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The song describes the guerrilla (i.e. the Chinese resistance) fighters in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was written and composed by He Lüting (贺绿汀) in 1937. The melody has some similarities to "The British Grenadiers" (but it is not known if this song has had any direct influence on its melody). [citation needed]
The song became extremely popular among both the Chinese Communist Party and the Nationalists, and quickly rose to prominence among the Chinese Diaspora. Today, the Great Wall Ballad is one of the most popular Chinese patriotic songs in both Taiwan and Mainland China, largely due to its apolitical lyrics and folk-style melody.
The song was written by Zhao Qihai and composed by Xing Xinghai in September 1938. During the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, Qihai was a student at Beijing Normal University, and, alongside a number of other progressives and students, founded the Peiping Students' Exile Theatre Group to produce anti-Japanese music and propaganda.
This is a list of the best-selling albums in China. As of 2023, China was the world's 5th largest music market , an increase from being 14th in 2015 and 27th in 2005. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The Anti-Communist and Anti-Russian Aggression Song (Chinese: 反共抗俄歌; Wade–Giles: fan 3 kung 4 kʻang 4 o 2 ko 1; lit. 'anti-communist and resistance to Russians song'), also known as Fighting Communism and Rebuilding the Nation (Chinese: 反共復國歌; Wade–Giles: fan 3 kung 4 fu 4 kuo 2 ko 1; lit. 'anti-communist and national restoration song') is a Chinese anti-communist and ...
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By 1939, Li had already produced a number of popular anti-Japanese songs, such as 'Our Iron Cavalry', 'Two Little Cows Singing', and 'The Five Champions of Langya Mountain'. [1] By 1945, Li had become the President of the Yan'an People's Drama Society, and became responsible for much of the propaganda dissemination over Northwestern China.
Under Article 9, willful alteration of the music or lyrics is criminally punishable by imprisonment of up to two years or up to 360 day-fines [37] [38] and, although both Chinese and Portuguese are official languages of the region, the provided sheet music has its lyrics only in Chinese. Mainland China has also passed a similar law in 2017. [39]