Do you know China has fifty six ethnic groups and each group has their own dialect and culture. And Mandarin is the official language. In previous This Week’s Chinese Song I already introduced Songs with Inner Mongolian folk tunes. Today I’m going to introduce a song with Tibetan tune.  Let’s learn more about the song first, then I’m going to give you a bit more information about Tibet and its culture.

This is an easy-to-sing (short verses) and beautiful pop song by top star Han Hong in China.  She is Tibetan origin and this song applies Tibetan folk music in it. I like it not only because the tune is beautiful, but also it expresses such a gratitude   towards life, in the lyrics it even incorporates the Buddhism six syllable Mandra in it. Here are the lyrics:

Words:
wǒ de jiāxiāng zài Rìkēzé, nàlǐ yǒu tiáo měilì de hé. Amala shuō niú yáng mǎn shānpō, nà shì yīnwèi púsa bǎoyòu de.
lánlán de tiānshang báiyún duóduó, měilì héshuǐ fàn qīngbō. xióngyīng cóng zhèlǐ zhǎnzhì fēiguo, liúxia yíduàn dòngrén de gé.

(Bhuddism Mandra) Om Mani Padme Hum
wǒ de jiāxiāng zài Rìkēzé, nàlǐ yǒu tiáo měilì de hé. Amala shuō niú yáng mǎn shānpō, nà shì yīnwèi púsa bǎoyòu de.
lánlán de tiānshang báiyún duóduó, měilì héshuǐ fàn qīngbō. xióngyīng cóng zhèlǐ zhǎnzhì fēiguo, liúxia yíduàn dòngrén de gé.

我的家乡在日喀则，那里有条美丽的河。阿妈拉说牛羊满山坡，那是因为”菩萨”保佑的。
蓝蓝的天上白云朵朵，美丽河水泛清波。雄鹰从这里展翅飞过，留下那段动人的歌。

(佛教六字真言) 嗡嘛呢 (嘛呢) 叭咪吽，嗡嘛呢（嘛呢）叭咪吽

我的家乡在日喀则，那里有条美丽的河。阿妈拉说牛羊满山坡，那是因为”菩萨”保佑的。
蓝蓝的天上白云朵朵，美丽河水泛清波。雄鹰从这里展翅飞过，留下那段动人的歌。
Translation: My Homeland

My hometown is in Shigatse, there is a beautiful river there. Mama says that the abundance of livestock in the mountains is the blessing of Buddha.
In the blue, blue sky, flowing are the white clouds, and flashing are the ripples in the beautiful river. Heroic eagles are flying over, leaving a passionate song.

Repeat…

Note:  菩萨púsa – Bodhisattva

This song could be taught at lower elementary level

Like Inner Mongolian Songs that formed its characteristics of graceful melodies because of its unique spacious grasslands, Tibetan music always brings you a feeling of magnificence with its high pitch plus vibrationable singing notes sometimes expressing the life of high land. Tibet is located in the West  of China, on the south part of The Tibetan-Qinghai Plateau at an altitude of above 4000 meters from sea level. The Qinghai-Tibetan plateau is the highest and largest plateau in the world. About 4.6 million Tibetans live on the plateau, and over 90% of the population are engaged in farming and herding. Below are their traditional costumes

Here is another song sung by the same singer, and this song is a exemplifier of a Tibetan song with it full characteristics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o8zFePZOcA.   This song is very popular and sung by various singers.

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