阎肃

张超

Yan Su， a great Chinese playwright1 and lyricist2， was regarded as one of the famous lyricists in China. Many of his works are very popular with people.

阎肃是中国的一位伟大的剧作家和词作家，他是中国著名的词作家之一。他的很多作品极受人们欢迎。

Yan Su was born in Baoding City of Hebei Province on May 9， 1930. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1953 and served as the vice president3 of China Theater Association4. Yan Su was a versatile5 artist and he participated in creative work and screenwriting for a great number of TV galas6. He also worked as a judge on several CCTV talent shows. He died of illness in Beijing on Feb 12， 2016， at the age of 86.

1930年5月9日，阎肃出生于河北省保定市。他于1953年加入中国共产党，曾担任中国戏剧家协会副主席。阎肃是一个多才多艺的艺术家，他曾在相当多的电视晚会中担当总策划和总撰稿，还在很多央视的选秀节目中任评委。2016年2月12日，他于北京病逝，享年86岁。

Yan Su wrote a lot of popular songs in his life， the most wonderful one of which is the opening theme song， Dare to Ask Where is the Road， of the 1982 CCTV hit drama Journey to the West. His masterpieces were Dare to Ask Where Is the Road， Great Wall Great， My Love to the Blue Sky of Motherland， Red Light， Sister Jiang and so on.

閻肃一生创作了大量的流行歌曲，其中大家耳熟能详的一首便是1982年央视热播电视剧《西游记》的主题曲《敢问路在何方》。他的代表作有《敢问路在何方》《长城长》《我爱祖国的蓝天》《红灯照》和《江姐》等。

Yan has left the world more than 1，000 pieces of artworks with ambition7， virtue8 and warmth， which has encouraged and inspired generations of Chinese people.

阎肃给世人留下1000多首有筋骨、有道德、有温度的文艺精品佳作，鼓舞和激励了一代代中国人。

His major works in lyrics：

主要词作有：

Dare to Ask Where Is the Road （《敢问路在何方》）

Face Painting of Beijing Opera （《说唱脸谱》）

Everything Goes Well （《万事如意》）

Great Wall Great （《长城长》）

Red Light （《红灯照》）

Smoke and Mirrors （《雾里看花》）

Face Changing （《变脸》）

My Love to the Blue Sky of Motherland （《我爱祖国的蓝天》）

Beijing Is the Hometown （《故乡是北京》）

Remembering the Big Bowls of Tea at the Beijing Front Gate （《前门情思大碗茶》）

Red Rock （《红岩》）

Oriental Pearl Tower （《东方明珠》）

Guilin is My Home （《桂林是我家》）

May There Be Surplus Year After Year （《年年有余》）

Going To Sichuan （《下四川》）

I Am the Sky （《我就是天空》）

Celebrating the New Year in the Army （《连队里过大年》）

Sister Jiang （《江姐》）

The Red Detachment of Women （《红色娘子军》）

Fourth Sister Liu （《刘四姐》）

Memories of Mother （《忆娘》）

Daughter of the Party （《党的女儿》）

Three Chrysanthemum of Jiaodong （《胶东三菊》）

Armed Working Team Behind Enemy Lines （《敌后武工队》）