The Military Anthem of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (Chinese: 中国人民解放军军歌; pinyin: Zhōng Guó Rén Mín Jiě Fàng Jūn Jūn Gē), also known as the March of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (simplified Chinese: 中国人民解放军进行曲; traditional Chinese: 中國人民解放軍進行曲; pinyin: Zhōng Guó Rén Mín Jiě Fàng Jìn Xíng Qǔ) , is a patriotic song of the People's Republic of China. The song was written by Gong Mu (公木, real name Zhang Yongnian 张永年) and composed by Zheng Lücheng (郑律成, 정률성).
The song's former name was March of the Eighth Route Army (simplified Chinese: 八路军进行曲; traditional Chinese: zh; pinyin: Bā Lù Jūn Jìn Xíng Qǔ), and was one of the six songs in the Chorus of Eighth Route Army (simplified Chinese: 八路军大合唱; traditional Chinese: 八路軍大合唱; pinyin: Bā Lù Jūn Dà Hé Chàng), all of which had Gong Mu as song writer and Zheng Lücheng as the composer. The song became known as the "March of the Liberation Army" (simplified Chinese: 解放军进行曲; traditional Chinese: 解放軍進行曲; pinyin: Jiě Fàng Jūn Jìn Xíng Qǔ) during the second Chinese Civil War. The lyrics were re-edited by the General Political Department in 1951 and the song renamed to March of the Chinese PLA in 1965.
On July 25, 1988, the Central Military Commission decided to use the song as the official anthem of the People's Liberation Army.
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向前！向前！向前！ 我们的队伍向太阳， 我们是工农的子弟， 听！风在呼啸军号响， 同志们整齐步伐奔向解放的战场， |
向前！向前！向前！ 我們的隊伍向太陽， 我們是工農的子弟， 聽！風在呼嘯軍號響， 同志們整齊步伐奔向解放的戰場， |
Xiàng qián! xiàng qián! xiàng qián! Wǒmen de duì wǔ xiàng tài yáng, Wǒmen shì gōng nóng de zǐ dì， Tīng! fēng zài hū xiào jūn háo xiǎng, Tóngzhìmen zhěng qí bù fá bēn xiàng jiě fàng de zhàn chǎng, |
Forward! Forward! Forward! Our troops are facing towards the Sun, We are the sons and brothers of workers and peasants, Listen! The wind is roaring and the bugle is blowing; Comrades are striding forward in unison to the battlefields of liberation; |
A variant form of the song called Parade March of the PLA (Chinese: 分列式进行曲) is used as the main theme of the Chinese National Day military parade. From 1949 onwards, this has been the march past tune of the PLA in every PRC National Day Parade ever since.