Manchukuo

Words by: Zheng Xiao-xun
Music by: unknown
In use: 1942-1945

In 1934, Manchukuo became an empire ("The Great Manchu Empire") and the new emporer, Henry Puyi (who was also the last emporer of China, it was under his reign in China that the "Gong Jin'ou" anthem was written) comissioned a new anthem to be written by Zheng Xiao-xun, the same person who wrote the previous Manchurian anthem. The Japanese wished for the anthem to be translated into Japanese, so that both Chinese and Japanese could sing the anthem, but Zheng died in 1938. The new anthem was eventually adopted in 1942, but was never translated into Japanese.

Special thanks to: Wilson Lin for some of this information.

See also: Manchukuo (1933-1942), China (1930-1949), Japan.