"A True Story", also known as "The Story of the Red-crowned Crane", is a song written, composed and sung by Xie. It was originally sung by a girl who died to protect the red-crowned crane, and was later sung by Gan Ping.

A true story tells the story of Xu Xiujuan.

Xu Xiujuan was born in a Manchu fisherman's family in Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province. She received a good family education since she was a child. 1981August, just turned 17 years old, followed his father Xu to raise cranes in Zhalong Nature Reserve.

Raising cranes is the most tiring job in the reserve. Xu Xiujuan carried water, prepared food, fed cranes, set them free, cleaned their houses, and treated and cared for sick cranes. The survival rate of her young cranes raised by herself reached 1.000%. Domestic cranes can listen to people dancing and flying. The country visited the nature reserve in Xu Xiujuan and watched the crane training performance. The crane training technology in Zhalong Nature Reserve is well-known at home and abroad.

1987 On that night in September of 15, she died in the river looking for a lost crane. Xu Xiujuan was the first martyr who died in the line of duty on the environmental front in China. She dedicated her 23-year-old youth to the cause of raising cranes that she loved and worked hard for all her life.

To commemorate this young crane angel, memorial halls and monuments were set up in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province and Zhalong Nature Reserve, Qiqihar City, respectively, to publicize Xu Xiujuan's deeds and inspire people's enthusiasm for loving nature, protecting wild animals and living in harmony with nature.