Nie Er’s case

Nie Er (original name Nie Shouxin, February 14, 1912 - July 17, 1935), Chinese musician, courtesy name Ziyi (also known as Ziyi), Communist Party of China and the Republic of China The composer of the national anthem "March of the Volunteers"

Nie Er is from Yuxi, Yunnan, and was born in Kunming. Nie Er loved music since he was a child (the reason he changed his name to "Nie Er" was because his ears were particularly good). In 1918, he studied at the Primary School Affiliated to Kunming Normal University. In his spare time, Nie Er taught himself flute, erhu, sanxian, yueqin and other musical instruments, and began to serve as the conductor of the school's "children's band". In 1922, Nie Er entered the senior section of the private Qiushi Primary School, and in 1925 he was admitted as a transfer student to Yunnan Provincial No. 1 United Middle School. At the time when the first domestic revolutionary storm was rising in southern China, he began to be influenced by progressive publications and revolutionary songs such as "The Internationale".

In 1927, Nie Er graduated from Yunnan Provincial No. 1 United Middle School and entered Yunnan Provincial No. 1 Normal School. While in school, he participated in the student organization "Reading Club" and organized the "Jiujiu Music Club" with friends, often participating in performances inside and outside the school. During this period, he also taught himself violin and piano.

In April 1931, Nie Er was admitted to the "Mingyue Song and Dance Drama Society" sponsored by Li Jinhui and served as a violinist. In July 1932, he published "A Short Treatise on Chinese Song and Dance" and was forced to leave the group for criticizing Li. In November 1932, he joined Lianhua Film Company, participated in the music group of the "Friends of the Soviet Union", organized the "China Emerging Music Research Society", and participated in the music group of the Left-Wing Dramatists Alliance. In 1933, Nie Er was introduced to the Communist Party of China by Tian Han.

In April 1934, Nie Er joined EMI Records (the predecessor of China Record Factory) and took charge of the music department. At the same time, he established the EMI Chinese Band (also known as the "Sensen Chinese Band"). This was also Nie Er's most prolific year. In early 1935, Nie Er composed the famous "March of the Volunteers"

In January 1935, Nie Er was appointed as the director of the music department of Lianhua No. 2 Factory. On July 17, 1935, Nie Er, who was only 23 years old, unfortunately drowned while swimming in Fujisawa City, Japan.

■He is a talented musician and a revolutionary. It is precisely because of the latter that the glory of the former can appear

"Writing is to carry the Tao, poetry is to express aspirations, and joy is the voice of the heart." Nie Er himself and even his impassioned and immortal works were created in that specific era of national crisis. Those sonorous and powerful notes were also the voices of the people under the circumstances at that time. The Japanese invasion of China and the ups and downs of the domestic anti-Japanese mass movement aroused surging emotions in his heart, and music and revolution have been combined since then. In 1932, ten days after the "December 128" Incident broke out in Shanghai, that is, on February 7, when the roar of gunfire could be heard outside and refugees were running and crying on the streets, Nie Er first proposed in his diary that " How to make revolutionary music.” Nie Er was a talented musician and a revolutionary, and it was precisely because of the latter that the glory of the former could occur. A series of his works, especially "March of the Volunteers", are the product of the people's revolution led by the Communist Party of China.

When "March of the Volunteers" was played on the screen for the first time, it unfortunately coincided with the death of Nie Er, but this song resounded throughout China as the clarion call for national revolution and is also famous all over the world. During the anti-fascist war, this song was often played on radio stations in Britain, the United States, India and many other countries. On the eve of the end of the war, the U.S. State Department also approved its inclusion in the "Allied Victory Song". When collecting the national anthem on the eve of the founding of New China, Zhou Enlai proposed using this song, and it was unanimously approved at the New Deal Association. At the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China in 1949 and every National Day thereafter, the music composed by Nie Er was played majestically, which was enough to comfort the heroes who died in a foreign country.

■My music creation career lasted only two years, but he created many songs that have influenced decades.

When I was in Peking, I was too poor to afford cotton-padded clothes, but in late autumn, I went deep into Tianqiao and other places. He used his limited money to collect northern folk music materials and listened to the roars that sold his voice and martial arts. After a year of hard savings in Shanghai, he bought a cheap violin that he had always dreamed of

Nie Although Er's music creation career only lasted for two short years from 1933 to 1935, he created "Song of the Road", "Song of Dockworkers", "Pioneer of the Road", "New Woman", "Graduation Song", " "Newspaper Selling Song", "Song Girl Under the Iron Heel" and other songs that have been popular for decades. In addition to his personal genius, the most important reason for these brilliant achievements is that he penetrated into the lowest level of social life. He concluded in his diary on June 3, 1933: "Music is the same as other arts, poetry, novels, and dramas. It shouts on behalf of the public. The public will inevitably demand new music content and performance, and demand the composer's performance." New attitude."

Nie Er, who grew up in a poor family, has a deep affection for the working people and despises those "white snows" who dwell in the "Ivory Tower" and serve the few. He was too poor to buy cotton-padded clothes in Peking, but at the end of autumn he went deep into the slum areas of Tianqiao and other places, using the limited money he had to collect northern folk music materials. Listening to the roars of people selling their voices and martial arts in a "stinky" environment, I learned about their "struggle for life" heartbeat.

In Shanghai, he often walked on the frosty roads in the morning and at night to experience the hardships of female workers at work, thus creating "New Women". Nie Er also made friends with the little newspaper boy and asked about the welfare every day. It was in this environment that the famous "Newspaper Selling Song" was recited.

Nie Er did not have decent creative conditions. After a year in Shanghai, he saved up hard and finally bought a cheap violin that he had dreamed of for many years. The small house where he lived was cold in winter and hot in summer. When he went to Beijing to perform on stage for four consecutive days, he was only paid 6 yuan. This not only made him hate the cruel exploitation of capitalist bosses from the bottom of his heart, but his works also constantly shouted out the people's aspirations for liberation.

■Tian Han hurriedly wrote "March of the Volunteers" on cigarette wrappers, Nie Er finalized the first draft at home, and finally composed it in the enemy's territory

In the mid-1930s, the Japanese invaded After moving to Northeast China, they extended their iron hooves to North China, but the reactionary and decadent forces in the country were still indulged in extravagance and extravagance. The society is filled with dispirited and erotic songs such as "Peach Blossom River", "Drizzle" and "Sister I Love You". Tian Han, a communist writer, approached Nie Er and believed that "singing such a melodious tone will make people become slaves to the country's subjugation if this continues." The two agreed to write a song to overcome "Peach Blossom River is a nest of beauties". The two studied "The Internationale", "La Marseillaise" and "Gondolier" and thought they were very powerful and could be used as a reference. In early 1935, Tian Han adapted the movie "Children of the Storm" and wrote a theme song - "March of the Volunteers". Discovering that Kuomintang agents were chasing him, he hastily wrote the lyrics on a small cigarette wrapper and was taken to jail.

Xia Yan got the script left by Tian Han and found the cigarette liner with the lyrics written on it. Soon, Nie Er came to see Xia Yan. After hearing about this, he took the initiative and said: "Leave the composition to me and I will do it!" Based on the idea proposed together with Tian Han, Nie Er composed the first draft in only two days with full of anger. , and then went to Japan to avoid pursuit. There, on the one hand, he was warmly received by friendly people, and on the other hand, he also saw the militarists clamoring for "expanding interests in China (that)" and sharpening their knives. This inspired Nie Er to create more inspiration, and he quickly sent the final version of the song back to China, with its melody even more high-spirited and majestic. \(^o^)/

Master Xing

[Edit this paragraph] Main works

Nie Er composed 37 pieces of music in his lifetime, all of which are Written less than two years before his death, songs reflecting the lives and struggles of the working class accounted for a large proportion. Nie Er often cooperates with Tian Han. In addition to the March of the Volunteers, Nie Er's representative works include "Graduation Song", "Forward Song", "Main Road Song", "Pioneer of the Road", "Dockworkers Song", "New Women", "Flying Flower Song", "Beyond the Great Wall" "Village Girl", "Singing Girl Under the Iron Heel", "Farewell to Nanyang", "Mei Niang Song", "Newspaper Selling Song", the opera "The Storm on the Yangtze River" and the national instrumental music "Spring Dawn on the Green Lake", "Dance of the Golden Snake", etc.

[Edit this paragraph] Nie Er’s epitaph

In 1954, the Yunnan Provincial People’s Government of China decided to rebuild Nie Er’s cemetery and asked Guo Moruo to inscribe the tombstone and epitaph. In February of this year, Guo Moruo wrote a stele and epitaph titled "The Tomb of People's Musician Nie Er":

Comrade Nie Er, the clarion call of the Chinese revolution and the sound of people's liberation. The "March of the Volunteers" he composed has been selected as the substitute national anthem. Anyone who hears its music will feel patriotic, solemn and ambitious, and resolutely share the same interests with the Communist Party. Nie Erhu, towering and majestic, he lives with the nation and will live forever! Comrade Nie Er, a member of the Communist Party of China, was born in the beautiful Kunming on February 14, 1912. He drowned on the seaside of Kunuma, Japan on July 17, 1935. He was only two years old. Four out of ten. Unfortunately, he died in the enemy's country, which is extremely regrettable. The reason why he drowned is still not clear!

The current Nie Er cemetery was relocated and newly built in the early 1980s. The epitaph written by Guo Moruo and engraved on the left screen wall of the cemetery also deleted the words "Unfortunately, he died in the enemy's country, which is a huge regret. The reason why he drowned is still unclear!" What is the reason?

The year 1935 when Nie Er drowned was when Japan was gradually implementing its plan to invade China. After the news of Nie Er's death came back to China, many patriots and cultural figures deeply lamented the loss of such a musical genius. They wrote in "Morning Post", "Dentong", "China Daily", "New Music" Dozens of newspapers and periodicals such as "Monthly" and "Ta Kung Pao" wrote commemorative articles to commemorate this pioneer fighter who sounded the alarm when the Chinese nation was in the most danger. Guo Moruo also wrote a poem in memory of Nie Er.

When Guo Moruo wrote the inscription and epitaph for Nie Er in February 1954, China and Japan had no diplomatic relations and still regarded each other as "enemy countries." Therefore, Guo Moruo's epitaph said, "Unfortunately, he died in an enemy country. It is a deep regret. The reason why he drowned is still not clear to this day!"

On November 1, nine months after Guo Moruo inscribed his epitaph, the Japanese built a monument to Nie Er near the place where Nie Er died on the Honuma Coast in Fujisawa City. In 1963, with the non-governmental trade between China and Japan, the Japanese people rebuilt the "ear"-shaped granite monument. The Japanese dramatist Mr. Akita Yujai wrote an inscription introducing Nie Er's life and asked Guo Moruo to inscribe the monument.

Guo Moruo's book was inscribed with six characters: "The place where Nie Er died."

In 1972, China and Japan established diplomatic relations. In May 1980, officials from Fujisawa City, Japan, where Nie Er was martyred, planted azaleas, a famous flower in Yunnan, and a vine tree, the city tree of Fujisawa City, at Nie Er's cemetery in Kunming City to express their memory of Nie Er and hope that the two The city uses Nie Er as a link to establish sister cities. The Yunnan Province of China and the Kunming Municipal Government responded to the enthusiasm of the Japanese and decided to relocate and rebuild Nie Er's cemetery. The tombstone still bears the inscription written by Guo Moruo. In early 1982, the Yunnan Provincial Cultural Bureau submitted this idea to the Ministry of Culture for approval. After final approval, the epitaph continued to be used, but before the tombstone was re-engraved, the last two sentences were erased with cement, and the color should be as consistent as possible with the original stone monument.

In accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Culture, the Kunming Municipal People's Government re-engraved Guo Moruo's epitaph on the left screen wall of the cemetery and deleted the last two sentences.

[Edit this paragraph] Nie Er’s story

His mother’s songs fascinated him

Nie Er’s father, Nie Hongyi, opened a restaurant at No. 72 Yongdao Street, Kunming Chengchuntang Pharmacy. On February 15, 1912, Nie Er was born upstairs in the drugstore. His original name was Zi Yi. Soon, his father died and the pharmacy was run by his mother. The wealthy Nie family began to fall into decline. In Nie Er's memory when he was young, his mother often sat under the lamp, pulling the abacus, and after finishing the calculations, she would sigh and worry. Nie Er once secretly made a wish: "Let my mother live a good life" from now on. After he arrived in Shanghai, he repeatedly mentioned words like "remitting money" in letters to his mother.

Nie Er’s mother is Nie Er’s biggest concern. Judging from the photos, my mother, Peng Jikuan, looks like a typical Dai woman. What is admirable is that Mrs. Peng never went to school for a day, but she was able to study medical books with her husband. After her husband died, she could still sit in the hall to take pulses and ask questions, and support her family. Peng's intelligence was obviously passed on to his son. Nie Er is the youngest son in the family. He is well-behaved and smart. He can play a simple bamboo flute colorfully and is loved by his relatives and friends.

My mother can sing all kinds of folk songs, including Dongjing tune, Huadeng tune, Yangqin tune, etc. which are widely spread among the people in Kunming and other places. Little Nie Er was fascinated by the beautiful songs and the stories in them. When Cai E became famous, Nie Er was still a child with a yellow mouth, but he got to know Cai E from his mother's songs. General Cai's heroic deeds in conquering Yuan Huguo in Yunnan left a deep impression on him. Learning martial arts and joining the army was once a major ambition of the young Nie Er. When he was sixteen years old, Nie Er finally couldn't hold it in any longer and secretly joined the army behind his family's back. He was incorporated into the Hunan Recruit Team of the Sixteenth Army for training. Later, he failed to apply for the Whampoa Military Academy and was dismissed by the army. He had no choice but to pursue martial arts. cancel it. As a last resort, he turned to reading, acting, and composing music, but his ambition to achieve greatness was not over.

In a middle school essay "My Outlook on Life", Nie Er said that if possible, he would not engage in religion, philosophy, or science. His ideal is to go to college first, and then travel abroad, preferably abroad, to travel and study, increase his knowledge and make academic achievements. Finally, earn some money, find a place with beautiful scenery, read, play the piano, and spend leisure time with a few friends you can talk to. He also specifically stated that Xishan in Kunming would be his first choice for seclusion.

When Nie Er was a few years older, that is, after he graduated from middle school and was admitted to Yunnan Provincial Normal School, Nie Er wrote another article "My Outlook on Life". His student accent was obviously reduced and replaced by Initially, I hope to study engineering, study some art, become a traveler who "does not have the individualistic thinking of Robinson Crusoe", and then "build a new society based on practical investigation."

The "Desperate Saburo" in the entertainment industry

In the early 1930s, Nie Er came to Shanghai and had no relatives. He asked someone to help him find him at the "Shenzhuang" purchasing station. An auditor's job. Unexpectedly, Yunfeng Trading Company, the headquarters of "Shenzhuang" in Kunming, was seized due to tax evasion, and the Shanghai branch was closed. Nie Er is unemployed.

Fortunately, there is always a path, and the enrollment notice of the Lianhua Film Company Music and Dance School in "Declaration" caught Nie Er's attention. Being able to earn a monthly allowance of ten yuan and taking care of food and accommodation is really attractive. Nie Er entered the examination room anxiously. His performance was average due to nervousness, but he was admitted by the examiner Li Jinhui.

The predecessor of the Mingyue Music and Dance Drama Club was the Chinese Song and Dance Drama Troupe founded by Li Jinhui. This is my country's earliest professional song and dance troupe. Although the lineup is not large, it has become famous in Shanghai and even the whole country because it has Shanghai's famous "Four Kings of Song and Dance" Wang Renmei, Hu Jia, Bai Lizhu, Xue Lingxian and the best actor Jin Yan. Nie Er is a violin trainee in the bright moon.

In a small dormitory with seven or eight people to a room, Nie Er had to stand in the corner when practicing piano, but Nie Er felt the luxury of life. Not long after he first arrived, he helped his friends Zhang Genghou and Liao Bomin from his hometown in Kunming to rent movie copies in Shanghai and received a reward of 100 yuan. One hundred yuan. He had never had so much money since he left his big family. Nie Er's heart beat wildly. The first thing I did was to run to the post office and mail half of it to my mother. For the other half, I bought a violin and two music books. This ordinary violin added gorgeous color to Nie Er's life. Wang Renmei’s second brother Wang Renyi is Nie Er’s full-time violin teacher. As a result, people often see the master and the apprentice carefully correcting their fingering, "wrong" and "wrong again", and Dvo?ák's "Humor" plays intermittently.

"Little Teacher" is the same age as Nie Er. He is usually very easy-going, but he is not careless when teaching piano. Nineteen-year-old Nie Er had just started playing the piano. He couldn't even read music scores. He didn't know anything about counterpoint and harmony. The "little teacher" was a little anxious. But Nie Er was not stupid. He knew that he had met a good teacher. "You can definitely learn it," he said to himself. After dinner, everyone went to the "Fourth Avenue" together and went to the "Big World" to watch a sideshow. However, Nie Er remained silent and hid in his room to practice the piano. He has to fulfill his business target: "cracking in" Qin for at least seven hours a day.

"Desperate Saburo" Nie Er quickly became famous. At that time, movies and drama were often intertwined. A team of actors performs a play on the stage for a while, and then gathers under the mercury lamp again. Although doing this is a cost-saving strategy for the producers, it objectively trains the actors and actresses. For example, in the movie "Children of the Storm", in addition to playing the heroine, Wang Renmei also sang the theme song. Nie Er, who plays the violin, would also appear from time to time to pretend to be a hawker selling fried stinky tofu; or he would wear black ink and pretend to be a black miner. His talent as an imitator is well known. In 1959, when Zhao Dan played Nie Er in the movie "Nie Er", he talked about the past events more than once.

People who come in and out of "Mingyue" are all well-known figures in the Shanghai entertainment industry, Cai Chusheng, Sun Yu, Bu Wancang, Jin Yan, Zheng Qianli, Wang Renmei, Li Lili, Bai Lizhu, Zhao Dan, Zhou Xuan, Ruan Lingyu ,etc. After observing celebrities closely, Nie Er realized what it means to be "in the limelight and healthy". Under the shining starlight, Nie Er, who initially devoted himself to this place just to make a living, his horizons suddenly broadened.

"Mr. Ear" and "Boss Tian"

Lively and innocent, nineteen-year-old Nie Er is the king of children, always surrounded by young actors from the opera club. Playing a game and losing, the children booed and Nie Er flapped his ears happily. Everyone was not satisfied, "Mr. Er, let's do one more!" Nie Er "showed off" again.

Nie Er loves watching movies the most, and is famous among his friends for crying whenever he gets emotional. This habit of his is often used as a joke by his friends, but he himself finds it natural. What's wrong with being passionate and sexual?

At that time, Nie Er had frequent contacts with Li Shengxuan, his fellow villager and a teacher at Shanghai Quanzhang Middle School, who later became the famous philosopher Ai Siqi. As a result, Nie Er developed a strong interest in philosophy. and yearning.

After the "January 28th", the white terror in Shanghai became serious. The Communist Party of China proposed to develop party members in the literary and art circles and strengthen the left-wing forces. The young and active Nie Er was listed as the first batch of training targets. The person who trained and contacted him was Tian Han, the head of the Shanghai Left-wing Theater Alliance, and it was Tian Han who later introduced Nie Er to join the party. However, among the more than 100,000 words of diaries, articles, and letters preserved by Nie Er, there are very few descriptions of Tian Han. Even if there are, most of them are journal-style records, and at most they are expressed in general terms such as "very good." one time. Why did Nie Er, who kept diaries and letters diligently, avoid "fields" so carefully? It is unknown. Of course, in Tian Han's eyes, Nie Er was initially just a poor student with extraordinary experiences who pursued revolution. There were huge differences in experience, qualifications and personalities between the two. But this does not hinder the tacit cooperation between Tian and Nie in music creation.

In the two years from 1933 to 1935, Tian Han wrote lyrics and Nie Er composed music. Together they created "Mining Song", "Main Road Song", "Graduation Song", "Dockworker", "Coolie Song", "Brick-breaking Song", "Pile-Driving Song", "Farewell to Nanyang", "Spring is Back", "Song of Comfort", "Meiniang Song", "Strike the Yangtze River", "Cailing Song", "March of the Volunteers" and other ten These four songs account for almost half of Nie Er's entire works. Nie Er's debut "Mining Song" was the beginning of their collaboration. "March of the Volunteers", which was later adopted as the national anthem of the Communist Party of China, was the pinnacle of their collaboration.

The script for the movie "Children of the Storm" has just been completed, and screenwriter Tian Han has been arrested. The first thing Nie Er said when he met director Xia Yan was: "Who will compose the music for "Children of the Storm"?" The second thing he said was: "I'll write it, and Tian Han will agree." The confidence and determination were palpable. Tian Han in prison agreed to Nie Er's request. Soon, Nie Er came up with the first draft, and the final draft was completed after Nie Er arrived in Japan.

On July 17, 1935, Nie Er unfortunately drowned while swimming at Kunuma Beach near Tokyo, Japan. He was only 23 years old. At that time, the poet Guo Moruo wrote a poem in Japan to commemorate it. In 1954, Yunnan Province rebuilt Nie Er's tomb, and Guo Moruo wrote an inscription. In the same year, a monument to Nie Er was built in Fujisawa City, Japan, and the inscription was also inscribed by Guo Moruo. We don’t know whether Nie Er had any contact with Guo Moruo during his lifetime, but as a close friend of Tian Han, it is very natural for Guo Moruo to pay attention to Nie Er because of Tian Han. But, why not Tian Han? It can be deduced from this that although Nie Er and Tian Han have had many successful cooperations, between "friends" and "partners", the author prefers to consider the relationship between the two from the latter's perspective. When Nie Er mentioned Tian Han, he always respectfully called him "Boss Tian."

1934: "My Year of Music"

On April 1, 1934, Nie Er joined the Oriental EMI record company, which was run by the British. EMI was very famous in Shanghai at that time.

When he first joined EMI, Nie Er was just the recording assistant of musician Ren Guang. However, he was soon appointed as the deputy director of the music department because of his obvious talent. The boss of "EMI" said to Nie Er grandly: No matter who you are or what you do, as long as you can accomplish it, have an impact, and be effective, just do it.

Nie Er's "fighting spirit" energy came back again, copying scores, composing music, performing, and holding seminars, all without stopping. He was so excited and busy that he even had no time to write a diary. At the end of the seven-month "EMI period", he wrote a rough "summary" text. In this diary entry marked "April 4th", the excited Nie Er repeatedly used hot words such as "unanimous praise" and "very good criticism" to describe himself as a role model in the movies "Yu Guang Song" and "Peach and Plum Tribulation". ” and “Big Road”.

During his busy life, Nie Er focused most on the Chinese band, which was also called the "Music Club" during his spare time performances. The band is very small, with only a few basic seats. The members are all colleagues who have close contact with each other. They work at night twice a week. Because of the nature of the band, everyone is very interested. The band conducted a series of reform experiments in folk music accompaniment and ensemble form. Nie Er composed four folk music works based on folk music from Yunnan and other places, including "Shanguo Lovers" and "Zhaojun Hefan". They were all premiered by the music club. The response at the scene and in the newspapers made him and his friends excited. .

Today, when referring to the term "Nie Er" in dictionaries, the phrase "the founder of Chinese new music" is usually added after "the composer of the National Anthem". "EMI" is Nie Er's "new music" laboratory.

The value of life is often achieved in a moment or a stage. "March of the Volunteers" composed by Nie Er in 1935 for the movie "Children of the Storm" later became Nie Er's signature work as a musician, but his rich and diverse musical practice had been roughly formed in 1934. He himself said: "1934 was my musical year."

That year, when meeting familiar friends, Nie Er would always complain half-seriously: "Busy!" So busy! There is no time for love. As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and was busy like a top again, switching from the band to the chorus, and from the chorus to the studio - because he was planning the opera "The Tempest on the Yangtze River". Several years later, when Xia Yan recalled the scene back then, he lamented that there would never be anyone like Nie Er who could "steal" him for work.

In 1934, Nie Er was really happy. His life and mental state had completely changed. In Shanghai's literary and artistic circles where celebrities are everywhere, Nie Er was once very depressed; but this year, he regained his usual confidence.

More than sixty years later, in the first New Year of the new century, the China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra performed at the "Golden Hall" in Vienna, Austria. Many local celebrities came in costumes. The atmosphere in the concert hall was unexpectedly good, and there was always warm applause at the end of every song. "Dance of the Golden Snake" composed by Nie Er during the EMI period begins. The hall was extremely quiet, and rich personalized melodies flowed along the Danube River. Suddenly, deafening applause sounded in advance. For a moment, the author, as a listener, had mixed feelings and thought of many things, including Nie Er. Another new folk music piece "Spring Dawn on the Green Lake" adapted by Nie Er during his EMI period was also played at this concert. It also impressed the foreign audience with its beauty full of national personality. Today, "Dance of the Golden Snake" and "Spring Dawn on the Green Lake" have been regarded by the international music industry as classic works of Chinese folk music. Nie Er's soul has already ascended to heaven. Do you have any new thoughts?

[Edit this paragraph]The movie "Nie Er"

"Nie Er" feature film. Filmed by Haiyan Film Studio in 1959.

Young Nie Er was forced to leave his hometown in Yunnan due to his participation in the student patriotic movement and went to work as an employee in a small business in Shanghai. Soon the business closed down and Nie Er ended up living on the streets. Later, forced to make a living, he joined the Wuhua Song and Dance Class as a violin trainee. During the performance, he met his girlfriend Zheng Leidian unexpectedly. Encouraged by Zheng Leidian, Nie Er went to the National Music College to take the exam. However, because of his poor family, he was not accepted by the school and left the exam room angrily. Later, with the help of Zheng Leidian, he participated in a disaster relief fund-raising performance hosted by Shanghai workers and met Su Ping, an underground worker of the Communist Party. He confessed his desire to pursue revolution to Su Ping, and since then he has joined the "Anti-Imperialist Alliance" led by the party. Soon, Zheng Leidian of the party went to Jiangxi Su District to study. Before leaving, she and Nie Er made an appointment to say goodbye at the Longhua Tower. In 1932, the Japanese invaded Shanghai and the 128th War broke out. The people of Shanghai supported the 19th Route Army in their bloody battle. Nie Er and his colleagues in the singing and dancing troupe also participated in a consolation performance and got acquainted with the progressive dramatist Kuang Wentao and the progressive musician Zhang Shu. The leader of the singing and dancing class led the team to sing the melodious song "Peach Blossom River", which deeply disgusted the patriotic soldiers. Nie Er, Zhang Shu and other progressive people sang "La Marseillaise" to inspire the wounded to fight against the enemy. Inspired by Kuang Wentao, Nie Er had a strong desire to have a Chinese "La Marseillaise". As the situation worsened day by day, the singing and dancing troupe succumbed to the reactionary forces and performed low-level and vulgar performances. Nie Er left angrily and went to Peking to participate in anti-Japanese and national salvation drama activities. Later, he returned to Shanghai with Su Ping and joined the Communist Party of China. He has successively created excellent songs such as "Yangtze River Storm", "Pioneer", "Big Road", "Graduation Song", "New Women", "Village Girl Beyond the Great Wall".

In the spring of 1935, the party organization decided to send Nie Er to the Soviet Union for further study. On the eve of going abroad, Nie Er was inspired by the lyrics of Tian Han's "March of the Volunteers" and composed an immortal song. On July 17 of that year, while passing through Japan, Nie Er unfortunately drowned and died while swimming at the beach. The film won the Biopic Award at the 12th Carlo VVali International Film Festival in 1960.

Screenwriter: Yu Ling, Meng Bo, Zheng Junli Director: Zheng Junli Photography: Huang Shaofen, Luo Congzhou Art: Han Shangyi Composer: Ge Yan, Li Yinghai, Liu Fuan Actors in the play Actors in the play Zhao Dan Nie Er Zhang Ruifang Zheng Lei Dian Wang Bei Wan Qianhong Deng Nan Lao Jiang Jiang Jun Su Ping Gao Bo Kuang Wentao Han Tao singing and dancing class summer Zhao Menong class leader Han Fei Sun Ying statement Qian Yele Huang Zongying Feng Fengguan Hongda clown Zhong Xinghuo Zhang Shu Zheng Min Film Company Manager

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