Xian Xinghai is a famous composer in modern China, and is known as the people's musician.

Xian Xinghai wrote a large number of combative and infectious mass songs. During the period from 1935 to 1938, Xian Xinghai composed many kinds of vocal music works, such as Saving the Nation, I'm afraid I won't resist, Guerrilla Army Song, Going Behind the Enemy Line and Going to Taihang Mountain, which opened up a new situation of modern revolutionary music in China.

The main influence of Xian Xinghai:

His music works were not only widely sung during the Anti-Japanese War, but also became a clarion call to awaken national consciousness, and were still loved by the people more than 60 years after his death. During the five years from 1935 to 1940, Xian Xinghai composed hundreds of anti-Japanese war songs, which injected strong spiritual impetus into the national liberation movement.

If a composer's works want to be accepted by the people, he must adopt the music language familiar to the people. Xian Xinghai digs deeply into the national music language, and his works have distinctive national characteristics, which are accepted and loved by the people.

Xian Xinghai composed more than 100 songs in his life. Among his creations, the most numerous and influential are all kinds of popular songs. Such as Song of Salvation, Youth March, Defending Lugou Bridge and Going Behind the Enemy Line.