"Poland Is Not Yet Lost",also known as the "Dąbrowski's Mazurka",and the "Song of the Polish Legions in Italy",is the national anthem of Poland.
"La Marseillaise" is the national anthem of France. The song was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg after the declaration of war by France against Austria,and was originally titled "Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin".
The "March of the Volunteers",originally titled the "March of the Anti-Manchukuo Counter-Japan Volunteers",has been the official national anthem of the People's Republic of China since 1978. Unlike previous Chinese state anthems,it was written entirely in vernacular Chinese,rather than in Classical Chinese.
The "National Anthem of the Republic of China",also known by its incipit "Three Principles of the People",is the national anthem of the Republic of China. It was adopted in 1930 as the national anthem and was used as such in mainland China until 1949,when the Republic of China central government relocated to Taiwan following its defeat by the Chinese Communist Party in the Chinese Civil War. It replaced the "Song to the Auspicious Cloud",which had been used as the Chinese national anthem before. The national anthem was adopted in Taiwan on October 25,1945 after the surrender of Imperial Japan. Mainland China,being governed by the People's Republic of China today,discontinued this national anthem for "March of the Volunteers".
Tian Han,formerly romanized as T'ien Han,was a Chinese drama activist,playwright,a leader of revolutionary music and films,as well as a translator and poet. He emerged at the time of the New Culture Movement of the early 20th century and continued to be active until the Cultural Revolution,when he was denounced and jailed for two years until his death,before being "posthumously rehabilitated" by the Chinese authorities in 1979. He is considered by drama historians as one of the three founders of Chinese spoken drama,together with Ouyang Yuqian and Hong Shen. His most famous legacy may be the lyrics he wrote for "March of the Volunteers" in 1934,which were later adopted as the national anthem of the People's Republic of China.
"The East Is Red" is a Chinese Communist Party revolutionary song that was the de facto national anthem of the People's Republic of China during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. The lyrics of the song were attributed to Li Youyuan (李有源),a farmer from Shaanbei,and the melody was derived from a local peasant love song from the Loess Plateau entitled "Bai Ma Diao" 《白马调》,also known as "Zhima You" 《芝麻油》,which was widely circulated in the area around Yan'an in the 1930s. The farmer allegedly got his inspiration upon seeing the rising sun in the morning of a sunny day.
Center Stage,also known as Actress and Yuen Ling-yuk,is a 1991 Hong Kong biographical drama film directed by Stanley Kwan. It follows the life and career of silent film actress Ruan Lingyu (1910–1935),portrayed by Maggie Cheung.
Nie Er,born Nie Shouxin,courtesy name Ziyi,was a Chinese composer best known for "March of the Volunteers",the national anthem of People's Republic of China. In numerous Shanghai magazines,he went by the English name George Njal,after a character in Njal's Saga.
Children of Troubled Times,also known as Fēngyún Érnǚ,Scenes of City Life,Children of the Storm,and several other translations,is a patriotic 1935 Chinese film most famous as the origin of "The March of the Volunteers",the national anthem of the People's Republic of China. The movie was directed by Xu Xingzhi and written by Tian Han and Xia Yan. Yuan Muzhi plays an intellectual who flees the trouble in Shanghai to pursue the glamorous Wang Renmei only to join the Chinese resistance after the death of his friend.
Yuan Muzhi was an actor and director from the Republic of China and later of the People's Republic of China.
Edyta Anna Górniak is a Polish pop singer. Górniak started as a musical theatre actress in 1990. She performed in the most popular musical in Polish history,the Tony Award-nominated Metro. Some of its shows took place on Broadway. Górniak was Poland's first representative in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994 with the song "To nie ja". She placed second which still remains the country's best result at the competition. This started her decades-long career as a pop singer in her native country and internationally. She is the recipient of the Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture –Gloria Artis for her contributions to the arts.
Xian Xinghai or Sinn Sing Hoi was a Chinese composer. He was among the first composers in his country to draw on western classical music and has influenced many later Chinese musicians. Xian composed in all the major musical forms,and is best known for the Yellow River Cantata upon which the Yellow River Concerto for piano and orchestra is based.
The Yellow River Piano Concerto is a piano concerto arranged by a collaboration between Chinese composers,including Yin Chengzong and Chu Wanghua,and based on the Yellow River Cantata by composer Xian Xinghai. It was originally directed by Jiang Qing,wife of Chairman Mao,and since its highly acclaimed premiere in 1970 during the Cultural Revolution the Concerto has become popular in China and around the globe. It is noted for its revolutionary theme that integrates a classic post-romantic music structure with passion,beauty and power,along with highly skilled solo phases. The piano concerto is meant to represent the very fighting spirit of Chinese people and the determination of a new-born nation,in the context of a long,vividly struggling history of the Yellow River.
The Military Anthem of the People's Liberation Army,also known as the March of the Chinese People's Liberation Army,is a patriotic song of the People's Republic of China. The song was written by Zhang Yongnian and composed by Zheng Lücheng.
The 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium,also known as the Bird's Nest. It was directed by Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou and began at 20:00 China Standard Time (UTC+8) on Sunday night,24 August 2008. The number 8 is associated with prosperity and confidence in Chinese culture.
The 2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium on September 6,2008 just two weeks after the end of the 2008 Summer Olympics. The event was themed "One World,One Dream" and "Transcendence,Integration,Equality." The show was attended by about 91,000 to 100,000 spectators. It was approximately 3-hours in length and consisted of 6,000 performers and 4,000 disabled athletes from 148 countries.
The National Anthem or Guoge is a 1999 Chinese historical drama centered on the composition of "The March of the Volunteers",the theme song to the 1935 drama Children of Troubled Times which was later adopted as the national anthem of the People's Republic of China. The lyrics were composed by poet and playwright Tian Han and set to music by the composer Nie Er. The film is noteworthy for being told from the point of view of Tian,who fell from favor during the Cultural Revolution before being posthumously rehabilitated in the late 1970s. The movie was released to coïncide with the 50th anniversary of the PRC's founding.
Zhong Chenle,known mononymously as Chenle,is a Chinese singer and actor based in South Korea. Zhong began his career as a child singer,having performed in various concerts and television shows in China and abroad. At age nine,he became the youngest singer to be invited to perform solo at the Golden Hall of Vienna. Through his solo career,Zhong has release three albums and hosted one concert in China. At the age of fourteen,Zhong signed with South Korean entertainment company SM and subsequently moved to South Korea in 2016 to debut as a member of the South Korean boy band NCT through sub-unit NCT Dream,which went on to become one of the best-selling boy bands in South Korea.
The founding of the People's Republic of China was formally proclaimed by Mao Zedong,the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),on October 1,1949,in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The government of a new state under the CCP,formally called the Central People's Government,was proclaimed by Mao at the founding ceremony.
Denmark is one of only two countries in the world—the other being New Zealand—with two official national anthems of equal status. Officially,Kong Christian stod ved højen mast is both a national and a royal anthem;it has equal status with Der er et yndigt land,which is treated as the civil national anthem. At sports events and other civil events,Der er et yndigt land is the one played.
