[The Chinese Communist Party’s "One Hundred Thousand Whys"] Why did Zhou Enlai change the lyrics to Han Hong’s mother?

　　China News Service, Beijing, April 6 (Reporter Liang Xiaohui) Premier Zhou Enlai will change the lyrics to singer Han Hong's mother?

That's right, what seems to have broken the "dimension wall" today happened in 1964.

　　In November of that year, the amateur art observation performance of the national minority people was held in Beijing.

Amateur literary and artistic representatives from all ethnic groups across the country gathered in the capital to bring their own outstanding works of art to the Beijing stage.

　　During this period, an 18-year-old Tibetan girl who worked as a tailor won a lot of attention with her song "Beijing's Golden Mountain".

This little girl is Yongxi, and she is the mother of the singer Han Hong, who everyone knows today.

　　At that time, Yongxi gave a report to the Party Central Committee on behalf of the millions of Tibetan serfs who turned up.

At the curtain call, the leader came on stage and shook hands with the actors one by one.

According to the "Party History Survey" magazine, when Zhou Enlai walked in front of Yongxi, an interesting conversation took place——

　　"You sing very well." Zhou En said.

　　"Prime Minister, I can't sing well." Yong Xi was a little cautious.

　　"Good is good!" Zhou Enlai said heartily.

　　At this time, Mao Zedong happily said to Yongxi: "Sing well, who did you learn to sing with?"

　　Yongxi answered without thinking, "I learned from loud speakers."

　　Mao Zedong didn't understand, and asked again: "Who did you learn from?"

　　Seeing that Yongxi could not understand Mao Zedong’s Xiang accent, Zhou Enlai “translated” Yongxi: "The chairman asked, is it the kind of loudspeaker you hang on the Tibetan tree?"

　　Yong Xi nodded and replied, "Yes, there is a large magnet and a tweeter on the back of the tree."

　　Everyone laughed.

　　Zhou En said that this song is well written, but the last sentence "We are marching towards the paradise of socialist happiness" is somewhat superstitious.

　　At 11 o'clock that night, the delegation had returned to the hotel, and Yongxi suddenly received a call from Zhou Enlai.

Zhou Enlai once again asked if the last sentence could be changed.

Although it was late at night, everyone heard that the prime minister wanted to change the lyrics and acted again, but they couldn't think of a more appropriate expression for a while.

The head of the delegation and the teacher leading the team were very anxious and did not rest all night.

　　Unexpectedly, Zhou Enlai called again the next day.

He suggested whether the last sentence could be changed to "We are walking on the road of socialist happiness."

　　Everyone pondered for a while and got excited.

"Toward" was changed to "Walk on" and "Heaven" was changed to "On the avenue". Zhou Enlai only changed a few words, but clearly explained the background of the times, which made the song have practical significance at a glance and sublimated the idea of ​​the song.

　　Since then, the song "Beijing's Golden Mountain", whose lyrics have been modified by Zhou Enlai, has been sung across China's north and south, changing the trajectory of Yongxi's life and becoming an outstanding representative of Tibet's outstanding literary and artistic works.

　　This song also had a profound impact on Han Hong and became the "enlightenment" of her music path.

In her first album, Han Hong chose to sing the profound "Beijing's Golden Mountain".

　　And "Zhou Enlai changed the lyrics" has also become a good story in the history of the Communist Party of China.

In fact, in the 100-year history of the Communist Party of China, there are many such stories. For example, Mao Zedong, etc., have made "point-and-eye" and refined revisions to literary and artistic works.

　　Like the familiar "No Communist Party, No New China", the "new" was added by Mao Zedong.

　　The original word of the song was "There would be no China without the Communist Party", but Mao Zedong felt wrong after hearing it: "China has a history of 5,000 years, and the Communist Party of China was only a few decades old." "Did China come first? The Chinese Communist Party? How can it be said that there would be no China without the Communist Party?"

　　Subsequently, Mao Zedong added the word "new".

Since then, this song has been changed to "There would be no New China without the Communist Party", and entered the music class of primary and middle school students, becoming a classic that accompanies the history of the Chinese Communist Party.

　　From today's point of view, "Beijing's Golden Mountain" and "There would be no New China without the Communist Party" have been handed down masterpieces.

The reason why they are "excellent" is that they have all experienced the "excellence" of the artistic creation process.

　　"Sufficient is beautiful, and full and brilliant is great." As the General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping pointed out at the symposium on literary and artistic work, all works handed down from generation to generation and time-honored works must be works of perseverance and dedication.

　　To create classic literary works now and in the future, this spirit of diligence and excellence is still indispensable.

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