Show the achievements of the founding of the People's Republic of China and promote the spirit of love for the Party -- The Jifan Chinese Orchestra of the High School Affiliated to Tsinghua University successfully held the "Golden Sails Singing to the Motherland - Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China Series Concert" Hefei Grand Theater Concert

On January 1, 2019, the Jinfan Chinese Orchestra of the High School Attached to Tsinghua University successfully held the "Golden Sails to the Motherland ---- to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China Series Concert" at the Grand Theatre of Hefei, Anhui Province, bringing a stunning audio-visual feast to the Anhui audience。

The concert series is planned by President Wang Dianjun of Tsinghua High School, planned by Vice President Bai Xuefeng, and prepared, created and conducted by office director Hu Jun of the Golden Sail Orchestra. Anhui is the first stop of the performance。Peng Guizhen, Deputy Director of Social Development Bureau of Hefei Economic and Development Zone, and Yu Jiaxin, Principal of Hefei School of Tsinghua High School, attended the concert and delivered a speech。

The Jinfan Chinese Orchestra of the High School Attached to Tsinghua University is at the Hefei Grand Theatre

The concert was hosted by the students of the Chinese orchestra

Secretary Peng Guizhen warmly welcomed the teachers and students of the High School Attached to Tsinghua University, and highly recognized the advanced education concept and management mode of the High School Attached to Tsinghua University. She said that the landing of the Hefei School will certainly help the basic education of Hefei Economic Development Zone to a new level。

Peng Guizhen delivered the opening speech

Yu Jiaxin, Principal of Hefei School of Tsinghua High School, introduced the brilliant achievements of Jinfan Folk Orchestra to the audience in Hefei, and said that this is a vivid portrayal of the mission of Tsinghua High School to practice "laying the foundation for leaders" and to build a platform for students to grow。In his speech, he also said that Hefei campus will inherit the successful experience of Tsinghua High School, combine the characteristics of Hefei's urban resources and students, keep pace with The Times, and contribute Tsinghua's strength to the development of basic education in Hefei。

Yu Jiaxin delivered a speech

The concert consists of four parts:

Part I "People Welcome the National Day"

The orchestra is under the direction of Mr. Hu Jun，For the audience, four classical Chinese traditional music works were presented, including "Celebration Overture", which depicted the festive and lively scenes of the festival, "The First Rotation of the Island Ice Wheel", which showed the wonderful Chinese national essence, "Yao Nationality Dance", which praised the life of China's ethnic minorities, and "Dazhai Gate Freehand Yi • Lugou Xiaoyue", which was full of Beijing dialect and rhyme。He received a burst of applause from the audience。Among them, the folk music version of "Island ice wheel first turn" a song，It was teacher Hu Jun before the orchestra went to the Golden Hall in 2011，After consulting Master Mei Baojiu，A repertoire composed exclusively for the Jinfan Chinese Orchestra and premiered at the National Center for the Performing Arts in 2015，Wang Dongyu, who has won the "Small Plum Flower Award" in the orchestra, sang with the accompaniment of the orchestra，For the audience to show the essence of China's "intangible cultural heritage"。

Wang Dongyu performs "Island Ice Wheel First Turn" in Beijing Opera

Part II: "Chinese Friendship Spreads all over the World"

It is composed of three works with modern music style, namely the famous Soviet song Katyusha, the flute ensemble composed by Hu Jun, Chinese Friendship is Everywhere: A Musical Letter from a Student of Tsinghua High School, and the famous American song Mission Impossible，Focus on the 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic，The Chinese people's communication with the world and their peace-loving attitude。The folk music song "Katyusha", arranged by teacher Hu Jun and sung by singer Wu Duofai, immediately brought everyone to the era of Sino-Soviet friendship。The flute ensemble "Chinese Friendship All Over the World - A Musical Letter from a Student of Tsinghua High School" was originally a course exercise proposed by teacher Hu Jun for teachers and students who came to Beijing to observe the open class，The music is based on the Chinese folk song "Jasmine Flower"，"Auld Lang Syne"，It embodies the integration and development of various cultures in the world。November 20, 2018，Mr. Hu Jun rearranges for all the "non-special students" in the school orchestra，Adapted to the flute ensemble version，In recognition of their support and contribution to the Tsinghua Jinfan Chinese Orchestra，In this performance, Li Hankun and Qiu Meiyan, the "non-special students" of the orchestra, played the flute，Their skillful skills won the applause of the audience。

Li Hankun and Qiu Meiyan lead "Chinese Friendship Is Everywhere - A Musical Letter from a Student of Tsinghua High School"

Part Three: "Golden Sail Song, the Motherland"

The third part shows the feelings of Tsinghua people's family and country. The three works "The Flag of our fathers will always fly in the South China Sea", "Realizing the Chinese Dream on the Field of Hope" and "Sailing in the eyes of Leaders" are all created by Hu Jun。"The Flag of Our Fathers Will Always Fly in the South China Sea" was completed on July 12, 2016, and is the first Chinese folk music work concerning the sovereignty of the South China Sea。With passionate tunes and full emotions, the work depicts that under the correct leadership of the Party, the army and the people of the whole country and the Chinese people all over the world are united in their determination to jointly protect their ancestors' heritage "regardless of the ups and downs of overseas tides"。The work was first performed in the front line troops of the South Sea Fleet, which greatly encouraged the combat morale of the naval officers and soldiers。In 2017, he won the Gold Award for creation at the "5th International Campus Arts Festival" held at Lincoln Center in New York, USA。"Realizing the Chinese Dream in the Field of Hope" is a large-scale folk music ensemble piece created by Mr. Hu Jun at the invitation of the "2018 North American Chinese Spring Festival Gala", which praises the achievements of China's reform and opening up under the correct leadership of the Party。"Sail Away in the Eyes of Leaders" is the summer vacation of 2018 when teacher Hu Jun visited the United States at his own expense to investigate concert venues，At Seattle airport, waiting to fly home，After seeing the bright five-star flag of China's Hainan Airlines plane, I felt a feeling，A folk music accompaniment to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of China，The melody is passionate and passionate，It highlights the contemporary youth under the leadership of leaders，Boundless loyalty to the motherland and the spirit of prosperity and progress for the nation。

Singer Wu Duofei sings "Sailing in the Eyes of the Leader" with the orchestra

Part Four: "The Chinese Vision"

It is composed of three works, "The Dragon Leaps and the Tiger Leaps", "Spending a Good Month" and "There would be No New China without the Communist Party", showing the people's confidence and yearning for the future development of the motherland。In the last piece of music that Chinese people are familiar with, teacher Hu Jun turned to direct the audience, and the huge theater immediately rang with thunderous applause with a strong sense of rhythm, and the concert was pushed to a climax: music, applause, the sound of the ear;Love national conditions, love the party, love into the heart。

As the last note stopped, the concert came to an end. However, the Hefei Grand Theater still echoed with the warm applause for a long time. The talents and feelings of the teachers and students of Tsinghua High School greatly appreciated by the audience。

There was warm applause at the concert

The night of January 1st，The students were not satisfied on the train back to Beijing，Talking about the harvest of this trip to Hefei，Anhui Provincial museum, Bao Gong Temple let them feel the Anhui wind emblem rhyme cultural heritage，Folk music performances let them harvest more unity and patriotic feelings，Especially the applause of the audience and the rhythm of the folk music，And inspired the band members，We should continue to spread traditional Chinese culture with folk music and praise the greatness of the motherland with golden sails，Self-improvement, struggle。

"Love the country, love the Party, love the people, spread Chinese traditional music culture in the world, and promote the patriotic spirit of contemporary youth" is the code of conduct that the Jinfan Chinese Orchestra has always adhered to。16 years since founding the mission，The teachers and students of the orchestra have great love for the culture of national music，Adhering to Tsinghua University's "self-improvement, moral commitment" philosophy，遵循习近平主席“在文艺工作座谈会上的讲话”精神，It covered nearly 260,000 kilometers，A total of more than 120 performances in different forms such as special performances and condolences were organized，It presented China's excellent traditional music culture to nearly 230,000 Chinese and foreign listeners。

Big photo after the concert

Mr. Hu Jun of the Jifan Chinese Orchestra of Tsinghua High School Attached to Tsinghua University began to prepare for the "Golden Sails Singing to the Motherland ----" concert series celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China，And in the past two years, the gradual implementation of a large-scale series of performances，The orchestra plans to travel 50,000 kilometers，Hold many concerts，To promote the founding of the country，Carry forward the patriotic spirit，为此，Mr. Hu Jun, the conductor of the orchestra, specially composed and arranged the Chinese Dream in the Field of Hope, There Would be No New China without the Communist Party, and Sailing in the Eyes of Leaders。This performance will be followed by a second and third concert at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington in February 2019。

Source: Office of Jinfan Chinese Orchestra, High School Affiliated to Tsinghua University

Contributed by: Hu Jun, Nie Wenting, Wang Peng

Review: Bai Xuefeng, Huang Limei, Dang Shengjun, Yang Rui

Photography is by Shang Wei and Nie Wenting

Edit: Administrative Management Center