I Love Beijing Tiananmen

"I Love Beijing Tiananmen" (simplified Chinese: 我爱北京天安门; traditional Chinese: 我愛北京天安門; pinyin: Wǒ ài Běijīng Tiān'ānmén), formerly translated as "I love Peking Tiananmen", is a children's song written during the Cultural Revolution era of China.

"I Love Beijing Tiananmen"
Song
GenreChildren's music, propaganda music
Songwriter(s)Jin Yueling
Lyricist(s)Jin Guolin
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History

The lyricist of the song was Jin Guolin, a 12-year-old student who was in 5th grade in 1970, and the composer was Jin Yueling, a 19-year-old apprentice from Shanghai Sixth Glass Factory.

This song was part of the daily routine for many primary schools. It would be sung, following "The Internationale" and "The East is Red".

The first three measures of the chorus of this song were used repeatedly as background music in the infamous 1995 Japanese bootleg Super Famicom video game, Hong Kong 97. The game, whose plot involved the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997, had a strong anti-Communist China sentiment, and therefore, the song was used sarcastically.

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