The March of Athletes was written in 197 1, and was jointly completed by three musicians, namely Wu Guangrui, Jia Shuang and Li, who were working in the Military Orchestra of China People's Liberation Army.
Lyrics:
The first edition of lyrics:
Our flag is flying in the wind,
How magnificent our steps are,
Side by side, arm in arm, walk forward,
Contribute to the national spirit.
Like Shan Ying spreading his wings and flying,
Like an irresistible trend,
Work hard, not afraid of difficulties and obstacles,
We play on the playground;
Like a petrel in a thunderstorm,
Like a dragon fighting the wind and waves,
Athletes should be in the world sports world,
Constantly win glory for our country.
For the friendship of the five continents,
For the ideal of all mankind,
In order to carry forward the Olympic spirit,
Strive for faster, higher and stronger.
Our flag is flying in the wind,
How magnificent our steps are,
Side by side, arm in arm, walk forward,
Rush out of Asia, go to the world and win glory for our country.
Lyrics second edition:
We spread our wings like Shan Ying.
We are like petrels braving the wind and waves.
We are like an irresistible trend.
Rush out of Asia, March into the century and win glory for our country.
We spread our wings like Shan Ying.
We are like petrels braving the wind and waves.
We are like an irresistible trend.
Rush out of Asia, March into the century and win glory for our country.
For the friendship of five continents.
For the ideal of all mankind
In order to promote the Olympic spirit
We play on the playground.
For the friendship of five continents.
For the ideal of all mankind
In order to promote the Olympic spirit
We play on the playground.
We spread our wings like Shan Ying.
We are like petrels braving the wind and waves.
We are like an irresistible trend.
Rush out of Asia, March into the century and win glory for our country.
For the friendship of five continents.
For the ideal of all mankind
In order to promote the Olympic spirit
We play on the playground.
We spread our wings like Shan Ying.
We are like petrels braving the wind and waves.
We are like an irresistible trend.
Rush out of Asia into the century and win glory for our country!
Extended data:
197 1 year, in order to welcome the Asian table tennis friendly invitational tournament held in Beijing, the relevant departments requested the Military Orchestra of the China People's Liberation Army to compose a March for the athletes. A few days later, seven or eight comrades wrote a melody score of "March of Athletes" respectively.
After some comments, everyone agrees that the theme written by amateur composer Wu Guangrui is better, but it needs further processing. Alliance leaders decided to send professional creators Jia Shuang and Wu Guangrui to accomplish this glorious task together.
In order to write the Athletes' March, Wu Guangrui talked with athletes many times, watched their sports competitions, read relevant sports materials and listened to some famous marches at home and abroad repeatedly.
In the gymnasium, when the athletes entered the stadium heroically, Wu Guangrui personally played and sang this piece, asking the athletes to follow the beat of the music. Through the efforts of Wu Guangrui and other comrades, this heroic "March of Athletes" was finally born.
Reference: March of Athletes _ Baidu Encyclopedia