Gu Jianfen's ten best songs are:
"Rolling Waters of the Yangtze River East", "Pebbles on the Beach", "Song and Smile", "Mother's Kiss", "The Love of Green Leaves for Roots", "Missing", "Mother in Candlelight", "The Sky of History", "Today is Your Birthday", "Young Friends Come to Meet", etc.
Introduction to Gu Jianfen:
Gu Jianfen, a contemporary Chinese female composer, was born in Osaka, Japan on March 21, 1935. Her ancestral home is Weihai City, Shandong Province. She returned to China in 1941 and settled in Dalian. In 1952, he entered Northeast Music College (now Shenyang Conservatory of Music), majoring in composition. After graduation in 1955, he was assigned to the former Central Song and Dance Ensemble to engage in music composition. He is now a retired artist of China Oriental Performing Arts Group. ?
In 1978, Gu Jianfen composed "Young Friends Come to Meet". In 1984, the composition "The Love of Green Leaves to Roots" became the representative work of the "National Pop Music Festival and the Selection of 30 Popular Golden Songs in the 30 Years of Reform and Opening Up 1978-2018". In 1992, he won the Conductor Special Award at the 2nd China Golden Record Awards.
In 1999, Gu Jianfen composed the music for "I Am Chinese". This song was also the first song recommended to Chinese people around the world and entered space with the "Chang'e 1". On the evening of January 18, 2001, at the "New Millennium Global Chinese Music Chart" award ceremony, Gu Jianfen received the Lifetime Achievement Award. On September 6, a concert of Gu Jianfen’s works was performed at the Poly Theater in Beijing.
Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Gu Jianfen