What is the Chinese National Spirit? Why is it of great importance to China and the Chinese people? The Chinese call their country Quo Chia - National Family. At the head of the Chinese family is the father and then the mother follow with children. Every family forms a household . Many households form a village. Many villages will form a prefecture. Many prefectures will form a district . Many districts will form a province. Finally many provinces together will form the Quo Chia - Nation or Country.
Every Chinese has a surname which indicates the individual family lineage of descendants. The surname thus enables every Chinese to trace his or her ancestry. In all Chinese towns and cities there are established surname family houses or buildings as for example such as Tan Family House, Chew Family House, Lim Family House, Yang Family House, Zhang Family House, Lee Family House and so on. When I was in Beijing, Shanghai and Xiamen I visited my YANG family houses in these cities and paid my respects to my Yang ancestors and the Yellow Emperor.
It is a grave mistake for some Chinese individuals to assume Western names without appending their surname. It is alright for them to have a Western name but they must always append their surname with it. Otherwise they seem to cut away their roots. Then it would seem they come from nowhere but the shithole.
Chinese overseas may or may not have family houses but they have established surname clan associations such as Lim Clan Association, Tan Clan Association, Yang or Yeo Clan Association, Ng Clan Association and so on. Also in most big overseas cities where there are many Chinese living there will be China Towns with vibrant Chinese shopping malls and streets known as Tang Ren Chieh.
In addition there are the dialect groupings associations such as the Hokkian Hui Kwan, Teochew Hui Kwan, Hainanese Hui Kwan, Cantonese Hui Kwan and so on.
Whatever it is all Chinese people accept the fact that they are all decendants of Huang Ti or The Yellow Emperor.
All the surname family houses, dialect clan associations and dialect group associations serve to keep close bonds among the Chinese race and their strong attachment to their common ancestor The Yellow Emperor.
To the Chinese people the first and foremost principle of a Chinese person is filial piety, that is showing high respect and honour to father and mother as well as to the elders like grand father, grand mother or elder brothers and sister. On top of filial piety is the must to produce at least a son to continue the family line.
For thousands of years it has been a common practice for every Chinese family household to have a family tablet where family members will give offerings and with burning joss sticks bow and show respect to the ancestors. It is the same in all surname family houses, surname clan associations or dialect group clan associations where all Chinese visitors will bow and pay respect to ancestors foremost of which is the Yellow Emperor - Huang Ti.
All Chinese people throughout the ages recognize Huang Ti as the great common ancestor of the Chinese people and the founder of the great Chinese Civilization which throughout the ages has been enriched by prominent Chinese personalities like Lao Tze, Confucius, Mencius, Chin Si Huang Ti, Sun Tze, Mao Tse Tung, Deng Xiao Ping, Xi Jing Ping and so on.
Throughout the ages Chinese Civilization face serious threats to its existence from foreign attacks and invasions. Most of the foreign attacks and invasions were strongly repulsed except on two periods when the Chinese succumbed to the Mongolian hordes and the Manchu savage tribes. The Mongols and the Manchus succeeded in storming and invading China due to internal traitors who collaborated with the enemies for their own selfish interests and self aggrandizement. Similarly during the Western invasions in the 1800s to early 1940s and the Japanese invasion from 1931 to 1945 internal Chinese traitors who collaborated with the enemies caused China to suffer in both human lives and huge lost of millions square kilometres of Chinese lands.
During China's tragical debacles from 1830s to 1940s the Chinese people both in China and overseas rallied with the National Dragon Spirit of one heart and one mind to save the Chinese nation and civilization. All the millions of common surname family houses, the surname clan associations and the dialect clan associations were rally focal points where Chinese patriots gather with great national dragon spirit to carry out plans and endeavours to fight the enemies and save the Chinese nation and civilization.
It was this Chinese national spirit as symbolized by the Chinese Dragon to save the Chinese nation and civilization that galvanized the Chinese people from all walks of lives to struggle and fight with one heart and one mind to destroy and drive out foreign invaders.
The years from 1830s to 1940s was the most critical and dangerous period when China and Chinese Civilization faced lethal threats to her survival and existence. China was subjected to serious assaults, attacks and invasions by European powers , Russia, the United States and Japan. From 1931 to 1945 Japan carried out a full scale brutal and wanton invasion of China. China not only had to fight and repulse the Japanese invaders alone but also had to struggle against the evil insistence of the European powers, Russia and America in their stubborn determination to cut out China into separate spheres or zones of influence under their extra territorial rights occupation thus reducing China into a semicolonial territory under the rule of many foreign powers. The Western occupation powers referred to this diabolical act as cutting the Chinese melon.
It was not until the founding of the Communist Party of China on 1st July, 1921 in Shanghai that the Chinese nation and Chinese Civilization saving star seemed to have appeared on the horizon. It was the intelligence and wisdom and National Dragon Spirit of the founding leaders of the Chinese Communist Party that chartered the path for the Chinese people and nation to follow that eventually enabled China to defeat and drive out both the Japanese invaders as well as the savage toxic Western imperialists and colonialists.
The Chinese Communist Party armed with the the Chinese National Dragon Spirit was able to put up a long arduous stolid struggle and fight against all odds to save the Chinese nation and civilization. Now the Chinese people and nation will continue to abide the National Dragon Spirit under the wisdom of the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party headed by President Xi Jin Ping and his comrades .
During the tormentuous years of Japanese invasion from 1931 to 1945 Chinese peasants and industrial workers down their tools to join the army to fight the Japanese invaders. Chinese scientists and engineers both from the homeland and overseas rallied with National Spirit to the call of the motherland and feverishly helped to build and develop Chinese military science and technologies as a bulwark to defend the country. At the same time they helped to teach and train millions of Chinese youths in their respective fields of specialization resulting in these Chinese youths later to become great scientists, engineers and technologists in their own right.
It was the Chinese National Dragon Spirit that rallied and galvanized the Chinese determination to protect the descendants of the Yellow Emperor and thus saved the proud and glorious Chinese nation and civilization.
Now the Chinese Nation and Civilization is again at the critical crossroads facing great threats and danger from the United States and the Western European powers and Japan as they are again collaborating jointly to take down China. The Western powers and Japan headed by the diabolical Anglo-Saxon United States are psychopath warhawks with serious deranged minds and pathetic lunatic and neurotic problems. However, if they dare to take on a strong and powerful China now they will certainly meet their nemesis. Let's hope they won't dare to resort to nuclear attack for no one will be the wiser for everybody will die and that's the end of mankind and humanity. Let's hope sanity will prevail.
This Chinese National Dragon Spirit is now encapsulised in many Chinese stories, poems, music and songs.
Some of the patriotic songs that captured the essence of the Chinese National Spirit are as follows.
1. Yi Yong Jun - March of the Volunteers. 2. Ge Chang Zu Guo - Ode to the Motherland. 3. The Yellow River Cantata 4. Kai Xuan Ge. 5. Bu Bian De Xin. 6. Dong Fang Zhi Zhu or Pearl of the Orient. 7. Gu Yue Zhao Jin Cheng. 8. Song Hua Jiang. 9. Chang Cheng Yau - Ballad of the Great Wall of China.
The Yellow River Cantata is a famous Chinese choral work composed by Xian Xinghai in 1939. It is a powerful piece that uses the Yellow River as a symbol of the Chinese nation's resilience and spirit, particularly its struggle against Japanese invasion during the Sino-Japanese War. The cantata consists of eight movements that blend narration, soloists, and chorus with a Western and Chinese orchestral accompaniment.
Below are a few videos expressing the spirit of the Glorious Chinese Nation and Civilization.
https://youtu.be/IN_C1071gnc?si=jpQxCxcXRVhzuOPX
Yi Yong Jun : March of The Volunteers
The "March of the Volunteers", originally titled the "March of the Anti-Manchukuo Counter-Japan Volunteers", is the official national anthem of the People's Republic of China since 1978. Unlike previous Chinese state anthems, it was written entirely in vernacular Chinese, rather than in Classical Chinese.
WikipediaComposer:
Nie ErLyricist:
Tian Hanhttps://youtu.be/2PrlMQZWpPU?si=HaBsqJjF83v6oPN6
Ge Chang Zu Quo : Ode To The Motherland.
https://youtu.be/wEaB46yZxsI?si=iqAjN1BAImCaM5KB
Dong Fang Zhi Zu: Pearl Of The Orient
Southernglory1
Wednesday, 5th November, 2025
