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Volunteer Army Battle Song, "Born from Poems"
"Horizon, proud, crossing the Yalu River..." This passionate and majestic song " Chinese People's Volunteer Army War Song " has touched the heartstrings of many people and inspired many volunteer soldiers to rush to the Korean battlefield filled with smoke without hesitation, but few people know how it was born.
Zhou Weizhi's manuscript for the "Fighting Song of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army" (Photo source: Memorial Hall for the Resistance and Aid Korea)
The music score of this battle song was created one afternoon in November 1950. At that time, Zhou Weizhi was appointed deputy director of the Art Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Culture. During the preparation of the National Opera Work Conference, he accidentally saw an article titled "Recording the Talks of Several Soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army" published on the same day. He quoted a poem at the beginning:
"Horizontal and proud, crossing the Yalu River. Protecting peace and defending the motherland is protecting the hometown. China's good sons and daughters, unite together, resisting the U.S. aggression, defeating the American imperial wolves!" The heroic spirit of the poem is like a bullet, hitting Zhou Weizhi's heart at once. He instantly ignited a huge enthusiasm for creation and immediately began to compose the poem. In just about half an hour, the music score was completed. The title of the song initially used the last line of the poem - "Defeat the ambition wolf of the US imperialist empire!" There is a sentence in the original song "Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea" a bit unpleasant. Zhou Weizhi accepted the suggestion of the then chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association Lu Ji . Shortly after the publication, he changed the melody and lyrics to the later "Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea". During this period, a publication reposted the lyrics of the song under the title "Fighting Song of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army". Zhou Weizhi felt it was very good, so he named the song "The Battle Song of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army".
A sonorous battle song has been widely sung on the Korean battlefield and on the land of China since then. In April 1951, the People's Daily published this song again under the title of "The Battle Song of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army". Since I didn't know the author of the original poem at that time, I only signed the composition of Zhou Weizhi when I published it.
Who created this catchy and heroic unnamed poem? This question was finally answered in 1953.
That year, the Ministry of Culture and the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles carried out mass song awards, and selected 9 first-prize songs from more than 10,000 songs published nationwide. Among them, "The Battle Song of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army" stood out and ranked first. In order to give the author the award, the relevant departments finally found the lyricist of "The Battle Song of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army" - the instructor of the 5th Company of the 26th Regiment of the 1st Artillery Division of the Volunteer Army Ma Fuyao .
At that time, the first batch of troops Ma Fuyao was stationed in North Korea to join the war. In October 1950, he drove to Andong City (now Dandong City ) on the Yalu River assembled and stood on standby.
Autumn wind whistles, and cannot blow away the vigorous fighting spirit; the river water is cold, and it cannot freeze the sincere heart of the warrior! On the eve of the entry of the court, the participating troops carried out pre-war mobilization. The soldiers were excited and motivated, and their letters of determination and request for battle were sent to the company headquarters. Ma Fuyao was infected by the soldiers' high fighting spirit, unable to suppress his inner excitement, and wrote this heroic poem about going to war.
0000 On November 26, 1950, the People's Daily published the front page of "Records the Talks of Several Soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteer Force" (Photo source: People's Daily)
Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Bojian When he came to interview, he found this poem on the wall poster. He quoted the original poem in the battlefield communication "Records the Talks of Several Soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteer Force" and changed "Crossing the Yalu River" to "Crossing the Yalu River", and "Good Children of China" to "Good Children of China".In November 1950, the People's Daily published this newsletter.
Ma Fuyao and Zhou Weizhi never met during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, but they jointly wrote a war song of the times. In that war-torn era, this song was like a loud horn, echoing in the Korean battlefield and the land of China. From the front line to the rear, from town to fields, the Chinese people’s hearts of defending their country are bursting everywhere.
Article source:
People’s Daily Publishing House
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