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Ode to the Motherland
"Ode to the Motherland" is a patriotic song of the People's Republic of China, with words and music by Wang Shen (1918–2007), a musician from Tianjin. In late September 1950, on a work trip to Beijing, he passed through Tiananmen Square as people prepared for National Day on 1 October, the first anniversary of the People's Republic, and was moved by the festive sea of flags; he wrote a first draft on the train back to Tianjin.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ode to the Motherland. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ode-to-the-motherland
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