On this day 45 years ago, on November 5, 1980 (September 28, 1980 lunar calendar), the violin made in our country won the first international award. On November 5, 1980, at the 4th International Violin Making Competition in New York, China Guangdong Musical Instrument Factory Chen Jinnong's Cotton Brand violin won the Gold Award for Sound Quality. This is the first time a violin made in our country has won an international award. The gold award Cotton Brand violin master maker Chen Jinnong, who was a shoe worker before the founding of New China, began to learn to play the violin in in 1951. People's dissatisfaction with our country's violin-making skills is churning in his mind from time to time; the contemptuous voices of foreign musicians and makers for Chinese violins are more like ruthless whips beating on his heart. Once, a foreign friend came to Guangzhou with a violin that won the sixth place in a national production competition in a certain country and boasted about how great the piano was. After carefully watching it, Chen Jinnong said nothing, but came to a conclusion in his heart: that's all. He thought that what foreigners can do, we can do with hard work. It was in this spirit of "winning glory for the motherland" and "fighting for the nation" that he experienced many setbacks and failures, and after many sleepless nights, he finally made this gold-award red cotton violin after "quota work". Chen Jinnong believes that good wood, exquisite craftsmanship, appropriate curvature, and reasonable thickness are the four basic conditions for forming a high-quality violin. He pays special attention to the choice of wood, and determines the degree and thickness according to the different materials. In order to improve his production skills, he can't play the piano, so he let his son learn it in order to try out the made instruments; every time a foreign symphony orchestra comes to Guangzhou to perform, he is always a loyal listener. During the performance, he not only listens, but also carefully observes the shape and structure of the foreign violin with a telescope... This gold-award violin he carefully made has meticulous craftsmanship, plump lines, smooth knife skills, rough and bold sound quality, uniform acoustics, and rich penetrating power. It not only has the style of the Italian guqin, but also is rich in the characteristics of modern violins. The red cotton violin won the gold award for sound quality, which made the performers in our country feel happy. Violinist Sheng China hopes to bring domestic violins to perform abroad in the future, so that not only can bring the music and art of our country to the people of the world, but also let them appreciate the superb skills of violin making in our country.