Historical Chinese Anthems - "Praise The Dragon Flag"

"Praise The Dragon Flag"

Quasi-official

After the Department of Army was established in 1906, it became the army song, and had been played at formal occasions overseas.

於斯萬年，
亞東大帝國！
山嶽縱橫獨立幟，
江河漫延文明波；
四百兆¹民神明冑，
地大物產博。
揚我黃龍帝國徽，
唱我帝國歌！

Here for ten thousand years,
Great Empire of East Asia!
The criss-crossing mountains stand alone,
The wide-spreading rivers are the waves of the civilization;
Four hundred million¹ people under the auspice of the gods,
The land is large and the produce great.
Wave my yellow dragon emblem of the Empire,
Sing the song of our Empire!

¹兆 usually means one trillion (1012), but it could mean one million (106), and should have that value here in the song for factual accuracy. See Chinese numerals for details.

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