Classic Cantonese New Year songs include:
1. "Bless You" is written by Huang Zhan and composed by Gu Jiahui. The two versions that everyone has probably heard the most are the 1981 version of Jenny Yen and the 1993 Warner Star version. Among them, the star version is sung by Lin Zixiang, Ye Sianwen, Andy Lau, He Wanying, Zeng Hangsheng, Cai Lier, Zhang Weijian, Lu Fang, Du Dewei, Liu Ximing, Zhong Zhentao, Tai Chi Band, etc.
2. The song "New Year's Ode" is adapted from the classic traditional folk music "Joyful Ocean" created by Chinese folk music master Liu Mingyuan in 1958. Zheng Shaoqiu and Wang Mingquan sang this song "New Year's Ode" in 1977, which was included in the album "Happy Years". He Wanying and Zeng Hangsheng covered this song in 1993.
3. The song "The God of Wealth Is Here" is composed by Xu Guanjie, with lyrics written by Lin Zixiang, Xu Guanjie and Peter Lai. Both Xu Guanjie and Lin Zixiang have sung it. It was first sung by Xu Guanjie in 1978 and included in the album of the same name. Lin Zixiang's version was launched in 1993.
4. I believe everyone will be familiar with the melody of the song "Congratulations". The original song is a country ballad "Oh! Susanna" that is popular around the world. Later, this song was adapted into the Cantonese New Year song "Let's Congratulate You". In recent years, a cold drink brand adapted this song into a brand promotional song "You Love Me, I Love You~Sweet Honey" which is also very popular on the Internet.
5. "Congratulations to everyone"? In 1973, Cantonese opera masters Wen Chitose and Li Baoying released the New Year album "Congratulations to everyone". Today, more than 40 years later, it is still a hit single in the streets. This song is adapted from a Cantonese opera tune. The melody is catchy and the lyrics are festive and have a blessing meaning.
Hong Kong pop music specimen "New Year's Eve Song"
"What a spring flower, everyone loves her", "New Year after New Year ***Celebrate Happy New Year", " May you always be colorful every day." When big-name stars such as Andy Lau, Dicky Cheung, Sylvia Yeh, and Lin Zixiang sang these New Year's greetings with festive smiles, how could they predict that even today, 30 years later, they are still It is a must-play in the K-room and the most appropriate New Year soundtrack during the Spring Festival.
The MT V images of New Year’s songs decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations form vivid pictures that best reflect the New Year atmosphere, and are condensed and frozen in the memories of generations of Hong Kong people.
"Blessings are like the East Sea", "Gong Xi Jincai", "A hundred sons and a thousand grandchildren", "A bowl full of things"...the festive idioms that frequently appear in Hong Kong New Year songs have now also become people's New Year greetings and blessings. It is a special golden phrase for blessing; and the dual temperament of Cantonese ancient style and pop music also allows the "New Year Song" to find a suitable place in the two opposing fields of "simple" and "fashionable".