Tea-Picking Song, Tea-Picking Lamp

The tune of "Tea-Picking Lamp" comes from a folk tune in western Fujian. It is a song and dance song well-known at home and abroad. It has also been compiled into instrumental music to be played in concerts, and can also be sung as a vocal piece. In the form of a song and dance program, he participated in the 4th World Youth Student Festival in 1953 and won the second prize. Its melody is composed of two songs, "Zhengcai" and "Guocai", using the key modulation technique. The melody is lively and bright, the rhythm is strong, the tone is cheerful, and it is suitable for the tea-picking action of singing and dancing at the same time. The atmosphere is warm and cheerful, and the tea-picking girl expresses the joy of the tea harvest with a relaxed and happy singing voice.

The lyrics are:

The flowers are blooming in the spring, and the hills are full of tea-picking girls.

Holding a basket in hand, the tea is picked, and the fragrance is picked piece by piece.

Picking from east to west, the tea-picking girl is smiling.

In the past, we picked tea for others, but now we pick tea for ourselves.

The tea tree sprouts green and green, one bud and one heart.

Pick gently, pick lightly, pick each piece freshly.

One basket after another is filled, and the sound of singing is heard in front of the mountains and behind the mountains.

This year’s tea mountain harvest is good, and every household is happy.