The origin of Chinese national anthem

National Anthem of the People's Republic of China, whose original name was March of the Volunteers, was composed by Tian Han and Nie Er.

Tian Han (1898 ~ 1968) is a playwright and poet in China. The founder of China's modern drama. Formerly known as Shou Chang. People from Changsha, Hunan. Born on1March, 898 12, and died on1February, 968 10.

From a poor family, he studied in Changsha Normal University in 19 12, was admitted to Tokyo Normal University in 19 16, and joined Li Dazhao's Tokyo Youth China Society in19/9, and began to publish poems and comments. /kloc-in 0/920, he created the drama "Washing Clothes and Roses" and "Night in Cafe". 192 1 established an association with Guo Moruo and other organizations to advocate new literature. 1922 returned to China and was employed by the editorial department of Zhonghua Book Company in Shanghai. 1924 founded Southland Bimonthly with his wife Yi Shuyu. Published a one-act drama "Tiger Catching Night". Since then, he has taught in Changsha No.1 Normal University, Shanghai University and Daxia University. 1926, South China Film and Drama Club was established in Shanghai, Tang Huaiqiu. /kloc-in the autumn of 0/927, he served as the head and principal of the literature department of Shanghai Art Institute, and wrote the plays Suzhou Nighttalk and Death of a Famous Brand. At the end of the year, Zhou, Zhou and others held the "Fish Dragon Club" performance, which had a wide impact. 1928 founded South China Art College with Xu Beihong and Ou Yangyuqian, and established South China Society in the autumn of the same year, which promoted the new drama movement with arrogant spirit, performed in Nanjing, Hangzhou and Guangzhou for many times, and edited South China Monthly. He has published plays such as Voice of the Ancient Pond and Return to the South, as well as a series of articles on drama movement. From the winter of 1929, he took an active part in political activities while engaging in literary and artistic activities. 1March, 930, as one of the founders, he attended the inaugural meeting of the Chinese Left-wing Writers' Union and was elected as one of the seven executive members. Later, he joined the China Freedom Movement League. In June of the same year, Nanguo Society was closed down, and the League of Left-wing Dramatists was reorganized into the League of Left-wing Dramatists. Tian Han is one of the initiators and organizers. 1932 joined the China * * * production party, participated in the party's leadership over literature and art, and entered the film position with Xia Yan. Yihua, Lianhua and other film companies wrote progressive film literature scripts such as Modern Three Women, March of Youth, and Children of the Storm, which made film literature have a new look from thought to art. 1935 Yu 1937 After the July 7th Incident, he created a five-act drama "Lugou Bridge" and held a performance by Laojun ... In August, he went to Shanghai to participate in the work of saving the country through culture. After the fall of Shanghai, he went to Changsha and Wuhan to engage in the anti-Japanese United front work in the theater. In 65438+February, the All-China Theatre Anti-Enemy Association was established, and Tian Han was one of the organizers. At the beginning of 1938, he edited and published the semi-monthly Anti-Japanese War Drama with Ma and others, and then went to Changsha to organize the Anti-Japanese War Daily. 1Feb. 938 went to Wuhan to attend the Third Hall of the Political Department of the Military Commission of the National Government, in charge of art propaganda. Together with Hong Shen, he formed 10 anti-Japanese drama teams, 4 anti-Japanese propaganda teams and a children's drama group. 1940, he went to Chongqing, and together with Ou Yangyuqian, he founded the drama Chunqiu. Later, he went to Guilin to lead the formation of New China Drama Club and folk anti-Japanese drama clubs such as Peking Opera and xiang opera. 1in the spring of 944, Ou Yangyuqian and others hosted the first drama exhibition in southwest China in Guilin, which played a driving role in strengthening the unity of the drama team and persisting in the progressive drama movement. After 1949, Tian Han served as the director of the Opera Improvement Bureau and the Art Bureau of the Ministry of Culture. Persecuted to death during the Cultural Revolution,/kloc-0 was rehabilitated in April, 1979, and a grand memorial service was held in Beijing.

Tian Han was engaged in literature and art all his life, and wrote more than 60 plays and operas, more than 20 movie scripts, 24 opera scripts, nearly 2,000 lyrics and new and old poems. Among them, March of the Volunteers was composed by Nie Er as the national anthem of the people of China. Representative plays include Night of Tiger Catching, Death of a Famous Officer, chaos clock, Song of Rejuvenation, Two Ways, Guan Hanqing, Princess Wencheng, and adapted plays such as The Legend of the White Snake and Xie Yaohuan.

Nie Er (19 12 ~ 1935) is a musician in China. Originally from Yuxi, Yunnan. 1912193517 was born in Kunming on July 7th, and drowned in Fujisawa Sinisterra Beach. When I was a teenager, I studied flute, erhu and other musical instruments, and participated in student music group activities. From 65438 to 0927, he entered Yunnan No.1 Normal School and began to learn violin. 193 1 joined yue mingge and dance drama club hosted by Li Jinhui as a violinist. During the period, I also taught myself the theory of composition, such as harmony acoustics and composition methods. After 1932, he participated in left-wing literary and artistic activities in Peiping and Shanghai, and 1933 began to compose music for left-wing films and dramas. 65438-0934, worked in EMI Records Company and Music Department of Lianhua Film Company successively. 1935 went to Japan in April and died soon. In less than two years, he composed 37 songs, most of which profoundly reflected the thoughts and feelings of working people at that time and accurately shaped the musical images of working people such as workers, singers and newsboys. In the anti-Japanese national salvation movement, Nie Er's songs had a wide and far-reaching influence. His representative works include March of the Volunteers, Song of the Road, Docker, New Woman, Graduation Song, Song of Flying Flowers, Song of a Girl under the Iron Shoes, Newspaper Selling Song and Mei Niang Song. His music creation has a distinct sense of the times, serious ideology, high national spirit and outstanding artistic creativity. His music creation pointed out the direction and set an example for the development of proletarian revolutionary music in China.