"The God of Wealth Arrives".

Lyrics:

The God of Wealth has arrived - Gao Shengmei

The God of Wealth has arrived

The God of Wealth has arrived at the door of my house

Welcome the God of Wealth, I will receive the God of Wealth

Bring the God of Wealth to my home

From now on, I will have good luck

Money will come rolling in

Do business with him A fortune with a fortune

He is very good at buying lottery tickets

Everything comes true

The God of Wealth arrives

Everyone welcomes the God of Wealth

The God of Wealth is coming

The God of Wealth is coming to my door

Welcome the God of Wealth and I will pick up the God of Wealth

Bring the God of Wealth to my home

From then on, I had good luck and money.

He made huge profits from doing business

He was very good at buying lottery tickets

Everything came true

The God of Wealth has arrived

Everyone welcomes the God of Wealth

In the early 1970s, the image of the God of Wealth and related cultural works began to appear in Hong Kong society. At that time, the public generally paid attention to the Lunar New Year. 》 was created under the background of this era. "The God of Wealth" is composed by Hong Kong singer Xu Guanjie, with lyrics written by Xu Guanjie and Peter Lai. It was first sung by Xu Guanjie in 1978 and included in the album of the same name. This song has lyrics first and melody later. This music creation technique is called "asking for words and selecting tunes", which was widely used in Cantonese music starting in the 1970s.

"The God of Wealth Arrives" has elements of Western music, but it is not a style song. The lyrics mainly talk about the arrival of the God of Wealth into the world, and mention people's wishes for good fortune in the new year. In addition, the lyrics also reflect people's traditional desire to get rich, the money-loving mentality popular in Hong Kong society, and the phenomenon of people living in poverty but fantasizing about being able to get rich.

At that time, it was popular in the Hong Kong music industry to write New Year's greeting songs, but these songs often only repeated the phrase "congratulations"; Peter Lai believed that such New Year's greeting songs had no connotation, so the lyrics of "The God of Wealth Is Here" ended with the word "congratulations" Use other content as the theme to achieve innovation. This song has lyrics that advise people not to be superstitious and not to do evil. Peter Li believes that this can bring enthusiasm and positive energy.