The Song of Five Races Under One Union () is a former

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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. It was created in 1912 and used by the

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in Nanjing until the adoption of the Song to the Auspicious Cloud in 1913.

History

After the establishment of the provisional government in

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, the Ministry of Education under

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asked the public for possible anthems (as well as coats of arms), and "Song of Five Races under One Union", with lyrics by Shen Enfu ( 沈恩孚) and music by Shen Pengnian ( 沈彭年), was released as a draft in the newspaper.

Lyrics

References

{{Chinese patriotic songs Historical national anthems