The Yellow River Cantata was angered by the spoof creator’s descendants for ＂forgetting his roots＂

　　Beijing, January 28th (Reporter Wu Zhehua, Liu Xiaomei, intern reporter Ren Yukun, Li Xiaofei) According to the Voice of China, The Yellow River Cantata is the most influential symphony composed by Xian Xinghai, a people’s musician. With the Yellow River as the background, it shows the magnificent picture of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, shows the fighting determination of the Chinese nation’s liberation to the whole world and shapes the heroic image of a giant of the Chinese nation. Among them, the seventh movement "Defending the Yellow River" is one of the classics. Presumably, everyone will sing it, whenever they sing "Defending the Yellow River! Defend North China! Defend the whole of China ",you can appreciate the indomitable fighting spirit of the people of China.

　　But recently, a video of The Yellow River Cantata was actually labeled as "funny" and circulated on the Internet. This is the scene at the annual meeting of a certain unit. In the video, this anti-Japanese war song was "spoofed" by the performer with exaggerated expressions and body movements, which attracted constant laughter from the audience. In recent years, The Yellow River Cantata, who performed in an alternative form, has become a popular program at the company’s annual meeting or party, and even been put on the TV screen.

　　In this regard, Xian Xinghai, the creator of The Yellow River Cantata, and the descendants of Guangweiran expressed their anger and dissatisfaction through Voice of China. Because spoofing songs is disrespectful to history, they called the relevant units to stop such performances and demanded that the spread of related videos be restricted.

　　A 2-minute video titled "The Chorus of the Psychiatric Hospital Performs the Yellow River Chorus" has been circulated on the Internet recently. In the video, four men and eight women are standing in the center of the stage. They are singing in front of the music, shaking their heads, sometimes opening their eyes wide, and sometimes opening their mouths wide. The female conductor twists her hips and waves her arms with the rhythm of the music. If there is no sound, such a scene will give people the feeling of "dancing in disorder"

　　This video was uploaded to the bilibili community on January 25th. Zhao Yifei, a post-90s vocal music teacher, also had friends forwarding it to her on WeChat. "Why did he send this thing to me? Because he thought it was a very funny thing. If I wanted to see it, I would never laugh."

　　This video has also been transferred to a WeChat group called "I Love The Yellow River Cantata", which includes descendants of the creator of the work, many famous singers, chorus conductors and super fans at home and abroad.

　　Xian Nina, the daughter of composer Xian Xinghai, was so angry that she didn’t sleep all night. She thought this form of expression was an insult to the original work. "I am very opposed to it. My father wrote this work with blood and tears, which represents the soul of our Chinese nation and is an immortal work. Serious music can’t be ridiculed like this. They come to spoof, and I think it is forgetful. "

　　Zhang Andong, the son of the lyricist Guangweiran, said that he found it hard to accept this kind of parody for the purpose of entertaining the public, and denounced it as "unforgivable". "I am particularly indignant at those who hosted these programs. They are not young, and they will have an impression on the anti-Japanese war culture, but they are insensitive and insensitive, and they are still organizing in the mood of entertaining the public at a low price. I find it hard to accept or unforgivable."

　　In recent years, The Yellow River Cantata’s spoof version has become a very hot party program, and the original chorus song seems to be a sketch performance. Besides some enterprises, the performance unit also includes kindergartens, middle schools, universities and other educational institutions. In the past month alone, the reporter has found more than ten related spoof videos. According to the statistics of uploading network time, the performance of this spoof content is the New Year’s Day party of a street middle school in Qufu, Shandong Province on December 29, 2017; On January 22, 2018, the Spring Festival party of a hotel in Yinchuan; On January 23rd, the New Year’s party of the National Heavy Laboratory of a university in Beijing and so on.

　　What’s more, in a video of the New Year’s party of "The Adventures of Panda Ming" uploaded on January 12, 2017, The Yellow River Cantata was tampered with as a "year-end award" version with vulgar lyrics. Wearing a hat with a panda pattern, the performer sang: "Year-end award, year-end award, we are howling, we are howling … …”

　　In fact, such a spoof performance has been going on for many years, dating back to a TV program in April 2014, and the video of this program is still available on some websites today.

　　In the program, the contestants made some exaggerated and unusual body movements accompanied by The Yellow River Cantata’s background music. At that time, this performance attracted four judges at the scene to laugh and was unanimously approved.

　　Some judges said: "I especially like your program. I really think it is necessary to make fun of something serious. We lack this. In fact, there is nothing we can’t make fun of. It is very fun."

　　Guangxi Nanning "Fight for Fun" comedy workshop is still performing such The Yellow River Cantata on the stage. Ma Guofu, the founder of "Dou Amusing", said, "If we all conduct The Yellow River Cantata in a normal way, no one will watch it. Art, it must be innovative. The whole music, notes, command, martial arts, dance, and all aspects of acting are equal to all-round improvement. "

　　Zhang Andong, the son of Guangweiran, believes that Ma Guofu’s statement is sophistry. The Yellow River Chorus is performed all over the world every month and has a large number of fans. Even for communication, there are better forms. In an entertainment program of Zhejiang Satellite TV last year, he was deeply impressed by a section of "Defending the Yellow River" sung by movie stars and professionals by the Yellow River.

　　Against the backdrop of the surging river sound and the surging symphony, this program has infected many people. Some netizens commented: "After listening to it for so many years, it feels like this is the first time to listen to it. I am so moved that I can’t help crying."

　　Zhao Yifei, a vocal teacher born after 1990s, once participated in the chorus performance of this work in France. She said that in the overseas Chinese circle, The Yellow River Cantata has a very high status. No matter where it is, it makes people feel excited. In music performances, this song is generally the finale. She believes that today’s young people really don’t have as deep an understanding of the anti-Japanese war songs as the older generation, but if they can listen to this work completely on the spot, they will still be very shocked. "This song was shot in April and February, and there is a feeling of marching music. Anyone who has a feeling for music will be mobilized. I have been back to China for two years. The most recent performance was at the National Grand Theatre. At the end, I sang Defending the Yellow River, and the audience sang along with it. Moreover, I cried at the end, and the scene was magnificent, as if the Yellow River was really roaring and rushing. "

　　As early as 2014, some netizens submitted complaint materials to relevant departments, demanding that relevant programs be taken off the shelves, but a few years later, spoof seems to be "revived". On the one hand, some people spoof The Yellow River Cantata, on the other hand, some people continue to join the volunteer inheritance team of The Yellow River Cantata’s works, and the related websites of the Yellow River Chorus are also stepping up construction in the hands of volunteers.

　　Chen Yong, a cultural scholar of Wuhan Anti-Japanese War, believes that the social impact of "spoofing the Yellow River Chorus" is negative. For classic works full of Chinese culture, especially anti-Japanese war songs, we must never "spoof". "Let songs also play the role of spiritual food and spiritual pillar in this era. We must have our confidence and sing these songs in the middle of such activities."