Chinese New Year songs play a vital role in Chinese New Year celebrations 2019. The traditional music truly engulfs the celebration mood.
Chinese believe that soothing sound influences the peace and harmony in the world. Chinese New Year songs are not only enjoyed for merriment and fun, but they also bear some customary significance. The traditional Chinese songs are deeply influenced by Chinese religion and philosophy.
The Chinese New Year songs have a striking different from other songs. In these songs, a single tone is maintained.
The tone is given the utmost importance over the lyrics or melody. Some of the popular Chinese New Year songs are mentioned below:
Best Chinese New Year Songs
Song 1:
There’s a great big dragon coming our way ,
A great big dragon on this holiday, (march with others in a weaving line)
Let’s grab our lanterns and follow along,
Dancing & waving and singing a song. (dancing and waving while moving in a line)
There’s a great big dragon coming our way,
Hip, hip, hurray!
Song 2:
See the lion dance and prance
Dance and prance, dance and prance
See the lion dance and prance
On Chinese New Year’s Day
Hear the firecrackers pop Pop pop
pop pop pop pop
Hear the firecrackers pop
On Chinese New Year’s Day
See the children laugh and clap
Laugh and clap laugh and clap
See the children laugh and clap
On Chinese New Year’s Day
Chinese New Year Songs
Song 3:
See the dragons dance and prance, dance and prance, dance and prance. See the dragons dance and prance on Chinese New Year’s Day.
See the dragons hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop.
See the dragons hop, hop, hop on Chinese New Year’s Day.
See the dragons shake their tails, shake their tails, shake their tails. See the dragons shake their tails on Chinese New Year’s Day.
See the dragons turn around, turn around, turn around. See the dragons turn around on Chinese New Year’s Day.
See the dragons go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep. See the dragons go to sleep on Chinese New Year’s Day.
Song 4:
Almond cookies, almond cookies
For the new year, for the new year
Mix and stir and bake, mix and stir and bake
Yum, yum, yum. Yum, yum, yum.
Song 5:
Five green dragons Making such a roar
One danced away And then there were four
Four green dragons Dancing ’round a tree
One danced away And then there were three
Three green dragons Dancing ’round you
One danced away And then there were two
Two green dragons Dancing in the sun
One danced away And then there was one
One green dragon Having lots of fun She danced away
And then there were none.
As mentioned earlier, the New Year Chinese songs are always accompanied by instrumental music. There are New Year songs for children as well as for the adults.