Who is the author of "March of Volunteers Lyrics"?

Tian Han

March of the Volunteers, written by Tian Han and composed by Nie Er, was born in 1935, when the Chinese nation was at a critical juncture. This song, which has been sung in China for nearly 70 years, is like a horn of battle, inspiring Chinese sons and daughters to resist Japanese imperialist aggression, overthrow Chiang Kai-shek, liberate all China and build socialism. March of the Volunteers showed the indomitable fighting spirit of the Chinese nation. On the occasion of the founding of New China, this song was first played as the national anthem in Tiananmen Square.

Tian Han,1March, 898-1February, 968, male, Han nationality, party member, a famous drama activist, playwright and filmmaker, one of the three founders of modern drama in China, a lyricist of China people and an author of March of the Volunteers.

He is a pioneer of drama, an important founder of modern drama in China, an outstanding organizer and leader of early revolutionary films and revolutionary music, an outstanding proletarian cultural warrior, and the first batch of historical and cultural celebrities in China. He is known as "the leader of the pear garden", an outstanding contemporary singer in China and a "people's artist".

He is a pioneer of the revolution.

Tian Han, formerly known as Tian Shouchang, was born in a peasant family. Tian Han's father worked as a cook outside for many years, while his mother picked mulberry and raised silkworms with her family to subsidize her family.

When Tian Han was 7 years old, his mother sent him to a nearby private school. Tian Han studies very hard and is often praised by his teachers. Just as he was making progress in his studies, his father died suddenly, and then he left home. It became more and more difficult for the mother to live with three children, and Tian Han had to drop out of school. Later, with the support of his uncle Yi Xiang, he was able to continue his studies.

Tianhan Changsha former residence

1930 In March, Tian Han, as one of the founders, attended the inaugural meeting of the Chinese Left-wing Writers' Union, was elected as the Standing Committee, and began to participate in the left-wing drama movement. 1932 In February, under the auspices of Qu Qiubai, Tian Han joined the China * * * Production Party, and was soon elected as a member of the "Cultural Committee" to assume the leadership of the "Cultural Committee". With the trust and cultivation of the Party organization, Tian Han actively participated in the practice of drama movement, constantly summarized the role of drama in the revolutionary struggle, and pointed out the direction for the development of revolutionary drama in theory.

On August 6th, 1930, Tian Han took a group photo with the cultural figures who participated in the "ramble" in Shanghai. The four people from the left in the front row are Tian Han, Yu Dafu, Lu Xun and Ou Yangyuqian.

Tian Han and March of the Volunteers

1935 The film "The Son of the Storm" was released, and the theme song "March" of the Volunteers gradually sang. The Son of the Storm shows the people's high anti-Japanese enthusiasm and indomitable offensive spirit. March of the Volunteers became the chorus of China people's anti-Japanese war.

The scene when Dentsu Film Company filmed "The Son of the Storm"

In fact, this song went through many twists and turns before its official release. At the end of 1934, Sun Shiyi, manager of Dentsu Company, found Tian Han and asked him to create a screenplay. Tian Han completed a film literary story named Phoenix Rebirth against the background of the defending battle of Gubeikou of the Great Wall. But soon, he was arrested and imprisoned for propagating anti-Japanese thoughts, and the story was taken over by Xia Yan and rewritten into the script of The Daughter of the Storm.

As for the theme song March of the Volunteers, Tian Han originally named this song "Military Song", which is said to be written on the tin foil lining paper of cigarette boxes. After being arrested, the script manuscript was handed over to Xia Yan and others together with tin foil.

Tian Han's original lyrics end with:

We are United as one, braving the enemy's gunfire and the plane to advance!

Later, Nie Er and other film directors decided to add "forward" refrain in order to adapt to the melody of music when composing music:

Get up! Get up! Get up! We are United! Braving the enemy's gunfire! Braving the enemy's gunfire! Forward! Forward! Enter!

Nie Er and Tian Han (right)/KLOC-0 took a group photo in Shanghai in the summer of 1934.

1935 In May, EMI recorded March of the Volunteers for the first time. On May 24th, The Son of the Storm was released in Shanghai 1 1 day. A few days later, March of the Volunteers was playing in shops on both sides of the Shanghai road. After the outbreak of the All-round Anti-Japanese War, March of the Volunteers became the bugle of China's military and civilian anti-Japanese war and was widely sung.

The pulse of the times is beating in the works.

Tian Han wrote 63 plays, 27 plays, 12 movies, 2 operas and more than 2,000 new and old poems in his life. His plays Guan Hanqing, Tiger Catching Night, Death of Famous Brand, Two Roads, Xie Yaohuan, Legend of the White Snake, Three Modern Women, and the lyrics of the graduation song of Volunteers, Singing at Midnight, Singing Girl and Four Seasons Songs are all epic.

/kloc-in the summer of 0/959, Tian Han took a nap in Chang'an Temple, Xishan, Beijing, where he once wrote plays Guan Hanqing, Princess Wencheng and Peking Opera The West Chamber.

Tian Han closely linked cultural and artistic creation with the masses, nationalities, society and times. His works are beating the pulse of the times and reflecting the voice of the people. Write an era with a pen; A song sings the land of China.