On this day, 35 years ago, May 2, 1990 (April 8, 1990, the lunar calendar), composer Shi Guangnan passed away. Shi Guangnan was born in Ye Village, Yuandong Township, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province. He was born on August 22, 1940 on the south bank of Chongqing City. His father, Shi Fuliang, was an early leader of the Communist Youth League and his mother was from Jiangjin, Chongqing. Shi Guangnan returned to his hometown in Yuandongye Village to attend primary school in 1948, and graduated from primary school in Jinhua City in 1949. After liberation, he moved to Beijing with his parents and began to study composition under the influence of his father. After graduating from middle school in 1957, he was exceptionally admitted to the Central Conservatory of Music. In 1959, he transferred to the Composition Department of Tianjin Conservatory of Music to study. First, I will enter the Affiliated Middle School of the Central Conservatory of Music for two years, and then transfer to the Composition Department of the Central Conservatory of Music. Graduated from the Composition Department of Tianjin Conservatory of Music in 1964. After graduating in 1964, he was assigned to the Tianjin Song and Dance Theater as a creator. Around 1970, he wrote fresh and beautiful lyrical songs such as "The Most Beautiful Hymn to the Party","Driving the Horses to the Mountains","Playing the Tambourine and Singing", which are smooth and catchy, have a strong national flavor, and are popular among the masses. Welcome, but also because of these works, he was labeled as "revisionism","decadent sound", and "black resurgence" during the Cultural Revolution. After the Gang of Four was smashed in 1976, Shi Guangnan and the hearts of hundreds of millions of people boiled together. He transformed the people's singing mood and his own joy into a "Toast Song." This song spread throughout China, intoxicating hundreds of millions of China people and becoming an ode to a generation. With deep love for Premier Zhou Enlai, Shi Guangnan wrote "Premier Zhou, There You Are" with tears. With a unique and beautiful melody, he expressed the long-accumulated grief and longing of thousands of people and touched everyone's hearts. In July 1978, Shi Guangnan was transferred to the Central Orchestra. Since then, his creative inspiration erupted and he has created hundreds of songs such as "How Beautiful Life is","Phoenix Tail Bamboo in the Moonlight", and "If You Want to Know Me". Lyrical songs with strong idealistic colors. In 1979, he joined the China Musicians Association and was elected as a director and later served as vice chairman. In the same year, he was elected as a member of the All-China Youth Federation and later served as Vice Chairman; and was elected as a representative of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. His singing expressed the aspirations of the China people towards the future, aroused strong resonance among hundreds of millions of people, and became an enduring song of the times. In addition to composing songs, he also wrote many operas, ballets, Peking Opera and other types of works, such as the large-scale operas "Mourning for the Death" and "Qu Yuan", the ballet "The Legend of the Hundred Snakes", etc. He died of illness on May 2, 1990. After his death, he was named "People's Musician" by the Ministry of Culture. Shi Guangnan Square was built in Chongqing Nanshan Park to commemorate him. Shi Guangnan's works in his archival and documentary heritage include 11 famous song compositions such as "Toast Song","If You Want to Know Me","Qu Yuan","Premier Zhou, Where Are You?" and "Hold the Torch of the Asian Games". Shi Guangnan's life has 86 photos of his work and life, 7 envelopes, 7 articles and speeches on music creation, 19 press reviews, 19 related volumes, tapes, CDs, program lists, trophies, awards, books, daily necessities and relics. These donated items systematically reflect Comrade Shi Guangnan's glorious life as a people's musician who went through hardships and devoted himself to the music industry. They are very precious. Shi Guangnan has repeatedly led the Youth Federation's literary and artistic condolences group to go deep into border minority areas to spread the excellent culture of the motherland. He has also led delegations from the All-China Youth Federation to visit abroad many times to enhance the friendship between China youth and youth around the world. He has won honorary titles such as Model Worker of the Haihe River Gate Construction Project in Tianjin City and Socialist Construction Activist of Tianjin Conservatory of Music. People's musician Shi Guangnan was born in Nanshan, Chongqing in 1940. His parents named him Guangnan, which means "shining on Nanshan". In memory of this famous musician, Chongqing City Landscape Bureau built Guangnan Music Square in Nanshan Botanical Garden (formerly Nanshan Park). The square is exquisite and wide, with a performance stage, where concerts and cultural performances can be held. The construction of Shi Guangnan's sculpture is stepping up. The people of the mountain city hope that Shi Guangnan's wife Hong Ruding and Comrade Shi Guangnan's "comrade" Guan Mucun will visit Nanshan to unveil the statue and jointly commemorate the 60th anniversary of the birth of musician Shi Guangnan. May his wonderful and moving music float on the top of the beautiful Nanshan Mountain for a long time. Comments: To this day since the New China, there are only three musicians in China with the highest title of "People's Musicians". Nie Er, creator of the national anthem "March of the Volunteers", Xian Xinghai, creator of "Yellow River Cantata", and the only one after the reform is Teacher Shi Guangnan!