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Canaan Hymns or Songs of Canaan (Chinese: 迦南诗选; pinyin: Jiānán Shīxuǎn [1] [2]) is a collection of Chinese hymns composed by Lü Xiaomin, beginning in 1990. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Lü Xiaomin is a daughter of peasants of the Hui minority born in 1970, [ 5 ] who converted to Christianity. [ 3 ]
"Ode to the Motherland" [1] (simplified Chinese: 歌 唱 祖 国; traditional Chinese: 歌 唱 祖 國; pinyin: Gēchàng Zǔguó) is a patriotic song of the People's Republic of China, written and music composed by Wang Shen [2] (王 莘; Wáng Shēn; 26 October 1918–October 15, 2007) during the period immediately after the founding of the ...
Christian Literature Society for China (1912). The China Mission Year Book. Shanghai: Christian Literature Society for China. Hsieh, Fang-Lan (2009). A History of Chinese Christian Hymnody: From Its Missionary Origins to Contemporary Indigenous Productions. Lewiston N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press. ISBN 9780773438163.
In addition to the songs from Europe and the Americas, special effort was made to collect the songs written by the Chinese people, such as those from Wang Weifan, T. C. Chao, and Lin Shengben. It was printed by Amity Printing Co. and published by China Christian Council. "The English-Chinese Bilingual New Hymnal" was later published in 1998. [1]
Diagram 1 The Type of Hymns in Different Versions of HUP [1] [3]. To ensure that HUP1936 was a Chinese hymnal, the hymnal committee, led by Timothy Ting-Fang Liu (1891–1947, (劉廷芳), the dean of the school of religious studies at Yenching University, requested that HUP1936 should contain at least 10% of Chinese tunes.
The lyrics "Red chamber dream, from the sky above, ancient tales of hidden Chinese love" are inspired by "Dream of The Red Chamber", one of China's Four Great Classical Novels. The lyrics touch on the Buddhist and Taoist philosophies of romantic love and the transitory nature of life thematic in the novel, also called "Story of The Stone”. [20]
"Loyalty to the Country" (simplified Chinese: 精忠报国; traditional Chinese: 精忠報國; pinyin: Jīngzhōng bàoguó) is a Chinese patriotic song paying tribute to the Han general Yue Fei, a popular Chinese folk hero. The name of the song refers to a phrase tattooed on the back of Yue Fei, and a mantra with which he is commonly identified.
The song "The Smooth Love Song" (溜溜的情歌), from the album Hui Wei (回蔚) by Karen Mok, samples this song. The song "Kangding Love Song and Liuliu Tune" remix by Tan weiwei on I Am A Singer season 3, Ep9 in 2015. Sammo Hung sings a portion of the song in the movie Dragons Forever.