Biān Huā Lán | Chinese Folk Songs Project - Chinese Folk Songs for Music Teachers

Biān Huā Lán
From Henan Province

This lively song is from the province of Henan. This song is sung with a nasal quality. Students are to have fun with singing this song. Students stand in a circle facing counterclockwise and stand on one foot. The foot that is up is “weaved” with the other students feet.

Pinyin Version

biān biān biān huā lán
biān gè huā lán shàng nán shān
nán shān kāi mǎn hóng mǔ dān
duǒ duǒ huā ér kāi de yàn
duǒ duǒ huā ér kāi de yàn
yín gé dān dān ài yín mǔ dān
yín mǔ dān nà gè nà hā yī yā āi

English Translation

Weave, weave, weaving flower baskets,
Weave a flower.
Asked and take it up the South Mountain.
The South Mountain is blooming with red peonies,
Every flower is blooming beautifully,
every flower is blooming beautifully.
Silvery peonies, ai, silvery peonies.
That silvery peony.