60 years ago in the Sartu Wasteland, the living conditions of the battle teams were extremely difficult and monotonous, and there was almost no amateur cultural life. In order to boost morale and activate life, singing has become the best choice. Especially the singing before the conference, one after another, the singing is loud and the fighting spirit is high. In particular, the demobilized officers and soldiers in the battle teams have inherited the fine traditions of the People's Liberation Army's cultural work and become the main body of singing songs. The War Working Committee paid special attention to the publicity, agitation and motivational role of literary and artistic work. In April 1960, the "War Zone Art Troupe" was established; in July 1961, the "First Amateur Theater Performance in the War Zone" was held. During the battle, there were also cultural activities such as "Announcement of Good News Competition", "Mending Party", "Report of Victory Literature", "Writing and Performing Yourself, Daqing People Write Daqing". No matter what kind of cultural activities, self-written and self-created programs become the mainstay. Early oil battle songs emerged.
There were 14 oil battle songs published in "Battle Report" from 1960 to 1963. The performance forms were usually solo singing, chorus singing, performance singing, etc. Most of the songs are short in length, with mostly one-paragraph structure. The lyrics are easy to understand and the rhythm is bright. Most of the songs are in 2/4 time. Only one song, "Heavy Rain Rushing to Install" (Sichuan Haozi), is in 4/4 time. . The contents of the battle songs include learning from heroic model workers, such as the first Daqing song "Learn from the "Iron Man" Wang Jinxi" and "Learn from Zhang Hongchi" written by Wei Li and composed by Zhendong on April 27, 1960; there are propaganda slogans, such as "Ten No Three" "To"; some publicize the mission of the battle, such as "The whole party runs geology"; some praise the workers of the battle, such as "Oil Workers' Hard Bones" and "Oil Workers Forward" written by Xu Zhiliang and composed by Zhao Zhenglin.
Secondly, there are other songs from this period that have been handed down, such as "The Wind in Shartu is the Wind for Entrepreneurship" (later changed to "The Wind in Daqing is the Wind for Entrepreneurship") and "How Heroic the Oil Workers Are" written by Li Fengxiang and composed by Li Dalun. ", "The Song of Gan Dabase" written by Wang Jifu and composed by Mao Di, etc.
The songs produced during this period are a true portrayal of the hard entrepreneurial life. Although the conditions of the battle were difficult, he took pleasure in suffering, took pride in suffering, fought against heaven and earth, and was fearless and heroic. These songs greatly inspired the work enthusiasm of the battle workers. Both in terms of melody and lyrics, they all interpreted the profound connotation of the Daqing spirit Iron Man spirit. They used music to promote the Daqing spirit Iron Man spirit. Songs played an extremely important role in the formation and spread of the Daqing Spirit Iron Man spirit. The creative theme of this period can be condensed into one sentence: "Thinking of Chairman Mao in my heart, the more bitter and tired I am, the sweeter my heart becomes."
From a creative perspective, most of these songs were created by the war zone art troupes and some amateur writers at that time. From an artistic professional point of view, the artistic level needs to be improved, but their interpretation and understanding of the Iron Man spirit of Daqing is profound and true, which is incomparable to some professional songwriters who do not understand the entrepreneurial life of Daqing. These excellent songs produced during the Great War laid a good foundation for the subsequent creation of oil songs and made a good start.
