1935, William. J published a poem in the newspaper. Yan Shushi was infected by the poem and remembered the scene when he participated in the student movement: the enemy stopped his classmates with bayonets, and many people paid the price of blood, but everyone was still in high spirits and did not flinch at all ... He excitedly set the poem to music and sent it to everyone that night, which soon became an inspiring "battlefield". This poem is now called the flower of May. I'm afraid even Yan Shushi himself didn't think that this song could spread so widely later. First, the students in the school sang in chorus, and then gradually spread to some anti-Japanese groups, becoming their "battle songs" to boost morale. The most unforgettable thing is that Xian Xinghai taught everyone to sing "Flowers in May" sentence by sentence at a gathering of ten thousand people on 1937, and many people present were moved to tears. But no one knows that the composer is Yan Shushi, and even the songwriter Guang Weiran knows nothing about him.
At first, Guang William. J has been looking for this "collaborator" in the literary and art circles, but there is no news all the time. It was not until the death of Yan Shushi in the 1960s that William. J received an obituary: Yan Shushi, a special math teacher, died, with his life and home address written on it. It suddenly dawned on me that the man he had been looking for was so close to him, just across an alley, but he had no chance to meet for more than 30 years.
I rushed to Yan Shushi's house and knocked on the door to explain my purpose: I want to see the photos of Teacher Yan Shushi. I've always wanted to know him, but now I have no chance. He hopes to identify through photos whether I have met him inadvertently in this long 30 years.
It's a pity that Yan Shu's poems have never appeared in his memory before. He sighed and said, What a pity.
When Flowers in May began to sing, Yan Shushi's daughter Yan Lili was just born. In her memory, her father has always been a math teacher, and he never even showed off his "achievements" in this song to his family. However, unlike the math teacher you remember, Yan Shushi is a very emotional person. He is accompanied by music every day at home. Yan Lili said, "As long as he rests at home, music will always accompany him."
At the end of 1950s, the film Song of Youth was released, which made a generation know Lin Daojing and learned a song called Mayflower. Yan Lili is no exception. Like young people at that time, she sang "Flowers in May" with excitement. The only difference is that she suddenly found that the songwriter of this song turned out to be her father!
Although her name has been subtitled in the movie, compared with her daughter's surprise, Yan Shushi's mood has been very calm. Later, her daughter Yan Lili was admitted to an art school. Her teacher wants Yan Shushi to write an article about the creation of the song Flowers in May. This makes people understand the creation process of this song.
As a music teacher, Yan Lili made some in-depth analysis of her father's works. Mayflower is different from other anti-Japanese war songs. Due to the social environment at that time, many songs were impassioned and magnificent. The overall music of Mayflower matches the artistic conception of the lyrics, which is an inverted parabola change. First of all, "Mayflowers have blossomed all over vilen, and flowers cover the blood of martyrs", which is a lyrical memory of martyrs; The second sentence says that the Northeast has fallen. "We suffer in pain every day. If we lose our freedom, we will lose our jobs and endure the ruthless whip in humiliation." The tune is gloomy and low. The third sentence, "The enemy's iron hoof has crossed the Great Wall, and the land of the Central Plains still carries songs and dances", and the singer is brewing grief and indignation; Finally, "the deafening roar woke up an unfortunate group, and the oppressed shook their fists together!" " "It is the climax of the whole song, and the tune is more passionate and powerful, so that music can be released at the highest point of emotion. ● "Flowers in May" National University Students' Large-scale Campus Cultural Exhibition "Flowers in May-National University Students' Large-scale Campus Cultural Exhibition" was hosted by the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Education. It is a large-scale live broadcast activity of college students' campus cultural exhibition with great influence in the whole country, aiming at promoting the development of college students' cultural quality education, showing the fruitful achievements of cultural quality education in colleges and universities, reflecting the great practice of advancing with the times in China's higher education, and showing the love of contemporary college students for the party.
The event is held in May every year, and each event has a theme, and more than 20 universities across the country are invited to participate in the performance. China Education TV, Zhejiang Satellite TV Science and Technology Education Channel and the host TV station broadcast the whole event live.
This activity has been successfully held for nine times since 200 1 was founded. Organized by Hangzhou, Sun Yat-sen University, Chongqing University, Wuhan University, China Renmin University, Jilin University, Tongji University, Yunnan University and Heilongjiang University, hundreds of thousands of college students participated in this activity. The "May Blossom" national university students' large-scale campus cultural exhibition was carried out in depth, which had a wide influence and brand effect in universities and all walks of life, and played a positive role in creating a harmonious campus and comprehensively promoting college students' cultural quality education.