Overview
Introduction
Anthem of the Beiyang Fleet(simplified Chinese: 北洋海军军歌; traditional Chinese: 北洋海軍軍歌) is the official anthem of Beiyang Fleet, Qing Dynasty. This anthem was once lost in history, but a scholar called Yue Chen (Chinese: 陈悦) re-found this anthem when he went to the United Kingdom in 2012. Then a composer Xue Ye (Chinese: 雪野) in People's Liberation Army adapt this anthem.The documentary Rise and Fall of Beiyang Fleet presented by CCTV uses this anthem as its theme music.
The anthem shares the same tune with Tune of Li Zhongtang.
Lyrics
宝祚延庥万国欢
景星拱极五云端
海波澄碧春辉丽
旌节花间集凤鸾
Traditional Chinese
寶祚延庥萬國歡
景星拱極五雲端
海波澄碧春輝麗
旌節花間集鳳鑾
Hanyu Pinyin
Bǎozuò yánxiū wànguó huān
Jǐngxīng gǒngjí wǔ yún duān
Hǎibō chéngbì chūnhuī lì
Jīngjié huājiān jí fèngluán