HOURS OF REVOLUTIONARY FERVOUR

If you've walked through Chinatown lately, you've heard the tune, albeit in a canned version on permanent repeat. It was played for several hours in the Northern Metropolis early this September during the seventieth anniversary of the victory against Japanese aggression.
It's the default parade march.

The tune is The Military Anthem of the People's Liberation Army.

[You will find the lyrics here: 維基百科 -- 歌詞].



中國人民解放軍軍歌
Here's a fairly decent and normal version

LOVELY BIG EQUIPMENT!


[SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or_jSV-MdkE.]



中國人民解放軍女性兵士
This version features the stalwart legs of thousands of otherwise dreadfully rectilinear military women.

LADIES, PLEASE!


[SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWCYYBRMUg.]

As the son of a woman who served in the United States Navy ('Waves') during both World War Two and the Korean War, I appreciate this on a different level entirely.

I like it.



東方紅: 中國人民解放軍進行曲
Now, for a trip back in time, the same song from The East Is Red, which is the beloved revolutionary opera filmed in 1965.

PONCY PONCY PONCY!


[SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31FSj7RuqGU.]

I never did like that opera, possibly because I am just not a fan of modern art. This performance is silly, and too much like 'An American In Paris'.
Sorry, other than making me giggle, it doesn't work for me.
Probably wouldn't even if I dropped acid.
But I shan't experiment.




The Military Anthem was originally popularized as the March of the Eighth Route Army (八路军进行曲), written in 1939.

The video version of the parade in September is a hot item, but altogether not nearly as exciting as its producers wish to think.
Speech, speech, speech, and then images of multiple military units marching perfectly, in a sequence that rather goes on and on.
Did I already mention I don't like modern art?




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