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=__**Cultural Revolution Propaganda Project**__=

=Table of Contents:=
 * 1) ==Radio Song==
 * 2) ==Lyrics==
 * 3) ==Analysis==

**Radio Song: Stand Up All Chinese**
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**For Your Information:**
This song was adapted from a well known Korean nursery song called "100 Heroes that Glorified Korea" (한국을 빛낸 100명의 위인들). Considering that this Korean song was also used to promote people who glorified Korea, I thought it will be an interesting twist to remake it to glorify the Cultural Revolution, especially Mao. The song was provided from: http://blog.naver.com/rlawlsgh134?Redirect=Log&logNo=130039920343

__Lyrics__
Stand Up All Chinese

When china first was formed, it was not the best. But when Mao came, everything changed. Now that he is here, the future is bright. So let’s stand up people of China.

Youths of Red Guards You are our hope. Stand up and be strong.

Workers of China We should work hard For the best of everyone

We will all succeed As one Communist

Come on Mao, Come on China The nation we glorify

When the black gangs came over, Mao knew something was wrong, So we stand up brave as one, Prepared for any tasks,

Communism signifies the good of the masses Even with sacrifice Don’t fear anything, We’re one And we’ll all triumph

Let’s kick out capitalists Our enemy

Come on Mao, Come on China Stand up ALL Chinese

Asian Studies Cultural Revolution Propaganda Project Analysis
One of the essential requirements of propaganda during Cultural Revolution was the ability to appeal to the masses. This meant the propaganda method had to be easily understood while drawing people’s attention. One propaganda method that I found in which succeeded doing this were the radio songs. A representative example of a successful propaganda radio song in http://www.morningsun.org/multimedia/index.html# was titled “The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution is Indeed Good.” This song used bright and upbeat tune along with repetitive refrain/chorus to emphasize its main idea. The first main idea portrayed in this song was the purpose of the revolution. Lyrics such as “Marxism-Leninism is popularized” clearly reemphasized what the Cultural Revolution is for. Secondly, the song put an emphasis on nationalism. The use lyrics such as “Red Flags flutter in the realm of social ideology” made me to visualize symbolisms we learned during class time. Thirdly, the song emphasized victory and bravery continuously through out the tune. “To continue revolution and walk forward,” “News of victory is reported” were lyrics that made me relate back to documents in which Mao taught the Chinese citizens to not fear, but be brave during the revolution. Lastly, this song also emphasized the importance of the new generation by stating, “a new generation is growing to maturity.” I was able to clearly correlate this to Mao’s teachings since the Cultural Revolution was in fact started by the Red Guards (new generation) upon Mao’s approval. Additionally, I was able to see that the song consisted an extreme hyperbole of what the Revolution has achieved in relation to the people as well as an extreme glorification of Mao When I started comparing my song “Stand Up All Chinese” with the above song “The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution is Indeed Good,” I was able to notice numerous similarities. The most noticeable similarity was the use of cheerful tune with the use of repetitive refrain. While the song from the website used the chorus “ Oh, indeed good, indeed good and indeed, indeed good,” my song repeated the chorus “Come on Mao, Come on China.” Also the two songs portrayed inclusive ideas. One idea that was present in both songs was glorification of Mao. My lyrics such as “When Mao came, everything changed” portrayed ideas similar to the website lyric “follow Chairman Mao.” A second common idea that was present between the two was the emphasis of the young generation, the Red Guards; my song particularly emphasized the Red Guards by saying “you are our hope.” Another important similarity I noticed between the two songs was optimistic portrayal of the revolution itself. I was able to see clear connection between my lyric “the future is bright” with the website chorus. Lastly, I realized that both songs urged strength and bravery from all citizens of China. “Stand up and be strong” was one example in my song that demonstrated this idea. Some Mao’s ideas that were present in my song, but not in the website song were emphasis of the masses, the unification between people, the definition of communism as well as the idea that sacrifices are crucial for the best of everyone. Incorporating all these ideas into my song made me to explore a whole new side of what kind of life people would have had during the Cultural Revolution in terms such as media.