The situation in China when the song "My Chinese Heart" was born

Creative background

In 1982, the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology blatantly tampered with the history of the invasion of China when approving primary and secondary school textbooks. This aroused Huang Zhan's indignation, so he and Wang Fuling committed suicide. *Co-authored "My Chinese Heart". Huang Zhan found Hong Kong singer Zhang Mingmin again and said to him, you have China in your heart, you have a name, and you have a Chinese nation. Do you have a heart? So I gave "My Chinese Heart" to Zhang Mingmin to sing. In the autumn of 1983, in order to prepare for the 1984 Spring Festival Gala, the director of CCTV went to Fujian and Guangdong for interviews. One day, they were riding in a jeep driven by armed police soldiers while driving in Shenzhen, which was still very shabby at the time. A song accidentally played in the soldiers' car made the CCTV director extremely excited. "Although I am wearing a dress, my heart is still Chinese. Even if I am in a foreign country, it cannot change my Chinese heart..." Director Yuan Dewang later recalled: "We were sitting in the car and were shocked by this song. Then I asked him, who sang this song? He said it was a Hong Kong singer, and he didn’t know his name. Then I asked him to make a copy of this tape for me. " , director Yuan Dewang learned that the singer who sang this song was a Hong Kong singer named Zhang Mingmin. Therefore, at the 1984 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, Zhang Mingmin sang "My Chinese Heart" for hundreds of millions of Chinese TV viewers. The song suddenly touched the hearts of countless descendants of Yan and Huang, and aroused strong protests from the Chinese compatriots. Writing patriotic songs can easily become conceptual and shouting slogans, but Huang Zhan cleverly used symbolic Chinese sights such as "The Great Wall of the Yangtze River, Huangshan and the Yellow River" to convey his patriotic feelings. The whole song is expressed directly from the heart by overseas travelers. The tone is cutting-edge, and a magnificent subject is written in a natural and natural way, thus conquering everyone. In 1984, "My Chinese Heart" won the third Divine Bell Award from the Song Editorial Department of the China Music Association.

The male quartet's "My Chinese Heart" is a song with a three-part structure and a present. The first paragraph expresses the deep love of overseas children for their motherland, with a soft, gentle, sincere and deep voice. When entering the third section "Yangtze River, Great Wall", the melody fluctuates greatly, and the mood gradually rises, heartily expressing the deep praise and infinite love of the descendants of Yan and Huang for the beautiful mountains and rivers of the motherland. In the fourth section of the reappearance, the deep feelings for the motherland are further deepened. As the melody develops, the whole song ends in a climax. The passionate and soulful singing is full of pride in the thriving and growing motherland.

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Huang Zhan, Wang Fuling and "My Chinese Heart" Huang Zhan (1941-2004), formerly known as Huang Zhansen, was born in Panyu, Guangdong, and was born in Shunde, Guangdong. Huang Zhan, together with Ni Kuang who wrote science fiction, Chua Lam who wrote about food, and Jin Yong who wrote martial arts, were known as the "Four Great Talents in Hong Kong". Together with Ni Kuang and Chua Lam, Huang Zhan was also known as the "Three Famous Mouths in Hong Kong". In 1949, he moved to Hong Kong with his parents and enrolled in La Salle College. In 1960, he entered the Chinese Department of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Hong Kong, graduated in 1963, and taught at Pei Sing Secondary School for two years. In 1965, he hosted television programs as an amateur and wrote columns in newspapers and magazines. In September of the same year, he joined the advertising department of British American Tobacco Co., Ltd., where he wrote the slogan "When the centaurs start, good things will come naturally". In 1968, he was promoted to deputy advertising manager. In 1968, Huang Zhan composed the first famous song "Forget Him", which was originally sung by Kwan Shu-yi and later included in Teresa Teng's Cantonese album. It was deeply loved by fans and the lyrics were copied by a generation of divas. In 1969, he won the award for Best Male Host of a Television Program and was hailed as the "Prince of Television". In 1970, he transferred to Ling-McCann-Erickson and served as co-creative director. He was the first Hong Kong person to win the Clio Award, the highest honor in the American advertising industry. In 1972, he was appointed as the general manager of Cathay Advertising. In the same year, he became a director of the Society of Composers and Lyricists of Hong Kong (CASH). In 1973, he founded Cauldron Cinematics with his friends, wrote and directed "Paradise" and it became one of the top ten best-selling movies of the year.

This report was later reprinted by Hong Kong newspapers. In 1987, I officially entered the mainland market, and my solo album became a hit as soon as it was published in the mainland. Later, because I was going to release a new album, I invited Huang Zhan to dinner and asked him to write a song for me, and he agreed. After waiting for a long time, I don’t know why, but he never wrote it. After the mainland joined the international copyright convention and implemented the royalty system, he also received some royalties from "My Chinese Heart".