Beijing Welcomes You

Beijing Welcomes You (simplified Chinese: 北京欢迎你; traditional Chinese: 北京歡迎你; pinyin: Běijīng huānyíng nǐ; zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄢ ㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧˇ) is a feature song for the 100-day countdown of the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China.[1] The song comprises one hundred famous artists and entertainers from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan and South Korea. Its music video includes a montage of scenes from all over Beijing. It features the largest contingent of famous artists in a single Chinese-language music video.[2]

"Beijing Welcomes You"
Song by various artists
from the album The Official Album for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
LanguageMandarin
Released17 April 2008 (2008-04-17)
RecordedFirst half of 2008
StudioVarious
GenreMandopop
Length6:58
LabelChina Record
Composer(s)Xiao Ke
Lyricist(s)Albert Leung

The 5 characters in the original Chinese title of the song ("Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni") were used for the names of the "Fuwa" mascots which symbolized the 2008 Summer Olympics: Bei-Bei: fish, Jing-Jing: giant panda, Huan-Huan: the fire, Ying-Ying: gazelle, and Ni-Ni: swallow.

The song runs over six minutes in length. Since its release the song has been extremely popular with the Chinese public.

(in order of appearance)

Locations depicted

The song's music video features the above entertainers appearing in some of Beijing's most renowned sites and locations, as well as the stadiums of the Olympic Green; in order of appearances, some of them are listed below:

Lyrics to the effect

Welcome another morning, bring fresh air

The breath changes, the mood remains the same, the tea fragrance is full of friendship

The door of my house is always open, waiting for you with open arms

After hugging, there will be a tacit understanding, you will fall in love with this place

No matter how far or near you are, you are welcome

We made an appointment together and we welcome you

My family grows evergreens, open every legend

Sow seeds for traditional soil and leave memories for you

Strangers and familiars are all guests, please don't be formal

It doesn't matter how many times you come, there are too many topics

Beijing welcomes you and breaks new ground for you

Flowing charm is full of vigor

Beijing welcomes you share your breath under the sun

Refresh the score in the yellow land

The door of my house is always open, open to accommodate the world

The years bloom with youthful smiles to welcome this date

The sky and the earth are mostly friends, please feel welcome

Picturesque, poetic and smiling, just waiting for you

Beijing welcomes you like music touches you

Let's all work hard to surpass ourselves

Beijing welcomes you. Anyone who has a dream is great

Miracles can happen if you have courage

Beijing welcomes you and breaks new ground for you

Flowing charm is full of vigor

Beijing welcomes you share your breath under the sun

Refresh the score in the yellow land

Beijing welcomes you like music touches you

Let's all work hard to surpass ourselves

Beijing welcomes you. Anyone who has a dream is great

Miracles can happen if you have courage

The door of my house is always open, waiting for you with open arms

After hugging, there will be a tacit understanding, you will fall in love with this place

No matter how far or near you are, you are welcome

We made an appointment together and we welcome you

Beijing welcomes you and breaks new ground for you

Flowing charm is full of vigor

Beijing welcomes you share your breath under the sun

Refresh the score in the yellow land

The door of my house is always open, open to accommodate the world

The years bloom with youthful smiles to welcome this date

The sky and the earth are mostly friends, please feel welcome

Picturesque, poetic and smiling, just waiting for you

Beijing welcomes you like music touches you

Let's all work hard to surpass ourselves

Beijing welcomes you. Anyone who has a dream is great

Miracles can happen if you have courage

Beijing welcomes you and breaks new ground for you

Flowing charm is full of vigor

Beijing welcomes you share your breath under the sun

Refresh the score in the yellow land

Beijing welcomes you like music touches you

Let's all work hard to surpass ourselves

Beijing welcomes you. Anyone who has a dream is great

Miracles can happen if you have courage

Beijing welcomes you. Anyone who has a dream is great

Miracles can happen if you have courage

Beijing welcomes you. Anyone who has a dream is great

Miracles can happen if you have courage

See also

References
  1. Men, Rui (January 20, 2022). "奥运歌曲14年：从《北京欢迎你》到《一起向未来》" [14 Years of Olympic Songs: From "Beijing Welcomes You" to "Towards the Future Together"].
  2. Yi, Misansheng (November 4, 2019). "集齐再多明星，这首歌的奇迹也无法超越" [No matter how many stars are collected, the miracle of this song cannot be surpassed].
  • "Official Website (Chinese)". Archived from the original on 2008-09-06. Retrieved 2008-08-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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