The Political Communication Of March Of The Eighth Route Army

March of the Eighth Route Army is one of the most representative military songs in the Yan’an period.As a representative of anti-Japanese war music and a symbol of communist army,it has inspired the enthusiasm of the people for the anti-Japanese war with its combativeness and appeal.In the context of anti-Japanese,March of the Eighth Route Army shoulders the mission of awakening the people,and is sung throughout the country with almost the most primitive means of oral.Behind the realization of this miracle,it is inseparable from the participation of the whole Chinese people,and even more inseparable from the help of the Communist Party’s policies.Since March of the Eighth Route Army has a distinct political orientation and purpose,its dissemination process can also be regarded as a political communication process.This paper starts from the perspective of political communication and combines the theory of soundscape to clarify the relationship between political factors and dissemination of musical works.First of all,it analyzes the domestic music environment at that time and the ideas and practices of its creators,it also studies the source of inspiration for this song.Secondly,through text analysis,explores the music and political information conveyed by the music.Thirdly,it restores its political communication practice process from the perspectives of communication subject,communication mode and soundscape construction.Finally,it summarizes how to achieve the effect of communication through the three steps of constructing political symbols,shaping political identity and achieving political mobilization,so that the political propositions of the Communist Party of China could be accepted by Chinese people.From the perspective of political communication,March of the Eighth Route Army has become an important means to stimulate the enthusiasm and loyalty of individuals to political groups with its ability to instill political values.In choral activities,it awakens the populace by creating a collective consciousness.And in political rituals,it integrates society by showing the image of the regime.In this sense,politics achieves social control through songs,and songs also have a stable political status through their combination with ideology.