What kind of family is Nie Er?

"What kind of family is Nie Er?" "Nie Er is a Chinese musician." I think everyone will answer this. This answer is correct. But not quite. The Nie Er we are most familiar with is his identity as a musician. He composed many famous songs, including "March of the Volunteers", the national anthem of the Republic of China. However, in addition, Nie Er also had another identity.

Photos of Nie Er

Nie Er secretly joined the Communist Youth League of China in 1928 and participated in *** *** and other activities. In November 1928, Nie Er signed up to join the "Student Army" recruited by the Yunnan warlord Fan Shisheng without telling his family, and secretly left Kunming to receive training for the "Student Army" recruits in Chenzhou, Hunan. At the end of the year, he left the recruit team and served as a sergeant clerk in the special agent company.

In 1929, the army was disbanded and Nie Er lived in Guangzhou. In May, he returned to Kunming Provincial No. 1 Normal University and joined the original class to continue his studies. After the big explosion in Kunming, Nie Er actively participated in various struggles against the reactionaries of the Youth Relief Corps led by the Communist Underground Party. In 1933, Nie Er joined the Chinese Communist Party under the introduction of Communist Party member Tian Han. In 1935, after Tian Han was arrested by the Communist Party, he composed the music for "March of the Volunteers" based on the lyrics left by Tian Han.

The musician Nie Er we know well is not just a simple musician. He is also full of patriotic feelings. He is a member of the Chinese Communist Party and has devoted all his efforts to the Chinese revolution. What he could do, he did his part. After Nie Er's death, Guo Moruo called him a "people's musician" and said, "He is a talented musician and a revolutionary." Therefore, there is not only one answer to "Who is Nie Er?" He is not only a musician, but also a revolutionary.

Nie Er and the National Anthem

Nie Er began composing in 1932. He is a famous musician in China and the composer of the National Anthem of the People's Republic of China and the People's Republic of China that we are most familiar with. That's him. So, let’s take a look at how Nie Er became associated with the national anthem, shall we?

National Anthem

In the mid-1930s, Japan occupied Northeast China, and then turned its target North China region. However, China's reactionary and decadent forces, still indulging in extravagance and extravagance, have not noticed at all that dispirited and erotic songs such as "Peach Blossom River", "Drizzle", "Sister I Love You" and so on are everywhere.

Faced with this situation, Communist Party member and writer Tian Han knew that he could no longer continue to "sing the music of decadence", otherwise "people will become slaves to the subjugation of the country." Therefore, Tian Han found Nie Er and discussed with Nie Er to compose a new song to defeat "Peach Blossom River is a Nest of Beauty" and to arouse the morale of the Chinese people. The two studied songs such as "The Internationale", "La Marseillaise" and "Gondolier" together, and believed that these songs were powerful and could be used for reference. In early 1935, Tian Han adapted the movie "Children of the Storm" and began to write a theme song called "March of the Volunteers". However, before he could write down the lyrics to "March of the Volunteers", he found that the *** agents had come to arrest him. In a hurry, Tian Han could only write the lyrics on a small piece of cigarette wrapping paper without having time to send it away. He was caught by Japanese agents and sent to prison.

Afterwards, Xia Yan got the script left by Tian Han and found the cigarette liner with the lyrics written on it. When Nie Er came to find Xia Yan, after hearing that Tian Han wrote lyrics on cigarette paper before being arrested, he took the initiative and said: "Leave the composition to me, ***!" So Nie Er, full of anger, I composed the first draft in just two days. Later, Nie Er came to Japan to avoid being hunted by the Japanese. In Japan, Nie Er saw the militarists sharpening their knives and clamoring for "expanding interests in China." This inspired Nie Er to create inspiration, and he quickly completed the final version of the song "March of the Volunteers", which is now National anthem.

Therefore, Nie Er and the national anthem became connected because of Tian Han.