Down with the warlords, except the background of the great powers

Among the party’s revolutionary tasks at the current stage proposed by the Second National Congress of the Communist Party of China, “eliminating civil strife, overthrowing warlords, and building domestic peace”; “overthrowing the oppression of international imperialism” , achieving the complete independence of the Chinese nation” is the primary task.

Among the slogans mentioned at the end of the declaration issued by the conference, the first two were "Down with the warlords!" and "Down with international imperialism!"

After the Northern Expedition began, the All-China General Assembly The trade union's "Declaration of Departure to the National Government" also put forward the slogan "Down with the warlords, down with imperialism". This slogan was the most frequently used and loudest slogan during the Northern Expedition.

The Northern Expeditionary Army shouted this slogan all the way from the Pearl River to the Yangtze River Basin, holding slogans such as "Down with the warlords! Eliminate the great powers" and singing the war song of "Down with the warlords! Down with the great powers". In "White Deer Plain", it is described that Bai Ling preached the national revolution at home and was locked up in a mansion by his father. But she still spoke loudly in the small building, "Pooh, Dad, Mom, Brother, Sister-in-law, Sanwazi, Calf, and Ganda, please listen to me!" The situation of the national revolution under the leadership of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party is excellent! The Northern Expedition is winning day by day and is invincible in the world. The reactionary government of the Beiyang warlords cannot keep control! The victory of the national revolution is just around the corner!

·At this point, she even sang:

1 2 3 1/ 1 2 3 1 / 3 4 5-/ 3 4 5-/　Down with the great powers, down with the great powers, get rid of the warlords Except for the warlords 5 6 5 4 3 1/ 5 6 5 4 3 1 / 3 5 1/ 3 5 1/ The national revolution is successful. The national revolution is successful. Sing together and sing together

It turns out that this is a very famous song European children's songs. In France it is called "Brother Jacques", in Germany it is called "Brother Mark", and in the UK it is called "Brother John". It is generally believed to come from France, and even in the English-speaking world, the song is often sung with French lyrics with English pronunciations. Some people say that the melody of this song originated from the Gregorian chant, a medieval church music.

·The French lyrics are:

Frère Jacques, Frère Jacques, Dormez vous? Dormez vous? Sonnez les matines! Sonnez les matines!Din, dan, don. Din, dan, don .

The Chinese translation is:

Brother Jacques, Brother Jacques, are you sleeping? are you sleeping? The morning bell has rung, the morning bell has rung, ding, ding, ding. Ding, ding, clang. Here are the English lyrics: Are you sleeping, are you sleeping? Brother John, Brother John? Morning bells are ringing, Morning bells are ringing Ding, Ding Dong, Ding, Ding Dong.

At the beginning of the last century, This song spread to China.

In early 1926, Kuang Yong, a member of the Communist Party who served as the Propaganda Section Chief of the Political Department of the National Revolutionary Army, and others, refilled a verse of this children's song that was familiar to many people in the Whampoa Military Academy at that time. Words:

Down with the great powers, overthrow the great powers, get rid of the warlords! Get rid of the warlords! Work hard for the national revolution, work hard for the national revolution, work together, work hard together.

·Workers, peasants and soldiers, workers and peasants and soldiers, great alliance! Great union! Down with imperialism, down with imperialism, struggle together, struggle together.

·Down with the great powers, overthrow the great powers, get rid of the warlords! Get rid of the warlords! The national revolution is successful, the national revolution is successful, let’s sing together, let’s sing together!

·This new song was approved by Deng Yanda, director of the Political Department, and Guo Moruo, deputy director, and was printed and distributed to the troops, where it was immediately sung widely inside and outside the military. With the smooth progress of the Northern Expedition, it became a song of the National Revolutionary Army known to women and children.

It is worth noting that there was another version of the lyrics of this song at the time:

·Down with the local tyrants, knock down the local tycoons, divide the fields, divide the fields.

·We want to be the masters, we want to be the masters, so happy, so happy.

·This part is very similar to the previous part, the two parts before and after the same song. In fact, it is indeed sung in this way. But these are not two lyrics before and after, but two songs with the same melody, both from the Northern Expedition Revolutionary Period. The former one is mostly seen in historical documents, while the latter one is mostly seen in mainland literary and artistic works after 1949. To a certain extent, these two lyrics also reflect the different political orientations of the two parties during their first cooperation.

·As for when the now well-known children's song "Two Tigers" came from and who wrote the lyrics, it is unknown...

·The origin of "Two Tigers": ·Story about the content: There is a tiger clan, and there are rules within the clan. Just like us now, direct blood relatives could not intermarry. But there are two tigers, one is the brother and the other is the sister. They grew up together and fell in love when they grew up. After learning about this, the patriarch advised them not to be stubborn. But God knows that their love is too deep, and they don't want to be separated like this. The patriarch and other relatives were unable to convince them, and in the end they had to accept the punishment, saying that they could stay together if they wanted, but they must destroy one of their five senses. The two tigers were very happy. Although disabled. But as long as they can be together, they are willing to pay any price. As long as we can be together forever. So the brother gouged out his own eyes. My sister cut off her own ear. From then on, we supported each other and lived happily. ·Then there was this song "Two tigers, two tigers, running fast, running fast, one has no eyes and one has no ears, so strange, so strange..."