1868 In the early Meiji era, Japan's development accelerated and began to modernize, but there was no such thing as "national anthem". 1869 There was a British military orchestra teacher working in Japan. Then he heard that there was no national anthem in Japan and decided to compose music for Japan, but he needed to provide lyrics. Finally, the traditional scales of Japanese court music are used.
The meaning of the Japanese national anthem The name of the Japanese national anthem is Dai Jun. From the name of the national anthem, we can see the sacred position of the emperor in Japan, as well as the national character and political system characteristics of Japan.
But when Japan entered a modern country, the concept of "national anthem" did not exist. Later, a British teacher who worked in the Japanese Military Orchestra learned that there was no national anthem in Japan, so he told the members of the orchestra the meaning of "national anthem" and offered to compose music for it, so that Japan had an national anthem from then on. To this end, Japan also invited an army general, Marshal, to write a poem. After the national anthem was made, it was played in the palace for the first time on the emperor's birthday.
The Chinese translation of "Dai Jun" is like this: "My Mikado system has been handed down from one thousand generations to eight thousand generations" refers to the Japanese Mikado system, which has been passed down to this day. The emperor is the symbol and symbol of the country, even equivalent to "Japan"; "Until the small stone becomes a boulder, until the boulder grows moss", which shows that Japan has gradually become stronger from a small country, and more ambitious countries will remain strong forever in the future.
The Japanese national anthem has only 28 words. The birth of the Japanese national anthem is indeed a bit dramatic, but the content is too short, only 28 words. So what does it mean to translate the Japanese national anthem into Chinese? After the 28-character Japanese national anthem is translated into Chinese, it still looks like China's seven-character quatrains. The contents of the Japanese national anthem are as follows.
Japan's national anthem "Junzhidai" has been handed down from the royal family for thousands of generations, and it has been handed down to 8,000 generations, until the small stone becomes a giant rock, and the giant rock grows moss.
The Japanese national anthem means that the rule of the Japanese emperor has been passed down from one thousand generations to eight thousand generations. Small stones will also become giant rocks, and moss will grow on the giant rocks. The subtext is that the Japanese emperor will continue to inherit and rule Japan forever.
The ambition hidden in this sentence is a bit like Qin Shihuang in China. At that time, Qin Shihuang also hoped that the dynasty he created could be handed down from generation to generation, until Qian Qian. Nothing is eternal in this world, but since Japan hides such ambition in its national anthem, it does have some styles like theirs.
In addition to the magic of the national anthem, Japan's national flag is also very memorable. The national flag of Japan is very simple. The center of the white background is a red circle, representing the red sun. Because Japan thinks that the emperor is the descendant of the sun god, they respect it very much, so later in 1870, this flag was changed from the emperor flag to the Japanese navy flag, and it didn't officially become the national flag until 1999.