{"id":46713,"date":"2009-10-26T21:56:22","date_gmt":"2009-10-27T04:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=46713"},"modified":"2009-10-26T21:56:22","modified_gmt":"2009-10-27T04:56:22","slug":"qian-gang-in-modern-china-no-place-for-totalitarian-anthems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/10\/qian-gang-in-modern-china-no-place-for-totalitarian-anthems\/","title":{"rendered":"Qian Gang: In Modern China, No Place for Totalitarian Anthems"},"content":{"rendered":"

On China Media Project<\/strong><\/a>, Qian Gang analyzes the four anthems that were sung during the festivities for the 60th National Day celebrations<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nMao, Deng, Jiang and Hu were all represented together during the festivities. And in fact, the ceremonies included two anthems symbolic of Hu Jintao\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, Lovely Land,\u201d which accompanied the massive portrait of Hu, is perhaps not an anthem in praise of him personally, but praises him indirectly as a leader who \u201cgoverns for the people\u201d:<\/p>\n

The ordinary people are the earth;
\n The ordinary people are the sky. <\/p>\n

\u201cOn the Sunny Road,\u201d which Peng Liyuan (\u5f6d\u4e3d\u5a9b) sang over the grandiose fireworks display, was a clear and conscientious choice:<\/p>\n

On the sunny road,
\n In the air the banners soar.
\n Scientific development and harmony,
\n Guide China to brighter shores. <\/p>\n

\u201cScientific development\u201d and the \u201charmonious society\u201d are of course markers of Hu Jintao. They are his political banners.<\/p>\n

These four songs \u2014 or five \u2014 all fall into China\u2019s tradition of what can be called \u201csong politics,\u201d or gequ zhengzhi (\u6b4c\u66f2\u653f\u6cbb). They mark the intersection of high-level power plays and political slogans with the realm of culture and popular entertainment.<\/p>\n

They are also relics of the totalitarian era.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Watch Peng Liyuan perform “On the Sunny Road”:
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