1895: Born on February 4 in Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province into an intellectual family.

1909-1911 (14-16 years old): When studying at Changzhou Middle School, he participated in the school's military band, learned to play the bugle and military flute, and began to be exposed to Western brass music.

1911: The Revolution of 1911. After the school was closed, he returned to his hometown of Jiangyin to join the "Anti-Manchu Youth League" military band and play the bugle. From this point on musical work began.

1912-1914 (17-19 years old): went to Shanghai to join the Huxi Kaiming Drama Club and worked in the band. During this period, he learned all kinds of Western musical instruments, including orchestral instruments, piano, etc., especially brass instruments, and had advanced studies, and was exposed to Western composition theory.

1914: Kaiming Drama Club was disbanded, and he returned to teach at Huashu Huacheng Primary School. Began his music teaching career. 1915 (20 years old): In the spring of that year, he lost his father, fell into poverty, became unemployed, and was in a bad mood. He occasionally went to the market to buy an erhu, which he played every day. He then came up with the first draft of the melody "Yin in Sickness" to express his frustration and frustration at that time. Inner aspirations. In Qiu, he taught at his alma mater in Changzhou and established a military band and a silk and bamboo ensemble for his alma mater, which often performed in folk performances.

1916 (21 years old): Married Ms. Yin Shangzhen. He was hired as a music teacher by Jiangsu Provincial No. 5 Middle School and organized two bands, the Silk and Bamboo Club and the Military Band.

1917 (22 years old): Learned erhu and pipa from Jiangnan folk musician Zhou Shaomei.

1918 (23 years old): Xia, learned how to play Chongming Pipa from Mr. Shen Zhaozhou. He began to compose songs such as "Singing in Sickness", "Moonlight Night", "Birds in the Empty Mountain", etc.

1920 (25 years old): In the summer, I went to Henan to learn Guqin. Along the way, I also visited folk artists and collected folk music from various places. If you contract ringworm or scabies, you will suffer from the disease. At this point, Liu Tianhua has a relatively deep understanding of the exquisite and elegant side of Chinese traditional music. During this period, he also further studied various traditional folk music. He often explored and studied folk music and Buddhist music with his friend Monk Chechen, who was familiar with music.

1921 (26 years old): Went to Shanghai to join the "Enlightenment Drama Club" band, organized a summer "Chinese Music Research Society" in Jiangyin, and taught "Singing in Sickness", "Moonlight Night", "Birds in the Empty Mountain", etc. song.

1922 (27 years old): went to Beijing and served successively as a Chinese music instructor at the Music Transmission Institute of Peking University, a professor of erhu, pipa, and violin at the Beijing Women's Normal University and the Music Department of the National Art College, and got to know musicians Xiao Youmei, Yang Zhongzi and others. His students include Cao Anhe, Wang Junyi, Han Quanhua, Xiao Boqing, Wu Bochao, etc.

1923 (28 years old): Learned the violin from Tonov, and at the same time studied Western music theory carefully, and achieved good results. The study of the violin greatly inspired him to improve the huqin, and he also further studied Western composition methods, especially Western harmony.

1924 (29 years old): "Moonlight Night" was finalized.

1926 (31 years old): In addition to being a female teacher at Peking University, he also taught at the Art College. Composed "Song of Depression". Learn Kun Opera. He organized a study group for Kunqu Opera at home, studied with students from Peking University and Women's Normal University, learned Sanxian Opera, and studied and appreciated Peking Opera from time to time. These were of great help to his future compositions.

1927 (32 years old): Learned theoretical composition from a foreign professor at the Music Department of Yanjing University in Beijing. Intonov went to Tianjin and studied with Europa. In June, Europa left Beijing and stopped. Founded the Chinese Music Improvement Society, edited and published "Music Magazine" (***10). Composed "Song and Dance Introduction", "Improvement Exercises" and "Elegy".

1928 (33 years old): Composed "Singing on New Year's Eve" (Good Night) and "Yin of Leisurely Living", and published the final draft of "Birds in the Empty Mountain".

1929 (34 years old): Created "Xu Lai".

1930 (35 years old): In March, he continued to study with Tonov until he fell ill. Dictate a volume of "Mei Lanfang's Song Score".

1931 (36 years old): Recorded the erhu songs "Yin in Sickness" and "Birds on the Empty Mountain" at Gaoting Company, and the pipa songs "Song and Dance Yin" and "Flying Flowers and Spots Green".

1932 (37 years old): Composed Duxian Cao and Candle Shadow Shaking Red. On June 1, he went to Tianqiao to collect gong and drum music and contracted scarlet fever. He was ill for only one week and died at 5:20 am on June 8. He died at the age of 37 (the age of 38 is recorded elsewhere, which is calculated based on imaginary years).