Impressions of "Song of the Yangtze River"
Lyrics
You come from the snow-capped mountains, the spring tide is your style; you rush to the East China Sea, the stormy waves are With your spirit, you use your sweet milk to nurture the children of all ethnic groups; with your strong arms, you hold up the mountains and the sea. We praise the Yangtze River, you are an infinite source; we are attached to the Yangtze River, and you have the feelings of a mother. You have come from ancient times, and the huge waves wash away the dust; you rush towards the future, and the sound of the waves echoes in the sky. You use your pure clear water to irrigate the land of flowers; you use your majestic power to promote a new era. We praise the Yangtze River , you are the source of infinity; we are attached to the Yangtze River, and you have the feelings of a mother. Ah Yangtze River! Ah Yangtze River!
Introduction
"Song of the Yangtze River" is the theme song lyrics of the large-scale TV documentary "Talk about the Yangtze River" that was popular all over China in the 1980s. It was composed by Wang Shiguang , written by Hu Hongwei and sung by Ji Xiaoqin. This song has a passionate melody and majestic lyrics. It expresses the Chinese people's deep love for their motherland through the description and praise of China's mother river, the Yangtze River. "Song of the Yangtze River" means songs about the Yangtze River, songs about the Yangtze River, and songs in praise of the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River is the largest river in my country. It originates from the Tuotuo River in the Geladandong Snow Mountain in the Tanggula Mountains in Qinghai Province. It has a total length of 6,380 kilometers, flows through 11 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions, and flows into the East China Sea. It has a long history and has become the cradle of the Chinese nation together with the Yellow River, nurturing generations of Chinese people and is known as the "Mother River". It is always worthy of praise.
Structure
This poem praises the grandeur and magnificence of the Yangtze River and expresses the love and attachment to the Yangtze River. The whole poem is divided into two parts: The first part (section 1): It writes about the long history, grandeur and colorfulness of the Yangtze River. Part Two (Section 2): Write about the ancient, majestic and infinite power of the Yangtze River. These two parts are connected by the words "We praise the Yangtze River, you are the source of infinity; we are attached to the Yangtze River, you have the feelings of a mother" that appear twice before and after, taking the sincere feelings of "praising" and "attachment" to the Yangtze River as the main line, and The Yangtze River's long origin, long history, infinite power and huge contribution are integrated into one, giving readers a strong artistic infection, which in turn arouses the love for the great rivers and mountains of the motherland. This article is a lyric poem. The poet uses a high degree of artistic summary and uses vivid and concise language to eulogize the Yangtze River, the mother river of the Chinese nation, and express his praise for the great motherland. .The first section of this poem mainly describes the Yangtze River from the perspective of geographical characteristics, praising the Yangtze River's spirit of flowing thousands of miles and nourishing both sides of the bank. This section focuses on realism; the second section mainly describes the Yangtze River from the perspective of time and space, giving the Yangtze River a symbolic meaning that is always full of Youthful vitality, always moving forward, this section is good at lyricism.
Writing process
New Year's Day, 1984, Shenyang City, Northeast China. A young man who had just turned 30 dropped a postcard into a roadside mailbox. The handwriting on the card is elegant, with a total of less than 200 words, like a poem, more like a lyric. In mid-March of this year, young people were invited to CCTV. It turned out that the work on his postcard participated in the lyrics collection of "Talk about the Yangtze River" and stood out from 4,583 works and was selected, but at that time he knew nothing about it. On the evening of the 24th, in the CCTV studio, Chen Duo and Hongyun, the hosts of the "Talk about the Yangtze River" special concert, walked to the stage and said mysteriously: "I can tell you that the lyricist of the theme song is now in the studio. , among you. However, until this moment, he is still in the dark and does not know that he has been selected!" Chen Duo and Hongyun spoke to the audience in a hurry under the eager eyes. Xi walked away. They stopped in front of a young man in military uniform and said: "The lyricist is this young soldier - Comrade Hu Hongwei! Please introduce yourself!" In an instant, cameras, recording microphones and video recorders came together come over. Hu Hongwei was obviously not mentally prepared at all, and his face turned red. Just now, he thought that this time the TV station invited him to come to support him. He even guessed that the person who won the prize should be a certain famous person or someone living on the bank of the Yangtze River. He said shyly: "I am a composer of the Shenyang Military Region Song and Dance Ensemble." Hongyun smiled and handed the microphone to his mouth: "Comrade Hu Hongwei, everyone must want to know, what are you doing at this moment? "What do you think?" "I was not prepared, it came out of the blue. For example, my current mood is like a stream that has just come out of the valley and comes to the river. The river here refers to nothing else, but to you. Old seniors and young colleagues, as well as thousands of viewers who are sitting in front of the TV to watch the party with us." Just after this day, as "You came from ancient times, the huge waves washed away the dust... ...We praise the Yangtze River, you are the source of infinity; we are attached to the Yangtze River, you have the feelings of a mother..." With the moving singing, Hu Hongwei's name is also known to hundreds of millions of people. Hu Hongwei's work won the Best Creation Award in this collection event. Some people in the industry have said that according to the usual order of song creation, lyrics are written first and then music is composed, but this time it is just the opposite, and the creation is quite difficult. Hu Hongwei’s work is a mixture of reality and reality, full of poetry and painting. It is completely consistent with the beautiful melody of the theme song of "Talk about the Yangtze River", which is amazing.
The judges praised that the Yangtze River in the eyes of the lyricist has become a living river, a river that blends with people's thoughts and feelings, and a river that is full of infinite vitality that is closely related to people's lives. It sang about the feelings of people of all ethnic groups towards the Yangtze River. Affectionately, it sings about the long history and its youthful vitality, and is very thoughtful and artistic. Many people even want to know who Hu Hongwei is and what his connection is with the Yangtze River. In this regard, Hu Hongwei said that everything was due to a "date" between him and Yangtze River. It was the autumn of 1981, when Hu Hongwei went to Jiangnan to collect scenery. While riding a train on the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, he saw the vastness of the Yangtze River and the rolling waves. The passion for creation violently impacted his heart. "At that time, I thought of the distant source of the Yangtze River and that the Yangtze River has been flowing for thousands of years. Two words came to my mind: 'You come from the snow mountains, you come from history.' Fortunately, in 1983, the Central Committee The TV station broadcast "Talk about the Yangtze River", and Hu Hongwei became a "die-hard" viewer of the program. Through this TV series, Hu Hongwei's understanding of the Yangtze River became more and more real and profound, and his creative inspirations began to flow like water: " I remember that the first scene in the opening scene was of water droplets dripping from the glacier, followed by the surging river water, so the first sentence "you came from the snow-capped mountains"; the vast Yangtze River Estuary in the end of the film reminded me of "you" Run towards the East China Sea'; and the gap between the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River causes the river to surge, which is exactly what 'the stormy waves are your spirit'. "After two days of contemplation, Hu Hongwei wrote two paragraphs of ***18 lyrics in one breath. What he didn't expect was that "Song of the Yangtze River" was not only sung all over the country, but also continued to be sung among overseas Chinese. After winning the award, Hu Hongwei became even more obsessed with creation. Over the years, his works have won more than 200 national and military creation awards. Not long ago, his "Harmonious Garden" was designated as the World Horticulture in Shenyang, China. The anthem of the expo, "You, Me and Him, Come and Join" became the only award-winning song about volunteers in the 2008 Olympic Games. He said that people will never grow old if they keep up with the times, and the fiery life is his constant creation. Motivation and source.
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"Song of the Yangtze River" has been included in the first lesson of the 12th volume of the Jiangsu Education Edition Chinese. Students who are about to graduate will learn this article. Text, appreciate the charming elegance of the Yangtze River. Jiangsu Education Press has revised the "Song of the Yangtze River" to make the style more concise. The following are the revised lyrics:
You come from the snowy mountains, the spring tide is. Your grace;
You run towards the East China Sea, and the stormy waves are your spirit.
You nourish the children of all races with your sweet milk;
You. Use your strong arms to hold up the mountains and the sea.
We praise the Yangtze River, you are the source of infinity;
We are attached to the Yangtze River, you have the feelings of a mother. >You come from ancient times, and the huge waves wash away the dust;
You rush towards the future, and the sound of the waves echoes in the sky.
You irrigate the land of flowers with pure clear water;
You use your majestic power to promote a new era
We praise the Yangtze River, you are an infinite source;
We are attached to the Yangtze River, you have a mother.
Overview of the Yangtze River
The Yangtze River (the Changjiang River; the Yangtze River) is the longest river in China and the third longest river in the world. In 2001, Liu, an expert at the Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Under the leadership of Shao Chuang, the measurement results were accurate to the decimal point using satellite remote sensing images. The research team used nearly 40 satellite images covering the main stream of the Yangtze River. The satellite images were taken by the U.S. Earth Resources Satellite. The resolution reaches 30 meters. The calculation method is to measure the forward direction of the Yangtze River three times and the reverse direction three times along the center line of the river. The result is obtained after multiple computer operations and geometric correction. According to the study, Dangqu is the source of the Yangtze River. Specifically, the source location of Dangqu is 94 degrees 35 minutes 54 seconds east longitude, 32 degrees 43 minutes 54 seconds north latitude, and 5042 meters above sea level (from the source to Nangji Bayong). 360.8 kilometers, 357.6 kilometers of Tuotuo River, 787.7 kilometers of Tongtian River, 2322.2 kilometers of Jinsha River, and 2740.6 kilometers below Yibin. We generally call it 6300 kilometers or 6370 kilometers. The total area of ??the basin is more than 1.8 million square kilometers, with an average annual flow into the sea. The water volume is about 960 billion cubic meters. The basin is between 24°30′-35°45′ north latitude and 90°33′-112°25′ east longitude, with an area of ??more than 1.8 million square kilometers (excluding the Huaihe River Basin), accounting for about 1/5 of the country’s total land area. Ranked 3rd in the world. It has a long history and, together with the Yellow River, has become the cradle of the Chinese nation, nurturing generations of Chinese people and is known as the "Mother River". The Tuotuo River, the northern source of the Yangtze River, originates from the Geladandong Snow Mountain in the Tanggula Mountains on the southwest border of Qinghai Province. It joins the southern source of the Yangtze River at Dangqu and is called the Tongtian River. It flows south to the mouth of the Batang River in Yushu County and ends at Yibin City in Sichuan Province, where it is called the Jinsha River. ; The area below Yibin was originally called the Yangtze River, the area below Yangzhou was formerly called the Yangtze River, and in Shanghai it was called the Huangpu River. The Yangtze River flows through Tibet, Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu and other provinces and cities, and flows into the East China Sea in Shanghai. There are tributaries such as Yalong River, Minjiang River, Tuojiang River, Jialing River, Wujiang River, Xiangjiang River, Hanjiang River, Ganjiang River, Qingyijiang River and Huangpu River.
It intersects with the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province. The upper reaches of the Yangtze River above Yichang City in Hubei Province have many rapids and shoals; the middle reaches between Yichang and Hukou in Jiangxi Province have developed meanders and many lakes (Poyang and Dongting Lakes are the largest); the lower reaches below Hukou have a wide river and many lakes at the mouth of the river. Alluvial Chongming Island. The Yangtze River is rich in water volume and water conservancy resources. During the flood season, a 10,000-ton ship can reach Wuhan, and a small ship can go back to Yichang. The Yangtze River Basin is the most densely populated and most economically prosperous region in China. Important cities along the river include Chongqing, Wuhan, Nanjing, and Shanghai. The total amount of water energy available for development in the Yangtze River reaches 200 million kilowatts, making it the river with the richest water energy in China. The main stream of the Yangtze River has a navigation mileage of more than 2,800 kilometers and is known as the "golden waterway". The Yangtze River reaches the majestic and steep Three Gorges section (Qutang Gorge, Wu Gorge, and Xiling Gorge) from Fengjie, Chongqing to Yichang, Hubei. The world's largest water conservancy project, the Three Gorges Project, is located at Sandouping in the middle section of Xiling Gorge. Note: The song was also broadcast globally by Chang'e-1. The Yangtze River (the Changjiang River; the Yangtze River) is the longest river in China and the third longest river in the world. In 2001, the Institute of Remote Sensing Applications of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, under the leadership of expert Liu Shaochuang, used satellite remote sensing images to measure and calculate, and the measurement results were accurate After the decimal point. The length of the Yangtze River was measured to be 6211.3 kilometers. The research team used nearly 40 satellite images covering the main stream of the Yangtze River. The satellite images were taken by the U.S. Earth Resources Satellite with a resolution of 30 meters. The calculation method measures the forward direction of the Yangtze River three times and the reverse direction three times along the center line of the river. The result is obtained after multiple computer operations and geometric corrections. In this study, Dangqu was calculated as the source of the Yangtze River. Specifically, the source location of Dangqu is 94 degrees 35 minutes 54 seconds east longitude, 32 degrees 43 minutes 54 seconds north latitude, and 5042 meters above sea level. Dangqu (from the source to Nangji Bayong) is 360.8 kilometers, Tuotuo River is 357.6 kilometers, Tongtian River is 787.7 kilometers, Jinsha River is 2322.2 kilometers, and Yibin is 2740.6 kilometers below. We generally call it 6300 kilometers or 6370 kilometers. The total area of ??the basin is more than 1.8 million square kilometers, and the average annual seawater inflow is about 960 billion cubic meters. The basin is between 24°30′-35°45′ north latitude and 90°33′-112°25′ east longitude, with an area of ??more than 1.8 million square kilometers (excluding the Huaihe River Basin), accounting for about 1/5 of the country’s total land area. Ranked 3rd in the world. It has a long history and, together with the Yellow River, has become the cradle of the Chinese nation, nurturing generations of Chinese people and is known as the "Mother River".