A concert of Xian Xinghai's works is held in Guangzhou June 12, 2005 to mark the musician's centennial birth anniversary and the 60th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1937-1945). Led by pianist Lang Lang, 100 girls dressed in white played Xian's Yellow River Cantata, a household song composed in 1939 that inspired the Chinese people to fight against Japanese aggression. (Xinhua photos)
