Deutschlandlied coins. The music is the hymn "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser", written in 1797 by the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn as an anthem for the birthday of Francis II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and later of Austria. In 1841, the German linguist and poet August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben wrote the lyrics of "" as a new text for that music, counterposing the national unification of Germany to the eulogy of a monarch, lyrics that were considered revolutionary at the time. Along with the flag of Germany, which first appeared in its essentially "modern" form in 1778; it
Anthem of the Beiyang Fleet Anthem of the Beiyang Fleet "Anthem of the Beiyang Fleet" () is the official anthem of Beiyang Fleet, Qing Dynasty. This anthem was once lost in history, but a scholar called Yue Chen () re-found this anthem when he went to the United Kingdom in 2012. Then a composer Xue Ye () in People's Liberation Army adapt this anthem. The documentary "Rise and Fall of Beiyang Fleet" presented by CCTV uses this anthem as its theme music. The anthem shares the same tune with Tune of Li Zhongtang. 寶祚延庥萬國歡 <br>景星拱極五雲端 <br>海波澄碧春輝麗 <br>旌節花間集鳳鑾 Bǎozuò yánxiū wànguó huān <br>Jǐngxīng gǒngjí wǔ yún