Chinese New Year Songs

I (teach and) sing two different Chinese New Year songs with groups. One is:

Xin nian kuai le, Gong xi fa cai,
Xin nian kuai le, Gong xi fa cai,
Xin nian dao.

For Gong Xi, Gong Xi ni, I teach the chorus and sing the verse myself. The chorus is:
Gong xi, Gong xi, Gong xi ni,
A, Gong xi, Gong xi, Gong xi ni,

Kiddy House has new English words for this traditional Chinese New Year Song titled Smile at everyone you see.

Chinese for Families has a pdf for a Chinese New Year song posted on their website but I can't find the tune.

To hear a lovely (although nontraditional) Chinese New Year song, visit.
http://www.nancymusic.com/Gunghayplay.htm

Can Teach has English lyrics about Chinese New Year set to common American/English tunes at http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems54.html

Collections of Chinese New Year MIDI files - Some of these are good for parading!
http://china.tyfo.com/int/art/festival/spring%20festival/music.htm
http://home.pacbell.net/lcng/nymidi.html

Or see, Music Lesson Plans


Last updated: February 2007

Downloadable CNY Music

Here's a website with some popular Spring Festival songs in both MP3 and Midi formats. It is mostly in Chinese but the song titles and download links are also in English.

http://homepage.10000h.com/chunjie/06.htm

Enjoy!