In September 1964, the opera "Sister Jiang" was premiered at the China Children's Theater in Beijing and aroused strong repercussions across the country. At one time, more than a hundred literary and artistic groups of different genres were transplante...

After Yan Su finished composing "Sister Jiang", he brought the manuscript back to Beijing, and the heavy responsibility of music creation fell on Yang Ming, Jiang Chunyang and Jin Sha. Yang Ming was in charge of the overall music planning and design, an...

Liu Yalou, the former commander of the Air Force, put a lot of effort into the opera "Sister Jiang". Among them, the lyrics and music of the theme song "Ode to Red Plum Blossoms" were finalized by him personally and revised repeatedly. At the beginnin...

On August 2, 1964, Liu Yalou watched "Sister Jiang" and basically expressed his approval, thinking that it could be performed with a few changes. In September of the same year, troupe leader Huang He and political commissar Lu You went abroad to perform...

On the night of October 12, 1964, the actors finished their day's performance and returned to the art troupe's residence. Liu Jingxian was about to take a rest when a clerk came to report: "Chairman Mao is coming to watch the performance tomorrow. The...

One day in November 1964, "Sister Jiang" was still being performed. That night, Yan Su went to a small theater across the street from the cultural troupe compound to watch the Hongqi Yue Opera Troupe rehearse "A Dream of Red Mansions." Because the roa...

After the opera "Sister Jiang" was performed, it caused a strong response in the society. In May 1965, Guo Moruo wrote an inscription for "Sister Jiang": "Sister Jiang is famous all over the world, but Hua Ying is particularly outstanding." Hu Lan w...

Before the opera "Sister Jiang" was created, the novel "Red Rock" was widely circulated across the country. At that time, there were sixty or seventy kinds of plays related to "Red Rock" being rehearsed in various places. In September 1964, the oper...

Yan Su's works have won many national and military awards, such as the "Wenhua Award", the "Five One Project" Award, the National Song Contest Award, the Army Soldiers' Favorite Song Award, etc., especially in 1979. Three of his works, "Sister Jian...

Yan Su completed the opera "The Party's Daughter" with full political enthusiasm, eliminating all interference, and full of persistent belief and deep feelings for the Party. The play won the first prize in the 6th All-Army Parade and was selected by t...

In December 1964, he went to Tibet to experience life. He sat in the cab of a large Jiefang truck and walked for 18 days. He arrived at an Air Force weather station at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters and more than 40 degrees below zero. At night, he...

“When I came into this world, I didn’t want to fight. It was only because of the needs of the times that I took up the gun. I lost many opportunities to make a fortune, threw away many dreams, and threw away a lot of fashionable clothes in exchange for th...

"Who can understand the cheers at the moment of victory and the roar when charging? Only our military partners are so energetic." "Sing youth, sing friendship, sing the spring and autumn of the military camp." It is cheerful and majestic, gentle but n...

Yan Lao once went to the desert border to collect customs, and went to Jiayuguan, Dunhuang, and the first beacon. Accompanied by the cold moon in the desert and the deserted city, I couldn't sleep for a long time at night. Get up in the middle of the nig...

In 2008, at the age of 78, he once again asked for help in earthquake relief. The organization took into account his inconvenient legs and feet and did not approve it. He had no choice but to watch TV. When he saw reports on the deeds of 15 paratroopers w...

In 1999, the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Air Force, Comrade Jiang Zemin came to the Air Force to watch a performance. Your creations were based on the spirit of Chairman Mao's Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art. They originated from life and...

At that time, Na Ying's song "Looking at Flowers in the Smoke" made many people intoxicated. Everyone could hum a few lines. However, there are different opinions on such a beautiful song. Some said it was written about Zen Buddhism, and some said it w...

Once, Chen Xiaotao came to Mr. Yan and said, "I am going to Sichuan this time and brought back an idea. I would like you to write a song called "Changing Face". If others change, I will sing it." Mr. Yan immediately agreed to write the lyrics. The nex...

"Nourishing the mind, nourishing the nature, nourishing the energy, and nourishing people, drinking tea is very beneficial." Yan Su is in good health. He said that this is the credit of tea. This drink contains the spirit of peace in its lightness, maki...

Anyone who knows Yan Su well has heard his series of Beijing-accented and Beijing-rhyming songs such as "Qianmen Qingsi Big Bowl of Tea", "Hometown is Beijing" and "Beijing's Bridge". People who are familiar with Yan Su also know that he is not fro...

Yan Su is so talented that he once collaborated with Wang Zuji, the former leader of the General Political Opera Troupe and the famous composer Wang Zuji, to complete a song "Farewell My Concubine". "Farewell My Concubine" was written from 1 to 9, and...

"When the big waves come, your feet are shaking endlessly. Look at the dangerous shoals and reefs, and look at the many passes. Friends, hold hands and stay together through thick and thin." Whenever people hear and sing this song, they have endless mot...

In the early 1990s, Yan Su and his colleague Yao Ming wrote songs for a Beijing TV show. He wrote 19 songs in one go. The people voted and won the first prize. The song "Singing Face Makeup" became popular at that party. Because he often interacts with...

Shu Nan, who had just been specially recruited to the studio of the Kongzheng Art Troupe, "named" him the "magical old naughty boy" when he mentioned Yan Su. At the end of 2008, a prime-time program of CCTV was going to broadcast a 30-episode TV serie...