The original name of the national anthem is "March of the Volunteers." The songwriters are Tian Han and Nie Er.
"March of the Volunteers" was written by Tian Han and composed by Nie Er. It was born in the war years against Japanese imperialist aggression. After the September 18th Incident in 1931, the beacon of national self-defense and resistance was ignited in the Northeast. . Anti-Japanese volunteer armies sprang up across the Northeast. In less than a year, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army had reached 300,000 people. Beginning in February 1933, some of the Northeast's anti-Japanese armed forces withdrew into Jehol Province, which had not fallen, and reorganized into the anti-Japanese coalition to continue the struggle. At this time, the clouds of war were hanging over Rehe. The Japanese army and the puppet Manchukuo regime were preparing to invade Rehe Province. The Northeast Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army in Rehe Province was also preparing for the upcoming enemy's war in Rehe. On the evening of February 25, 1933, Wang Huayi, military minister of the Northeast People's Anti-Japanese Salvation Association in Peiping, Du Chongyuan, deputy minister of the Political Department, and Zhu Qinglan, head of the Shanghai Liaoji Heire Anti-Japanese Support Association, led more than a hundred people carrying weapons, ammunition, clothing and condolences. The product arrived at Zhuluke, Jianping County. On the 26th, he went to Sijiazi, Aohan Banner, to review and express condolences to the troops. In order to compose the theme song for the documentary film "Children of the Storm", Nie Er, who was in the accompanying team, distributed condolences with Gao Peng, liaison adjutant of the Congress, and when they were distributed to the third battalion, battalion commander Liu Fengwu commanded the soldiers to sing the Northeast Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army military song "Volunteer Oath Song" ", Nie Er was greatly inspired after hearing it, and based on it he composed "March of the Volunteers". Later, Tian Han re-created the lyrics in Shanghai Prison and it has been passed down to this day.
In 1949, "March of the Volunteers" became the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the national anthem of the country. It symbolizes that the strong fighting spirit and unyielding spirit of the Chinese nation will always be defended at any time and anywhere in order to defend the dignity of the country and the nation. Will not be erased. On March 14, 2004, the Second Session of the 10th National People's Congress officially included "March of the Volunteers" as the national anthem in the "Constitution of the People's Republic of China".
Tian Han (1898-1968), whose nickname was He'er, his scientific name was Shouchang, and his pen names were Tian Han, Chen Yu, Bohong, Han'er Yisheng, Shoujia, Shaobo, Shuren, Chen Zhesheng, Ming Gao, Jialing, Zhang Kun, etc. Male, Han nationality, from Changsha County, Hunan Province.
Playwright, opera writer, film screenwriter, novelist, lyricist, poet, literary critic, literary activist, and one of the three founders of modern Chinese drama. The first paragraph of the song "The Great Wall" for which he wrote lyrics later became the lyrics of the "March of the Volunteers", the national anthem of the People's Republic of China.
Nie Er (1912-1935), formerly known as Nie Shouxin, also known as Ziyi (also known as Ziyi), was a Chinese musician and the composer of the National Anthem "March of the Volunteers" of the People's Republic of China. He composed dozens of revolutionary songs, and a series of his works influenced Chinese music for decades. His music creation has a distinct sense of the times, serious thought, high national spirit and outstanding artistic creativity. It pointed out the direction for the development of China's proletarian revolutionary music and set an example for Chinese music creation.
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