This Chinese patriotic song, with lyrics by Pan Jienong and music by Liu Xue'an, was written in the wake of the 1937 Marco Polo Bridge (Lugou Bridge) incident.
The informants note that this song is particularly emotional for them,
given that the political turmoil in this era gradually led to the overtaking of China by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1949.
Because the CCP heavily censors and legally penalizes public criticism of their regime,
the informants have chosen to remain anonymous.
万里长城万里长，
长城外面是故乡。
高粱肥，大豆香，
遍地黄金少灾殃。
自从大难平地起，
奸淫掳掠苦难当。
苦难当，奔他方，
骨肉离散父母丧。
没齿难忘仇和恨，
日夜只想回故乡。
大家拼命打回去，
哪怕倭寇逞豪强。
万里长城万里长，
长城外面是故乡。
四万万同胞心一条，
新的长城万里长。
Ten thousand li is the Great Wall long,
Beyond the Great Wall is my homeland.
The sorghum rich, the soybeans fragrant,
Gold abounds everywhere, with no disasters.
Since the great catastrophe began,
The rape and looting was unendurable.
Hardship drove us to foreign lands,
Fragmented, our kinfolk and parents died.
I'll never forget the avengement and enmity,
I long only for my hometown day and night.
We must all fight to protect our homeland,
No matter the force of the Japanese.
Ten thousand li is the Great Wall long,
Beyond the Great Wall is my homeland.
400 million compatriots share one heart,
The new Great Wall is ten thousand li long.
