Joe Yu. Ye Junfen

Character biography
Qiao Yu (1927-2022): Famous lyricist, first-class screenwriter, former president of China Opera and Dance Theater, he has composed more than 1,000 works in total, including "My Motherland", "Let's Row the Sculls", "Ode to the Motherland", "Ode to the Motherland" and "Ode to the Motherland". Love me China", "Unforgettable Tonight", "People Say Shanxi Beautiful Scenery" and other works are well-known and popular. He used to be the Honorary Dean of the Opera Research Institute of Peking University and the 10th Honorary Member of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. Member of the Eighth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
At 3:31 on June 20, Qiao Yu, a famous lyricist and former director of the China Opera and Dance Theater, died in Beijing at the age of 95. On June 26, many people from the literary and art circles, fans and friends before his death saw Qiao Yu off at the Babaoshan Funeral Home in Beijing.
"My Motherland", "Let's Row the Sculls", "Unforgettable Tonight", "Big Windmill"... The lyrics written by Qiao Yu have a sincere patriotism, a simple childlike innocence, and a pure poetic heart. On the scale of life, he delineated the scale for art as "for a lifetime" and "for China". He has created more than 1,000 works in decades and accompanied the growth of many people.
Record the truth with words and freeze memories with lyrics. The footsteps of his departure left many echoes.
"Write a song for the motherland I love so much"
"When a big river swaying with two oars, they all say that the scenery of the motherland is beautiful. It is unforgettable that the Chinese people love me tonight and miss the red sunset." Music critic Jin Zhaojun used Qiao Yu's works to miss him and pay tribute to art with his beloved art.
Qiao Yu once said: "An artist should be a Dapeng bird with two wings, one for unswerving patriotism, and the other for brilliant works." culture and art.
Red is the background color of his life and creation. In 1946, Qiao Yu entered the Northern University of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region for further study. On the day of the founding of New China, Qiao Yu stood on the Jinshui Bridge, looking up at the national flag with tears in his eyes.
He wrote the great and kind motherland into simple, beautiful and meaningful words.
In 1956, Sha Meng, director of Changchun Film Studio, asked Qiao Yu to write the theme song for the movie "Shangganling". The land of the motherland came to his mind frame by frame. He said that the "big river" in the lyrics is the river at the door of everyone's heart, and it has something to do with everyone's emotions. The fate of the motherland and the fate of the individual are closely linked to the writing of the lyrics."
"Morning Song of the Motherland", "The Majestic Tiananmen", "People Say Shanxi is Beautiful", "Love Me China", "Bless China"... Looking back at Qiao Yu's life's creations, it is just like the turbulent rivers, and the works tell a strong patriotism and innocence .
Writing for the people and singing for the motherland is his lifelong pursuit, "I found a patriotic way of my own to write songs for my beloved motherland."
Singer Li Guyi said: "Qiao Yu's patriotic spirit, unpretentious, kind and humorous character, great artistic talent and works will forever remain in the world and in people's hearts."
"If you don't have a real experience, you can't write good lyrics"
"If you don't have a real experience, you can't write good lyrics." This is the principle of Qiao Yu's creation, and it is also the secret of his works being sung to this day.
Ye Xiaogang, chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association, said: "Qiao Yu's lyrics are rooted in national folk culture and have a strong people's character. They are healthy, bright, atmospheric and upward."
The creative experience that Qiao Yu summed up is "combining profoundness with simplicity, vagueness with clarity, twists and turns with straightforwardness, literary with wildness, and elegance with vulgarity." Because of its shortness, lyrics are the easiest to write; It is easy to write well, but to create a complete world with less than 100 words requires a lot of effort and deep skill to achieve, including the unique ability to observe the world, the ability to carve and shape the image of life, and the rhythm of music. And the sense of rhythm, perception, etc.
When Qiao Yu was young, his father taught him to read books such as The Analects of Confucius and Mencius, while his mother always told him imaginative folk stories. The excellent traditional Chinese culture is the deep soil of Qiao Yu's creation.
"Where are you from, my friend, it's like a butterfly flew into my window." After the song "Missing" appeared on the stage of the 1988 Spring Festival Gala, it quickly became popular all over the country. Many viewers think that the lyrics of "Missing" are very fashionable, but as long as you taste it carefully, you will find that only the language is modern, and the overall structure of the song uses the classical literary form of "Book of Songs". The famous composer Gu Jianfen described that Qiao Yu's lyrics are difficult to write in ordinary, because he has a style in his writing. For the composer, it is the exploration and experience of the deep feelings of life.
"Let's Row the Sculls" is the theme song of "Flowers of the Motherland", the first film in New China that reflects the life of children. Director Yan Gong approached him, hoping to write "The flowers bloom in the spring, and our motherland has taken a wonderful beginning of the spring pace". When Qiao Yu was rafting in Beihai Park, he got inspiration from watching a group of children paddle leisurely and push the waves forward, and finally wrote this classic work. He is willing to encourage the creators to "cultivate this little land of lyrics deeper and more finely".
Qiao Yu used to be the president of the China National Opera and Dance Theater. With his sense of responsibility for the national culture, he helped the national opera and dance drama to a higher level. In 1987, under his planning, the opera "The Wilderness" of the China Opera and Dance Theater participated in the first China Arts Festival. He also organized a large number of opera and dance drama creation and rehearsal artistic production work, leaving a glorious page for the Chinese opera and dance drama career. He said: "It is a kind of kindness to devote myself to the work and career that I love."
"The lyrics are not brocade food, high halls and Chinese houses"
Qiao Yu's lyrics are well written and the popularity is better. No matter where he lives, he can make friends with local residents.
"To make friends with the common people is to make friends with the true feelings of the world." Qiao Yu believes that only by understanding the common people can you create works that the common people really like. "The lyrics are not brocade-clothed delicacies or lofty houses. They are home-cooked meals and coarse clothes that are indispensable for ordinary people in a day. It is a small courtyard that is not spacious but warm." Therefore, in his lyrics, we hope I can see "the land is fertile, the water is beautiful, the five grains are fragrant", "I am used to listening to the scorpion's call", and I found "the fish in the water look at us and quietly listen to us singing happily".
Qiao Yu is very concerned about the growth of young talents and tries his best to create opportunities and provide platforms. With his help, many outstanding young and middle-aged creators have emerged.
Tang Tian, the lyricist of the songs "The World" and "The Lonely Brave", said: "I hope to take Mr. as the mountain as the road, and admire and chase after him all my life. Write songs for the fireworks of the world, and write songs for the lives of the people."
"Don't be fooled by fashion, don't be obscured by accumulated habits, and don't be burdened by floating fame." Qiao Yu often encourages himself. When many fans saw him, they would call him an idol, and he laughed at it; some people called him a lyricist, and he always shook his head and waved his hands; when it came to his creative achievements, he was always humble and kind. Fame and fortune will never be a burden in Qiao Yu's life. He only wants to live happily and advocates "it's better to be simple and simple".
He has always firmly believed that being a kind person is happier than being a bad person, being a professional person is happier than doing nothing, being a selfless person is happier than a person who is preoccupied, and being a childish person is happier than a frowning person.
On the online platform, netizens said one sentence per person, using the lyrics created by Qiao Yu to bid farewell to everyone in the word circle. What netizens miss is Qiao Yu's bearing and style, the classic melody, the height of art, and the resonance between music and the times.
"The green hills are here, and people are not old." His movement has never drawn a rest.