The Straits Times – 10 Feb 1980 – A timely disc forLunar New Year. &Fh#o t H_
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Chinese New Year always brings me nostalgic memories of the good old days of cracker-firing. J3y4 D}
Fire-crackers have been banned for a decade, but their sounds are still carried over radio and television and heard over tapes and records. {YIf rM
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I like this LP because it creates a festive mood.It is timely for the Chinese New Year. It features not only new songs but also recordings on the significance of New Year customs, like why crackers are fired and why Hong Baos are exchanged, why Spring scrolls are pasted on door panels and why so much watermelon seeds are consumed during the festival. .$zo_~ mR
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There is an old ballad, “Bai Da Nian” (it literallymeans “pray big year”),from Sui Yan, the capital of ^]TYS]C
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The theme song, sung by Liu Wenzhen, is satirical: “As the value of paper currency is fast declining, m^KK
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All the 10 songs, by popular Mandarin singers, are very lively. F/:Jp3@
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