Category Archives: Chinese poems

The most famous Chinese poem 靜夜思 Jing Ye Si Quiet Night Thoughts 李白 Li Bai: lyrics, pinyin, English translation, bright moon or mountain moon shan yue or ming yue, chuang a bed or something else? Barnaby Bright Yellow Moon (lyrics)

Quite night thoughts poem is the most popular Chinese quatrain. It was written by Li Bai / Li Po of the Tang dynasty. In Chinese spoken world, for students, this poem is also the first classic poem to learn in … Continue reading

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Best Tang poem 张若虚 Zhang Ruoxu 春江花月夜 chun jiang hua yue ye A Flowery Moonlit Night by the Spring River: lyrics, pinyin, English translation, audio, poem analysis, Moon River, Tony Bennett – Fly me to the moon lyrics

春江花月夜 chūn jiāng huā yuè yè A Flowery Moonlit Night by the Spring River 张若虚 Zhāng Ruòxū Translated by Shu Slow version[audio:http://www.chinesetolearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/listen-to-poem1.mp3|titles=listen to poem] Fast version [audio:http://www.chinesetolearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Spring-river.mp3|titles=Spring river] 春江潮水连海平,  海上明月共潮生。 chūn jiāng cháoshuǐ Lián Hǎipíng ,   hǎishàng míngyuè gòng cháo shēng … Continue reading

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