{"id":14869,"date":"2019-09-25T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T14:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=14869"},"modified":"2019-09-23T16:32:33","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T20:32:33","slug":"china-turns-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/china-turns-70\/","title":{"rendered":"China Turns 70"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>October 1st is a very special day in China this year. Not only is it the country&#8217;s <strong>National Day<\/strong> (\u56fd\u5e86\u8282 &#8211; gu\u00f3 q\u00ecng ji\u00e9), but it&#8217;s the 70th anniversary of the founding of the PRC.\u00a0In this post we&#8217;ll take a closer look at the holiday and how the country is planning on celebrating as China turns 70.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">The Founding of the PRC<\/h2>\n<p>On October 1, 1949,\u00a0<strong>Mao Zedong<\/strong> (\u6bdb\u6cfd\u4e1c &#8211; M\u00e1o Z\u00e9 D\u014dng) declared the founding of a new nation in a ceremony at Beijing\u2019s famous <strong>Tiananmen Square\u00a0<\/strong>(\u5929\u5b89\u95e8\u5e7f\u573a &#8211; ti\u0101n\u2019\u0101n m\u00e9n gu\u01ceng ch\u01ceng). It would be called the <strong>People&#8217;s Republic of China<\/strong> (\u4e2d\u534e\u4eba\u6c11\u5171\u548c\u56fd &#8211; zh\u014dng hu\u00e1 r\u00e9n m\u00edn g\u00f2ng h\u00e9 gu\u00f3).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12107\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12107\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12107\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/04\/1-DSC_0572.jpg\" alt=\"Mao Zedong statue\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/04\/1-DSC_0572.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/04\/1-DSC_0572-350x235.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Statues of Mao remain common all across China<\/p><\/div>\n<p>During his address, it is said that Mao proclaimed &#8220;<strong>The Chinese people have stood up<\/strong>&#8221; (\u4e2d\u56fd\u4eba\u6c11\u7ad9\u8d77\u6765\u4e86 &#8211; zh\u014dng gu\u00f3 r\u00e9n m\u00edn zh\u00e0n q\u01d0 l\u00e1i le). It&#8217;s a great slogan and all. The only problem is, apparently Mao never said that at all&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What did Mao Zedong really say?\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ra9X7V5B5oE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Whether he said it or not, that day marked a new beginning for the country. After years of civil war with the <strong>Kuomintang\u00a0<\/strong>(\u56fd\u6c11\u515a &#8211; gu\u00f3 m\u00edn d\u01ceng) and years of suffering from the invading Japanese, China was finally united once again. The day was made a national holiday just a few months after the new China was born, on December 2, 1949.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">A &#8220;Golden Week&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Along with the <strong>Spring Festival<\/strong> (\u6625\u8282 &#8211; ch\u016bn ji\u00e9), National Day is one of two <strong>Golden Weeks<\/strong> (\u9ec4\u91d1\u5468 &#8211; hu\u00e1ng j\u012bn zh\u014du) in China. People get an entire week off of school or work to celebrate the holiday, but it&#8217;s a bit funny the way they manage the calendar&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>You see, people really only get three days off for the holiday. The way that they make it a week-long holiday is by having people come into work or school for one day on the weekend before and another one on the weekend after. For example, this year people will have off from October 1-7, but they will go to work and school on September 29 and again on October 12. Sounds confusing? That&#8217;s because it is.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10481\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/10\/DSC_0026.jpg\" aria-label=\"DSC 0026\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10481\" class=\"wp-image-10481\"  alt=\"A typical crowd on a Chinese holiday.\" width=\"402\" height=\"600\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/10\/DSC_0026.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/10\/DSC_0026.jpg 536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/10\/DSC_0026-235x350.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A typical crowd on a Chinese holiday.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Anyways, the end result is mass chaos across the country as airports, train stations, and highways are jam-packed with people heading out on <strong>vacation<\/strong> (\u5047\u671f &#8211; ji\u00e0 q\u012b). Hit the road in the lead-up to National Day and you&#8217;ll see where the classic Chinglish idiom &#8220;<strong>People mountain people sea<\/strong>&#8221; (\u4eba\u5c71\u4eba\u6d77 &#8211; r\u00e9n sh\u0101n r\u00e9n h\u01cei) comes from! It&#8217;s estimated that around 800 million people will travel during the Golden Week.<\/p>\n<p>So where is everybody going? Well, one of the most popular destinations is Beijing. After all, <strong>Beijing is the capital of China<\/strong> (\u5317\u4eac\u662f\u4e2d\u56fd\u7684\u9996\u90fd &#8211; b\u011bi j\u012bng sh\u00ec zh\u014dng gu\u00f3 de sh\u01d2u d\u016b). People from all across the nation flock here to be a part of the flag-raising ceremony in Tiananmen Square to mark the occasion.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12603\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/09\/Tiananmen-001.jpg\" aria-label=\"Tiananmen 001\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12603\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12603\"  alt=\"National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/09\/Tiananmen-001.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/09\/Tiananmen-001.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/09\/Tiananmen-001-350x250.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tiananmen Square<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Even if you don&#8217;t make it down there at sunrise for the flag-raising, Tiananmen Square is very festive place to be throughout the Golden Week. I braved the crowds to celebrate the holiday way back in 2010. Check out some highlights of my experience from one of the first videos I ever made for the blog:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"National Holiday (\u56fd\u5e86\u8282)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tqGkqghwuyE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s much more than just the flag-raising ceremony going on this year, though. China is going all out with a massive parade featuring over 300,000 people. They&#8217;ve been doing rehearsals lately to get ready for the momentous occasion. See for yourself what they&#8217;ve got in store&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Third rehearsal for China&#039;s National Day celebrations ends\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rHvzL0iLsts?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Other cities that will see a large influx of visitors include <strong>Shanghai<\/strong> (\u4e0a\u6d77 &#8211; sh\u00e0ng h\u01cei) and <strong>Guangzhou<\/strong> (\u5e7f\u5dde &#8211; gu\u01ceng zh\u014du). Both are going big with the decorations and fanfare to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the country&#8217;s founding. Just check out this light show that Guangzhou is putting on!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spectacular light show for China\u2019s National Day| CCTV English\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/owe2oT6SVH8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Of course, scenic areas such as <strong>Jiuzhaigou<\/strong> (\u4e5d\u5be8\u6c9f &#8211; ji\u01d4 zh\u00e0i g\u014du) and <strong>Zhangjiajie<\/strong> (\u5f20\u5bb6\u754c &#8211; zh\u0101ng ji\u0101 ji\u00e8) national parks will also be packed full of travelers. The crowds extend far outside of China&#8217;s borders as well. Hordes of Chinese tourists will descend on destinations like <strong>Bali<\/strong> (\u5df4\u5398 &#8211; b\u0101 l\u00ed) and <strong>Pari<\/strong>s (\u5df4\u9ece &#8211; b\u0101 l\u00ed), which interestingly enough have Chinese names that sound exactly the same.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">China&#8217;s National Anthem<\/h2>\n<p>What better way to show you are a true <strong>patriot<\/strong> (\u7231\u56fd\u8005 &#8211; \u00c0i gu\u00f3 zh\u011b) than by singing the <strong>national anthem<\/strong> (\u56fd\u6b4c \u2013 gu\u00f3 g\u0113)? It&#8217;s called \u201c<strong>March of the Volunteers<\/strong>\u201d (\u4e49\u52c7\u519b\u8fdb\u884c\u66f2 \u2013 y\u00ec y\u01d2ng j\u016bn j\u00ecn x\u00edng q\u01d4). The lyrics were written by a poet and playwright named Tian Han (\u7530\u6c49), and composer Nie Er (\u8042\u8033) set them to music. Tragically, he died an untimely death while swimming in Japan at the age of just 23. I actually visited his tomb at the Western Hills outside of Kunming where he was from.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13055\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/Xi-Shan1.jpg\" aria-label=\"Xi Shan1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13055\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13055\"  alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/Xi-Shan1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/Xi-Shan1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/Xi-Shan1-350x250.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nie Er&#8217;s Tomb<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The legacy of Nie Er lives on in the song, which officially became the national anthem in 1982. Here are the lyrics in Chinese, pinyin, and English, as well as YouTube video you can follow along with.<\/p>\n<h3>Chinese<\/h3>\n<p>\u8d77\u6765\uff01\u4e0d\u613f\u505a\u5974\u96b6\u7684\u4eba\u4eec\uff01<br \/>\n\u628a\u6211\u4eec\u7684\u8840\u8089\uff0c<br \/>\n<span class=\"nowrap\">\u7b51\u6210\u6211\u4eec\u65b0\u7684\u957f\u57ce\uff01<\/span><br \/>\n\u4e2d\u534e\u6c11\u65cf\u5230\u4e86\u6700\u5371\u9669\u7684\u65f6\u5019\uff0c<br \/>\n<span class=\"nowrap\">\u6bcf\u4e2a\u4eba\u88ab\u8feb\u7740\u53d1\u51fa\u6700\u540e\u7684\u543c\u58f0\u3002<\/span><br \/>\n\u8d77\u6765\uff01\u8d77\u6765\uff01\u8d77\u6765\uff01<br \/>\n\u6211\u4eec\u4e07\u4f17\u4e00\u5fc3\uff0c<br \/>\n\u5192\u7740\u654c\u4eba\u7684\u70ae\u706b\uff0c\u524d\u8fdb\uff01<br \/>\n\u5192\u7740\u654c\u4eba\u7684\u70ae\u706b\uff0c\u524d\u8fdb\uff01<br \/>\n\u524d\u8fdb\uff01\u524d\u8fdb\uff01\u8fdb\uff01<\/p>\n<h3>Pinyin<\/h3>\n<p>Q\u01d0 l\u00e1i! B\u00fa yu\u00e0n zu\u00f2 n\u00fa l\u00ec de r\u00e9n men!<br \/>\nB\u01ce w\u01d2 men de xu\u00e8 r\u00f2u,<br \/>\n<span class=\"nowrap\">zh\u00f9 ch\u00e9ng w\u01d2 men x\u012bn de ch\u00e1ng ch\u00e9ng!<\/span><br \/>\nZh\u014dng hu\u00e1 m\u00edn z\u00fa d\u00e0o li\u01ceo zu\u00ec w\u0113i xi\u01cen de sh\u00ed h\u00f2u.<br \/>\nM\u011bi ge r\u00e9n b\u00e8i p\u00f2 zhe f\u0101 ch\u016b zu\u00ec h\u00f2u de h\u01d2u sh\u0113ng.<br \/>\nQ\u01d0 l\u00e1i! Q \u01d0l\u00e1i! Q\u01d0 l\u00e1i!<br \/>\nW\u01d2 men w\u00e0n zh\u00f2ng y\u00ec x\u012bn,<br \/>\nM\u00e0o zhe d\u00ed r\u00e9n de p\u00e0o hu\u01d2, qi\u00e1n j\u00ecn!<br \/>\nM\u00e0o zhe d\u00ed r\u00e9n de p\u00e0o hu\u01d2, qi\u00e1n j\u00ecn!<br \/>\nQi\u00e1n j\u00ecn! Qi\u00e1n j\u00ecn! J\u00ecn!<\/p>\n<h3>English<\/h3>\n<p>Arise, we who refuse to be slaves;<br \/>\nWith our very flesh and blood<br \/>\n<span class=\"nowrap\">let us build our new Great Wall!<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"nowrap\">The peoples of China\u00a0are at their most critical time,<\/span><br \/>\nEverybody must roar defiance.<br \/>\nArise! Arise! Arise!<br \/>\nMillions of people become one,<br \/>\nBraving the enemy\u2019s gunfire, March on!<br \/>\nBraving the enemy\u2019s gunfire, March on!<br \/>\nMarch on! March on, on!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chinese National Anthem - &quot;Y\u00ecy\u01d2ngj\u016bn J\u00ecnx\u00edngq\u01d4&quot; (ZH\/EN)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IeMFXiEq_ow?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s definitely going to be an exciting (and somewhat chaotic) week in China. Wherever you may be celebrating the occasion, I wish you a&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">\u56fd\u5e86\u8282\u5feb\u4e50!<br \/>\ngu\u00f3 q\u00ecng ji\u00e9 ku\u00e0i l\u00e8<br \/>\nHappy National Day!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/09\/Tiananmen-001-350x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/09\/Tiananmen-001-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/09\/Tiananmen-001.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>October 1st is a very special day in China this year. Not only is it the country&#8217;s National Day (\u56fd\u5e86\u8282 &#8211; gu\u00f3 q\u00ecng ji\u00e9), but it&#8217;s the 70th anniversary of the founding of the PRC.\u00a0In this post we&#8217;ll take a closer look at the holiday and how the country is planning on celebrating as China&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/china-turns-70\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":12603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[403057,127253,11641],"class_list":["post-14869","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-china-national-day","tag-chinese-national-day","tag-national-day"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14869"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14873,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14869\/revisions\/14873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}