Folk Rhymes

1. Zhang beat the iron

Zhang beat the iron, Li beat the iron, beat the scissors to send to my sister, my sister left me to rest, but I don't want to rest, I want to go back to beat the iron.

2. One, two, three

One, two, three, jump, jump, jump. Three, two, one, enough, enough, enough. Little bear, little bear, enough honey, hold the little stick hard. Up and up, down and down. Ouch, it stung me all over my head! It hurts like hell!

3. Grandma's Bridge

Shake, shake, shake, shake to Grandma's Bridge. Grandma smiled at me and called me a good baby. A bag of sugar, a bag of fruit, and a cake after eating the cake.

4. Pulling the big saw

Pulling the big saw, pulling the big saw, grandma's house sings a big opera. The first thing you need to do is to get the girl and invite her son-in-law, but you can't let her go. I have to go even if I'm not allowed to, and I'll ride my cart to get there.

5. Little White Rabbit

The little white rabbit, white and white, with two ears up, loves to eat radishes and vegetables, and is so cute when he hops around.

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Nursery rhymes, short poems for children that emphasize meter and rhyme, are usually passed down orally. Many nursery rhymes are based on idiomatic phrases from ancient rituals that have been gradually processed and handed down, or are based on more recent historical events.

Nursery rhymes have been recorded in various peoples and cultures around the world. For example, the Three Character Classic in China and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in England.

On June 7, 2008, Beijing nursery rhymes were approved by the State Council to be included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

Nursery rhymes have a long history, starting as early as Wei Feng Garden with Peaches in the Book of Songs - "When the heart is worried, I sing and ballad." The Kangqu Nursery Rhymes, recorded in Liezi, are said to be nursery rhymes from the time of Yao, the legendary sage of China. The Examination of Ancient and Modern Things says: "Liezi said: 'Yao was traveling in Kangqu in a small costume and heard the nursery rhyme ......' The ballad started since Yao time."

Some people think that the book "Liezi" is not necessarily reliable, and only recognize the "Nursery Rhymes at the Time of King Xuan of Zhou" recorded in "Guoyu - Zheng Yu" as the real earliest nursery rhymes. Even so, nursery rhymes have a history of nearly three thousand years. In the history of Chinese literature, only certain chapters of the Book of Songs can be compared with it in terms of "seniority".

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Nursery Rhymes - Baidu Encyclopedia