This is a great river, its waves are wide and calm
The wind blows through the rice flowers, bearing fragrance to either shore
My home is right there by the water
I am used to hearing the punters' whistle
and seeing the white sails on the boats
Solo
This is a great river, its waves are wide and calm
The wind blows through the rice flowers, bearing fragrance to either shore
My home is right there by the water
I am used to hearing the punters' whistle
and seeing the white sails on the boats
Chorus
This is the beautiful motherland
The place where I grew up
In this expansive stretch of land
Wonderful landscape can be seen everywhere
2.
Solo
Young ladies are like flowers
Young men have a big heart and grand visions
In order to construct a new realm
They have woken the sleeping mountains
And made the rivers change their appearance
Chorus
This is the motherland of heroes
The place where I grew up
In this stretch of ancient land
There is youthful vigour found everywhere
3.
Solo
Great mountains, great rivers and an amazing place
Every road is flat and wide
When friends are here, there is fine wine
But if the wolves come
What greets it is the hunting gun
Chorus
This is the strong motherland
The place where I grew up
On this stretch of warm and friendly land
The sunshine of peace is everywhere
Lyrics to My Motherland...
My Motherland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I see nothing about hunting down and killing the American jackels. Did I miss a line?
sorry guys... I just don't see the problem on this one.
I bet he ate with them. :ninja:How could a Chinese peanis not play chopsticks?
Tell me folks, are we not supposed to play t
he Star-Spangled Banner now when Obama goes to the U.K.?
National anthem fail......
This pianist should be run out of the country, but so many foolish people just ignore the insult.
Why is it so many people have forgotten, or incapable of understanding symbolic messages anymore? This pianist should be run out of the country, but so many foolish people just ignore the insult.
Sad really.
It's a patriotic Chinese song, about a specific battel in Korea. How is it propaganda?
You need to stop embarrassing yourself with making a big deal over a song.
Edit: Seriously... :lmao:
Very clever of the pianist. Slip the knives in when we aren't looking. Make us look the fools.
But what was President Obama supposed to do about it? What did you expect? There's no reason to expect the President to be familiar with Chinese propaganda; if he was, that'd just be another reason for you to call him a Socialist. And even if he'd recognized the piece, there would have been no graceful way to stop the pianist; any reaction at all would have been graceless and classless and would have shown our country in an even poorer light.
Sometimes you have to let the little people take their shots and satisfy yourself with being the better man.
Chorus
A great river flows, its waves are wide and calm
The wind blows through the rice flowers, bearing fragrance to either shore
My home is right there by the water
I am used to hearing the punters' whistle
and seeing the white sails on the boats
Solo
A great river flows, its waves are wide and calm
The wind blows through the rice flowers, bearing fragrance to either shore
My home is right there by the water
I am used to hearing the punters' whistle
and seeing the white sails on the boats
Chorus
This is my beautiful motherland
The place where I grew up
In this expansive stretch of land
Wonderful landscape can be seen everywhere
2.
Solo
Young ladies's beauty are like flowers
Young men's hearts are big and determined
In order to usher in a new era
They've woken the sleeping mountains
And changed the face of the river
Chorus
This is my heoric motherland
The place where I grew up
In this stretch of ancient land
There is youthful vigour found everywhere
3.
Solo
Great mountains, great rivers and an amazing land
Every road is broad and wide
When the friends come, fine drink is offered
But if the wolves come
What greets them are the hunting rifles
Chorus
This is my strong motherland
The place where I grew up
On this stretch of warm and friendly land
The sunshine of peace is everywhere
The lyrics are anti-American IN THE EXTREME!!! All Korean War era propoganda is extreme. I remember seeing old Korean War movies replace NBA basketball games on TV in May 1999 after the U.S. accidently bombed the Chinese embassy in the then-Yugoslavia...
Tell me folks, are we not supposed to play the Star-Spangled Banner now when Obama goes to the U.K.?
Why am I not surprised the resident ChiCom supporter has chimed in...
Not the same... and the U.S. and U.K. have great relations today. The Chinese government has and still does regard the U.S. with disdain. I was living in China when the bombing of the embassy in Yugoslavia occurred and the anti-American propoganda (which this song played a part) that went on for weeks on end. Do you remember the Chinese reaction to the U.S. EP=3 recon plane that the Chinese illegally forced down which landed and was held in Hainan Province??? Do you remember the propoganda the Chinese government used??? Do you READ Chinese? Do you understand Mandarin?!?!? GET REAL!!!
He shouldn't have given them a state dinner to begin with...
GET REAL!!!
Some Chinese acknowledge this song as anti-american.
What is to be derived from this?
Not that I disagree with you, but Whovian posted the lyrics and I fail to find any reference to America in the lyrics. If the lyrics in the song are extreme and anti-American, I would guess that they are implicit, subtle and metaphoric? Unless of course Whovian posted the lyrics to the wrong song...
Let me offer you some of your own advice:
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