After enjoying the magnificent mountains and rivers in China, witnessing the boatmen of the Yellow River struggling in the stormy waves and listening to the melodious songs of the boatmen, he created a recitation poem Ode to the Yellow River and recited it at the New Year's Eve party. Xian Xinghai was very excited after hearing this, and said that he would create The Yellow River Cantata for the crew.
Before the Spring Festival, Zhang Guangnian wrote more than 400 lines of The Yellow River Cantata's poems in just five days. Xian Xinghai kept writing in a crude earthen kiln in Yan 'an for six days, and completed all the scores of The Yellow River Cantata's eight movements and accompanying music on March 3 1. Together, they wrote the Chinese music epic of this era.
The significance of the Yellow River chorus "Red Song".
The Yellow River Cantata tells the story of guerrilla warfare in which anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians are happy under the leadership of the Party, eulogizes the heroic and wise guerrilla fighters, eulogizes the heroic spirit of millions of soldiers and civilians in China in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, eulogizes the majestic spirit of the Chinese nation, looks forward to the dawn of new China, and blows the horn of fighting to the suffering working people all over the world.
Through the performance and rendering of music, these scenes have become real and colorful pictures, and the whole movement has shown great vitality. The Yellow River Cantata is a magnificent epic. It accompanied the Chinese nation through an arduous war of liberation, defeated imperialism and inspired us to fight for a more prosperous and powerful motherland.