The National Flag, National Emblem and National Anthem

The national flag of the People's Republic of China is red in color, rectangular in shape, with five stars. The proportion between the length and height of the flag is three to two. The five five-pointed yellow stars are located in the upper left corner. One of them, which is bigger, appears on the left, while the other four hem it in on the right.
The red color of the flag symbolizes revolution; the stars take on the yellow color in order to bring out their brightness on the red ground. The larger star represents the CPC, while the four smaller ones, the Chinese people. The relationship between the stars means the great unity of the Chinese people underthe leadership of the CPC.

The national emblem of the People's Republic of China is Tiananmen in the center illuminated by five stars and encircled by ears of grain and a cogwheel. The ears of grain, stars, Tiananmen and cogwheel are painted golden, and the inner part of the circle and hanging ribbons are painted red because these two colors are traditional Chinese colors representing auspiciousness and happiness. Tiananmen symbolizes the unyielding national spirit of the Chinese people in their fight against imperialism and feudalism; the ears of grain and cogwheel represent the working class and the peasantry; and the five stars stand for the great unity of the Chinese people under the leadership of the CPC.

The national anthem was created in 1935, the lyrics by Tian Han, a famous poet, and the music by Nie Er, a famous composer. We call it as 《义勇军进行曲yì yǒng jūn jìn háng qǔ 》March of the Volunteers, inspiring and forceful, expresses the determination of the Chinese people to sacrifice themselves for national liberation, and their fine tradition of bravery, firmness and unity in their fight against aggression. It was for this reason that the CPPCC on September 27, 1949 decided to adopt the song as the national anthem of the People's Republic of China, and the National People's Congress on December 4, 1982 officially decided to adopt the song as the national anthem of the People's Republic of China.

The lyrics are as follows:

qǐlái! búyuàn zuò núlì de rénmen!  
bǎ wǒmende xuèròu zhùchéng wǒmen xīnde chángchéng! 　　
zhōnghuá mínzú dào le zuì wēixiǎn de shíhòu,　　
měigèrén bèi pòzhe fāchū zuìhòude hǒushēng. 　　
qǐlái！qǐlái！qǐlái！　
wǒmen wànzhòng yìxīn,　　
màozhe dírén de pàohuǒ ，qiánjìn！ 　　
màozhe dírén de pàohuǒ ，qiánjìn！　　
qiánjìn！qiánjìn, jìn！

起来！不愿做奴隶的人们！   
把我们的血肉筑成我们新的长城！ 　　
中华民族到了最危险的时候， 　　
每个人被迫着发出最后的吼声。 　　
起来！起来！起来！ 　　
我们万众一心， 　　
冒着敌人的炮火，前进！ 　　
冒着敌人的炮火，前进！ 　　
前进！前进、进！

Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves;
With our very flesh and blood
Let us build our new Great Wall!
The peoples of China are in the most critical time,
Everybody must roar his defiance.
Arise! Arise! Arise!
Millions of hearts with one mind,
Brave the enemy's gunfire,
March on!
Brave the enemy's gunfire,
March on! March on! March on, on!

This song, originally named March of the Volunteers, is the theme song of the film, Young Heroes and Heroines in Stormy Years. The film describes the people who went to the front to fight against the invaders in the 1930s when Japan invaded northeast China and the fate of the Chinese nation was hanging in the balance.