On The Ideological And Political Education Function Of Red Songs In Yan'an Period

"Red songs" are songs with clear ideas and positive content,which are produced in different historical periods after the May 4th Movement and reflect the support for the Communist Party of China,the love for the country,the friendship for the people,the support for the army,the confidence in reform and development or the praise for a better life.It is a kind of music form integrating musicality,historicity and ideology.It is an important carrier of Ideological and political education and has a certain function of Ideological and political education.The red songs in Yan'an period are an important part of revolutionary literature and art,and play an important role in the victory of Chinese revolution.The reason why it can play an important role is closely related to the historical background at that time: the revolutionary historical background in Yan'an period provides the historical basis for the production of red songs,the party's literary and art policy provides policy guidance for the prosperity of red songs,the open and inclusive literary and art work style provides a good environment for the production of red songs,and the music style in Northern Shaanxi region provides the production of red songs Provided the original conditions,the influx of literary and art knowledge youth provided the team support for the production of red songs.In this period,in order to make songs better serve the needs of the Anti Japanese War and the war of liberation,under the guidance of Marxist theory of literature and art,combined with the special background of the times,centering on the central work of the party,the majority of literary and art workers made great efforts to link the literary and art work with the form of revolutionary struggle,and transformed and utilized the traditional literary and art activities.Through the creation of different contents of Redsongs,in the form of music popular and easy to accept by the masses,have carried out a series of Ideological and political education activities for workers,peasants,the army and students.Under the special historical background at that time,the red songs made remarkable educational achievements in arousing the patriotic emotion of the whole nation,inspiring the people's ideological consciousness,mobilizing the people's enthusiasm for production and construction,cultivating the fighting spirit of the army and the people,and enriching the people's spiritual and cultural life.In the new era,if we want to give full play to the ideological and political education function of literary and art work to the people,we still need to learn from the successful experience of red songs in Yan'an Period: first,adhering to the Marxist literary and art creation concept is the basic principle of playing the ideological and political education function of songs;second,the content close to the people's life is the internal requirement of playing the ideological and political education function of songs;third,whether it can be inspired The emotion of the people is the basic standard to play the ideological and political education function of songs.The fourth is that the quality of song creation and performers is the key link to play the ideological and political education function of songs.The fifth is that the creative transformation of national songs is the important path to play the ideological and political education function of songs.