Tomorrow is the Lunar New Year's Day. In Chinese society, you have to say good blessing words to each other. You could congratulate people becoming rich by saying "Kung Hei Fat Choy", it is very popular though I do not like it much. A better choice is "Maan Si Sing Yi", it means all your heart's wishes would be fulfilled.
I am only able to introduce four New Year songs to share the atmosphere of festival with you. (In fact, Chinese like to listen to New Year songs too). The first one is an English song "Happy New Year" famously sung by Swedish group Abba. It is not a song for Chinese because it has certain what we think "unlucky" or "unfavourable" words like die, lost etc. But nothing is taboo to me. Besides, it is a really nice song.
Happy New Year
No more champagne
And the fireworks are through
Here we are, me and you
Feeling lost and feeling blue
It's the end of the party
And the morning seems so gray
So unlike yesterday
Now's the time for us to say...
Happy new year, happy new year
May we all have a vision now and then
Of a world where every neighbor is a friend
Happy new year, happy new year
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
If we don't we might as well lay down and die
You and I
Sometimes I see
How the brave new world arrives
And I see how it thrives
In the ashes of our lives
Oh yes, man is a fool
And he thinks he'll be okay
Dragging on, feet of clay
Never knowing he's astray
Keeps on going anyway...
Seems to me now
That the dreams we had before are all dead
Nothing more than confetti on the floor
It's the end of a decade
In another ten years time
Who can say what we'll find
What lies waiting down the line
In the end of eighty-nine...
當然，還是原汁原味的聽華語賀年歌最好，在此送上以下三首曲成於三四十年代上海、但一直流傳至今的經典。第一首是歌影名星白虹的代表作〈春天的降臨〉，第二首是鼻音歌后吳鶯音演繹的〈大地回春〉，意象大同小異，講的都是春來大地。最後一首則最有賀年氣氛，是由陳歌辛所作、姚敏姚莉兄妹合唱的老歌，名字亦是我要向大家講的——〈恭喜恭喜〉。有興趣可到立地城懷舊金曲網站按選曲試聽，好了，謹祝大家新春大吉！
春天的降臨
陳歌辛曲 洪菲詞
冬天把白雪鋪滿大地
可以叫春天不能出頭
要花草活活埋在泥中
永遠不能開口
唱吧唱吧 螞蟻搬走了懶蟲
唱吧唱吧 蜜蜂不息勞動
唱吧唱吧 柳枝揮動了綠旗
唱吧唱吧 桃花燃起了鮮紅
天空是海水一樣明亮
白日給萬物無上滋養
灰色的愁雲隨風消散
玫瑰遍地芬芳
玫瑰遍地芬芳
擋不住時間向前進展
終於給春風帶來溫暖
花草們聽到春的號召
誰不心裏喜歡
唱吧唱吧 螞蟻搬走了懶蟲
唱吧唱吧 蜜蜂不息勞動
唱吧唱吧 柳枝揮動了綠旗
唱吧唱吧 桃花燃起了鮮紅
天空是海水一樣明亮
白日給萬物無上滋養
灰色的愁雲隨風消散
玫瑰遍地芬芳
玫瑰遍地芬芳
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大地回春
姚敏曲 陳棟蓀詞
歡迎大地回春
枝頭朵朵花如錦
原野層層草如茵
燕子歸來尋舊巢
雙雙呢喃訴衷情
大地萬象更新
蝴蝶翩翩舞輕盈
蜜蜂嗡嗡採花粉
情侶漫步軟風裏
一片春色動人情
桃李爭放 紅白相映
堤邊水濱吐清芬
大地回春 柳暗花明
水綠山青
小鳥歌聲唱不停
大地萬象新
歡迎大地回春
蝴蝶翩翩舞輕盈
蜜蜂嗡嗡采花粉
情侶漫步軟風裏
一片春色動人情
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恭喜恭喜
陳歌辛詞曲
每條大街小巷 每個人的嘴裏
見面第一句話 就是恭喜恭喜
恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀 恭喜恭喜恭喜你
冬天已到盡頭 真是好的消息
溫暖的春風 就要吹醒大地
恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀 恭喜恭喜恭喜你
皓皓冰雪融解 眼看梅花吐蕊
漫漫長夜過去 聽到一聲雞啼
恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀 恭喜恭喜恭喜你
經過多少困難 歷盡多少磨練
多少心兒盼望 盼望春的消息
恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀 恭喜恭喜恭喜你
每條大街小巷 每個人的嘴裏
見面第一句話 就是恭喜恭喜
恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀 恭喜恭喜恭喜你
