Nursery rhymes are short poems for children, which emphasize meter and rhyme, and are usually passed down orally. Many nursery rhymes are gradually processed and circulated according to idioms in ancient ceremonies, or processed based on later historical events. Nursery rhymes are recorded in all countries, nationalities and cultures around the world. For example, Saint Amethyst in China and Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star in Britain. On June 7th, 2008, Beijing nursery rhymes were approved by the State Council to be included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

The development of history

Nursery rhymes have a long history, starting from The Book of Songs. Wei Fengyuan has peaches-I worry about my heart and I rhyme. The nursery rhymes of Kangqu recorded in Liezi are said to be the nursery rhymes of China's legendary saint Yao Shi.

Some people think Liezi is not necessarily reliable, but only admit that Zhou Xuanwang nursery rhymes recorded in Guoyu Zhengyang are the earliest nursery rhymes. Even so, nursery rhymes have a history of nearly three thousand years. In the history of China literature, only some chapters in The Book of Songs can be compared with it.