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Zhang, Ange

Zhang, Ange

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Childrens Biography

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"This is the fascinating story of how a young Chinese author, Guang Weiran, a passionate militant from the age of twelve, fought, using art, theater, poetry and song, especially the famous Yellow River Cantata--the anthem of Chinese national spirit--to create a socially just China. Set during the period of the struggle against the Japanese and the war against the Kuomintang in the 1920s and '30s, this book, written and illustrated by Guang Weiran's award-winning artist son, Ange Zhang, illuminates a key period in China's history. The passion and commitment of the artists who were born under the repressive weight of the Japanese occupation, the remnants of the decaying imperial order and the times of colonial humiliation are inspiring. Zhang's words and wood-block style of art tell us the story of his father's extraordinary youth and very early rise to prominence due to his great talent with words. We see and hear the intensity of what it meant to be alive at such a significant moment in the history of China, a country that understands itself as the heir to one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever known. The humiliations and social injustice the Chinese people had endured in the colonial period were no longer bearable. And yet there were major factional differences between those who wanted to create a modern China. Ange's words and art paint the picture for us through his father's story, accompanied by sidebars that explain the historical context. The book ends in a burst of glorious color and song, with the words of the Yellow River Cantata in Mandarin, as well as newly translated into English. This great song turns eighty years old in 2019, and will be sung and performed by huge orchestras and choirs around the world, as the Chinese diaspora has embraced the cantata as its own.

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Books

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9781773061511

2024-05-01T07:15:07.111Z

1040

Non Fiction

Non Fiction

JB GUANG

Wake County Public Libraries

Cary Regional
East Regional
Fuquay-Varina Community
Green Road Community
Leesville Community
Middle Creek Community
North Regional
Northeast Regional
Oberlin Regional
Richard B. Harrison Community
Southgate Community
West Regional

9781773061511

2019

Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press

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Biographies
China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949
China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949 -- Juvenile literature
Guang, Weiran
Guang, Weiran -- Juvenile literature
Poets, Chinese -- 20th century -- Biography
Poets, Chinese -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Xian, Xinghai, -- 1905-1945. -- Huang He da he chang
Xian, Xinghai, -- 1905-1945. -- Huang He da he chang -- Juvenile literature
Yellow River (China) -- Songs and music
Yellow River (China) -- Songs and music -- Juvenile literature

A song for China : how my father wrote Yellow River cantata

A song for China : how my father wrote Yellow River cantata / Ange Zhang

A song for China

how my father wrote Yellow River cantata

Guang, Weiran
History
Poets, Chinese
Songs and music
Xian, Xinghai