Military Anthem of the Eighth Route Army
The Military Anthem of the Eighth Route Army (simplified Chinese: 八路军军歌; traditional Chinese: 八路軍軍歌; pinyin: Bālùjūn Jūngē) is a patriotic song of the People's Republic of China.[1][2] Since the Eighth Route Army was a special route army within the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China, it also can be considered as a patriotic song of the Republic of China. This song is one of the six songs comprising The Grand Chorus of the Eighth Route Army, with all words by Gong Mu, and music by Zheng Lücheng.
Lyrics
Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English Translation |
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铁流两万五千里,直向着一个坚定的方向, |
鐵流兩萬五千里,直向著一個堅定的方向, |
Tiěliú liǎngwàn wǔqiān lǐ, zhí xiàngzhe yī gè jiāndìng de fāngxiàng, |
We march 25000 li in a firm destination. |
References
- ^ Zhu, Ying (1 October 2020). "Travel Down Memory Lane: Nostalgia and Nostophobia in Youth (2017)". Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Film and Media Studies. 18 (1): 9–26. doi:10.2478/ausfm-2020-0001. ISSN 2066-7779. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ Fromm, Martin T. (July 2023). "'Great Northern Wilderness'-style environmentalism: Nature preservation and the legacies of Mao-era land reclamation in China's northeast borderland". Modern Asian Studies. 57 (4): 1198–1218. doi:10.1017/S0026749X22000543. ISSN 0026-749X. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
External links
- 1963 music video of the song with Chinese/English subtitles
- A modern rendition of the military anthem
- Orchestral and Choral MP3 Audio from PLA Daily