The song "Motherland, I Love You" was written by Chu Lianbao.
Lyrics:
I love your tinkling camel bells
It is it that makes the Silk Road long-lasting
I love your tender green grass buds
It is it that covers the desolation of the Gobi Desert
I love your pastoral flute in the countryside
It is it that scatters colorful notes in all directions
I love your urban skyscrapers
I love you.
I love the blue waves of the Yangtze River
I love the heartfelt songs of the 56 ethnic groups
I love the waves of the Yellow River
I love the way the 1.3 billion people were raised
I love the majesty of the Great Wall
I love the way the Great Wall lifts up the backbone of the Chinese people
I love the towering Huangshan Mountain
I love the way the Yellow Mountain is built and the way the Yellow River is built and the way the Yellow River is built.
I love you for the wave of reform
It is it that throws off the hat of poverty and backwardness
Expanded Information
Backstory of "Motherland, I Love You"
Many of China's older generation of scientists studied abroad and returned to serve their country. Famous bridge expert Mao Yisheng studied in the United States when he was 20 years old in 1916, becoming a graduate student in bridge engineering at Cornell University, where he soon earned a master's degree with honors. In order to get the opportunity to practice, he took classes at night to study for his doctoral degree and interned at a bridge company during the day, drawing, cutting steel parts, playing rivets and painting with his own hands, and finally became a talented person who knew both theory and technology. The Americans admired him, and a letter of appointment was sent from all over the world, asking him to work as an engineer.
But Mao Yisheng did not accept the offer and decided to return to China. Some people in the United States advised him, "Science has no motherland and transcends national boundaries. The contributions of scientists belong to all mankind. The conditions in China are poor, and your contribution will be greater if you stay in the United States." Mao Yisheng replied, "Although science has no motherland, scientists have a motherland. I am a Chinese and my motherland needs me more. I want to go back to serve my motherland!"
In 1919, Mao Yisheng returned to China with all his skills and began the cause of building bridges for the country. Now the majestic bridge on the Qiantang River in Zhejiang Province is designed and built by Mao Yisheng.