news, he took the initiative to ask Miao to compose the music, and soon after, Nie Er revised the score in Japan and sent it back to the film company for group recording. With the advent of the film "Children of the Storm", its theme song "March of the Volunteer Army" quickly spread, inspiring the sons and daughters of China to achieve the final victory in the protracted war against fascism.

In 1949, the March of the Volunteer Army was selected as the national anthem of the People's Republic of China, and became a triumphant song guiding the people of all ethnic groups in New China to unite and struggle towards a happy life.

Throughout his life, Tian Han suffered from war and displacement and the destruction of the country and his family, and he used poetry as a weapon to shout with his soul. "The enemy has guns and cannons, and I have flesh and blood, which is the main embodiment of the spirit of tian Han's national anthem!" The narrator Jin Huan forcefully told reporters.

Today, new China has undergone earth-shaking changes, in the Tian Han National Anthem Square passionate and generous national anthem, the reporter felt the transmutation of the land under his feet, but the horn of the national anthem has been endless: rise! Get up! advance! advance!