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song and a Chinese Lunar New Year standard. Other English titles for the song include "Congratulations" and "Happiness To You".

History

The music and words of the song are both by Chen Gexin (under the pen name Qing Yu). It was written in

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in 1945 to celebrate the defeat of Japan and liberation of China at the end of the

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). The final lines of this song replicate the typical beat of the Chinese drum. An early popular recording of the song was by

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and her brother Yao Min. Because its Mandarin title is also a common Lunar New Year greeting and the song celebrates the arrival of spring, it quickly became associated almost exclusively with New Year celebrations and remains a part of the season's musical canon. Contemporary versions of the song frequently appear on Chinese New Year musical collection

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s, sometimes as electronic dance music performances and occasionally also feature lyrics in

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and even English. A more modern rendition of the song appeared on the 2002

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album 多一點點 – 小調大風行. This song was included in the

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Christmas album ''

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'' released in 2010, under the title "Congratulations - A Happy New Year Song" with vocals by

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and Timothy Yuji Nishimoto. Khởi My sung a Vietnamese adaptation called ''Chúc Tết''.

Lyrics

References

External links

*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcMGcT6gByM A rendition of the song in YouTube Chinese songs Chinese patriotic songs Mandarin-language songs 1945 songs 1945 compositions {{China-music-stub

History

Lyrics

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