Musicians’ homes noted on ‘war’ map
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THE former homes of the two men who created China’s national anthem were yesterday included on a map of 90 Shanghai buildings identified as having played a key role in the War Against Japanese Aggression (1937-45).
The map was produced by a team from Shanghai Normal University, which earlier created a map of “comfort houses” to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Nie Er composed the music for “The March” (later renamed “March of the Volunteers”) in 1935 at his home at 1258 Xiafei Road in Huangpu District.
A year earlier, at his home at 274 Shanhaiguan Road in Jing’an District, lyricist Tian Han wrote the words to the song that was adopted as the national anthem in 1949.
The map of 90 properties — a copy of which was uploaded yesterday to sh.qq.com — includes various buildings that played a significant role in the war, said Professor Su Zhiliang, who led the project.
Also on the map are the former homes of Zhu Qinglan — the man responsible for the song’s name change — and composer He Luting, who was the first to orchestrate the anthem.
Other properties to get a mention were the former home of the Diantong Film Co in Yangpu District, which produced the movie “Children of Troubled Times,” which was the first to feature “March of the Volunteers,” and the former offices of Oriental Pathe Co, which produced the first vinyl pressings of the anthem.
Su said his team plans to produce three other maps related to the war, one of which will show the locations of three Japanese prison camps in the city.
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