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Why use march of the volunteers as the national anthem?

March of the Volunteers, known as the clarion call for the liberation of the Chinese nation, has played a great role in inspiring the patriotism of the people of China since it was born in 1935 at the critical moment of national peril, and later became the national anthem of the Chinese people.

In p>1945, when the United Nations was founded, it was played as a song representing China. At the end of the Second World War, March of the Volunteers was selected as the triumph of the anti-fascist allied forces. After the victory of the world anti-fascist war, March of the Volunteers was chosen as the song representing China when the Allies gathered. The United States, together with America's "Beautiful America" and France's "La Marseillaise", designated this song as a music program broadcast song on the day of the Allied victory. Extended information

March of the Volunteers is a very creative song, and composer Nie Er devoted himself to the creation of this song with great passion. First of all, he successfully handled Tian Han's prose-like lyrics in an unusually vivid, powerful and colloquial way according to the rules of music;

in melody creation, he not only absorbed the outstanding achievements of international revolutionary songs and the style characteristics of western European marches, but also made it have strong national characteristics, so that this song can be mastered by the masses and play its fighting role.

Resources: Baidu Encyclopedia-march of the volunteers.