I Love Beijing Tiananmen
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Genre | Children's music, revolutionary song |
Songwriter(s) | Jin Yueling |
Lyricist(s) | Jin Guolin |
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"I Love Beijing Tiananmen"
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"I Love Beijing Tiananmen" (formerly written "I love Peking Tiananmen") (simplified Chinese: 我爱北京天安门; traditional Chinese: 我愛北京天安門; pinyin: Wǒ ài Běijīng Tiān'ānmén), is a children's song written during the Cultural Revolution era of China.
History[]
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The lyricist of the song was Jin Guolin, a 12-year-old student who was in 5th grade in 1970, and the composer was Jin Yueling, a 19-year-old apprentice from Shanghai Sixth Glass Factory.
This song was part of the daily routine for many primary schools. It would be sung, following "The Internationale" and "The East is Red".
The first three measures of the chorus of this song were used repeatedly as background music in the infamous 1995 Japanese bootleg Super Famicom video game, Hong Kong 97. The game, whose plot involved the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997, had a strong anti-Communist, anti-China sentiment, and therefore, the song was used sarcastically.
Lyrics[]
Simplified Chinese[]我爱北京天安门, |
Traditional Chinese[]我愛北京天安門, |
Pinyin[]Wǒ ài Běijīng Tiān'ānmén,
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Translation[]I love Beijing Tiananmen,
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External links[]
- World music song stubs
- Chinese music stubs
- Cultural Revolution
- Chinese patriotic songs
- Maoist China propaganda songs
- Songs about China