The original singer of Song of the Yangtze River is Ji Xiaoqin.

"Song of the Yangtze River" is a song written by Hu Hongwei, composed by Wang Shiguang, and sung by Ji Xiaoqin. It is the theme song of the documentary "Talk about the Yangtze River". In 1983, after "Talk about the Yangtze River" premiered on CCTV, The producers received a large number of letters from viewers, suggesting that they add lyrics to the pure music theme of "Talk about the Yangtze River", "Song of the Yangtze River".

A theme song was used to express the close connection and deep affection between the Chinese people and the Yangtze River. When the last episode was broadcast, the production team solicited theme lyrics from across the country. After hearing the news, Hu Hongwei, the lyricist of the Forward Song and Dance Ensemble of the Political Department of the Shenyang Military Region, as a loyal viewer of the documentary, pondered for two days and wrote his own lyrics for the documentary.

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"Song of the Yangtze River" praises the magnificent rivers and mountains of the motherland in a poetic and picturesque way, integrating the love of nature and the love of the motherland. The song is full of the lyricist's specific feelings for the Yangtze River. The landscapes depicted in this song are no longer those in the physical geography sense, but landscapes infused with people's strong emotional color. That is, the landscapes in the author's mind are the landscapes in artistic imagination.

In the author's writing, the Yangtze River has become a living river, a river that communicates with people's thoughts and feelings, and a river full of infinite vitality that is closely related to people's lives and struggles. .

The work uses general language to sing out the natural momentum of the Yangtze River. On the one hand, it praises the magnificent scenery of the Yangtze River, and on the other hand, it expresses people’s infinite affection for the beautiful rivers and mountains, combining singing between nature and Singing that the motherland is cleverly condensed into one.