What is the nursery rhyme for Moonlight Shine?

The Moonlight Shines on the Earth

Song language: Cantonese

The Moonlight Shines on the Earth

Shrimp boy, you're sleepy in bed

Listening to the morning mom is going to rush to plant rice seedlings

Master to see the cows and he went up to the hillocks......

Shrimp boy, you're growing up quickly

Shrimp boy, you're growing up quickly

There are a few things I'd like to know about the moonlight.

Help me to see the cows and goats.......

The moonlight shines on the ground

Shrimp boy, you're a good boy

Listening to my father, I want to catch fish and shrimp

Grandma weaves nets until dawn

Shrimp boy, you're getting taller and taller

You're even better at rowing a boat and casting a net

The moonlight shines on the ground

Picking betel nut on three nights of the year

A bountiful harvest of all grains.

"Moonlight Shines on the Earth", also known as "Moonlight", is a traditional Cantonese children's song.

"Moonlight Shines on the Earth" is a nursery rhyme that has been passed down from generation to generation in the Cantonese-speaking areas of Guangdong, especially in the city of Guangzhou, and "Moonlight Shines on the Earth" and another Lingnan nursery rhyme, "Falling Rain", have been the must-sing nursery songs of several generations of children in the Pearl River Delta region of Guangdong.

When they were young, their mothers or grandmothers would teach their teething children to sing these two songs. The difference is that "Moonlight Shines on Ditang" depicts life in the countryside, while "Falling Rain" is a depiction of the scene of flooded streets in Xiguan, the old city center of Guangzhou, on a rainy day. The lyrics are full of children's words and fun as they look at the scene from a child's eyes!

The author of this song and the time of its composition are no longer available, but judging from its urbane language and simple musical notes, it should be a traditional song that was circulated in the streets of the Xiguan area during the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, and sung to the present day, it has become the childhood memories of several generations of Guangzhou people.

Important performances

On November 27, 2010, the children's song was performed at the closing ceremony of the Guangzhou Asian Games.