Vangelis - Chung Kuo

Chung Kuo is the title of a piece by Vangelis (first track on a 1979 album, China).
Chung-Kuo is the Wade-Giles romanization of the Chinese word for China (中國/中国).
Wade-Giles (pronounced /ˌweɪd ˈdʒaɪlz/; simplified Chinese: 威妥玛拼音 or 韦氏拼音; traditional Chinese: 威妥瑪拼音 or 韋氏拼音; pinyin: wēituǒmǎ pīnyīn), sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization system for the Mandarin language used in Beijing. It developed from a system produced by Thomas Wade during the mid-19th century, and was given completed form with Herbert Giles' Chinese-English dictionary of 1892.

Wade-Giles was the main system of transcription in the English-speaking world for most of the 20th century, used in several standard reference books and in all books about China published before 1979.[1] It replaced the Nanjing-based romanization systems that had been common until late in the 19th century. It has mostly been replaced by the pinyin system (developed by the Chinese government and approved during 1958) nowadays, but parts of it, especially the names of individuals and certain cities remain in use in the Republic of China (Taiwan).

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Music

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• chung_kuo
• Vangelis
• China

[bellerob]

great track, very nice video!

[mapkos2009]

Hey friend tks to watch this video! You are welcome!

[GingerTig]

When I first heard this back in 1979 I was completely entranced - there was a huge amount of groundbreaking electronic stuff emerging in the 70s and it was a joy to discover music like this. The great thing is that being able to listen to it now in HD quality has made it sound completely new - I can hear all the different lines and effects so much better ! Thanks for sharing !

[MrMilfhunter2003]

ive looked for this piece of music for 8 years on the net..found it brilliant..

[maidbloke]

I'm with ElRhialto here, at about 1:30 we start hearing The Long March which is one of my favourite Vangelis tracks. It was used by John Sachs as backing for a regular feature on his long-running late show on London's Captial Radio. Thanks for sharing.

[MegaBanjaluka]

Nice work Mapkos!!!! I remember being completely blown away by this in 1979. I agree with Gingertig. Now with HD it's into an even higher dimension!!!!! Beautiful!!!!!!

[falkerhard]

Ah the cliche tune played whenever something was mentioned about China and other Oriental places even if they weren't China!

The tune itself sounds awesome. Vangelis...all his music is amazing.

[jadc01]

Perfeita a sua obra.

[ElRhialto]

It's actually a track made up of two different songs that fuse into each other. It opens with the track called Chung Kuo and subsequently melds into The Long March. Nevertheless. Beautiful song with a very imaginative video.

[Interfecte]

Great job Mapkos, I'm watching your videos.

Des de Barcelona. M'agraden molt.

[SianJosette]

What an incredible piece of music, it takes my breath away every time I hear it. Great video, compliments the track very well.

[kobobbo]

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