"I Love You, China" sings the aspirations of overseas children

楚天都市报 Rong Yu

"I love you, China, I love you, China, I want to dedicate my youth to you, my mother, and my motherland." In 1978, the reform and opening up The spring breeze caressed the land of China and attracted a large number of overseas Chinese to participate in socialist construction. The music feature film "Overseas Children", which reflects the patriotic feelings of the returned overseas Chinese, came into being and became popular throughout the country in the 1980s. The theme song of this movie-"I Love You, China", composed by the famous lyrics writer Qu Cong and the famous composer Zheng Qiufeng, and sung by the famous soprano Ye Peiying, has also become a classic handed down and has been sung by Chinese people to this day.

In June this year, "I Love You, China" was selected as "100 Excellent Songs to Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China". Some netizens said with emotion, "Only when we face the great motherland, we who are introverted can do this Speak enthusiastically and frankly: I love you.”

Overseas Chizi Poster

The creator insists not to change the song name

The movie "Overseas Chizi" came out in 1979, but The song "I Love You, China" had the first draft of the lyrics as early as 1977.

The lyrics of "I Love You, China" were written by Qu Cong, a well-known poetry writer from Hunan. Qu Cong joined the army at the age of 18 and is a writer and poet who came out of the army. According to his memories, when he was young, he had come into contact with many foreign songs and poems on the theme of praising their respective countries. At that time, he secretly made up his mind: in the future, he must write a song to praise China.

In 1976, Qu Cong completed the first draft of the lyrics of "I Love You, China", but he has not found a suitable opportunity for publication. Two years later, he saw the film literary script "Overseas Children" by chance, and was invited by the screenwriter to work with the famous composer Zheng Qiufeng to create several theme songs and episodes for the film. "I Love You, China" has finally found its perfect "lighting stage".

After a lapse of 40 years, the lyrics of "I Love You, China" are still regarded by the public as the fine representatives of patriotic songs, and as the creator, Qu Cong has made no secret of his preference for this work.

According to his analysis, the beginning of the song "Larks fly over the blue sky, I love you, China", depicts the scene of the lark singing "I Love You, China" on the clouds; and in the lyrics "I love your green pine temperament, I love your red plum character", he firmly believes that this is the noble quality of our country and nation; as for "I love you the gurgling river, swaying clear waves from my dreams The "little river" in "Gone" is the same as "a big river with wide waves" in the classic song "My Motherland". It expresses the most sincere love for the motherland with the simplest feelings.

Many people don't know that the title of the song "I Love You, China" was almost changed. According to Qu Cong, when the song was submitted for review, a producer of "Overseas Children" believed that "I love you, China" should be changed to "I love you, the motherland", but Qu Cong believed that this song The song should not only be sung for the domestic compatriots, but also for the children all over the world. "Just to call the mother's name: China."

Qu Cong (later) and Zheng Qiufeng Photographed in 1984 Qin

She is the most perfect original singer

In the past 40 years, "I Love You, China" has been adapted and covered by countless musicians. However, in the eyes of the songwriters, the perfect singer of this song is undoubtedly the original singer of the year. This year, Ye Peiying, an 84-year-old well-known singer and a returned overseas Chinese from Malaysia.

Ye Peiying was originally from Guangdong and was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1935. Although she was far away from her homeland since she was a child, her father always reminded her: They speak Chinese and their family's roots are in China. When the Anti-Japanese War broke out, the young Ye Peiying also took to the streets of Malaysia with his family to sell flowers to raise money to support the motherland.

In 1951, two years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Ye Peiying asked her family to return to China to study, and she got the support of her parents. After returning to China, she was admitted to the Central Conservatory of Music by virtue of her musical talent and unremitting efforts, and stayed on to teach in 1960.

According to the composer Zheng Qiufeng, after he finished composing the lyrics and composition of "I Love You, China", he invited many audition singers to audition, but the results were not satisfactory. Later, a head of the art department of China Central Radio pointed to him I recommended Ye Peiying, who was already a famous domestic soprano singer.

Zheng Qiufeng immediately sent the movie script to Ye Peiying. Ye Peiying finished reading with tears in her eyes, thinking that this song seemed to be written for her, "I am also an overseas Chinese, this movie has written about our millions of overseas Chinese The sincere heart to the motherland, this song also sang my heart’s voice.”

In this way, the affectionate "I Love You, China" found the perfect singer and followed the movie "Overseas Chizi" "Singed all over the world where there are Chinese in every corner of the world. It has been singing for a long time, and it will last for a long time.

On September 27 this year, at a National Day pop-up event held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, 84-year-old Ye Peiying appeared in surprise and once again sang "I Love You, China" affectionately, which attracted many onlookers Shedding tears. In an interview, Ye Peiying said that in the past few decades, she has performed in many countries and regions. Chinese people in almost every place will ask her to sing "I Love You, China" again. "Wanderers often miss their mothers. I know that this kind of longing is lingering and growing.”

84-year-old Ye Peiying sang "I Love You, China" again at the patriotic pop-up event in September this year

Every "I love you" has special attention

The director of the Chinese Musicians Association, the vice chairman of the Hubei Musicians Association, and the composer Fang Shi told the reporter of Chutian Metropolis Daily that before the establishment of New China In the past 30 years, a large number of songs have been widely spread through movies. "There are plots and images. The combination of audio and video has played a great role in the spread of songs. Therefore, many songs that are familiar to the masses come from movies, such as "I Love You , China"."

In Fang Shi’s opinion, this is a song written from the perspective of movie characters, "Although it is a patriotic theme, it is very particular about artistry and professionalism, and has never studied vocal music. People cannot control this song. So we have also seen that the popularity of this song is very high, but the popularity is not high, because most people can't sing it, it requires very high skills and skills for the singer."

Fang Shi analyzed from a professional point of view, the main part of "I Love You, China" is composed of three paragraphs, but the three paragraphs are not contrastive, but are made in one go. "In music, we say it is a single image. "I love you" is a three-stage song. But back to each paragraph, the "I love you" in it is exquisite."

For example, in the first paragraph of the song, the treatment of the three words "I love you" is very artistic "I love you China, I love you China, I love you the seedlings that flourish in spring..." These three "I love you" are becoming more and more rapid and exciting in rhythm, the three " The tone and emotion of "I love you" complement each other, making the hot patriotic feelings burst out more excitedly; in the second paragraph, "I love your green pine temperament, I love your red plum character, I love the sweet cane of your hometown like milky milk The melody of the three "I love you" in "My Heart" is gradually climbing up the rock, just like a lark diving and rising in the sky, and it also subtly echoes the image of "larks" at the beginning of the song; the third paragraph The changes are mainly concentrated in the tail, "I want to dedicate the most beautiful song to you", which is a kind of withdrawal in terms of emotion and rhythm. "This three-stage style is made in one go, and the mood is ups and downs."

方Shi said that the temperament of "I Love You, China" is atmospheric and affectionate, especially suitable for performances at major events. He also mentioned that this song is a female bel canto song, suitable for female bel canto sing. "However, in recent years there have been successful male voices, such as Ping An in the music talent show "The Voice of China". His voice is very high-pitched and far-reaching, and it is also the best cover version I have heard. The peaceful singing gives this song a new kind of artistic vitality."

Lyrics Appreciation:

百灵鸟从天空飞过

我爱你中国

我爱你中国

我爱你中国

I love you spring flourishing seedlings

我爱你秋NikkeiThe yellow fruit

I love you green pine temperament

I love you red plum character

I love the sweet cane of your hometown

It seems that milk is nourishing my heart

我爱You China

我爱你中国

I want to dedicate the most beautiful song to you

My mother my motherland

我爱你中国

我爱你中国

I love you, the blue waves of the South China Sea

I love you the snowy Northland

I love you boundless forest

I love you mountains and towering

I love you song淙的小河

Dang the clear waves flowing through my dream

我爱你中国

我爱你中国

I want to dedicate my beautiful youth to you

My mother my motherland

啊啊

I want to dedicate my beautiful youth to you

My mother my motherland