%0 Journal Article %T Inherit the Past and the Present %A Xingyang Hua %J Open Access Library Journal %V 10 %N 4 %P 1-15 %@ 2333-9721 %D 2023 %I Open Access Library %R 10.4236/oalib.1110064 %X ˇ°Red songsˇ± generally refer to songs that glorify socialism, the Communist Party and the revolutionary movement of the proletariat, Therefore, Chinese red songs can also be called ˇ°patriotic songsˇ±. After the reform and opening up, the scope of Chinese red songs was expanded to all songs with the characteristics of the times and reflecting the positive energy of society. Taking the reform and opening up to the end of the last century as the time node, this paper elaborates on the four major points of ˇ°the embodiment of red songs to real lifeˇ±, ˇ°the characteristics of red songsˇ±, ˇ°the melodic characteristics of red songsˇ± and ˇ°the role of red songs in the timesˇ±, and analyzes the characteristics of Chinese red songs in the past 20 years from the dimensions of politics, economy, culture and society. %K Red Songs %K Reform and Opening-Up %K Real Life %K Lyrics %K Melody %K The Role of the Era %U http://www.oalib.com/paper/6793403