The Old School Song of Cheng Yansheng of Anhui University
In recent years, my tutor, Professor Lu Fachun, was studying in Shanghai, and came across an album with the school emblem and school song of Lao 'an University in Fudan Library. In his article, he said, "The school emblem and school song were written by Cheng Yan when he was growing up in Anhui University, and 1933 was approved by the school board. The design of the school emblem is clear and concise. Above the opened scroll, there is a seal with the artistic font of "Anhui University" embedded on it. At the top of the seal is the image of a swift horse protruding from the arch, and the meaning is clear at a glance. This school song was written by Yansheng, then the head of the provincial security university. Cheng Yansheng (1888- 1955), a native of Huaining, Anhui Province, studied in Europe and Japan in his early years and taught in Peking University after returning to China. He is an important participant in the New Culture Movement in Peking University. As an overseas cultural and educational celebrity in Anhui, he has been actively supporting the cultural and educational progress movement in the province and the preparation of Anhui University. 1920, he and Hu Shi, Gao, etc. The Anhui Affairs Promotion Association was launched in Beijing to support the patriotic struggle of Anhui education circles against the dark rule of warlords. 1April, 932, he succeeded He Lu as the president of the university, bought land to build a school building, set up the school board, and formulated and promulgated the school flag, school emblem, school song and some school rules. It was during his tenure that the first and second graduates of Anda University graduated. Cheng knows history and Anhui regional culture well. 1926, Peking University published the Historical Materials of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (Part I) edited by him, and compiled the Printed Edition of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in France, which made China scholars see the printed edition of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for the first time and was an important material for Taiping Heavenly Kingdom researchers in the early years of the Republic of China. His "Wan You Pu" is also an important bibliography to understand Anhui regional culture. As far as I know, neither Cheng's poems nor manuscripts have been published. Although he actively supported the reform of Chen Duxiu's Sinology and China Literature, he personally knew the grammar of Tongcheng School and left many manuscripts. Perhaps it is precisely because of this cultural background and academic origin that the composition is dignified in ancient times and the allusions of Huizhou studies are properly tailored. As a school song, it is also a top-grade work: Hidden Cang Yue and Jianghuai Tangshui. Xia and Shang started, and the Han and Tang dynasties were graceful. Culture is prosperous and the nation is prosperous. Dr. Shen Shen, I am on the lookout. Cangcang, Jianghuai soup. Remembering the sages Guan Zhong and Meng Zhuang. Gao Wen is a scholar and Song Qing is a scholar. Dr. Shen Shen, I am on the lookout. Mr Xiao, who wrote Anhui University School Song, was a colleague in Peking University, then the president of Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Xiao (1884―― 1940), a native of Xiangshan (now Zhongshan City), Guangdong Province, studied in Japan in his early years, joined the China League on the recommendation of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and took part in anti-Qing revolutionary activities. 19 12, as the first batch of overseas students at public expense after the founding of the Republic of China, majored in piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Leipzig, Germany, founded by music master Mendelssohn, and obtained a doctorate in philosophy. During the period of 1920, when he was a member of the National Anthem Research Association of the Ministry of Education of Beiyang Government, he composed music for the then national anthem "Qing Yun Ge". 192 1 was appointed as the academic director of Peking University Conservatory of Music, 1927 founded the Shanghai Conservatory of Folk Music as a professor, academic director and dean. 1929 released four well-known chorus songs, "Moonlit Night on the Spring River", which were played endlessly. Xiao has many works, such as Harmony Acoustics, Outline of Modern Western Music History, A Brief History of China Music, Complete Works of Xiao, etc. This outstanding musician, who specializes in music and obtained a doctorate in ancient musical instruments in China, is called the founder of modern music in China by music historians. It is a once-in-a-century opportunity for him to write four chorus songs that he is good at for the school song of Anhui University. University is the cradle of students' ideals. Making and singing university songs is an important part of the construction of university campus culture. A beautiful university song can not only reflect the style and characteristics of the school, but more importantly, it can stimulate the aspirations of young students, so that they can feel a sense of historical identity, mission of home and country and lofty civilization when singing. Masters in physics (Mr. Yang's father's mathematician was a director of our school's board of directors in his early years) often mentioned the unforgettable "School Song of Southwest Associated University" as an encouragement and spur to himself when he recalled the National Southwest Associated University more than 50 years later:' The shame of a thousand years is finally snow; In the development of China, we should be outstanding. Three households in one city, difficult to break. How difficult it is to be worried about the new national luck and to be patient and hopeful about the past. When the enemy is expelled, return to Beijing and Yan Tuan. "Since the new century, many famous junior high schools have been looking for ideological resources to build the university spirit in the new century from the old school songs and old school mottos. I sincerely hope that the "Anhui University School Song" I picked up again can stir up waves in the hearts of young students in Anda University. "