Tune of Li Zhongtang

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National anthems of China
"Pu Tian Yue" (unofficial) 1878–1896  "Tune of Li Zhongtang" (unofficial) 1896–1906  "Praise the Dragon Flag" (unofficial) 1906–1911  "Cup of Solid Gold" 1911–1912  "Song of Five Races Under One Union" 1912–1913  "Song to the Auspicious Cloud" 1913–1915  "China Heroically Stands in the Universe" 1915–1921  "Song to the Auspicious Cloud" 1921–1928  "Three Principles of the People" 1930–present  "The Internationale" 1931–1937  "March of the Volunteers" 1949–present
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The Tune of Li Zhongtang (simplified Chinese: 李中堂乐; traditional Chinese: 李中堂樂; pinyin: Lǐ Zhōng táng Yuè) is the first semi-official national song of China, written by Li Hongzhang in 1896 during the Qing dynasty. As an unofficial anthem for the dynasty, it was so named because "Zhongtang" was a bureaucratic title meaning viceroy or grand secretary.^[1]