Songs played during the New Year: "Spring Festival Overture", "Gong Xi Fa Cai", "Happy Chinese Year", "Three Hundred and Sixty-five Blessings", "If you have money but don't have money, go home to celebrate the New Year".
1. "Spring Festival Overture"
It is the first movement of the "Spring Festival Suite" and is often played alone. It is a work created by the famous Chinese composer and music theorist Li Huanzhi in the 1950s based on his life experience in the Yan'an period.
It shows the scene of people in the revolutionary base area celebrating the Spring Festival enthusiastically. The music is added with the rhythm of gongs and drums for making Yangko. The theme consists of two folk suona songs in northern Shaanxi, and the middle part is a Melodious folk songs of northern Shaanxi.
2. "Gong Xi Fa Cai"
This song is a song written and sung by Andy Lau himself. In the lyrics, Andy Lau expresses the hope that he can wish the world a happy new year and that no sad things will happen in the future, so that everyone can have a happy New Year. At the beginning of the song, he brings straightforward blessings to everyone in a straightforward tone.
3. "Happy Chinese Year"
It was written by Zhang Junyi and composed by Bian Liunian. It was released in January 1998 and included in singer Sun Yue's album "Happiness Express". This song was also the opening song of the 1999 Spring Festival Gala. Singer Zhuo Yiting also sang the cover.
4. "Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Blessings"
It was written and composed by Zang Yunfei and officially sung by Cai Guoqing at the CCTV Lantern Festival Gala in 1991, creating a precedent for blessing songs in China. . For Cai Guoqing, since "Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Blessings" became popular all over the country, it has become an indispensable piece of music in his performances.
5. "Go home for the New Year if you have money or not"
Sung by Wang Baoqiang, the song reflects the eagerness of family members who have been traveling abroad for a year, regardless of whether their careers are successful or not. The feeling of being able to go home and reunite with the children.