The story of a musician, a writer and the national anthem law

　　"get up! People who don’t want to be slaves … …”

　　1935年，中华民族生死存亡的危急时刻，电影《风云儿女》上映，从此，字字铿锵、句句雄壮、旋律激昂的主题歌《义勇军进行曲》成为中华民族解放的号角。

　　1949年9月，中国人民政治协商会议第一届全体会议上，《义勇军进行曲》被选为代国歌，在10月1日的开国大典上第一次在天安门广场奏响。之后，它从694首歌词和632首曲谱中胜出，最终正式成为中华人民共和国国歌。

　　作为中国“第一声音”，《义勇军进行曲》一直是凝聚中华民族力量、唤醒中华民族精神的铿锵之音，代表着国家主权与民族精神，在无数场合让亿万中国人心潮澎湃，为实现中华民族伟大复兴注入力量。

　　国歌是国家的象征和标志。2004年3月，十届全国人大二次会议通过宪法修正案，正式规定中华人民共和国国歌为《义勇军进行曲》。2017年10月1日起，《中华人民共和国国歌法》正式施行，国歌有了一部专门的法律。

　　国歌法的背后，有着很多难忘的回忆。尤其值得一提的是，国歌法的诞生与一位音乐家和一位作家紧密相关。新中国成立70周年之际，《法制日报》记者走近那些曾为国歌立法奔走呼号的人物，重温国歌法背后的那些温暖故事。

　　于海：十年提案为国歌立法

　　9月7日，北京朝阳规划艺术馆，报告厅里座无虚席，一场两个小时关于国歌的讲座燃爆全场。宣讲人是中国人民解放军军乐团原团长、国家一级指挥，十一届、十二届全国政协委员于海。值得一提的是，这是他为国歌作的第70场专题宣讲，新中国成立70周年之际，这场讲座更有了特殊的意义。

　　宣讲前，于海接受了《法制日报》记者采访。他拿出厚厚的几大袋材料，里面是他多年来仔细整理积累的相关资料和几十个不同版本的国歌曲谱。40多年的军旅生涯中，于海指挥演奏最多的就是我国的国歌。国歌的每一个字、每一个音符都已渗透进他的生命。

　　作为解放军军乐团总指挥，于海曾四次参与天安门广场阅兵，他也被外界称为“指挥演奏国歌最多的人”，见证了共和国走向复兴的一个个历史瞬间。

　　一次次站在天安门广场完成国庆阅兵的军乐演奏重任，一次次见证了激动人心的时刻和大国庆典的辉煌，一次次饱含感情的演奏，不知不觉已经成为他生命中不可分割的一部分。于海对国歌的守护可以说至死不渝，一个最好的例证，就是他连续十年呼吁为国歌立法。

　　As the highest-standard ceremonial troops in the country, the PLA Military Orchestra undertakes the music performance tasks of major ceremonies, important meetings and welcoming state guests of the country and the army. Yu Hai and his comrades-in-arms also began to go abroad and participate in international music exchange visits to show the world the brand-new style and features of China. Because of his work, Yu Hai has played national anthems in many countries. However, he gradually discovered that some literary and art groups at home and abroad made mistakes in playing our national anthem, which was not accurate and standardized, and the version of the national anthem was not uniform, which was very chaotic.

　　What worries him even more is that some people’s awareness of the national anthem is particularly weak. Many people don’t know the lyrics of the national anthem and can’t recite the lyrics of the national anthem, so the spirit of the national anthem can’t be passed down well. Yu Hai still remembers one thing, which was a meeting he once attended. Before starting, the participants had to sing the national anthem. In the discussion that followed, some participants asked whether the national anthem was out of date. Do the lyrics need to be changed in peacetime? "The national anthem is a symbol of national sovereignty and must not be changed at will." Yu Hai retorted on the spot: "The oldest Dutch national anthem in the world has a history of more than 400 years and is still being sung today; The French are romantic and casual, and the "La Marseillaise" is very combative, and it has never changed. Why should our national anthem be changed? The most important thing is that our national anthem reveals the national spirit of courage, unity, cooperation and perseverance, which cannot be changed! "　

　　"Our national anthem is only 84 words, 37 bars, and it only takes 46 seconds to play and sing. But it is a sign of a country’s independence and self-improvement. " Talking about his original intention to protect the national anthem, Yu Hai told reporters that the national anthem embodies all the struggles that the Communist Party of China (CPC) led the people to strive for national independence, people’s liberation and realize the country’s prosperity and people’s prosperity. It is a strong melody that inspires people to forge ahead courageously, a vivid teaching material for patriotic education, and the strongest voice in the hearts of 1.4 billion people in China. But for a long time, the legal provisions on the national anthem in China are almost blank. Except that the Constitution clearly stipulates that National Anthem of the People’s Republic of China is March of the Volunteers, there are no other provisions on the use of the national anthem at the legal level. "Through legislation, the important position of the national anthem as the first voice of People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been determined, and it can enjoy the same protection as the national flag and national emblem." Yu Hai said.

　　In March 2008, Yu Hai, who attended the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference meeting for the first time as a member of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, proposed to legislate for the national anthem. He made the same proposal every year for the next ten years. His persistence has even been joked by other members as a contemporary "Xianglinsao". However, Yu Hai never gave up and always insisted on legislating the national anthem.

　　Finally, on the afternoon of September 1, 2017, in the tenth year of Shanghai’s persistent proposal for national anthem legislation, the 29th session of the 12th the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) voted to pass the National Anthem of the People’s Republic of China Law. At that time, Yu Hai, who was preparing to return to Beijing at Changsha Airport in Hunan Province, received a WeChat from the person in charge of the the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) Law Committee: "The legislative vote on the national anthem of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) just passed this afternoon! Your persistence, your efforts and your contribution have finally come to fruition! "

　　And that day happened to be Yu Hai’s 62nd birthday. Yu Hai was so excited about this that he couldn’t help but sigh that it was destiny takes a hand, and he received the best birthday gift of his life on a special day.

　　Today, the 64-year-old Yu Hai has not stopped. He began to shoulder the heavy responsibility of preaching the history of the national anthem, and often went to some institutions, schools and enterprises to give lectures to publicize and preach the knowledge related to the national anthem. "The national anthem is the voice image of the country. I hope that everyone who has heard my preaching can know the importance of safeguarding the dignity of the national anthem, and love the country and the Chinese nation more. " Yu Hai said.

　　Aikebaier Mi Jiti: Give the national anthem a clear legal status.

　　Mi Jiti clearly remembers that the time when he received the phone call that excited him was at 10: 56 am on April 19th, 2017. On the phone, the relevant staff of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) Law Committee told him that the national anthem was going to be legislated, and invited him to attend the legislative forum held in the organ of the National People’s Congress on the morning of April 27th. This means that, from the second session of the 12th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Conference in 2014, the "Proposal on Amending the National Flag Law to the National Flag and Anthem Law" was put forward, and the efforts made by Akbar Mi Jiti for the national anthem legislation have blossomed and borne fruit for four consecutive years.

　　Member of the 11th and 12th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, former editor-in-chief of China Writers, former deputy secretary of the Party Committee of China Writers Publishing Group, former deputy director of the Management Committee, deputy director of the Film and Television Committee of the Chinese Writers Association, and executive vice president of the China Film Literature Society … … Mi Jiti has many titles, but his favorite identity is a writer. As one of the outstanding representatives of Kazak people in 56 ethnic families, Akbar Mi Jiti has created a large number of literary works. The emergence of Mi Jiti’s legislative proposal for the national anthem is also directly related to a writer, that is, Su Shuyang.

　　艾克拜尔·米吉提回忆说，有一次，他与苏叔阳见面时聊起了国歌、聊起了田汉，两人都很激动。苏叔阳突然说：“老艾，你是政协委员，你应该提个提案，在天安门广场国旗升旗杆下汉白玉护栏外侧贴上60厘米×40厘米铜牌，刻上五线谱国歌歌曲，再刻上国歌歌词、词作者田汉，曲作者聂耳。这样既是进行爱国主义教育，也会成为天安门广场一道新的风景。”听到这个建议，艾克拜尔·米吉提的眼前为之一亮，认为这的确是一个很有价值和意义的提案。于是，在当年全国政协会议期间，艾克拜尔·米吉提提出了《关于在天安门国旗升旗台侧附国歌〈义勇军进行曲〉五线谱歌词铜牌的提案》。

　　但当年，这个提案最终并未落实，也没有单位办复意见。“当时，这个提案的接办单位天安门广场管理局十分积极。但是接近岁尾，他们十分委婉地在电话里告诉我，天安门广场管理局只是北京市政府派出机构，要动天安门广场的一草一木、一砖一瓦，他们做不了主，需要上级批准。更为重要的是，中华人民共和国国歌《义勇军进行曲》虽在宪法和国旗、国徽法中有所表述，但是没有明确法律地位，没有法律支撑，无法操作。”此时，艾克拜尔·米吉提才知道，原来国歌居然没有立法保护，由此，才想到必须为国歌立法。

　　“只有让国歌获得明确的法律地位，《关于在天安门国旗升旗台侧附国歌〈义勇军进行曲〉五线谱歌词铜牌的提案》方能得以依法落实。”2014年，艾克拜尔·米吉提再次提出《关于在天安门国旗升旗台侧附国歌〈义勇军进行曲〉五线谱歌词铜牌的提案》，同时还提出了《关于建议修订〈国旗法〉为〈国旗国歌法〉的提案》。在此之后，每年大会上，他都会提出这两项提案。

　　艾克拜尔·米吉提的记忆深处，还有一个令人感动的画面——在牧区的一所小学，只有一名老师带着一名学生在升国旗、唱国歌。“各民族共唱国歌时，民族自豪感会油然而生。这也是我反复为国歌立法提案的另一个初衷。”艾克拜尔·米吉提告诉记者，中华人民共和国国歌曾被翻译成蒙古语、藏语、维吾尔语、哈萨克语和朝鲜语等语言，这使更多的少数民族公民能够更好、更准确地理解国歌的含义。从小唱国歌，这将对我国的民族团结起到巨大的促进作用。“就像在牧区，许多人家节庆日会挂上国旗一样，唱响国歌这样的爱国主义教育，会比空泛的教育更具体、更有效。”

　　念念不忘，必有回响。艾克拜尔·米吉提的坚持也最终有了让人欣慰的结果。2017年，国歌法被列入全国人大常委会立法工作计划，这也便有了那个邀请电话。2017年4月27日上午，全国人大常委会法工委举行专题座谈，邀请部分人大代表和政协委员就中华人民共和国国歌《义勇军进行曲》立法问题进行协商，给出了国歌法的时间表和路线图。2017年10月1日，共和国68岁生日这天，国歌法正式施行。

　　再过几天，天安门广场上，庆祝新中国成立70周年阅兵仪式即将举行。“当五星红旗飘扬的时候，伴随着雄壮的国歌声，56个民族共同唱响国歌，那一定是一幅壮观景象。相信在国歌的激励下，中华民族伟大复兴的中国梦一定会实现！”艾克拜尔·米吉提充满期待。（记者　朱宁宁）