On this day, 76 years ago, on September 27, 1949 (August 6, 1949 in the lunar calendar),"March of the Volunteers" was designated as the national anthem of the People's Republic of China. On September 27, 1949,"March of the Volunteers" was designated as the national anthem of the People's Republic of China. "March of the Volunteers" was written in the spring of 1935, with Tian Han's lyrics and Nie Er's lyrics. It was originally the theme song of the movie "Children of the Wind". On September 27, 1949, the first plenary session of the China People's Political Consultative Conference decided. Before the official formulation of the national anthem of the People's Republic of China, the "March of the Volunteers" was used as the substitute for the national anthem. On March 5, 1978, the first session of the Fifth National People's Congress adopted the revised lyrics of the substitute national anthem to the official national anthem; in 1982, at the fifth session of the same National People's Congress, it was decided to restore the "March of the Volunteers" as the national anthem of the People's Republic of China.