"The Sky Above the Liberated Zone" ( "sky of liberated area") is a famous Chinese
revolutionary song. It was composed by Liu Xilin () in 1943 to words by Ji Lumin () after a folk song. It is one of the songs featured in the 1964 musical ''
The East is Red''. An edition of the song is included in the ''East is Red'' songbook.
The tune has also frequently been recorded in instrumental versions, such as ''Le Ciel Au-Dessus De La Zone Libérée'' arranged for piano by Chu Wang Hua, and played by pianist Jia Zhong.
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'', Volume 81, Issues 967-971 2003 Page 63 CD Review "Couleurs de Chine ''Variations on a Cantonese folk tune W-H Chu The sky above the liberated zone''. Riddle. Reflection of the moon in the Lake of Two Sources. Love song Y-H Li Flute and drum at dusk S-J Liao The night of the torch festival F Shi Dance from ..."
Classic recordings of the number include the version by Bao Hui Qiao, and those by the China Broadcast Choir.
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Songs about revolutions
Chinese songs
Chinese patriotic songs
1943 songs