Northeastern Cradle Song is a lullaby known widely in China, and is a folk song representative of
Northeast ChinaNortheast China is a geographical region of China, consisting of the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang. It is separated from Russia largely by the Amur, Argun, and Ussuri rivers, from North Korea by the Yalu River and Tumen River, and from the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region by...
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The Northeastern Cradle Song is a
lullabyA lullaby is a soothing song, usually sung to children before they go to sleep, with the intention of speeding that process. As a result they are often simple and repetitive...
known to many people in
ChinaChina is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
. It is a folk song representative of
Northeast ChinaNortheast China is a geographical region of China, consisting of the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang. It is separated from Russia largely by the Amur, Argun, and Ussuri rivers, from North Korea by the Yalu River and Tumen River, and from the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region by...
.
This cradle song is said to be originally sung in
PulandianPulandian is one of the "three northern cities" of Greater Dalian, Liaoning Province, the other two being Wafangdian and Zhuanghe.-Geography:...
, now part of
Greater DalianDalian is the governing sub-provincial city in the eastern Liaoning Province of Northeast China, facing Shandong to the south and the Yellow Sea to the east and the Bohai Sea to the west and south...
, at the time when Pulandian was called New Jin Prefecture (in ), located north of
JinzhouJinzhou District is now one of the six Districts of Dalian, located about 20 kilometers northeast of the city center and facing the Bohai Sea to the west. It has a longer history than Dalian, and used to be a thriving walled city where the officials of this area were dispatched from the central...
(in )).
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Northeastern Cradle Song is a lullaby known widely in China, and is a folk song representative of
Northeast ChinaNortheast China is a geographical region of China, consisting of the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang. It is separated from Russia largely by the Amur, Argun, and Ussuri rivers, from North Korea by the Yalu River and Tumen River, and from the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region by...
.
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The Northeastern Cradle Song is a
lullabyA lullaby is a soothing song, usually sung to children before they go to sleep, with the intention of speeding that process. As a result they are often simple and repetitive...
known to many people in
ChinaChina is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
. It is a folk song representative of
Northeast ChinaNortheast China is a geographical region of China, consisting of the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang. It is separated from Russia largely by the Amur, Argun, and Ussuri rivers, from North Korea by the Yalu River and Tumen River, and from the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region by...
.
This cradle song is said to be originally sung in
PulandianPulandian is one of the "three northern cities" of Greater Dalian, Liaoning Province, the other two being Wafangdian and Zhuanghe.-Geography:...
, now part of
Greater DalianDalian is the governing sub-provincial city in the eastern Liaoning Province of Northeast China, facing Shandong to the south and the Yellow Sea to the east and the Bohai Sea to the west and south...
, at the time when Pulandian was called New Jin Prefecture (in ), located north of
JinzhouJinzhou District is now one of the six Districts of Dalian, located about 20 kilometers northeast of the city center and facing the Bohai Sea to the west. It has a longer history than Dalian, and used to be a thriving walled city where the officials of this area were dispatched from the central...
(in )).
Lyrics
There are slight differences in the lyrics that people use. The following has been taken in
DalianDalian is the governing sub-provincial city in the eastern Liaoning Province of Northeast China, facing Shandong to the south and the Yellow Sea to the east and the Bohai Sea to the west and south...
,
Liaoning' is a northeastern province of the People's Republic of China. Its one-character abbreviation is Liao ."Liáo" is an ancient name for this region, which was adopted by the Liao Dynasty which ruled this area between 907 and 1125. "Níng" means "peacefulness"...
Province, China.
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| Northeastern Cradle Song
1.
The moon is bright, the wind is quiet,
The tree leaves hang over the window,
My little baby, go to sleep quickly,
Sleep, dreaming sweet dreams.
2.
The moon is bright, the wind is quiet,
The cradle moving softly,
My little one, close your eyes,
Sleep, sleep, dreaming sweet dreams.
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