Nanniwan

南泥湾
"South Muddy Bay"
Soldiers working in Nanniwan in 1943.
Lyrics	He Jingzhi
Music	Ma Ke

"Nanniwan" (南泥湾) is a Chinese communist revolutionary song written in 1943, with lyrics by communist poet He Jingzhi and music by Ma Ke. It was made popular by the Chinese Communist Party and continues to be one of the most recognisable songs in the People's Republic of China. The lyrics were set to a traditional folk melody of northern Shaanxi.

The song rose during the last years of the War of Resistance and continued to be popular after the Communist victory in 1949. It is the signature song of the important revolutionary singer Wang Kun, and Cui Jian, widely regarded as the "father of Chinese rock," created a rock version of the song in 1987. It experienced a revival during the mid-1990s along with other revolutionary songs, with the release of many re-adaptations in Guoyue compilations.

Lyrics

Chinese original

Simplified Chinese	Traditional Chinese	Pinyin	Palladius Cyrillic
花篮的花儿香 听我来唱一唱 唱一呀唱 来到了南泥湾 南泥湾好地方 好地呀方 好地方来呀好风光 好地方来呀好风光 到处是庄稼 遍地是牛羊 往年的南泥湾 处处是荒山 没呀人烟 如今的南泥湾 与往年不一般 不呀一般 如呀今的南泥湾 与呀往年不一般 再不是旧模样 是陕北的好江南 陕北的好江南 鲜花开满山 开呀满山 学习那南泥湾 处处是江南 是呀江南 又站岗来又生产 三五九旅是模范 咱们走向前 鲜花送模范	花籃的花兒香 聽我來唱一唱 唱一呀唱 來到了南泥灣 南泥灣好地方 好地呀方 好地方來呀好風光 好地方來呀好風光 到處是莊稼 遍地是牛羊 往年的南泥灣 處處是荒山 沒呀人煙 如今的南泥灣 與往年不一般 不呀一般 如呀今的南泥灣 與呀往年不一般 再不是舊模樣 是陝北的好江南 陝北的好江南 鮮花開滿山 開呀滿山 學習那南泥灣 處處是江南 是呀江南 又站崗來又生產 三五九旅是模範 咱們走向前 鮮花送模範	Huālán de huā’ér xiāng Tīng wǒlái chàng yíchàng, chàng yì ya chàng Láidào le Nánníwān Nánníwān hǎo dìfāng, hǎo dì ya fāng Hǎo dìfāng lái ya hǎo fēngguāng Hǎo dìfāng lái ya hǎo fēngguāng Dàochù shì zhuāngjia, biàndì shì niúyáng Wǎngnián de Nánníwān Chùchù shì huāngshān, méi ya rényān Rújīn de Nánníwān Yǔ wǎngnián bù yìbān, bù ya yìbān Rú ya jīn de Nánníwān Yǔ ya wǎngnián bù yìbān Zài búshì jiù múyàng, shì shǎnběi de hǎo Jiāngnán Shǎnběi de hǎo Jiāngnán Xiānhuā kāi mǎnshān, kāi ya mǎnshān Xuéxí nà Nánníwān Chùchù shì Jiāngnán, shì ya Jiāngnán Yòu zhàn’gǎng lái yòu shēngchǎn Sānwǔjiǔlǚ shì mófàn Zánmen zǒuxiàng qián, xiānhuā sòng mófàn	Хуалань дэ хуа-эр сян Тин уолай чан ичан, чан и я чан Лайдао лэ Наньнивань Наньнивань хао дифан, хао ди я фан Хао дифан лай я хао фэнгуан Хао дифан лай я хао фэнгуан Даочу шы чжуанцзя, бяньди шы нюян Ваннянь дэ Наньнивань Чучу шы хуаншань, мэй я жэньянь Жуцзинь дэ Наньнивань Юй ваннянь бу ибань, бу я ибань Жу я цзинь дэ Наньнивань Юй я ваннянь бу ибань Цзай бушы цзю муян, шы шаньбэй дэ хао Цзяннань Шаньбэй дэ хао Цзяннань Сяньхуа кай маньшань, кай я маньшань Сюэси на Наньнивань Чучу шы Цзяннань, ши я Цзяннань Ю чжаньган лай ю шэнчань Сань-уцзюлюй шы мофань Цзаньмэнь цзоусян цянь, сяньхуа сун мофань

English translation

Flowers in a basket are fragrant
Listen to me sing a little, sing for a little
Come to Nanniwan
Nanniwan is a nice place, nice place
Nice place and beautiful scenery
Nice place and beautiful scenery
Crops everywhere, cattle and sheep all around

Nanniwan in years gone by
Was a barren mountain with no people around
Nanniwan today
Is different from the past
Nanniwan today
Is different from the past
And no longer looks like it did
It is the Jiangnan of Northern Shaanxi

The Jiangnan of Northern Shaanxi
Mountains full of flowers, mountains blossoming
Know that in Nanniwan
Everywhere is like Jiangnan, yes, like Jiangnan
Learning again how to cultivate
The three-hundred-fifty-ninth Brigade sets the example
Let us go forward, let the example blossom