March of the Volunteers was originally the theme song created by Nie Er in 1935 for the feature film "Children of the Storm" filmed by Shanghai Dentsu Company. This film tells the story of China intellectuals, represented by the poet Xin Baihua, who joined the army in the early 1930s and went to the anti-Japanese front to kill the enemy heroically to save the motherland. It appeared twice in the film and left a deep impression on the audience. Therefore, it soon became the most famous anti-Japanese war song in China. After the founding of New China, it was designated as "National Anthem of the People's Republic of China" and later officially designated as "National Anthem of the People's Republic of China". Many people want to trace the origin of this song, and many articles have been published in newspapers and magazines, but there are different opinions. Among them, the most popular is that the lyrics of this song were written by Comrade Tian Han 1935 wrapped in a cigarette in a Kuomintang prison after he was arrested in Shanghai. Soon, he asked someone to take him out of prison and hand him over to Sun Shiyi and Xia Yan. Another statement was written before Tian Han was arrested. After his literary script of Phoenix Regeneration, he asked Comrade Tian Han which of these statements was more accurate and true. Comrade Tian Han said that he didn't remember it until198365438+1October 27th. Only in this way can we have a reliable basis. Comrade Xia Yan said in his letter: "This piece was composed by Nie Er in Japan on 1935 and sent back to Shanghai."