Nie Er
Tian Han was the prototype for the figure of "Kuang Wentao" (played by Bo Gao) in the 1959 biopic "Nie Er", which retold the story of the composition of the Chinese National Anthem on the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic. For the 50th anniversary in 1999, he was represented directly in the film "The National Anthem", played by He Zhengjun. His story was also told in "The National Anthem", a 27-episode television series, and in the play "Torrent" (, "Kuángliú"), produced in Beijing in the year 2000.