我国著名的民间艺人韩起祥,奏完人生最后一曲,于8月6日病逝,终年74岁。韩起祥同志追悼会10日在延安举行。韩起祥1915年生于陕西横山县,他13岁从艺,是毛泽东同志《在延安文艺座谈会上的讲话》发表后我国第一个说新书、编新书的民间艺人。他坚持毛主席的革命文艺路线,一改过去曲艺演唱的陈旧内容,编创演唱了新书《张玉兰参加选 Han Qixiang, a famous folk artist in China, played the last song of his life and died on August 6, at the age of 74. Han Qixiang memorial service was held in Yan’an on the 10th. Han Qixiang was born in Hengshan County, Shaanxi Province in 1915. He was 13 years old. He was the first folk artist in China who said a new book and compiled a new book after Comrade Mao Zelong’s “Speech at the Yanan Forum on Literature and Art.” He adhered to Chairman Mao’s revolutionary line of literature and art and changed the old contents of his pastoral performances by singing and composing a new book entitled Zhang Yulan