Ch 26 · Lesson 23

Song: 凤阳花鼓

Play it, read along word by word, then answer the questions. Every word is at your level - the song page teaches the few that are new.

Play the song and read along - tap any word you don't know. Then answer the questions underneath and the lesson completes itself.

凤阳花鼓

Fèngyáng huāgǔ

The Fengyang Flower-Drum Song

Lyrics

第一段

凤fèng阳yáng,凤fèng阳yáng,

凤fèng阳yáng,

朱zhū皇huáng帝dì,

荒huāng。

第二段

户hù羊yáng,

户hù郎láng,

奴nú郎láng,

鼓gǔ。

副歌

咚dōng隆lóng咚dōng锵qiāng,咚dōng隆lóng咚dōng锵qiāng。

第三段

锣luó,鼓gǔ,

锣luó鼓gǔ。

,

凤fèng阳yáng。

Comprehension drill

4 questions on what you just read. Get one wrong and the story will show you where it says otherwise.

Anonymous Anhui folk song of the Ming and Qing dynasties, first attested in print in the Qianlong-era drama anthology Zhuibaiqiu; the flower-drum genre is entry V-36 in China's national intangible cultural heritage register. Modern celebrity arrangements are separately protected; the underlying words and tune are not. Source text. Translation ours.

Open the full song page for the background to the song.

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