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On an autumn night in 1949 in Hoa Xa village, Ung Hoa district, musician Van Cao was inspired to compose the song "Marching to Hanoi" with optimism and confidence that the day of Liberation of the Capital would come very soon.
“The army marched like waves.
Layer upon layer of troops marched forward.
We went to listen to the joy when the enemy surrendered, the flag that once flew in the street...”
Over the past 70 years, those heroic and passionate lyrics have still been sung with pride, especially on every occasion of the Capital Liberation Day (October 10).
To date,“Towards Hanoi”Still the best song written about the event.
Song“Towards Hanoi”composed by musician Van Cao in October 1949, 5 years before the capital Hanoi welcomed the troops to take over.
As soon as the song was released, it was warmly received by the public and quickly spread by word of mouth. The images in the lyrics of“Towards Hanoi”painted by the late musician Van Cao to match the image on the day of the Capital Liberation 5 years later.
“Five gates welcome the advancing army
Like a flower platform welcoming the blooming of five peach petals…”
The photos capture the moment when the army returned from the war zone to take over Hanoi amid a forest of flags and flowers, welcomed by the people of Hanoi.
More specifically, the Regiments that took over the Capital all went from the 5 city gates into the inner city, similar to what the musician imagined in the song. That was the intuition and talent of musician Van Cao that musician Trinh Cong Son once commented: "In music, Van Cao is like a king."
Talk about the circumstances of the song's birth“Towards Hanoi,”Poet and painter Van Thao, son of musician Van Cao, said: In 1949, musician Van Cao was working in Viet Bac when he was summoned by the Central Committee to attend a meeting about the war situation and the policy of preparing for a general counterattack.
Artists were assigned to create works to serve the resistance war and prepare for the General Counter-Offensive. After that, musician Van Cao, writer Nguyen Dinh Thi and painter To Ngoc Van were assigned to Zone 3 to continue working and disseminate the Central's policies.
At that time, the Dai market area in Ung Hoa district, Son Tay, now part of Hanoi, was where artists from Zone 3 gathered. Here, musician Van Cao continued to work for the Literature and Arts newspaper with other artists and writers with enthusiasm, looking forward to the day of victory to return to Hanoi.
With the aspiration of a musician always towards the revolution, wholeheartedly serving the resistance, musician Van Cao cherished the idea of writing the best music for the General Counter-Offensive.
On an autumn night in Hoa Xa village, Ung Hoa district, musician Van Cao was inspired to compose the song.“Towards Hanoi”With optimism, we believe that the day of liberation of the capital will come very soon.
The song is filled with the atmosphere of victory, painting a heroic picture on the day of the liberation of the Capital.
The song was immediately highly appreciated by artists and was widely responded to and sung by many people.
Ta Ty was the first to hear it, but this epic was first sung by the children's team of Dao Xa village, who were taught to sing this song by musician Van Cao.
“Towards Hanoi”quickly became the most popular song at that time. The epic with heroic, optimistic, confident lyrics gave listeners great hope.
The talented musician still "paints" the image:“We go and listen to the joy, when the enemy surrenders, the flags of the past are flying in the streets,”in joy and pride:"We bring back the glory and strength of the nation"" when "happy life from here.”
Since its inception,“Towards Hanoi”is still loved by many people and will forever be the triumphant song of Hanoi people, of the nation on the happy day, the day of celebrating victory "When the army marches forward, the night gradually fades away/Like spring descending on the branches, the wind blows, Hanoi bursts into song of Marching."
The song ends and opens up in everyone's heart the sound of"Marching Song"majestic
VN (according to VNA)