Tongboman Chanjin
English: "March On, Compatriots" or "Forward, Compatriots!" | |
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National anthem of Namor | |
Lyrics | Thanh Dương Dinh |
Music | Jing Min |
Adopted | March 28, NMR 2290 |
Tongboman Chanjin (translated to English as March On, Compatriots, Forward, Compatriots and sometimes A Liberated Land) is the national anthem of the People's Republic of Namor.
History
Tongboman Chanjin was composed in NMR 2275 as a protest song against the Chorean invasion of Namor. The Namorese general responsible for defending Mojing, Du Hanven, had agreed to surrender the city and his troops to Chorean forces in turn for a leadership position in a Chorean-installed government. The "Treason of Mojing," as the incident became known, sparked an outcry in Namor, as many believed Mojing would have held off the Choreans had it not been for Du.
23 year-old Jing Min, was a musical student studying in Mojing at the time. He was also an underground member of the Liberationist Party of Namor. Upon receiving news of the surrender, he and several other students formed an armed brigade to resist the Choreans and Du's army. Accompanying him was a fellow activist, 24 year-old Thanh Dương Dinh, who did not attend university but had fled to Mojing in protest of Chorea's invasion of his homeland in Tuhao. According to Jing, Thanh was seriously wounded in battle and was rushed to a hospital. Before dying from his wounds, Thanh, who knew of Jing's passion for music, gave Jing a copy of a poem that he had written. Thanh asked Jing to compose a tune for the poem so that surviving members of the brigade can sing it as they continue fighting. Jing did as Thanh asked, and Tongboman Chanjin was composed. It soon became known as the anthem of the Namorese resistance.
Lyrics
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Тонгбоман Чанджин, беган данку, |
Tongboman chanjin, nagan danku, |
同胞們前進,無感痛苦, |
March on Compatriots, feel not the pain, |