The song played during traditional Chinese funerals is called "Sorrowful Music".
"Sad Music" was adapted from a northern folk wind and percussion tune by Luo Lang, the first leader of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Military Band.
Seeing that the bodies of the fallen martyrs were still in fighting postures, he felt that mourning should not only express mourning, but also express the emotion of remembering and remembering the heroic achievements, so when he created it, he based it on the key of E flat minor. , using the technique of temporarily switching to a major key at the strongest point of the whole song, making the tune passionate and resolute after sobbing and crying.
"Mourning Music" was first performed at a ceremony to commemorate the fallen martyrs in Zhangjiakou in 1945; in 1949, the foundation laying ceremony of the People's Heroes Monument was held in Tiananmen Square, and the central government approved it as official national funeral music. After Stalin passed away in 1953, "Sorrow" was played on the Central People's Broadcasting Station for the first time.
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Once, Chopin came to the studio of the French painter Zim (1821-1911) to relieve his boredom. At that time, Chopin was troubled by the evil spirits in French legends. He often had nightmares at night, dreaming that demons and monsters wanted to take him to hell. This dream reminded Zim of an image of a skeleton dressed as a piano player in the studio.
He told Chopin about this, and unexpectedly it inspired the musician. At night, Chopin looked pale and his eyes were glazed over. He wrapped himself in a sheet and sat down close to the skeleton. Suddenly, the silent air of the studio was broken by broad, slow, serious and deep music. It turned out that he was composing a "Funeral March" on the piano. This funeral march later became the third chapter of the "Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor".