Shan Danfeng's Erhu Song "War Horse Galloping"

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Shan Danfeng's erhu song "War Horse Galloping" comes from the album "Music Book: Huqin - Shan Danfeng".

"War Horse Galloping" is an erhu solo piece composed by erhu performer Chen Yaoxing in the 1970s, and it is also a barracks rhapsody created by him. The music describes the scene of the cavalry soldiers guarding the frontier grasslands of the motherland, in order to defend the socialist motherland, they practiced their skills to kill the enemy, showing their heroic, tenacious and indomitable fighting spirit.

In this piece of music, Mr. Chen Yaoxing has a fresh and original idea, and vividly highlights the image of the galloping horse like a relief. Chen Yaoxing used his unique high-difficulty playing skills to successfully express the barracks life of the cavalry soldiers guarding the frontier. The music created a precedent for using erhu to express military themes.

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Shan Danfeng, a native of Gongzhuling City, Jilin Province, China, a young huqin performer, a young film and television actor, a member of the Erhu Society of the Chinese Musicians Association, a master of banhu art from the Central Conservatory of Music, and a professional teacher of erhu and banhu in the Art College of Yantai University.
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Erhu (Pinyin: Erhu) originated in the Tang Dynasty, called "Xiqin", and has a history of more than a thousand years. It is a traditional Chinese stringed instrument. Erhu, or Erxian Huqin, also known as "Nanhu" and "Omzi", is one of the main bowed and stringed instruments (wiping strings) in the Chinese national musical instrument family.

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