Chinese Characters, Chinese People is a children's song inspired by traditional Chinese culture. It uses the horizontal, vertical, left-falling and right-falling strokes of Chinese characters as metaphors for self-cultivation and moral character, encouraging children to write Chinese characters well and conduct themselves with integrity. Featuring a bright, accessible melody, the song is widely sung in schools across China. It promotes both aesthetic education through calligraphy and moral education centered on devotion to family and country.
中國字·中國人
Chinese Characters, Chinese People
作曲：連向先
Music: Lian Xiangxian
作詞：蘇士澍、歐榮生
Lyrics: Su Shishu and Ou Rongsheng
演唱：江門五邑碧桂園學校
Performed by Wuyi Country Garden Bilingual School, Jiangmen
【歌詞】
[Lyrics]
寫好中國字，做好中國人；
Write Chinese characters well; be a good Chinese person.
寫字要用心，做人要真誠。
Put your heart into writing; be sincere in life.
一點一提開頭要緊，
Each stroke, start with care;
橫平竪直堂堂正正。
keep horizontal strokes level and vertical strokes straight.
寫好中國字，做好中國人；
Write Chinese characters well; be a good Chinese person.
寫字要用心，做人要真誠。
Put your heart into writing; be sincere in life.
一撇一捺收筆要穩，
Each left-falling or right-falling stroke, finish with a steady hand;
橫折彎鈎力度柔順。
apply smooth, gentle pressure to horizontal turns and curved hooks.
寫好中國字，做好中國人；
Write Chinese characters well; be a good Chinese person.
寫字要用心，做人要真誠。
Put your heart into writing; be sincere in life.
一筆一划起伏挫頓，
Each stroke, lifts or presses, turns or pauses,
先意後筆翰墨有神。
first shape it in your mind, then let the brushwork glow.
中華大家庭，
The Chinese nation is one great family,
四海皆同心。
united in heart across the four seas.
寫好中國字，
Write Chinese characters well,
做好中國人。
and be a good Chinese person.
Text | Zheng Yiling (intern), Liu Lingzhi
