Chapter 89 88. Nie Er - The Strong Voice of the Battle Horn Era

Nie Er (1912-1935), formerly known as Nie Shouxin, styled Ziyi (also known as Ziyi).Born in Kunming, Yunnan Province.Communist Party members.Famous people's musician. Nie Er loved music since he was a child (originally named Nie Shouxin, but changed his name to "Nie Er" because his ears were particularly good), and he studied in the Primary School Affiliated to Kunming Normal School in 1918.In his spare time, Nie Er taught himself flute, erhu, sanxian and 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 division of the private Qiushi Primary School, and in 1925, he was admitted as a transfer student in the 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 books and revolutionary songs such as "The Internationale".

In 1927, Nie Er graduated from Yunnan Provincial First United Middle School and entered Yunnan Provincial First Normal School.During the school period, he participated in the activities of the student organization "Reading Club", and organized the "Jiujiu Music Club" with his friends, and often participated in performances inside and outside the school.During this time, he also taught himself the violin and piano. In April 1931, Nie Er was admitted to the "Mingyue Song and Dance Drama Club" hosted by Li Jinhui as a violinist. In July 1932, he published "Short Discussion on Chinese Song and Dance", and was forced to leave the group because of his criticism of Li. In November 1932, he joined Lianhua Film Company, participated in the music group of "Friends of the Soviet Union", organized the "China Emerging Music Research Association", and participated in the music group of the Left-Wing Dramatists Union (Friends of the Soviet Union). After "January 28th", the white terror in Shanghai became serious, and the CCP proposed to recruit 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 objects.The trainer and contact person was Tian Han, the head of the Shanghai Left-Wing Theater Alliance, and it was Tian Han who introduced Nie Er to the party later.Since then, Nie Er has not only gained a new political life, but also further developed his artistic talents, becoming a pioneer of new Chinese music and a warrior against fascism.In the following two years, Nie Er wrote more than 30 theme songs and episodes for operas, dramas and movies, such as "New Women", "Pioneer", "Song of the Great Road", "Song of Progress", and "Singer under the Iron Heel", which have won national praises. It was widely sung and played a positive role in motivating the people's anti-Japanese and national salvation movement.His compositions such as "Dancing of the Golden Snake", "Spring Dawn on the Green Lake" and "Couple in the Mountain Country" are deeply loved by people.

In January 1935, Shanghai Dentsu Film Company shot the anti-Japanese film "Children of the Wind and Cloud", and Tian Han wrote the theme lyrics "March of the Volunteers" for the film.The script of the movie "Children of the Wind and Cloud" has just been finished, and the screenwriter Tian Han was arrested.When Nie Er saw the director Xia Yan, the first sentence he said was: "Who will compose "Feng Yun Er Daughter"?" The second sentence was: "Let me write it, and Tian Han will agree." Confidence and determination are beyond words.Tian Han in prison agreed to Nie Er's request.Soon, Nie Er took out the first draft, and the final draft was completed after Nie Er arrived in Japan.He started writing in mid-March, and after several revisions, he handed over the final draft to Dentsu in late April. Thus "March of the Volunteers" was born.

On May 8, 1935, Shanghai's "Shenzhen" and "Times" published the lyrics of "March of the Volunteers"; on the 9th, EMI produced a record for "March of the Volunteers"; on the 24th, Shanghai Jincheng Grand Theater premiered "Children of the Wind and Cloud".With the promotion of the record and movie, the singing of "March of the Volunteers" sounded in every corner of Shanghai.With its high-pitched, sonorous and powerful melody and inspiring lyrics, this song reflects the great spirit of patriotism of the Chinese nation as one, united against aggression, fighting bravely, and going forward when the nation is in peril. The heroic spirit of a bloody battle to the end.As soon as it was born, it immediately became the clarion call for the liberation of the Chinese nation.In the flames of the Anti-Japanese War, it spread throughout the country, inside and outside the Great Wall, and became a high-spirited battle song for the people of all ethnic groups in China to resist the Japanese invaders. .Countless outstanding sons and daughters of the Chinese nation sang and shouted "Build our new Great Wall with our flesh and blood", braved the artillery fire of the Japanese invaders, did not fear bloodshed and sacrifice, and bravely charged into battle to save the motherland and the nation from peril. , A bloody battle with the Japanese invaders to the end!

And this song not only resounded through the land of China, but also became famous all over the world.During the Anti-Fascist War, the radio stations of Britain, the United States, India and many other countries often played this song.On the eve of the end of the war, the U.S. State Department also approved its inclusion in the "Song of Allied Victory Triumph".Because a large number of songs written by Nie Er reflected the aspirations of the people and became powerful weapons and battle horns to inspire the people, educate the people, and fight against the enemy, which aroused the hatred of the reactionary authorities and wanted to arrest Nie Er.Nie Er left Shanghai according to the decision of the party organization, and went to the Soviet Union via Japan. On July 17, 1935, Nie Er unfortunately drowned and died at the age of 23 while swimming at Kunuma Beach, Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

In September 1949, the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference determined "March of the Volunteers" as the national anthem. In December 1982, the Fifth Plenary Session of the Fifth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China confirmed "March of the Volunteers" as the national anthem of the People's Republic of China.