Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China

Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China
A graffiti mural in Beijing with the name of the song in simplified Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese没有共产党就没有新中国
Traditional Chinese沒有共產黨就沒有新中國
Hanyu PinyinMéiyǒu Gòngchǎndǎng Jiù Méiyǒu Xīn Zhōngguó
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMéiyǒu Gòngchǎndǎng Jiù Méiyǒu Xīn Zhōngguó
Bopomofoㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄢˇ ㄉㄤˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Wade–GilesMei2-yu3 Kung4-ch'an3-tang3 Chiu4 Mei2-yu3 Hsin1 Chung1-kuo2
IPA[měɪ.jòʊ kʊ̂ŋ.ʈʂʰàn.tàŋ tɕjôʊ měɪ.jòʊ ɕín ʈʂʊ́ŋ.kwǒ]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingMut6 jau5 Gung6 caan2 dong2 Zau6 Mut6 jau5 San1 Zung1 gwok3
An excerpt from the song

"Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China" or simply "No Communist Party, No New China" is a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) song, which originated in 1943 in response to the phrase, "Without the Kuomintang there would be no China".[1]

Background

Zhongtang Temple in Tangshang Village, where Cao Huoxing wrote the song in 1943

During World War II when China was fighting the Japanese invasion, Chiang Kai-shek published a book titled China's Destiny  [zh] on 10 March 1943, with a slogan that "Without the Kuomintang there would be no China." The Chinese Communist Party published an editorial entitled "Without the Communist Party there would be no China" in the Jiefang Daily on 25 August 1943 to criticize the book, concluding that "If today's China had no Communist Party of China, there would be no new China." In October 1943, Cao Huoxing [zh], a 19-year-old member of the Communist Party of China, created the lyrics for "Without the Communist Party There Would Be No New China", based on this.[citation needed]

In 1950, shortly after the foundation of the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong changed the title to "Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China," by adding the word "new."[citation needed]

The song is included in the 1965 musical The East is Red.

A memorial dedicated to the song in Fangshan District, Beijing, which covers an area of 6,000 square metres (65,000 sq ft), was opened to the public on 26 June 2006.[2]

In June 2021, a 587-meter-long musical road playing the song was built on China National Highway 108 near Xiayunling, where the song was written.[3][4]

Lyrics

Simplified Chinese Lyrics

没有共产党就没有新中国
没有共产党就没有新中国
共产党辛劳为民族
共产党他一心救中国
他指给了人民解放的道路
他领导中国走向光明
他坚持了抗战八年多
他改善了人民生活
他建设了敌后根据地
他实行了民主好处多
没有共产党就没有新中国
没有共产党就没有新中国

Traditional Chinese Lyrics

沒有共產黨就沒有新中國
沒有共產黨就沒有新中國
共產黨辛勞為民族
共產黨他一心救中國
他指給了人民解放的道路
他領導中國走向光明
他堅持了抗戰八年多
他改善了人民生活
他建設了敵後根據地
他實行了民主好處多
沒有共產黨就沒有新中國
沒有共產黨就沒有新中國

Transliteration

Méiyǒu Gòngchǎndǎng jiù méiyǒu xīn Zhōngguó.
Méiyǒu Gòngchǎndǎng jiù méiyǒu xīn Zhōngguó.
Gòngchǎndǎng xīnláo wèi mínzú.
Gòngchǎndǎng tā yīxīn jiù Zhōngguó.
Tā zhǐgěi le rénmín jiěfàng de dàolù.
Tā lǐngdǎo Zhōngguó zǒuxiàng guāngmíng.
Tā jiānchí le kàngzhàn bā nián duō.
Tā gǎishàn le rénmín shēnghuó.
Tā jiànshè le díhòu gēnjùdì.
Tā shíxíng le mínzhǔ hǎochù duō.
Méiyǒu Gòngchǎndǎng jiù méiyǒu xīn Zhōngguó.
Méiyǒu Gòngchǎndǎng jiù méiyǒu xīn Zhōngguó.

English Translation

Without the Communist Party, there would be no new China
Without the Communist Party, there would be no new China
The Communist Party has toiled for the nation
The Communist Party of one mind saved China
It pointed to the road of liberation for the people
It has led China towards the light
It supported the War of Resistance for more than eight years
it improved the people’s lives
it built bases behind enemy lines
it practised democracy and brought many benefits
Without the Communist Party, there would be no new China
Without the Communist Party, there would be no new China

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ohne die Kommunistische Partei gäbe es kein Neues China" (PDF). 28 September 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China background". Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  3. ^ ""没有共产党就没有新中国"！北京房山有条路，会"唱"这首歌". Beijing Daily. 28 June 2021. Archived from the original on 15 September 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  4. ^ "壹现场丨会"唱"红歌的马路火遍全网 背后的故事你知道吗？". Beijing Youth Daily. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2022.