大学英语四级翻译素材《中国传统文化概况》——北京天安门 中国之最视频素材英文

National Day The Chinese celebrate 1 October as the National Day
in honour of the founding of the People's Republic of
China (PRC) on 1 October 1949.
On 27 September 1949, the First Plenary Session
National Flag of the Chinese People's Political Consultative
Conference(CPPCC:中国人民政治协商会议)approved the proposal for using the red five-star flag as the National Flag of the PRC.The redcolour ofthe flag symbolises revolution and the yellow colour of the stars the golden brilliant rays radiating from the vast red land.The design offoursmaller stars surrounding a bigger one signifies the unity of the Chinese people under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
On 18 June 1950, the Second Session of the First
National Emblem CPPCC National Committee adopted the design
and illustration of the National Emblem of the PRC. On 20 September that year, Chairman Mao Zedong ordered the promulgation(公布)of the National Emblem.Composed of patterns of the National Flag the Tian'anmen Gate, a cogwheel and ears of grain, it symbolises the New-Democratic Revolution of the Chinese people since the4 May Movement in 1919 and the birth of New China under the people's democratic dictatorship led by the working class on the basis of the worker-peasant alliance.National AnthemMarch ofthe Volunteers was written in 1935
with lyrics by the poet Tian Han and music by
the composer Nie Er, honouring those who went to the front to fight theJapanese invaders in northeast China in the 1930s. Decided upon as the provisional National Anthem of New China on 27 September1949,atthe First Plenary Session of the CPPCC, the song was officially adopted as the National Anthem of the PRC on 4 December 1982 by the National People's Congress (NPC: 全国人民代表大会).
The lyrics of March ofthe Volunteers go as follows:
【大学英语四级翻译素材《中国传统文化概况》——北京天安门 中国之最视频素材英文】Arise, we who refuse to be slaves; With our very flesh and blood Let us build our new Great Wall!
The peoples of China are at their most critical time, Everybody must roar defiance. Arise! Arise! Arise!
Millions of hearts with one mind. Brave the enemy's gunfire, March on!
Brave the enemy's gunfire,
March on! March on! March on,on!
On 27 September 1949.the First Plenary Session
National Capitalof the CPPCC unanimously adopted a resolutionmaking Beiping,renamed Beijing as of the day, capital of the PRC.
Beijing is not only the nation's political centre, but also serves as its economic,scientific,cultural, and educational heart. As one of the famous ancient capital cities in China, Beijing is famous for its many places of historic interest and scenic beauty, like the Forbidden City, the largest and best-preserved collection of ancient buildings in China; theTemple ofHeaven, a platform for the Ming and Qing emperors to perform sacrifices and solemn rites; the Summer Palace; the Ming Tombs; the Badaling section of the Great Wall.