Why is the chinese new year song

Why Is The Chinese New Year tuy nhiên - Gong Xi Gong Xi - Written In Minor Key? | bephongngoaidon.com

The Chinese New Year (农历新年) is a very important festival that is celebrated by the Chinese populations in many Asian countries, like Singapore, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Mauritius, và Philippines. During the celebrations, many popular Chinese New Year songs are sung, including "Gong Xi Gong Xi" (恭喜恭喜). The fact that it uses the minor key is the oddity, because minor key songs typically project sadness và loneliness. Why is Gong Xi Gong Xi written in the minor key then?

First of all, Gong Xi Gong Xi was never intended lớn be written for Chinese New Year!

It was written in Shanghai in 1945 to lớn celebrate the defeat of nhật bản and the liberation of china at the kết thúc of the Second Sino-Japanese War (World War II). The music & words of the tuy vậy are both by Chen Gexin (陳歌辛), who also used the pen names Lin Mei (林枚) and Qing Yu (慶餘). Because its Mandarin title is also a common Chinese New Year greeting và the song celebrates the arrival of spring, it quickly became associated almost exclusively with Chinese New Year celebrations and remains a part of the season"s musical canon. The final lines of this tuy vậy replicate the typical beat of the Chinese drum.

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The Second Sino-Japanese War (07 July 1937 – 09 September 1945) was between Republic of china and the Empire of Japan, which lasted 8 years và 2 months. It was also the largest Asian war in the 20th century, and trung quốc alone saw the deaths of about 15 million to 20 million of her people.

The infamous Nanking Massacre (13 December 1937 – January 1938) itself took away over 300,000 lives, & 20,000 women were raped, và most of them were brutally killed afterwards. Numerous atrocities occurred within & around the city, & the victims were largely civilians. Japanese soldiers invented và exercised inhumane và barbaric methods of killing. The brutalities included shooting, stabbing, striking off the head, cutting mở cửa the abdomen, excavating the heart, decapitation (beheading), drowning, burning, punching the body and the eyes with an awl, và even castration or punching through the vagina.

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The Rape of Nanking was just one episode out of many more that took place in china during the war. Reading the World War II Database, we cannot imagine the brutalities, horror, fear, & loss the people had to face in all the 8 years of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The length of time alone was long enough lớn rob them of hope.

Chen Gexin himself was jailed by the Imperial Japanese Army for his patriotic songs during the war. Thus, when he wrote the Gong Xi Gong Xi tuy nhiên after the war to celebrate the defeat of japan and the liberation of đài loan trung quốc in 1945, the shadows of the war might had followed him closely và influenced his music.

An early recording of the song was by Yao Lee và her brother Yao Min, a famous singer. The embedded YouTube video clip below presents the rare recording by the duo. Yao Lee, aged 92, is still alive at the time of writing this article, & she is the last surviving thành viên of the Seven great singing stars of Shanghai in the 1940s. One of her best known hits was "Rose, Rose, I Love You" (玫瑰玫瑰我愛你), also written by Chen Gexin.

 

"Gong Xi Gong Xi" lyrics in Mandarin:

每條大街小巷每個人的嘴裡見面第一句話就是恭喜恭喜恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀 恭喜恭喜恭喜你

冬天一到尽头真是好的消息温暖的春风就要吹醒大地恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀恭喜恭喜恭喜你

皓皓冰雪溶解眼看梅花吐蕊慢慢长夜过去听到一声鸡啼恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀恭喜恭喜恭喜你

经过多少困难经历多少磨练多少心儿盼望盼望春的消息恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀恭喜恭喜恭喜你

 

And the English translation:

Everywhere on the streets,The first phrase from people"s mouthsWhen meeting is congratulations.Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations to lớn youCongratulations, congratulations, congratulations to you

The winter has come lớn an end.What good news!The warm breeze of the springwill wake up the earth.Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations to youCongratulations, congratulations, congratulations khổng lồ you

The heavy snow has melted.Soon the plum blossoms will spill out.The endless nights have passed.Hear the rooster"s shrill crow.Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations lớn youCongratulations, congratulations, congratulations to you

After so much difficulty,Experiencing so much discipline,How many hearts are looking forwardTo the news of spring?Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations lớn youCongratulations, congratulations, congratulations lớn you