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PLA flag during Nixon's visit to China. The flag of the Chinese People's Liberation Army is the war flag of the People's Liberation Army; the layout of the flag has a golden star at the top left corner and two Chinese characters "八一" to the right of the star, placed on a red field.
The March of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was adopted as the military anthem by the Central Military Commission on 25 July 1988. [259] The lyrics of the anthem were written by composer Gong Mu (real name: Zhang Yongnian; Chinese: 张永年) and the music was composed by Korea-born Chinese composer Zheng Lücheng. [260] [261]
Description: PRC roundel (symbol/emblem) — red star with yellow fimbriation and the "八 8"–"一 1" PLA emblem inside the star. (This refers to the date 1 August: the People's Liberation Army was founded on 1 August 1927 during the Nanchang uprising.)
Fiona originates from the Gaelic word fionn, [1] meaning white or fair, being a Romantic Era Latinised form; or an Anglicisation of the Irish name Fíona (Scotland Fìona) meaning 'of wine', being the genitive of fíon (Scotland fìon) 'wine', from which is also derived the terms (Irish) fíniúin, (Irish, Scottish) crann fíona (crann 'tree'), and (Scottish) craobhfhìona (craobh 'tree, bush ...
[a] The official military rank names in Traditional Chinese are identical across all different military branches, but their English translations may be different. Commissioned officer ranks [ edit ]
[1] [2] Chinese symbols often have auspicious meanings associated to them, such as good fortune, happiness, and also represent what would be considered as human virtues, such as filial piety, loyalty, and wisdom, [1] and can even convey the desires or wishes of the Chinese people to experience the good things in life. [2]
The People's Liberation Army in China has five rank schemes among different military branches, including Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, Rocket Force, Strategic Support Force.The Surface Force, Submarine Force, Coastal Defense Force, Marine Corps and Naval Air Force, although being a part of the Navy, maintains a different insignia to other naval fleet personnel.
The term niru means "arrow" in the Manchu language, and was originally the Manchu name for a hunting party, which would be armed with bows and arrows. 15 companies (4,500 men) made up one jalan (Chinese: 參領; pinyin: cānlǐng; Mongolian: Заланг). 4 jalan constituted a gūsa (banner, Chinese: 旗; pinyin: qí, Mongolian: Хошуу ...