is 1.80 meters tall and has a strong and upright figure. This handsome and handsome 24-year-old man is named Li Yang, a soldier from Wuhu. On July 1, as a trumpeter of the Joint Military Band of the People's Liberation Army of China, he participated in the grand performance of the military band in Tiananmen Square, listened to General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech with his own ears, and felt the solemn and warm atmosphere of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party. "Excited, shocked!" Li Yang told reporters that although he has returned to the army now, the grand occasion of the celebration is still vivid in my mind.
Li Yang was born in Jingshan Street, Jinghu District in 1997. After graduating from high school in 2014, he joined the army gloriously and became a soldier in a certain unit of the Eastern Theater Command. Li Yang has been very interested in music since he was a child, but due to family conditions, he has not been able to receive systematic music training. After joining the army, the old squad leader who was good at musical instruments became his "Bo Le" and music teacher. The squad leader was especially good at large numbers, so Li Yang chose to focus on large numbers. Under the squad leader's hand-in-hand teaching and guidance, Li Yang's long-buried musical talent finally burst out. He started from the most basic music knowledge and took only half a year to basically master musical knowledge and a variety of performance skills of large squads. In 2015, the Shijun Band recruited members, and Li Yang was selected by the military band for his good external conditions and basic musical literacy. He cherished this hard-won opportunity and since then he studied hard and trained hard, and his performance level of large squad has improved by leaps and bounds. In 2019, Li Yang was honored to be selected as the Joint Military Band of the People's Liberation Army of China and participated in the 70th anniversary celebration of the founding of the People's Liberation Army. "This is the first time I have played for the National Day ceremony for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Tiananmen Square. I am very excited and proud." Li Yang is still very excited to this day.
After participating in the National Day performance, Li Yang returned to the army and continued to study hard. Hard work brings rewards. In April this year, after strict selection, Li Yang was once again selected into the Joint Military Band of the People's Liberation Army. In the subsequent trombone performance assessment, his results ranked second in the army, third in the army, and ninth in the entire army.
"The 1,300 members of the United Military Band come from all units of the army, playing 13 instruments, with 100 people in each instrument." Li Yang introduced that at the celebration, in addition to the warm-up song, 11 songs were also played, including "National Anthem of the People's Republic of China", "New World", and "Internationale".
As the saying goes, one minute on stage, ten years of hard work off stage. In order to successfully complete the performance tasks at the celebration, during the two-month training period, the members of the military band had to conduct super-intensity training from 8 am to 7 pm every day. Everyone must "stand for 3 hours without falling, blow for 3 hours without being chaotic, sit for 3 hours without moving." "Although this training camp forced me to postpone the date of taking wedding photos originally agreed with my girlfriend, I think it is worth it for the grand ceremony of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party." Li Yang said with a smile.
htmlOn July 1, the military band phalanx located in front of the main gate of Tiananmen Square was neat and the music was loud, showing the spiritual outlook of Chinese soldiers to the world and becoming a beautiful scenery."Being able to attend such a grand event twice and sound a loud trumpet for the great party and the great motherland is the greatest glory of my life. If I can personally participate in the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in the future, I will have no regrets in my life. May our motherland prosper and realize the Chinese dream of great rejuvenation as soon as possible!" Li Yang expressed his beautiful wish.
The picture shows Li Yang's photo in Tiananmen Square after performing the 70th anniversary of the National Day ceremony in 2019.
Wuhu Daily reporter Cheng Daiguang
