March of the Volunteers.

In August p>1984, Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China issued the Interim Measures on Singing the National Anthem of the People's Republic of China, which stipulated that the national anthem could be played at important celebrations or political public gatherings, and in cases of struggle to safeguard the dignity of the motherland.

According to the National Anthem Law, the occasions where the national anthem should be played include: the opening and closing of meetings of the National People's Congress and local people's congresses at various levels; Opening and closing of meetings of the National Committee of China People's Political Consultative Conference and local committees at all levels.

congresses of political parties and people's organizations at all levels; Constitutional oath ceremony; Flag raising ceremony; Major celebrations, commendations and commemorative ceremonies held or organized by organs at all levels; National public sacrifice ceremony; Major diplomatic activities; Major sports events; Other occasions when the national anthem should be played.

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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.

The beginning of the song is a prelude to the six-bar March. It has a sonorous rhythm and a bright and majestic melody, among which the wonderful use of triplets enhances the fighting atmosphere of the song. Although the prelude is short, it contains the foundation of the emotional and melody development of the whole song. The songs are interlocking and advancing layer by layer. This process runs through the whole song, and it is repeated many times at the end of the song, which gives people a sense of firmness and unstoppable.

According to the characteristics of clause in lyrics, Nie Er treated this song as a free-form structure formed by six phrases with different lengths. Although the melody and structure of each phrase are different, they are closely connected and develop naturally, and they are ups and downs and integrated when singing.