Brief English Translation of Traditional Festival Poetry

Song of the Motherland "Singing the Motherland"

In the east of the world, there is an ancient, beautiful and vast land.

In the east of the world, there is an ancient country, beautiful and vast.

In the east of the world, there is a great nation, strong and hardworking;

In the east of the world, there is a great nation, hardworking and strong;

The surging Yellow River is her blood,

The rushing Yellow River is her blood,

Mount Tai is her towering backbone,

The towering Mount Tai is her backbone,

This is our motherland-China!

This is our motherland-China!

1949, a man waved a giant pen and declared that China had five thousand years to dispel the haze;

1949, a great man waved his giant arm and announced with one voice that the haze of China for five thousand years had been dispelled;

1978, a giant with superhuman courage, judge the situation, this dusty country will open its doors to the world!

1978, a giant, with superhuman courage, sized up the situation and opened the dusty door to the world!

1997, she ushered in the fragrance of bauhinia.

1997, she ushered in the fragrance of bauhinia.

In 1999, she has been added to the water with lotus fragrance!

1999, she added the scent of water lily!

In the wind and rain of the century, the Great Wall shuttles through the clouds like a dragon.

Through the storm of the century, the Great Wall of Wan Li flies through the clouds like a dragon.

Crossing the long river of time, the eagle proudly approached Mount Everest, the highest slope in the world.

Across the long river of years, Mount Everest stands proudly on the highest slope in the world like an eagle.

Our Republic doesn't like powerful countries to do this.

Our Republic has never been so strong as it is today.