Red Songs

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Edward Wong, Repackaging the Revolutionary Classics of China; A revival to promote stability, not rebellion. New York Times, June 30, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/30/world/asia/30redsong.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=wong%20red%20stability&st=cse

Quote:

"'In this absurd time, they encourage you to sing revolutionary songs, but they do not encourage you to wage a revolution,' He Bing, the vice dean of the law school at the China University of Political Science & Law, said at a recent graduation. Surprisingly, the audience of aspiring lawyers, judges and police officers applauded wildly.

"Despite the criticism, the revival has stirred nostalgia among some Chinese for the Mao era, even those who lived through its horrors. For them, red culture evokes the simple ideals and unalloyed patriotism of that period more than the traumas endured. And red songs are the music of their childhood.

My comment:
(a) I am clueless why a girl in top photo (which does not appear in the print edition) has a red dot in between eyebrows. I thought it is done in India only.
(b) tyke (n; from Old Norse tīk bitch):
"1: DOG; especially : an inferior or mongrel dog
2a chiefly British : a clumsy, churlish, or eccentric person
b : a small child"
www.m-w.com

(c) cerise (color)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerise_(color)
(d) red culture 红色文化
(e) WANG Erxiao 王二小
(f) sing-along (n): "SONGFEST"
* songfest (n): "an informal session of group singing of popular or folk songs"
(g) HE Bing/China University of Political Science & Law  何兵/中国政法大学
(h) Niccolò Paganini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Paganini
(1782-1840)

(i) 庆红歌进北京，“我爱北京天安门" (an alternative title is 中国唱红面面观 红歌和政治紧相连). VOA Chinese, June 30, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/Uncut-News-TitleChina-in-Red-Frenzy-Ahead-of-Party-Anniversary-124786094.html

mentions both the above report and

Tom Orlik and Melissa Powers, You Can’t Have a Party Without Music: A Red Song Primer. China Real Time, June 30, 2011.
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2011/06/30/you-cant-have-a-party-without-music-a-red-song-primer/

, when it (the VOA report) says, "华尔街日报(6/30)报导说，这次唱红运动，始于重庆。薄熙来希望能利用这个活动来进入政治局常委。在重庆一次唱红歌咏比赛中，观众和演员不下10万人。"


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