THAT "Gong xi gong xi gong xi ni" song

I've briefly mentioned the Chinese New Year "Gong xi" song twice here and here but I decided to search for more information about this song.

I found it mentioned on this blog http://mumsgather.blogspot.com/2008/01/gong-xi-gong-xi-gong-xi-ni-pinyin-song.html

They are teaching the classic Gong Xi Gong Xi Gong Xi Ni Chinese New Year song at my daughter's kindy. However, during those times when they were singing it, I noticed that my girl was not singing along. (Because she doesn't understand Mandarin and she is new at the school, the others had learned it before).

So what does a Mandarin Character Illiterate Computer Geek Mom do to help her daughter? Well, she searches the internet of course. Lol! And this is what I found. A YouTube Video of the Gong Xi Gong Xi Gong Xi Ni song. Its like singing karaoke with cute little animations. Chinese Character Song Lyrics as well as an English translation of the lyrics is included. You can go here for the Gong Xi Gong Xi Gong Xi Ni Pinyin Song Lyrics.

The kids love it. They listen to it over and over and over again and laugh at the animations. Well, you don't have to be a Chinese Character illiterate like me to enjoy this Chinese New Year classic song with your kids. Just press play and enjoy! Warning: It may sound a little irritating after playing it over and over and over again about 10 times or more. Lol!

Youtube video



Here are the lyrics (translations not by me!):

每条大街小巷
mei tiao da jie xiao xiang
每个人的嘴里
mei ge ren di zhui li
见面第一句话
jian mian di yi ju hua
就是恭喜恭喜
jiu si gong xi gong xi
恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀
gong xi gong xi gong xi ni a
恭喜恭喜恭喜你
gong xi gong xi gong xi ni

冬天已到尽头
dong tian yi dao jing tou
真是好的消息
zhen shi hao di xiao xi
温暖的春风
wen nuan di chun feng
就要吹醒大地
jiu yao chui xing da di
恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀
gong xi gong xi gong xi ni a
恭喜恭喜恭喜你
gong xi gong xi gong xi ni

浩浩冰雪融解
hao hao bing xue rong jie
眼看梅花吐蕊
yan kan mei hua tu rei
漫漫长夜过去
man man chang ye guo qu
听到一声鸡啼
ting dao yi shen ji ti
恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀
gong xi gong xi gong xi ni a
恭喜恭喜恭喜你
gong xi gong xi gong xi ni

经过多少困难
jing guo duo shao kun nan
历经多少磨练
li jing duo sao mo lian
多少心儿盼望
duo shao xin er pan wang
盼望春的消息
pan wang chun de xiao xi
恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀
gong xi gong xi gong xi ni a
恭喜恭喜恭喜你
gong xi gong xi gong xi ni

1
In every avenue and street
From the mouth of everyone
The first sentence when we meet
is congratulations
Congratulations, congratluations, congratulations to you
Congratulations, congratluations, congratulations to you

2
The winter has come to an end
That's really good news
The warm breeze of the spring
will wake up the earth
Congratulations, congratluations, congratulations to you
Congratulations, congratluations, congratulations to you

3
The heavy snow has melted
The plums are about to blossom
The endless dark night is over
We hear the crowing of a rooster
Congratulations, congratluations, congratulations to you
Congratulations, congratluations, congratulations to you

4
After so much difficulty
with so much discipline
How many hearts are looking forward
To the news of spring
Congratulations, congratluations, congratulations to you
Congratulations, congratluations, congratulations to you

Repeat 2,3,4.

Now, for those that don't know... Chinese New Year is also called "Spring Festival" or 'chun jie' 春节 . Why? - I don't know.. because it is not Spring yet and it certainly isn't warm! Also those lyrics kind of aren't applicable right now given it is still freezing and the snow from a week ago hasn't even melted yet.. and I certainly don't see any plum blossoms or roosters crowing! LOL.

Gong Xi Fa Cai

Happy Chinese New Year to everyone... it has been quiet here. Most people have gone 'home' and there are fewer people around and fewer cars out on the road. I heard a few firecrackers going off last night but nothing so far today. It seems very weird it's so quiet ... It must be getting warmer because some of the snow that I saw yesterday on rooftops and sidewalks (am I turning American? footpaths for the rest of you) have melted. There is still some snow though. The weather report says "2 degrees but feels like -2." Having been to Taiwan, Hong Kong and now back to Shanghai, I've seen lots of red/gold/rat decorations around which is pretty cool. Even my flight back on China Eastern (from Hong Kong) was decked out in festive decorations! There were red paper pom pom things on the walls, and paper cut stickers, and mouse/rat cartoon cardboard cut outs stuck all over the plane.

Was reading some blog and they mentioned that annoying Chinese New Year song too! haha
http://shuflies.blogspot.com/

Ron and I were walking down Shida Road today when we heard the most annoying pop song ever. The lyrics were basically "gōng xǐ, gōng xǐ, gōng xǐ, gōng xǐ nǐ [you]!" over and over and over again.

This is a really festive time of year for me/us because not only is there CNY but our first wedding anniversary is coming up soon, then a few days later Valentine's day!

Not sure what I have got in store today (hubby is in nice and warm Thailand!) but I will have (a big) dinner with my relatives tonight!