Composer: Xi Xinghai
Singing: China Opera Choir
Lyrics—
The wind is whistling and the horse is barking.
The Yellow River is roaring, the Yellow River is roaring.
The hills in Hexi are lofty, and the sorghum in Hedong and Hebei is ripe.
There are many anti-Japanese heroes in the mountains.
In the green tent, the guerrillas are heroic.
Pick up soil guns and foreign guns, waving broadswords and spears.
Defend my hometown and the Yellow River.
Defend North China and all China.
The wind is whistling and the horse is barking.
The Yellow River is roaring, the Yellow River is roaring.
The hills in Hexi are lofty, and the sorghum in Hedong and Hebei is ripe.
There are many anti-Japanese heroes in the mountains.
In the green tent, the guerrillas are heroic.
Pick up soil guns and foreign guns, waving broadswords and spears.
Defend my hometown and the Yellow River.
Defend North China and all China.
The wind is whistling and the horse is barking.
The Yellow River is roaring, the Yellow River is roaring.
Hexi hills towering into the sky, Hedong, Hexi
Sorghum is ripe, among thousands of mountains
There are many anti-Japanese heroes, among them.
Guerrillas are brave and good at fighting, and in the end they are all local guns and foreign guns.
Wave broadsword and spear to defend hometown.
Defend the Yellow River and North China.
Defend all China.
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Song background—
The Yellow River Cantata is the most important and influential large-scale chorus song in Xian Xinghai. /kloc-0 was made in March, 1939, and was rearranged and processed in the Soviet Union in June, 1994/kloc-0.
With the Yellow River as the background, this work by the poet Guang Weiran enthusiastically eulogizes the glorious history of the Chinese nation and the indomitable fighting spirit of the people of China, bitterly accuses the invaders of their cruelty and the people's deep disasters, widely displays the magnificent picture of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, sends out a battle alarm for national liberation to China and the whole world, and shapes the heroic image of the giant of the Chinese nation.
The Yellow River Chorus was written by Guang Weiran and composed by Xian Xinghai, with 1939 debut. This song was impassioned and played an inspiring role in China War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. 1In the late 1960s, due to Jiang Qing's suggestion, it was adapted into the Yellow River Concerto by musicians such as Yin Chengzong, and later there was a Shi Shucheng version of the Yellow River Concerto.
Due to ideological reasons, The Yellow River Cantata was banned from broadcasting during the martial law period in Taiwan Province Province. On August 26th, 20 15, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television released the online voting results of "My Top Ten Favorite Anti-Japanese War Songs", and The Yellow River Cantata was one of the selected 10 songs.