The East Is Red
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"The East Is Red" (Template:Zh-cp) is a song that was the de facto anthem of the People's Republic of China during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. During this period, Tien Han, the author of the official anthem "The March of the Volunteers," was imprisoned, and so that song was not used. It is also a musical promoting socialism and Communism, especially Maoism. The tune comes from the classical 'Yellow River Cantata', which itself was derived from traditional Northern Chinese folk music.
Because of its associations with the Cultural Revolution, the song has been rarely heard after the rise of Deng Xiaoping in the late 1970s. Today in China the song is considered a somewhat unseemly reminder of the cult of personality associated with Mao and has largely been replaced by the March of the Volunteers which mentions neither the Communist Party or Mao.
It is also the name of a series of Chinese satellites. China's first satellite, Dong Fang Hong I consisted of a transmitter broadcasting this song.
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Chinese lyrics
- 东方红，太阳升，
- 中国出了个毛泽东。
- 他为人民谋幸福，
- 呼尔嗨哟，他是人民大救星！
- 毛主席，爱人民，
- 他是我们的带路人，
- 为了建设新中国，
- 呼尔嗨哟，领导我们向前进！
- 共产党，像太阳，
- 照到哪里哪里亮。
- 哪里有了共产党，
- 呼尔嗨哟，哪里人民得解放！
Hanyu Pinyin
- Dōngfāng hóng, tàiyáng shēng,
- Zhōngguó chū liǎo ge Máo Zédōng,
- Tā wèi rénmín móu xìngfú,
- Hū ěr hei yo, tā shì rénmín dà jiù xīng!
- Máo zhǔxí ài rénmín,
- Tā shì wǒmén dǐ dài lù rén
- Wèi liǎo jiànshè xīn Zhōngguó,
- Hū ěr hei yo, lǐngdǎo wǒmén xiàng qiánjìn!
- Gòngchǎndǎng xiàng tàiyáng,
- Zhào dào nǎlǐ nǎlǐ liàng,
- Nǎlǐ yǒu liao Gòngchǎndǎng,
- Hū ěr hei yo, nǎlǐ rénmín dé jiěfàng!
English translation
- The East is red, the sun has risen,
- China has made a Mao Zedong.
- He creates fortune for the people,
- Hu er hei yo, he's the savior of them all!
- Chairman Mao loves the people,
- He is our guiding leader,
- For developing a New China,
- Hu er hei yo, leading towards progress!
- The Communist Party is like the sun,
- It brightens up everything it shines.
- Where there is the Communist Party,
- Hu er hei yo, people are liberated!
Note: "Hu er hei yo" has no meaning, but is merely a form of cheering similar to hurrah.
External links
- Morning Sun (http://www.morningsun.org/east/)
- Another recording of the song (http://www.mzdlib.com/yyxs/music/001.wma) from [1] (http://www.mzdlib.com/yyxs/index.htm)ms:Timur adalah Merah