Chinese New Year songs

Chinese New Year songs are the songs created specially for Chinese New Year celebration. They are always happy and lively. Normally describing the celebration scenes, customs and greeting the audience are the main contents of the songs.

There are over 160 Chinese New Year songs today. Most of them are pop songs, while the rest is folk songs which have been popular among people for long time. During Chinese New Year festival man can hear Chinese New Year songs sung by famous stars and Chinese New Year music everywhere. They are an important part of the festive atmosphere in Chinese New Year.

Here are some examples of Chinese New Year songs

1. A Chinese New Year song of 1970's - 1980's

2. 12 Chinese New Year songs sung by a Hong Kong star who was very popular in 2000's. Some of the songs are made from melodies of Chinese traditional regional operas.