What is the status of music and dance epic Dongfanghong in the history of new China?

People of a certain age will be familiar with the large-scale music and dance epic Dongfanghong. As the first large-scale song and dance work that comprehensively reflects the revolutionary history of China after the founding of New China, Dongfanghong has written a brilliant page in the history of new China literature with its magnificent scenes and numerous forms of national performing arts. The following is an introduction to the birth process of Dongfanghong for readers. To celebrate the15th anniversary of the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Premier Zhou proposed to create large-scale song and dance works that reflect the struggle history of the Party and show the development process of Mao Zedong Thought ... 1964 Under the leadership of the Party, the people of all ethnic groups in China overcame serious economic difficulties and made great achievements that attracted worldwide attention in the construction of the Third Five-Year Plan, and the whole country showed a scene of peace, prosperity, prosperity and national security. In order to celebrate the great achievements in the construction of new China, the CPC Central Committee and Chairman Mao decided to hold a grand celebration on June 6th this year, and invited leaders of all fraternal parties and friendly countries to China. Since it is a celebration, large-scale cultural activities are of course indispensable. At that time, the Ministry of Culture and the Chinese Music Association were organizing a large-scale "Beijing Music Festival". Premier Zhou is very concerned about this. After a detailed understanding of the preparations for the music festival, after careful consideration, he thinks that the conditions for holding the "music festival" are not mature enough, so it is better to create a large-scale song and dance work that shows the history of the Party's struggle and the development process of Mao Zedong Thought. Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China and the Ministry of Culture carefully studied Premier Zhou's proposal and thought it was feasible, because before that, during the "Shanghai Spring" music festival, Shanghai had rehearsed a large-scale song and dance program-"March under the banner of Mao Zedong", which praised the party and Chairman Mao's leadership of the people's revolutionary struggle in China. The Air Administration Art Troupe, the Central Song and Dance Troupe and other literary and art groups have also performed dances such as Singing Revolutionary Historical Songs, March with Bright Sword, and Flying over Luding Bridge. In addition, every revolutionary period of the party has produced a large number of revolutionary songs and folk songs, which are deeply loved by the people. Through the selection and arrangement of these programs and related historical materials, we can create high-quality large-scale songs and dances.