What is the earliest chorus composed by words in China modern school music songs?

The early collection of school music songs mainly includes school music songs compiled by Shen Xingong (1904), educational songs compiled by Zeng Zhizhai (1904), folk songs compiled by Li Shutong (1905) and singing textbooks compiled by Han Xin (1905). Shen Xingong (1870 ~ 1947) and Li Shutong (1880 ~ 1942) are famous music educators engaged in school music and song activities. Shen Xingong was one of the first authors to write music and song textbooks. He wrote six songs, including Yellow River, Lotus Picking Song and Revolution Must Be Respected. Among them, the most influential song is "The Yellow River" (Yang Du Ci) and "Bold and Generous" (a dialogue with Huang himself). Li Shutong edited and published the earliest music magazine in China (1905) as early as during his stay in Japan. Among them, Music of the Motherland Song Song (1905) was very popular at that time. His own lyrics such as Spring Scenery, Farewell and West Lake have long been loved by young students. His three chorus songs "Spring Tour" were the earliest chorus songs with high artistic level at that time.

The widespread spread or real acceptance of western music in China did not depend on the input of missionaries, but on the initiative of people of insight in China to transform China and themselves. Initially, it began through school music and song activities and the corresponding music enlightenment education. This not only gradually introduced western musical instruments and playing methods, notation and basic music theory, but also directly introduced foreign tunes to re-write words. More importantly, the widespread singing of music songs has influenced and changed the traditional musical aesthetic taste and habits from the cultural psychology, resulting in new musical behavior activities, which indicates that the development of China music has entered a new period of cultural transformation.

From a broader social, historical and cultural background, this rather active cultural choice has actually become the beginning of a new cultural change.

The changes in music forms, auditory psychology and appreciation habits, as well as the variation of cultural factors such as music education system and music activities in early music enlightenment education all mean the end of the ancient stage and the beginning of a new historical stage in the historical development of China music.