2022/8/1 Army Day
Aug 01, 2022
2022/8/1 Army Day, 2022 is the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Origin of Army Day
August 1 Army Day is the anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. It is set on August 1 every year and is established by the Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Commission to commemorate the founding of the Chinese Workers and Peasants' Red Army.
On July 11, 1933, the Provisional Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic decided that August 1 would be the anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in accordance with the recommendation of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission on June 30. On June 15, 1949, the Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Commission issued an order to use the word "August 1" as the main symbol of the Chinese People's Liberation Army's flag and military emblem. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, this anniversary was renamed the Founding Day of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Origin of the flag
The flag of the Chinese People's Liberation Army is the symbol of the armed forces of the People's Republic of China and a symbol of the honor of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. The pattern is red, and the big five-pointed star represents the Chinese Communist Party "August 1", which means the first shot of the Nanchang Uprising.
The origin of the military emblem
The Chinese People's Liberation Army, also known as the army, navy, and air force emblems, all use the "August 1st" military emblem as the main body, indicating that the navy and the air force are part of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and have grown and developed on the basis of the army.
The Navy emblem has a navy blue background, symbolizing the vast ocean, lined with silver-gray iron anchors, representing ships, the Air Force has a sky-blue background, symbolizing the boundless blue sky, lined with golden yellow eagle wings, representing aircraft.
The origin of the military song
The military song of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the song is called "March of the Chinese People's Liberation Army". Originally "March of the Eighth Route Army", it was composed in 1939 by Zhang Songru (Gong Mu) and composed by Zheng Lucheng. On July 25, 1988, it was identified as the military song of the Chinese People's Liberation Army by the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China.
