《黄河大合唱》是中国音乐史上的经典之作,提起它就让人想到抗日日战争,想到诗人光未然和人民音乐家冼星海。在纪念抗日战争胜利60周年、冼星海诞辰100周年之际,回顾当年创作《黄河大合唱》的来龙去脉,在黄河身边发生的那些可歌可泣的英雄故事仿佛就在眼前。黄河是最好的灵感来源1937年10月,光未然带着1935年在武汉创建的拓荒剧团,在湖北一带演出抗战歌曲和话剧。不久,拓荒剧团被编入抗敌演剧第三队,后来经周恩来批准,光未然带领着三队的同志们乘火车从武汉出发来到山西。1938年10月30日,抗敌演剧队一行趁着晨曦启程,准备东渡黄河转入吕梁山抗日根据地。在当时,东渡的惟一通道是壶口下游的圪滩渡 The “Yellow River Chorus” is a classic in the history of Chinese music. When it was mentioned, it reminded people of the war of Japan and Japan that Xian Pohai, the poet and the musician, had come to mind. In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Xian Xinghai 100th anniversary of the occasion, review of that year writing “Yellow River Chorus” of the ins and outs, occurred in the Yellow River epic heroic story seems to be at hand. The Yellow River is the best source of inspiration In 1937 October, the light comes with a pioneering troupe founded in Wuhan in 1935, performed in the vicinity of Hubei war songs and drama. Soon, the pioneering troupe was incorporated into the third team of the anti-enemy drama, and later approved by Zhou Enlai, the comrades led the three teams took the train from Wuhan to Shanxi. On October 30, 1938, the anti-enemy theater team took advantage of the dawn to leave and prepared for the eastern transition of the Yellow River into the Lvliangshan Anti-Japanese Base. At that time, Dongdu’s only channel was Huntun downstream Hukou