In 1930, an underground party member named Wu took some gold jewelry to Shanghai to pay party dues, and Zhou Enlai took over. The next day, Zhou Enlai found him and asked first, "Has the gold been lost on the road?" Wu said no. He asked again: "Have you had any difficulties at home recently?" Wu said again: "No." Zhou Enlai said: "Comrade Wu, this is wrong. The amount of gold is different from what you reported." He took out a silver dollar from his arms and a scale and said, "Because there is no weight, I will use the silver dollar." It's the weight of the Faima scale." Zhou Enlai took the silver dollar, looked at it and saw that it was worn, and asked: "You calculated it as 7 taels and 2 cents?" Wu said, "Because this silver dollar is worn, I calculated it as 7 taels. It’s only 5 yuan per liang.” Zhou Enlai said, “In five hours, come find me somewhere.” Within two hours, Wu went there. I saw Zhou Enlai weighing gold with silver coins and scales.
After the weigh-in, Zhou Enlai shook hands with Wu and said: "Comrade Wu, you are a reliable comrade, and you are very capable."
The current national flag, national anthem, and national emblem Because Zhou Enlai liked it very much and highly recommended it. The impression of the third set of Beijing TV last year. These details were introduced in the National Day special program.
The eight red lanterns on Tiananmen Square were decided by Zhou Enlai. The location of the military parade was also decided by Zhou Enlai.
Originally there were no railings on the Tiananmen Gate Tower, but Zhou Enlai had them added later. Because the photojournalists at that time were as desperate as they were working, Hou Bo almost fell off.
There is a piano at the east gate of the Great Hall of the People, which is the largest in the world. 440 cm long and 170 cm high. After the Great Hall of the People was completed in 1959, a piano was placed on the stage of the Great Hall. Zhou En saw it and said it was too small and did not match the momentum of the Great Hall of the People. The Beijing Piano Factory rushed to make this piano and put it on the stage on September 25. This piano still has good tone and intonation and is used on important occasions.
There was an article "Little Sheep Yibin Hutong" in the Beijing Evening News supplement on March 6, which mentioned that Shen Congwen conducted research on costumes of past dynasties because of Zhou Enlai's suggestion.
The Art Figure Group (the predecessor of Beijing Silk Factory) was established when Zhou Enlai donated 300 yuan in salary and Deng Yingchao donated cloth.
Last year, the first episode of CCTV's "Charming Twelve" talked about "What a Jasmine Flower." A former veteran actor said that everyone knows that Premier Zhou dances very well and very gracefully. The entire audience applauded together, and the veteran actor couldn't help laughing.
In 1998, when Macau returned to China, the arranger of "What a Jasmine" was played live and excitedly thought that this was the song that Premier Zhou would like to listen to.
"Golden Mountain in Beijing" was changed to the current lyrics by Zhou Enlai in 1963.
It turns out that Zhou Enlai won a gold medal for them at the first drama film awards ceremony for "The Crow and the Sparrow" in the Kuomintang-controlled area.
There are also many dramas with Zhou Enlai’s suggestions. For example, "Sentinel under the Neon Lights", "Sunrise", "Ma Lanhua" and so on.
Zhou Enlai, Chen Yi and "Jasmine"
Text/Gu Yubao (Jiangsu)
In the past, people always loved to compare the Great Wall of the Yangtze River, Huangshan and Yellow Rivers, as well as dragons and lions. The totem scene that expresses nobility and masculinity is regarded as a symbol of the Chinese nation; now, a Chinese folk song "Jasmine" that is not ostentatious, wanton, coquettish, and does not compete for spring can actually embody the spirit and cultural character of the Chinese nation. The "fragrance" floats across the land of China and is fragrant all over the world! The "World Expo" film carefully created by the famous film director Zhang Yimou and his partners cleverly inherited and expanded the aromatic connotation of "Jasmine", surprising the world and surprising China!
Wrapped in the rain of flowers and the faint fragrance of the successful "Shanghai Expo", "Jasmine" brings people happy memories:
In Jiangsu's local operas, there are A tune similar to the melody of "Jasmine" is called "Flower Tune".
According to Zhou Enlai's niece Zhou Baozhuang, in 1962, Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao took her to watch "A Hundred Years Old Man in Command" performed by a theater troupe in Jiangsu Province. While watching the show, she discovered that her uncle particularly appreciated "Flower Flower Tune" and would watch it from time to time. Talking quietly to my aunt...
There was a young art soldier named He Fang in the New Fourth Army. At the age of 14, he began to collect materials such as the folk song "Huahua Tune" from folk artists. After fifteen years of processing After compilation, it was recorded into the album "Good Jasmine Flower" by China Record Company in 1957. As the commander of the New Fourth Army, Chen Yi was overjoyed when he learned about the creative achievements of his old subordinates, and repeatedly praised the folk songs of northern Jiangsu!
The folk song material of "Jasmine Flower" has dozens of different versions across the country. For a brief comparison: Hebei's high-pitchedness, Qinghai's sincerity, Yunnan's softness, and Heilongjiang's humor. Among them, the Jiangsu version is the most famous. According to historical records, as early as 200 years ago, John Barrow, secretary of the first British ambassador to China, introduced the folk song material of "Jasmine" in detail in his book "Travel in China". The classic grand opera "Turandot", later created by Italian composer Puccini, premiered at La Scala Theater in Milan on April 25, 1926. He skillfully used Western opera techniques and used the melody of "Jasmine" as an inscription. The through-motivations that define the characters and advance the plot have achieved excellent results. It can be seen that the Chinese folk song "Jasmine" has extremely distinctive national music attributes, and its smooth lines, lively and well-proportioned structure, and periodically repeated melody are quite close to the conventional aesthetic habits of Western audiences. Therefore, she is compatible with the charm that both Eastern and Western people can appreciate.
In 1959, the Nanjing Military Region Frontline Song and Dance Troupe, as the song and dance troupe of the Chinese Youth Delegation, prepared to participate in the World Youth and Student Peace and Friendship Festival in Vienna, Austria, and carefully rehearsed the female chorus "Jasmine". Before going abroad, when Zhou Enlai and Chen Yi reviewed the program, they fully affirmed this beautiful, innocent, affectionate and implicit folk song. Sure enough, in Vienna, the music capital of the world, "Jasmine" won enthusiastic praise from young people of all colors. In 1965, to participate in the tenth anniversary commemoration of the Bandung Conference, our country sent a government delegation headed by Zhou Enlai and Chen Yi as deputy leader. Before leaving, Premier Zhou told the accompanying frontline song and dance troupe to bring an excellent show "Jasmine". As a result, "Jasmine" is overflowing with fragrance in Indonesia, the country of Thousand Islands. At the gala party, when the song "Jasmine Flower" started playing, Zhou Enlai walked onto the dance floor excitedly and danced. When the music was about to stop, he quickly walked to sit next to the actors singing this song and said affectionately: "When I hear your singing, I think of coming to Northern Jiangsu! I came out of Huai'an when I was 12 or 13 years old, and I haven't returned to my hometown in Northern Jiangsu for fifty-four years!" So, under Chen Yi's encouragement, the actresses were very I happily sang "Jasmine" again. Zhou Enlai said excitedly and humorously while applauding: "Sing again, I really feel homesick!"
No wonder, since entering the new century, there have been New Year's Concerts at the Golden Hall in Vienna and APEC Welcome Gala in Shanghai. , Perlman and thousands of piano boys played the same chord, all inspiring the beautiful melody of "Jasmine". No wonder the Russian meritorious actor sang in Chinese, the American saxophonist adapted it into a solo, UNESCO was selected as a global music textbook, and mankind launched a spacecraft into outer space as a gift to life in outer space as a citizen of the earth... …