Half a century ago, China had a resounding name. At that time, several large foreign record companies in Shanghai were proud of their works in Li Jinhui, and a huge portrait of Li Jinhui hung in the lobby of each company. In the cultural circle of modern China, he was a strange man with many achievements. China occupies an important position in the history of music, drama, film, literature and education. In some fields, he even deserves the reputation of "founder" and "founder". In the 1920s and 1940s, he created a "milestone" in China's cultural undertakings. Of course, his most important achievement, first of all, is music.
No matter in the past or today, the music industry recognized him as the father of China pop music. Taohuajiang, Express, Late Night, Jasmine, Sister I Love You, etc. He wrote the earliest popular songs in China. His collection of popular songs, Family Love Songs 100, was published by Shanghai Civilization Publishing House 16, which had a great influence in China at that time. He also introduced China's pop songs to foreign countries. An American musician published Yellow Music, calling Li Jinhui "the first person in yellow music", and pointed out that Li Jinhui pushed forward the development of China music for "at least 20 years". Li Jinhui combined western jazz with China's local folk music and promoted it in China and even Southeast Asia, making China music develop internationally. Others call Li Jinhui the father of children's musicals in China. His musicals Sparrows and Children, Angel of the Vineyard, Sister Fairy, Save Mother Sheep, and children's musical performances such as Good Friends, Three Little Babies, Who Will Play with Me and Poor Chou-heung left indelible marks on the hearts of children at that time. Wu Le, the sister of playwright Wu Zuguang, was only six years old at that time, "wearing a long black dress and dancing with a pair of black silk wings." I still remember the scene of Li Jinhui's Moonlit Night in Beijing Comte School. The Little Painter, which he wrote from 65438 to 0928, is regarded as the origin of China opera in the 20th century.
Li Jinhui did more than that. From 65438 to 0927, Li Jinhui founded "China Song and Dance Academy", the first school in China to train singing and dancing talents. With his rich knowledge of folk music and China phonology, he inherited and developed the tradition of folk music and dance, and adhered to the theme of "combining Chinese and Western styles, appealing to both refined and popular tastes, improving popularity and creating folk music". Based on the principle of novelty, practicality and quickness, he hired prestigious and accomplished Chinese and foreign teachers to teach, and the educational methods and course contents were quite standardized. In addition, in order to cooperate with dance teaching, the school also offers courses such as current affairs, foreign languages, conversation, drama knowledge, music theory, vocal music and instrumental music. , the use of heuristic education, teaching students in accordance with their aptitude, give full play to their strengths. This teaching method enables students to perform on stage in just three months, so the school has trained a group of outstanding actors for the new dance art in China. It was the Mid-Autumn Festival this year. In the auditorium of a primary school in Shanghai, after the children sang Li Jinhui's nursery rhyme "Shake, Shake", he announced: "We should hold high the banner of folk music, just like the bright moon in the sky at the moment, so that everyone can enjoy it. To this end, we established the "Yue Ming Song and Dance Club" on the same day, which is considered to be the earliest professional song and dance performance group in modern China.
Soon after the song and dance club was established, it created an amazing career. 1In May, 928, they went abroad to perform in Nanyang with the support of a Nanyang businessman of 3,000 yuan. The first stop is Hong Kong. At the Hong Kong Grand Theatre, eight young actresses dressed in long white spinning sleeves sang "Memorial Song of the Prime Minister" written by Dai Chuanxian and composed by Li Jinhui. At that time, the audience in the theater was in awe. Some British nobles in big dresses also stood up, and the atmosphere was solemn. After singing a song, applause thundered. In the evening, Hong Kong compatriots held a dinner for all the actors to celebrate their glory for the country in Hong Kong under British rule.
Since the founding of New China, Li Jinhui has been wearing a "yellow" cross. 1957 when a hundred schools of thought contend, he asked to reconsider whether the rain in Mao Mao and Angel of the Vineyard was stained with "yellow", but in the political situation at that time, no one dared to give a definite answer. In fact, most of Li Jinhui's love songs are not what he wants. He has his own "ten don't write" rules, such as not writing what prostitutes sing, not writing obscene songs, not writing "three wives, four concubines and ten beautiful pictures" and so on. But for his career, he had to make some "prostitution" works. For example, the "Yue Ming Song and Dance Club" once gave credit to a rice shop for lack of funds, and was almost reported to the police by the owner of the rice shop. In order to raise money, Li Jinhui had to, according to the boss's request, let EMI record company write songs against his will and exchange "romantic love" for food and meat as an actor. Another example is to perform in Nanyang. Because of poor management, the troupe didn't have a return ticket, so he had to "sell songs for money" in China, wrote more than 100 love songs for half a year, and brought the actors back to the motherland with the payment. Taohuajiang, who was sentenced to "full" pornography before the Cultural Revolution, was a "full" injustice. This is when Li Jinhui and the Song and Dance Troupe were trapped in Malaysia. Their wife Xu Lai missed her picturesque hometown of taohuajiang in Hunan at the seaside. In fact, when people evaluate Li Jinhui, they often ignore the other side of his artistic career. During the Anti-Japanese War, he published the Three Character Classics of the Anti-Japanese War. He wrote and published dozens of patriotic songs, among which Warsongs of the Chinese Nation and Farewell to Ten Miles had great influence at that time. Because Li Jinhui's songs were also very popular in the Red Army at that time, Chen Yi sent someone to send money to Li Jinhui on behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, hoping that he could "visit Yan 'an", but he never made it. He is full of sympathy for the revolution. 1927 After "April 12th", Tian Han entrusted Qian Qian, the daughter of party member Qian Zhuangfei, to Li Jinhui. Li Jinhui knew Qian's special status and said he would take good care of his daughter. Under the careful training of Li Jinhui, his singing and dancing performance potential was soon discovered, and he was called the "Four Kings" of the Song and Dance Club with Wang, Hu Jia. And recognize Li Jinhui as adoptive father, named Li Lili. Later, Li Jinhui was invited to create a colorful musical "Poems Written on Banana Leaves" starring He Wang, and brought Li and Wang to the screen. Later, Li Lili became a popular movie star in 1930s and 1940s, and Li Jinhui had an important influence. Li Lili talked about the tour guide in those days, and he has been deeply impressed so far. Li Jinhui's talent is not only manifested in music, but also in compiling various teaching materials and editing various newspapers and periodicals. From 1920 to 1927, he was the head of the Chinese Department of Zhonghua Book Company and the principal of a special Chinese school in Shanghai, and made outstanding contributions to the promotion of Putonghua. He has a special liking for children's education all his life. In addition to writing children's musicals and songs, he also founded and edited children's books Little Brother and Little Sister and New Teenager. 1922, Zhonghua Book Company published a children's publication named Children, which was founded and edited by Li Jinhui. It can cultivate children's temperament, enhance their wisdom, make them become sound citizens, serve the society and win glory for the nation. It was officially published on April 26th. It is beautifully printed, including poems, novels, riddles and children's own works. After two or three issues, it has become a popular publication in China, Nanyang and Japan. At that time, no one wrote for children. As a minister, Li Jinhui mobilized the editors of Chinese Department to write for children, and he was even more enthusiastic and enjoyed it. When Chen Bochui, a children's writer, recalled the influence of Children, he wrote affectionately: "Children's Weekly published by Zhonghua Book Company, to put it mildly, was popular all over the country at that time, and I came into contact with it in rural areas with inconvenient transportation. It is not only a treasure house for me to choose extracurricular reading materials for students, but also a blueprint for my study and writing. It is a good teacher who keeps quiet in my literary accomplishment and writing practice. It is it that induced my creative impulse and showed a beautiful example to learn. "In 2002, Children celebrated its 80th birthday, which is probably the longest-lived children's publication in China. In September, 20001,the Music Department of the Ministry of Culture, the China Musicians Association, the China Academy of Art and the Central Conservatory of Music held an academic seminar in Beijing to commemorate the anniversary of Mr. Li Jinhui's birthday11and Li Jinhui's music creation. Experts attending the meeting pointed out: "The significance of commemorating Li Jinhui is not only to commemorate Huang Zi and Xiao Youmei. "Some people say that criticizing Li Jinhui in those days was' ignorance and prejudice'. It is also emphasized that the seminar has lifted the "forbidden zone" and unveiled the mystery of Mr. Li Jinhui's "cross-century unsolved case".