Red songs written in Yan 'an period include Dongfanghong, The Yellow River Cantata's Ode to Yan 'an, Guerrilla Song, Couple Literacy, Brother and Sister Land Reclamation and so on.

1. Dongfanghong

This song is not only the crystallization of people's collective creation, but also the sincere expression of people's feelings. In the new era, this song, which was born in the fertile soil of folk music on the Loess Plateau and expressed people's simple feelings, has been interpreted into various versions through new singing of folk songs.

2. The Yellow River Cantata

The Yellow River Cantata tells the story of guerrilla warfare in which soldiers and people in the war of resistance against Japan have fun, praises the heroic and wise guerrilla fighters, eulogizes the heroic spirit of the millions of soldiers and civilians in China in the war of resistance against Japan, sings the majestic spirit of the Chinese nation, looks forward to the dawn of the new China, and blows the horn of fighting to the suffering working people all over the world.

3. Ode to Yan 'an

The melody of Ode to Yan 'an is magnificent, euphemistic and smooth, and it combines lyricism with militancy. The song poured into the composer's incomparable love and heartfelt praise for the revolutionary holy land. At the end of the song, the sentence "brilliant" and the four-degree jump made the song reach its climax, which gave the audience a strong shock and made people unforgettable.

4. Guerrilla Song

The melody of Guerrilla Song is relaxed, smooth and lively, and it runs through the whole song with a flexible little snare drum-like rhythm, which not only gives the melody a sense of progress, but also expresses the typical image of guerrilla fighters skillfully and flexibly dealing with the enemy and waiting for an opportunity to destroy the enemy. The whole song has a concentrated range, vivid image and popular language, which is also the reason why this song can be sung among the masses for a long time.

5. Couple Literacy

Couple Literacy is a Yangko opera created by a famous Chinese composer in Yan 'an period, which has been sung by artists of the older generation for countless times. Through the touching description of Liu Er's husband and wife helping and learning from each other, "Be a model in production and strive for the first place in study", the author eulogizes the peasant masses who have turned over in the liberated areas to enthusiastically carry out the cultural movement of learning and lively self-education forms.

6. brother and sister open up wasteland

this famous yangko opera was created by the yangko team of Lu Xun art college in Yan' an in 1943. The content reflects the large-scale production movement in the liberated areas, and was compiled according to the deeds of Ma Pi 'en, a model worker in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region at that time. Formerly known as "Wang Erxiao Land Reclamation", it was later named after "Brother and Sister Land Reclamation" which was commonly known by the masses.