My Chinese Heart

"My Chinese Heart" (Chinese: 我的中国心) is a Chinese patriotic song. The lyrics were written by James Wong in 1982 in protest of the falsifying of information on the Second Sino-Japanese War in Japanese History books by the Japanese Ministry of Education, as well as to disseminate Chinese nationalism. Wang Fuling composed the song and Cheung Ming-man was brought to fame for being its first singer. The song discusses the nature of Chinese identity, as well as the struggles and necessity of maintaining Chinese culture among the diaspora. It is a particularly well known piece among the diaspora community, and is viewed alongside The Great Wall Ballad as the de facto anthem of the Chinese diaspora. The song, which was released during the economic opening of China, also served to remind the Chinese population of their own identity during a period of increasing foreign influence.[1]

Lyrics

Simplified Chinese	Traditional Chinese	Pinyin
河山只在我梦萦 祖国已多年未亲近 可是不管怎样也改变不了 我的中国心 洋装虽然穿在身 我心依然是中国心 我的祖先早已把我的一切 烙上中国印 长江长城 黄山黄河 在我胸中重千斤 无论何时无论何地 心中一样亲 流在心里的血 澎湃着中华的声音 就算身在他乡也改变不了 我的中国心	河山只在我夢縈 祖國已多年未親近 可是不管怎樣也改變不了 我的中國心 洋裝雖然穿在身 我心依然是中國心 我的祖先早已把我的一切 烙上中國印 長江長城 黃山黃河 在我胸中重千斤 無論何時無論何地 心中一樣親 流在心裡的血 澎湃著中華的聲音 就算身在他鄉也改變不了 我的中國心	hé shān zhī zài wǒ mèng yíng zǔ guó yǐ duō nián wèi qīn jìn kě shì bù guǎn zěn yàng yě gǎi biàn bù liǎo wǒ dí zhōng guó xīn yáng zhuāng suī rán chuān zài shēn wǒ xīn yī rán shì zhōng guó xīn wǒ dí zǔ xiān zǎo yǐ bǎ wǒ dí yī qiē lào shàng zhōng guó yìn cháng jiāng cháng chéng huáng shān huáng hé zài wǒ xiōng zhōng zhòng qiān jīn wú lùn hé shí wú lùn hé dì xīn zhōng yī yàng qīn liú zài xīn lǐ dí xuè péng pài zhuó zhōng huá dí shēng yīn jiù suàn shēn zài tā xiāng yě gǎi biàn bù liǎo wǒ dí zhōng guó xīn	Mountains and rivers are only in my dreams I’ve not set my foot on the old country for ages Yet nothing can convert My Chinese heart Though I rig myself out in a foreign suit My heart is still Chinese My forefathers branded every inch of me With the Chinese mark Great Yangtze, Great Wall Yellow Mountain, Yellow River Weigh so heavily on my bosom Whenever or wherever I am You are always dear to me The blood surging in my heart Echoes China, China Even though I am in an alien land Nothing can convert my Chinese heart.

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