On the occasion of the 10th National Memorial Day for the Victims of Nanjing University, on the afternoon of December 10, the famous song concert of "Remembering the Eventful Years and Building the Strong Voice of the Times" co-sponsored by the Nanjing Civil Anti-Japanese War Museum and the ** College of Nanjing Normal University was held in the Nanjing Civil Anti-Japanese War Museum. At the concert, the vinyl record "March of the Great Knife", which had just entered the Nanjing Civil Anti-Japanese War Museum during the war, and the singing voices of the students, the young voices were intertwined with the national cry 86 years ago, reproducing the appeal of this famous song of the Anti-Japanese War.
Shi Hangdi, a student of the ** College of Southern Normal University, who was wearing a green cloth gown, sang "On the Songhua River" emotionally, sang the tragic experience of the people in the war, and shouted the strong voice of the people of Northeast China to resist Japan and save the country.
In the process of singing famous songs of the Anti-Japanese War, they felt the cry of the nation and the heroic and fearless spirit of the Chinese sons and daughters. In addition to "On the Songhua River", "Nanniwan", "Ballad of the Great Wall" and other well-known songs, the scene also sang "War of Resistance to Victory", "Beware of Devils to Grab Grain", "The Road is Open" and other well-known anti-Japanese war songs, the lyrics of these songs have been published in the 40s of the last century "Liberation **". Wu Xianbin, director of the Nanjing Civil Anti-Japanese War Museum, said that he hoped that everyone would remember the compatriots killed during the Anti-Japanese War through the power of singing, and also inherit the great spirit of the Anti-Japanese War.
The big knife cut off the heads of the devils, brothers in the armed forces of the whole country, the day of the War of Resistance has come, the day of the War of Resistance has come!Among them, the vinyl record of "March of the Broadsword" recorded during the war has just entered the Nanjing Civil Anti-Japanese War Museum. The core of the record is red, and in the middle is written "Golin Records", "Sin Chew Choir", "Mai Xin Lyrics and Composition" and other information, and the record number is "320002A". The whole song is short and concise, and the lyrics are expressed in slogan-like shouting, especially the last sentence "kill", which is full of shocking power, releasing the heroic fighting spirit of the Chinese people and their hatred for Japanese imperialism.
82 years ago, this impassioned and shocking "March of the Great Knife" was born in the anti-Japanese beacon fire, and its songwriter was Mai Xin. Mai Xin, formerly known as Sun Peiyuan, formerly known as Sun Moxin and Tieke, was born in Shanghai in December 1914 and was admitted to the "Meiya Insurance Company" established by American businessmen in Shanghai as a Xi student in 1929, and later became a clerk. After the September 18 Incident in 1931, he began to participate in the Anti-Japanese Salvation Movement.
On July 7, 1937, Japanese imperialism launched a full-scale war of aggression against China due to the Lugou Bridge Incident. On the second day of the Lugou Bridge Incident, the Communist Party of China sent a telegram to the whole country, calling on the people, the army and the whole country to unite to build a strong Great Wall of the national united front to resist Japanese aggression and expel the Japanese invaders from China.
The 29th Army Broadsword Brigade was a famous anti-Japanese army at that time. In 1933, after the great victory of Xifengkou, the broadsword team became famous all over the country. Song Zheyuan, a general of the 29th Army, deliberately wrote banners such as "I would rather die in battle than be a slave to the country" and "There is no advance or retreat, and death is enough", which further inspired the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the whole country. Four years later, the "Lugou Bridge Incident" broke out, and the 29th Army annihilated the invading enemy with a broadsword on the Lugou Bridge, among which a 19-year-old soldier actually had 13 enemies and captured 1 alive. When the news came, the whole country was excited.
According to reports, in that year, the heroic deeds of the broadsword team spread all over the country, inspiring the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the whole people.
The famous composer Mai Xin was full of enthusiasm and stayed awake all night, and on August 8, he composed the immortal war song of the times "March of the Great Knife". As soon as this war song of the times was born, it was like a storm and lightning, and it quickly spread all over the north and south of the river, in towns and villages, and in the rear of the front line, and became a clarion call to invigorate the national spirit and strive for national liberation. At the concert site, the students opened their historical memories on the old records, reproduced the appeal of this famous song of the Anti-Japanese War, and led the audience back to the war-torn era, when the heroic ambition of resisting Japan and saving the country and the vigorous vitality of young people in the new era collided in time and space.
On August 8, 1937, the National Salvation Singing Association held a ** meeting at the Shanghai Confucian Temple, and Mai Xin conducted the first public audition of "March of the Great Knife". It is reported that the audience at that time reached as many as 1,000 people. There was also a small episode during the performance, Mai Xin was so emotional that he waved the baton during the performance, so he replaced the baton with his fist. The premiere of "March of the Great Sword" went very well, and soon the song spread all over Shanghai, to the front line and all over the country. Mai Xin also revised the "March of the Great Sword" according to the effect of the audition and everyone's opinions, and changed the "brothers of the 29th Route Army" in the original words to "the brothers of the armed forces of the whole country". After that, Tian Han recorded "March of the Great Knife" into a record, which made it widely circulated.
In 1939, the composer Ren Guang went to Nanyang to engage in anti-Japanese salvation singing activities, organized the Sin Chew Choir and the Causeway Choir in Singapore, and held a folk singing training class to cultivate songwriting talents. He also contacted Singapore's Golin Records and recorded a number of anti-Japanese war songs, including "March of the Big Knife". Today, the song, which was born in 1937, is still widely circulated. Mai Xin and the revolutionary songs he composed with patriotic pride still inspire generation after generation of communists to move forward bravely and make unremitting efforts to realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Yangtze Evening News Purple Cow News reporter Zhang Nan.
Proofreading by Sheng Yuanyuan.