The Promotion Of Red Songs In Shanghai And The Popularization Of Marxism In The Early Days Of The Founding Of PRC (1949-1956)

The red song is a revolutionary song created and disseminated in the period of Chinese revolution,construction and reform,and is also an important red resource in China.In 1949,the founding of PRC marked the arrival of a new era.How to establish a socialist system and socialist ideology was the urgency of the CCP.At this time,socialist ideology and capitalist ideology were opposite,and coastal cities including Shanghai had been immersed in capitalist ideology for half a century.How to use red songs to promote the spread and popularization of Marxism is a helpful try.This paper takes the red songs in Shanghai as an analysis sample to examine the practice of red songs in Shanghai to promote the popularization of Marxism.This paper consists of four parts: The first part introduces the background of the promotion of red songs in the early days of the founding of PRC,and combs the Marxist literary theory and the red song heritage in different periods before the founding of PRC.The second part describes the spread of red songs in Shanghai in the early days of the founding of PRC.Under the guidance of the literary and artistic policy of "literature and art for the workers,peasants and soldiers,and literature and art for political services",the CCP implemented the transformation of literary and art workers,literary and artistic content and the literary and artistic system,thus laying the foundation for the creation of red songs in the early days of the founding of PRC.Therefore,the red songs at this time had distinct revolutionary,political,contemporary and mass,and also had strong ideological and political education functions and aesthetic education functions.The third part studies the path of red songs to promote the popularization of Marxism.In the early days of the founding of PRC,Shanghai's red songs spread the CCP's policies,domestic and foreign sports,and the lives of the people through the production of records,radio broadcasts,and mass songs,thus effectively promoting the popularization of Marxism.The fourth part analyzes the effectiveness and enlightenment of red songs to promote thepopularization of Marxism.After the CCP was in power,it had richer resources and platforms to promote the popularization of Marxism.Marxist propaganda and education to the masses through red songs can expand the influence of Marxism,make Marxism deeply rooted in the hearts of the people,and create a social atmosphere for the spread of Marxism which established the dominant position of Marxism in ideology.In the new era,the process of Marxism popularization has both new opportunities and new challenges.Through the innovation of red songs,it is more suitable for the current era and better promote the popularization of Marxism.