800 Heroes Song | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 八百壯士歌 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 八百壮士歌 | ||||||||
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China Will Not Perish | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 中國不會亡 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 中国不会亡 | ||||||||
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The 800 Heroes Song,also known by the title "China Will Not Perish",is a Chinese patriotic song from the Second Sino-Japanese War. The song was written to commemorate the heroic efforts of the lone battalion of the National Revolutionary Army in the Defense of Sihang Warehouse during the final stage of the Battle of Shanghai (1937). [1]
After winning the war of resistance against Japan and knowing China was certainly not going to perish,the Kuomintang government changed the title and lyrics to "China Shall be Strong" (traditional Chinese :中國一定強; simplified Chinese :中国一定强; pinyin :ZhōngguóYídìng Qiáng; Wade–Giles :Chung1-kuo2 I2-ting4 Ch'iang2).
Simplified Chinese | Traditional Chinese | Pinyin | English Translation |
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中国不会亡,中国不会亡, | 中國不會亡,中國不會亡, | Zhōngguóbùhuìwáng,Zhōngguóbùhuìwáng, | China will not die,China will not die, |
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