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March of the Volunteers
'''"The March of the Volunteers"''' ([[Simplified Chinese]]: &#20041;&#21191;&#20891;&#36827;&#34892;&#26354;, [[pinyin]]: Y&igrave;y&#466;ngj&#363;n J&igrave;nx&iacute;ngq&#468;) is the [[national anthem]] of the [[People's Republic of China]], written in the midst of the [[Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)]] by the noted poet and playwright [[Tian Han]] (&#30000;&#27721;) with music composed by [[Nie Er]] (&am(contracted; show full)

== Cultural Revolution and later history ==

During the [[Cultural Revolution]], Tian Han was imprisoned, and the March of the Volunteers was therefore forbidden to be ''sung''; as a result there was a period of time when [[The East is Red]] was used as the unofficial national anthem. 

The March of the Volunteers was restored by the [[National People's Congress]] in 1978, but with different lyrics; however, these new lyrics were never very popular and even caused confusion
 [http://www.gongfa.com/liudashengguojiabiaozhigaige.htm].  On December 4, 1982, the National People's Congress resolved to restore the original 1935 version by Tian Han as the official national anthem.  Significantly the current lyrics do not mention either the [[Communist Party of China]] nor [[Mao Zedong]] and the reversion of the lyrics was symbolic of the downfall of [[Hua Guofeng]] and the [[cult of personality]] of Mao and the asendancy of [[Deng Xiaoping]].

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