Zheng Qiufeng is a composer who marched with the birth of New China. These 10 instrumental works collected together cover almost the composer's lifetime creation. Although these works are not classics, they can be learned from them. A glimpse of the composer's certain composition style in each period reflects the historical characteristics of instrumental music creation since the founding of New China.

The dance drama "Five Red Clouds" was one of the first important works after the founding of the People's Republic of China. It was also the dance drama "The Little Knife Club" (Shanghai Experimental Opera House, composed by Shang Yi), which was also a tribute to the 10th anniversary of the National Day. "Fish Beauty" (Beijing Dance School, composed by Wu Zuqiang and Du Mingxin), "Shi Yi Chops Firewood" (Tianjin Song and Dance Theatre, composed by Cao Mars) are the four most eye-catching dance dramas. The music of "Five Red Clouds" is based on the "Red Cloud Theme" created based on the folk song "Five Finger Mountain Song" of the Li ethnic group. The "Keying Theme" written in the Li ethnic style is the sub-theme throughout. There are many rich elements in the dance drama. Based on the music with Hainan's ethnic characteristics, such as "Skirt Dance" and "Rice Rice Dance", Zheng Qiufeng's "Bonfire Dance", which depicts the strong personality of the Li people, is one of the most personalized and dramatic pieces of music in the dance drama. An important feature of the entire dance drama is to extract dance drama music materials from folk music, which was also the most eye-catching creative feature at the time. In the work "Reunion", the A part of the work is in a major key to express grief, and the B part is in a minor key to express painful memories. The melody styles of the major and minor keys are completely different. If the music in Part A major has more Chinese characteristics in its themes composed of pentatonic scales, then the music in Part B minor has more of the teaching music style of the European Baroque period, although the composer repeatedly claimed that there was no This intention is just to reflect the larger historical background of Macao's return by showing the scene of the reunion of the male and female protagonists. However, the collision of Chinese and Western music culture that people hear in the music, until the intersection of Chinese and Western music culture, may be It is the meaning that the composer subconsciously wants to express.

It is undeniable that Zheng Qiufeng’s ability to mobilize Chinese percussion at any time, skillfully use Chinese folk music, especially Guangdong local music, and integrate it into the content he wants to express is also an important factor in his success. one. As a military composer who is good at vocal music creation and has a unique melody style as his advantage, Zheng Qiufeng still shows his melody writing skills in his few instrumental music creations. At the same time, Zheng Qiufeng was one of the first composers to move from amateur to professional after the founding of the People's Republic of China. His growth is also a microcosm of most such composers in our country. There is no doubt that Zheng Qiufeng's instrumental works, like his vocal works, have contributed to the prosperity of music creation in our country and to the exploration of new ways of instrumental music creation in our country.