Northeastern Cradle Song () is a lullaby known widely in China, and is a
folk song representative of
Northeast China
Northeast China or Northeastern China () is a geographical region of China, which is often referred to as "Manchuria" or "Inner Manchuria" by surrounding countries and the West. It usually corresponds specifically to the three provinces east of ...
.
General
The Northeastern Cradle Song is a
lullaby
A lullaby (), or cradle song, is a soothing song or piece of music that is usually played for (or sung to) children (for adults see music and sleep). The purposes of lullabies vary. In some societies they are used to pass down cultural knowledg ...
known to many people in
China. It is a
folk song representative of
Northeast China
Northeast China or Northeastern China () is a geographical region of China, which is often referred to as "Manchuria" or "Inner Manchuria" by surrounding countries and the West. It usually corresponds specifically to the three provinces east of ...
.
This cradle song is said to be originally sung in
Pulandian
Pulandian District () is one of the seven districts under the administration of Dalian, located in the south of Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. Its area is and its permanent population is 741,230. The district borders the prefectu ...
, now part of
Greater Dalian, at the time when Pulandian was called New Jin Prefecture (in ), located north of
Jinzhou
Jinzhou (, ), formerly Chinchow, is a coastal prefecture-level city in central-west Liaoning province, China. It is a geographically strategic city located in the Liaoxi Corridor, which connects most of the land transports between North Chin ...
(in )).
[According to multiple people living in Dalian. (May, 2009)]
Lyrics
There are slight differences in the lyrics that people use. The following has been taken in
Dalian,
Liaoning Province, China.
In popular culture
* In the film ''
The Last Emperor
''The Last Emperor'' ( it, L'ultimo imperatore) is a 1987 epic biographical drama film about the life of Puyi, the final Emperor of China. It is directed by Bernardo Bertolucci from a screenplay he co-wrote with Mark Peploe, which was adapted ...
'', Ar Mo sang this lullaby twice, to her own baby and to
Puyi
Aisin-Gioro Puyi (; 7 February 1906 β 17 October 1967), courtesy name Yaozhi (ζδΉ), was the last emperor of China as the eleventh and final Qing dynasty monarch. He became emperor at the age of two in 1908, but was forced to abdicate on 1 ...
.
See also
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Lullaby
A lullaby (), or cradle song, is a soothing song or piece of music that is usually played for (or sung to) children (for adults see music and sleep). The purposes of lullabies vary. In some societies they are used to pass down cultural knowledg ...
*
Folk song
*
Northeast China
Northeast China or Northeastern China () is a geographical region of China, which is often referred to as "Manchuria" or "Inner Manchuria" by surrounding countries and the West. It usually corresponds specifically to the three provinces east of ...
References
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External links
Northeastern Cradle Song (sung by Xu Guizhu in 1962)
Lullabies
Chinese folk songs