Which anthem sounds more beautiful? San Min Zhu Yi vs. March of Volunteers
#1
Posted 21 May 2005 - 02:38 PM
Which anthem do you think sounds more beautiful?
In my honest opinion, I think San Min Zhu Yi sounds more grand, sweeping, and sentimental. March of the Volunteers sounds too rough and abrupt, and resembles more like a child trumpet song.
The words of San Min Zhu Yi were spoken by Dr Sun Yat-sen to cadets at the opening ceremony of the Whampoa academy.
In my honest opinion, I think San Min Zhu Yi sounds more grand, sweeping, and sentimental. March of the Volunteers sounds too rough and abrupt, and resembles more like a child trumpet song.
The words of San Min Zhu Yi were spoken by Dr Sun Yat-sen to cadets at the opening ceremony of the Whampoa academy.
#3
Posted 21 May 2005 - 05:32 PM
March of the Volunteers is a powerful song for a powerful country. San Min Zu Yi is elegant, and speaks for itself.
I like March of the Volunteers because the song itself has a lot of meaning. Unite and repel foreign Aggression and Invasion, and rebuild China.
I like March of the Volunteers because the song itself has a lot of meaning. Unite and repel foreign Aggression and Invasion, and rebuild China.
葉兆峰
andrew.yip@us.army.mil
John 3:16
#6
Posted 22 May 2005 - 08:11 AM
I have to say... the best anthems I've heard are "O Canada" and "Lupang Hinirang"
Oh man, I love Lupang Hinirang.... It's so cheerful.
(for those who doesn't know... Lupang Hinirang is the anthem of the Islands of Philippines)
Oh man, I love Lupang Hinirang.... It's so cheerful.
(for those who doesn't know... Lupang Hinirang is the anthem of the Islands of Philippines)
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#9
Posted 22 May 2005 - 12:28 PM
I like March of the Volunteers, but I think it would sound much better if it were slowed down to make it more stately. Like The Star-spangled Banner, it was written in a time of war to rally a demoralised people. Thus although one can no longer say that "the Chinese people have come to their time of greatest danger", it does have a certain timeless resonance about the role of crisis in the shaping of a national identity.
The dead have passed beyond our power to honour or dishonour them, but not beyond our ability to try and understand.
#10
Posted 23 May 2005 - 01:34 AM
I like March of the Volunteers too. forceful and emotional. the russian
anthem is pretty cool too, sounds very grand. me like. singapore's majulah ok lah, but i think its more schoolboy nolstagia than anything. the american one starts out quite well.
the oz anthem on the other hand...ermmm
anthem is pretty cool too, sounds very grand. me like. singapore's majulah ok lah, but i think its more schoolboy nolstagia than anything. the american one starts out quite well.
the oz anthem on the other hand...ermmm
#12
Posted 24 May 2005 - 06:16 PM
The 4 best anthems (For simply sound) in no particular order.
1. Romania's
2. Mongolia's
3. Israel's
4. Turkey's
1. Romania's
2. Mongolia's
3. Israel's
4. Turkey's
"Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today." -Malcolm X
#14
Posted 26 May 2005 - 03:00 PM
Greatest anthems in the world in descending order:
1) Ukraine HANDS DOWN
2) Soviet Union
3) Hungary
4) Israel
5) Qing Empire (Gong Jinou)
6) L'internationale
7) France les Marseillais
8) Deutschland Uber Alles
9) Kim Il Sung Janggu e Norae (not a national anthem, but a toe tapping piece). It's better than L'internationale but since it's not a national anthem, I put it here
10) If Taiwan were a nation, it's anthem would better be a folk song. I nominate the folke tune "Su Siang Khi" (I recall)
I was gonna say Turkey but NAH, the "Istiklal Marsi" doesn't sound Turkish, but SLAVIC. The Turks could do way better.
1) Ukraine HANDS DOWN
2) Soviet Union
3) Hungary
4) Israel
5) Qing Empire (Gong Jinou)
6) L'internationale
7) France les Marseillais
8) Deutschland Uber Alles
9) Kim Il Sung Janggu e Norae (not a national anthem, but a toe tapping piece). It's better than L'internationale but since it's not a national anthem, I put it here
10) If Taiwan were a nation, it's anthem would better be a folk song. I nominate the folke tune "Su Siang Khi" (I recall)
I was gonna say Turkey but NAH, the "Istiklal Marsi" doesn't sound Turkish, but SLAVIC. The Turks could do way better.




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