"Defend the Yellow River"

Singer: Chorus

Composer: Xian Xinghai

Lyricist: Guang Weiran (Zhang Guangnian)

But, children of the Chinese nation

Who wants to be slaughtered like pigs and sheep

We must defend the Yellow River with death determination

Defend North China, defend the whole of China

The horses are braying, the Yellow River is roaring

The Yellow River is roaring, and the mountains in Hexi are tens of thousands of feet high

The sorghum in Hedong and Hebei is ripe, and thousands of There are many anti-Japanese heroes in the mountains

In the green gauze tent

The guerrilla athletes show off their heroes and carry foreign guns

Waving broadswords and spears, Defend hometown

Defend the Yellow River, defend North China

Defend the whole of China, the wind is roaring

The horses are braying, the Yellow River is roaring

The Yellow River Roaring, the mountains in Hexi are ten thousand feet high

The sorghum in Hedong and Hebei is ripe, among the thousands of mountains

There are many anti-Japanese heroes, and in the green gauze tent

Guerrilla athletes are showing off their heroes , holding up a foreign gun

Wielding a broadsword and spear, defending my hometown

Defending the Yellow River, defending North China

Defending the whole of China, the wind is roaring

The horses are braying and the Yellow River is roaring

The Yellow River is roaring and the mountains in Hexi are tens of thousands of feet high

The sorghum is ripe in Hedong and Hebei

Wanshan There are many anti-Japanese heroes among the bushes

In the green gauze tent, guerrilla athletes show off their heroes

They hold up their native guns and foreign guns, brandishing their broadswords and spears

Defense Hometown, Defend the Yellow River

Defend North China, Defend All China

Extended information:

"Defend the Yellow River" was written during the Anti-Japanese War. The songs are sung in unison and in turn. It has broad mass appeal and is a song widely spread by the anti-Japanese military and civilians.

The piano concerto "Yellow River" is adapted from the immortal masterpiece "Yellow River Cantata" by the famous Chinese musician Xian Xinghai. The piano concerto "Yellow River" was created in 1969 at the beginning of the "Cultural Revolution".

The "Yellow River Cantata" provides a shining example of my country's modern large-scale vocal music creation. In the late 1960s, it was also adapted as a piano concerto.