In Xiangtan, Hunan Province, there is a family that is highly praised for its many outstanding children, they are the "Li Eight Horses" or "Eight Dragons and Eight Gui". Li Jinxi, a Chinese linguist, lexicographer, character reformer and educator who is 3 years older than ***, is just one of these eight talents.
And his younger brothers are also talented and have their own strengths, and are known as "dragons and phoenixes among people". They all have different fields of study, but they all excel and become the best in their fields.
The brilliance of this family lies not only in their numbers, but also in the unique talents and outstanding achievements of each of them.
**'s circle of friends is very rich, among which the "Li Eight Horses" is particularly worth mentioning. The eldest Jinxi was the mentor when he was studying in Hunan No. 1 Division, but Lao Qi Jinguang was a student when he was the head teacher of the cram school at the Primary School Attached to Hunan No. 1 Division.
The eight brothers were deeply influenced by the ideas of the Restoration and the new trend of "May Fourth" thought, and pursued progress and supported the revolution. Lao Qi Jinguang is talented in **, and has created more than 1,000 songs and operas, including "Take Lei Feng's Gun", "Send Me a Rose", "Night Fragrance", "Betel Nut Picking", "May Wind" and other immortal classics.
His ** talent was stimulated, and he quickly became popular, and suddenly became the most important successor of the "Li Pai" song. The founder of this "Li Pai" song is Li Jinhui, Li Jinhui's second brother.
In addition, Li Jinhui once founded the Mingyue Song and Dance Troupe and cultivated many outstanding talents, among which Wang Renmei, one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Mingyue", is a big movie star.
In 1927, he founded the Chinese Song and Dance College and established the "China Song and Dance Troupe". The following year, he reorganized the "China Song and Dance Troupe" into the "Mingyue Song and Dance Troupe", and personally led the troupe to tour all parts of the country, and even went to Nanyang.
It is worth mentioning that the members of the "Bright Moon Song and Dance Troupe" include the first generation of Chinese singers Zhou Xuan, Bai Hong and Yan Hua. In addition, from the "Bright Moon Song and Dance Troupe" walked out of the composer Nie Er of the "March of the Volunteers".
Li Jinhui's "Peach Blossom River is a Nest of Beauty", "Special Express", "Deep Night", "Little Jasmine", "Sister I Love You", etc., are the earliest pop songs in China.
However, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, these works were denounced as "glamorous sounds", and the representative work "Peach Blossom River is a Nest of Beauty" was even classified as a meat tune.
However, this song "Peach Blossom River is a Nest of Beauty" was actually composed by Li Jinhui and his wife Xu Lai when they missed their hometown by the sea in Malaysia, and their thoughts were very healthy.
In addition to his love songs, Li Jinhui also composed songs that stirred people's hearts and promoted righteousness during the Anti-Japanese War, such as "Anti-Japanese Three Character Classic", "Chinese National War Song", "Ten Miles to Send a Husband" and so on.
These songs had a huge impact at the time and became popular in the ranks of the Red Army. Among them, "Peach Blossom River is a Nest of Beauty" is the most well-known, and it was used to fill in the lyrics during the Soviet period to boost the morale of the Red Army.
Unfortunately, due to various reasons, Li Jinhui was unable to go to Yan'an. In the "Four Heavenly Kings of Bright Moon", in addition to Wang Renmei, there are also Qian Zhenzhen, Xue Lingxian and Hu Ji.
Qian Zhenzhen is Qian Zhuangfei's daughter, and after joining the revolution, she became lonely. Li Jinhui was righteous and Bo Yuntian, and accepted her as a righteous daughter, named Li Lili, and cultivated her carefully.
Qian Zhenzhen has become a world-famous movie star as a result.
Li Jinhui was once depressed because his works were denounced as "glamorous sounds", but after the appreciation of *** and the criticism of "Peach Blossom River is a Nest of Beauty" gradually became quieter, and his treatment has also been improved a lot, including the salary has been increased from level 9 to level 5 in literature and art.