Qiao Yu's "epitaph": Here is a man who writes a few lyrics here

Not concealed for accumulation

Not confused by fashion

Not tired of floating names

In the early morning of June 20, the famous noun writer Qiao Yu died of illness in Beijing. Singer Li Guyi was difficult to hide his sorrow.

"I know that I can't stop my life, sickness, and death. In the past few years, many good friends who have been as old as me have gone one after another. News Weekly choked.

"Master Qiao is a very good person, a very kind person, everyone likes him very much. But my relationship with Master Qiao is not the same. He is both my partner's partner and my benefactor." Li Guyi said.

A photo of Li Guyi (left) and Qiao Yu. Photo/Interviewee provided

Li Guyi recalled that the last time I saw Qiao Yu, it was five years ago. At that time, his body was bad. After the epidemic broke out, in order not to find trouble for others, Qiao Yu rejected all friends' visits. Li Guyi can only get Qiao Yu through contact with Qiao Yu's daughter Qiao Guozi.

"Not long ago, I received a video of Qiao Yu. In the video, he was in good condition. Who thought of walking so suddenly." Li Guyi said.

"Li Gu sings, let me write"

More than 40 years ago, Li Guyi's "Township Love", because the aria used the gas singing method, was far from the previous requirements for "high, fast, loud, hard" revolutionary songs. This song is "dark, decadent, low and lingering voice", and Li Guyi also changed from "a rookie in the singing world" to a "yellow singer".

In the face of verbal lipstick from the country, Qiao Yu, who had become a fame writer at that time, was more concerned about Li Gu. Whether in life or art, Li Gu gave great help.

"At that time, I was frustrated. Master Qiao always cared about me and often encouraged me to cheer up. Everything would be fine." Li Guyi told China News Weekly.

In the first CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 1983, the director's team made a debate to let Li Guyi sing 7 works such as "Township Love", which reversed the dispute over Li Guyi in one fell swoop. In the Spring Festival Gala of the following year, "Unforgettable Tonight" co -authored by Li Guyi and Qiao Yu has become the iconic show of the Spring Festival Gala to the present. The singer Li Gu sings one by one for 38 years.

Qiao Yu. Picture/China News Agency posted by Zhang Kan

Qiao Yu's "Unforgettable Tonight" is an urgent chapter. In 1984, Hong Kong and Taiwan artists were first invited to CCTV to participate in the Spring Festival Gala. Huang Yizi, then director of CCTV, wanted a song that co -produced with the atmosphere.

Qiao Yu once recalled that Jiang Kun, the host of the Spring Festival Gala and a member of the creative team, hurried to the house to find himself. He had to say the lyrics without having a greetings. "I saw him anxious and couldn't write it immediately. It must be submitted at 5 am, and it is already 3 am at the end of the work at hand. He was anxious to write anything about me. "

In this way, Qiao Yulian expressed the reunion of the 30 families in the New Year, and everyone needed a good blessing emotion. In two hours, he wrote the classic lyrics in "Unforgettable Tonight" "Unforgettable Tonight, Unforgettable Tonight Tonight, regardless of the End of the End of the World, regardless of the End of the End of" , To embrace the earth of Shenzhou, I wish the motherland good and the motherland. "

Jiang Kun recalled the Chinese News Weekly that he was Qiao Yu's house riding a bicycle that day. Qiao Yu asked himself, who would sing the song? Jiang Kun said: "Of course, Li Guyi. Last year she was so hot, and she sang 7 songs alone!" Later, Qiao Yu said to Jiang Kun: "Okay, if Li Guyi sings, I will write."

"" Unforgettable Tonight "this song is Qiao Yu's trust in me, and it is also his encouragement to me. He knows my ability and level, and what I have experienced before. I have sang a lot of songs. Will stay in the world forever, "Li Guyi said.

Li Guyi said, "As long as I am still alive, I will sing in his works, sing those songs, and I will think of him."

Associated with water

Before Li Guyi sang "Unforgettable Tonight", Qiao Yu was a well -known writer in the domestic music scene. Those two songs related to "water" made his works popular all over the country.

In the 1950s, it was the peak of Qiao Yu's creation. In 1955, the first children's theme film "The Flowers of the Motherland" filmed by Changchun Film Studio was released. ", The song was written by Qiao Yu, composed by Liu Chi.

Yan Gong, director of "The Flowers of the Motherland", made a request for Qiao Yu: "The flowers are open in spring, and our motherland has taken the pace of spring to write this wonderful start."

At that time, although the 27 -year -old guy Qiao Yu had created several children's songs recognized by the public, he could not find the director's feeling. He decided to go to the park with his fiancee.

Qiao Yu was going to the Summer Palace. His fiancee was determined to go to Beihai. After some pulled, Qiao Yu compromised. The two came to Beihai Park and rented a boat. The laughter and laughter rippling on the quiet lake on weekdays.

Qiao Yu was inspired by a sudden, "Let's swing the paddles, the boat pushes away the waves ..."

Qiao Yu's "Qiao Yu's Collection • Article Volume" wrote: "My lyrics creative career for more than half a century, that is, the beautiful spring of the motherland."

Another famous song related to "water" is "My Motherland" sung by singer Guo Lanying.

Qiao Yu and Guo Lanying (right) sang "My Motherland" on the same stage. Figure/China News Agency sent Wu Zhonglin Photo in 1956 after "Let's Swash the Double Paddle", Qiao Yu was collecting winds in southern Gannan and western Fujian, collecting materials, and preparing to write a second domestic revolution. During the war, the movie text of children's life was suddenly received by the telegram of the director of Changchun Film Studio Sabmi, inviting the theme song of the film "Shang Ganling".

A telegram was more urgent than one. Qiao Yu wanted to decline and watched the "Thousands of Miles" several pages of telegrams finally refused, and boarded the train on the north overnight.

From the road to living in the Changying Xiaobai Building, Qiao Yu has been thinking about how the episode of war film is on how to go up with the war. Classic works such as "Big Sword" and "on the Taihang Mountain" have been echoing in his mind, but through " In the sample of Shang Ganling, Qiao Yu saw Semin's reflection, "Company's calmness, optimism of sanitation, encouragement and games between soldiers, the director is creating an optimistic atmosphere to evoke people's desire for peace." Qiao Yu Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Said in an interview.

In this way, Qiao Yu decided to write a "not so cruel" song. After a rain in Changchun, Qiao Yu took a walk downstairs and recalled the scene when he was picking up in Jiangxi. See the Yangtze River at a time. "Water Qingfan is white, and the two sides of the strait are all rice fields, which is very different from the Yellow River I have seen when I was childhood."

Inspiration suddenly, "A large river wavy, the wind blows the rice and the fragrance of the rice ..." Qiao Yu made an overnight.

When the lyrics were given to the director Semin, the two had a discussion. Sabimon suggested that "a large river wavy width" was changed to "the wavy wavy wandering of the Yangtze River" or "the wavy wavy of the Yangtze River", which was more imposing.

Qiao Yu rejected, "It is indeed more imposing, but people who have never seen the Yangtze River will have a gap in their hearts. No matter where you are, there will always be a river at the door of the house. As long as you think of the home, you will think of that river."

Qiao Yu persuaded Shamun, and the old partner Liu Chi again collaborated to compose. Chang Ying later invited a group of singers who were good at singing folk songs. As a result, Qiao Yu proposed to let Guo Lanying try.

In the end, the movie "Shang Ganling" had not been released yet, and Guo Lanying sang "My Motherland" through the radio.

Lyrics are the easiest to write, and the hardest to write well

Director Yan Gong once evaluated Qiao Yu's lyrics: "There are characteristics, all in vernacular, but it is easy to remember."

Throughout Qiao Yu's creation, whether it is "Let's Swash Patstels", "My Motherland", "Missing", or "The Most Beautiful Sun Red", "Song of Peony", "Love Me China" ... Evaluation, simple but profound.

In an interview during his lifetime, Qiao Yu once said, "Lyrics are the easiest to write, and lyrics are the most difficult to write. As the lyrics art, the most visible skills are the language. Good lyrics must be written in living language. How many benefits to the lyrics. "

Qiao Yu never believes that the lyrics are a beautiful thing in Jinyi and Gao Tanghua. "It is an indispensable home, rough clothing, or a small courtyard that is indispensable a day, or it is not spacious but warm."

Qiao Yu likes to write the lives of ordinary people. In his opinion, it is deeper than the sea and higher than the mountain. The lyrics are to speak to the public, then the language that everyone can understand. He doesn't like being too Xuan and too deep, and everyone doesn't understand content.

"A song is needed by everyone, and naturally it can be circulated. You can make it more complicated, no matter how good, everyone doesn't want it, it is useless." Qiao Yu once said.

Qiao Yusheng created a total of over 1,000 lyrics works, and a large part of them came from "proposition composition". For many music creators today, "proposition composition" is often due to the limited theme. In the narrow gap, it eventually led to the mediocre work that was limited to the production of inspiration.

However, "proposition composition" seems to have never made obstacles to Qiao Yu. It is so large that "My Motherland" and "Love Me China", small as "Let us swing up the paddles" and "people say that Shanxi Good scenery", Qiao Yu shows that all Qiao Yu has shown all showing Emotion and tone corresponding to "proposition composition".

It is difficult for people to imagine that the theme songs of the two once popular TV programs, "The Most Beautiful But the Sun Red" and "Big Windmill", are from Qiao Yu alone. When they are constantly increasing their age, and the social era is constantly changing, Qiao Yu can still be able to be at ease in the creation of different styles and themes, which shows Qiao Yu's accumulation and ability.

Continuous observation of life, accumulating feelings, and sensitively capturing their emotions and changes in their surrounding emotions is one of the reasons for Qiao Yu's lyrics.

In the early summer of 1963, Qiao Yu returned to Beijing's home from Shahe County, Hebei Province, who was going to the countryside. As soon as the window was opened, a yellow butterfly flew into the house, and the butterflies flew away in a blink of an eye. In this picture, Qiao Yu has been remembered for 25 years.

Until 1988, he wrote in "Missing": "Where do you come from? My friend, like a butterfly flew into my window, I do n’t know how to make it. ""

After 25 years of emotions, it was released in Mao Amin's singing. It was impossible to know that in the early summer of 1963, Qiao Yu saw the relationship of butterflies, but in the spring of 1988, everyone felt the butterfly brought by the butterfly brought by the butterfly. emotion.

Qiao Yu's aesthetic embedded in every era he created, the delicate emotions and brilliant times in the lyrics have become his footnote in the word world.

Young people may not know the name of Qiao Yu, but no one has never heard his work. Because of this, he has the title of "Thai Dou". Qiao Yu repeatedly rejected this title, "Where is Thai Dou, but it is just a writing lyrics." In Qiao Yu's concentration, he once wrote such a sentence, "It is not confused by fashion." A few years later, he joined half of the sentence, "not tired of floating."

A few years ago, someone asked Qiao Yu what would write if he wrote a epitaph to himself. Qiao Yu said:

"Here is a man who writes a few lyrics."

Reference

1. "Creation Story Behind my motherland" Chinese Writers Network

2. "Let us swing the paddles! What story is behind this song so far? "People's Information

3. "Qiao Yu: There is no party with good management, how can there be a good country" website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

4. "Qiao Yu: Singing the mother -in -law is not old" the CPPCC magazine

5. "Mourning Qiao Yu, self -modest is not Thai Dou, but" a person who writes a few lyrics "" Beijing News

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Edit: Hu Yun

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