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People's Liberation Army recruitment video for Shanghai: Inheriting Ancient Tradition. 
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Part 2 of PLA recruitment video for Shanghai. The lyrics recalls famous ancient Chinese statesmen, generals and poets. Seems to be targeted at College grads. I will break down the historical references in lyrics in below thread for non-Chinese speakerspic.twitter.com/Klq0eDvzHy
lyrics refers 2 1 of the most famous Chinese poem 人生自古誰無死，留取丹心照汗青 by Song minister 文天祥 who wrote in 1278 while held captive on Yuan Dynasty warship near today's HK.
"Everyone dies, my Loyal 
will light up history books" He refused 2 surrender 2 Kublai Khanpic.twitter.com/Y9n6VaebU2
封狼居胥 refers to 119BC Han general Huo Qubing led expedition agst nomadic Xiongnu Empire, scoring a great victory, he carved his deeds onto the rocks of Khentii Mountains in Mongoliapic.twitter.com/XFw2wDzHCi
醉里挑灯看剑 gazing upon sword under lamp light while drunk refers to the famous poem by Song Dynasty poet and general Xin Qiji 辛棄疾 (1140-1207) who led uprising agst Jurchen elite who occupied N China. He was named after Han Dyn general 霍去病 Huo Qubing who rode agst Xiongnupic.twitter.com/jSF0n9XhpL
reference to famous poem by Song dynasty general Yue Fei (1103–1142) who defeated Jin invasion of S China: 怒发冲冠，凭栏处，潚潚雨歇...三十功名尘与土，八千里路云和月 My wrath bristles through my helmet, ... my journey has taken me over 4 thousand km. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Jiang_Hong …pic.twitter.com/B8r0Ri4TWH
echoing Song Dynasty minister 文天祥's poem 留取丹心照汗青 (saving my red heart to illuminate black ink of history books), the lyrics 丹心照山河 Red heart lights up our mountains and riverspic.twitter.com/a96ZLWg7oU
Lyrics: 5000 years of history Image: Founding site of Chinese Communist Party in 1921 Shanghaipic.twitter.com/bYgxK0P5xN
This part of lyrics makes explicit: our generation bears the legacypic.twitter.com/E8tT1VOdfo
Title of song and also ending lyics 我辈请长缨 My generation ask for arms echos Mao's 1957 poem 今日长缨在手， 何时缚住苍龙 commemorating Long March. "Today we have weapons in hand, when do we bind the Dragon"pic.twitter.com/IsBNcyNevG
Ancient Chinese literati and today's Chinese high school grad will know the poems and understood the historical references. In contrast US military recruitment video base on video games because that's what their target audience understand.
The Shanghai PLA recruitment video on YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGVxHmxEf9E …
There's another version of PLA recruitment video for Eastern China with same song but less Shanghai specific lyrics and more footages frm movieshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZYpkEAGh74 …
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