Chinese Moon Songs and Mid-Autumn Festival Poems

Chinese moon songs for Mid-Autumn Festival

If you’re a teacher or parent looking for ways to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, check out these Mandarin Chinese moon songs and poems!

This list of Mid-Autumn Festival songs wouldn’t be complete without the famous Tang Poem by Li Bai as well as The Moon Represents My Heart 月亮代表我的心 made famous by Teresa Teng.

For kids who prefer modern tunes, we’ve also included newer moon songs in Mandarin Chinese!

Best moon songs and poems for Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival

To help your bilingual children and students learn how to sing moon songs, lyrics are provided in simplified and traditional Chinese plus Hanyu Pinyin.

Chinese Tang Poem Quiet Night Thoughts 中文唐诗静夜思

This famous Chinese Tang Poem by 李白 (Lǐ bái) is one of the first poems that children learn in China, Taiwan, and Singapore. The lyrics are as follows:

Simplified Chinese
床前明月光
疑是地上霜
举头望明月
低头思故乡

Traditional Chinese
床前明月
光疑是地上霜
舉頭望明月
低頭思故鄉

Pinyin
Chuáng qián míngyuè
guāng
Yí shì dìshàng shuāng
Jǔ tóu wàng míng yuè
Dītóu sī gùxiāng

Chinese Mooncakes Festival Song 中秋节月饼歌

We are huge fans of the Rhythm and Tones book created by a Chinese teacher in New York City. Like Ms. Pauline’s other songs, the beat of this mooncake song is super catchy and makes the song fun to memorize!

The lyrics to this mooncake song are shown in the subtitles and featured in the Rhythm and Tones book.

Chinese Moon Song 月圆圆中秋祝福

This lightly animated cartoon features a Mandarin song about the round full moon.

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Chinese Round Moon Song 月亮圆圆 / 月亮圓圓

These 3 girls sing about the round, full, bright moon in Mandarin Chinese. The lyrics are as follows:

Simplified Chinese
月圆圆欢庆中秋节
月亮照亮着每家的庭院
烛光点亮每个心愿
祝福你幸福快乐每一天

月圆圆欢庆中秋节
月饼香香的心里也甜甜
灯笼唤起童年喜悦
快乐月圆中秋节

Traditional Chinese
圓圓歡慶中秋節
月亮照亮著每家的庭院
燭光點亮每個心願
祝福你幸福快樂每一天
月圓圓歡慶中秋節
月餅香香的心裡也甜甜
籠喚起童年喜悅
快樂月圓中秋節

Pinyin
Yuán yuán huān qìng zhōngqiū jié
Yuèliàng zhào liàngzhe měi jiā de tíngyuàn
Zhúguāng diǎn liàng měi ge xīnyuàn
Zhùfú nǐ xìngfú kuàilè měi yītiān

Yuè yuán yuán huān qìng zhōngqiū jié
Yuèbǐng xiāng xiāng de xīnlǐ yě tián tián
Lóng huànqǐ tóngnián xǐyuè
Kuàilè yuè yuán zhōngqiū jié

庆中秋 Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival Nursery Rhyme

This Mid-Autumn Festival song celebrates the bright moon and mooncakes in Mandarin. The lyrics are as follows:

Simplified Chinese
中秋夜
月儿明 
游园会上同欢庆 
提灯笼
吃月饼
团圆之夜好心情

Traditional Chinese
中秋夜
月兒明
遊園會上同歡慶
提燈籠
吃月餅
團圓之夜好心情

Pinyin
Zhōngqiū yè
Yuè er míng
Yóuyuánhuì shàng
tóng huān qìng
Tí dēnglóng
Chī yuèbǐng
Tuányuán zhī yè hǎo xīnqíng

月亮代表我的心 Moon Represents My Heart

Teacher Yangyang Cheng from YoYo Chinese is so engaging and patient with her lesson on how to sing 月亮代表我的心 Moon Represents My Heart. She explains the meaning of each phrase while playing the melody on the keyboard.

Compared to the aforementioned Chinese moon songs, this one is more mature and romantic (in a rated-PG way!)

Download printable 月亮代表我的心 Moon Represents My Heart lyrics here.