🐉 Kung Hei Fat Choi – An Exciting Chinese New Year Song for Primary Children

Bring the colour, energy, and celebration of Chinese New Year into your classroom with Kung Hei Fat Choi. This fun, easy-to-learn primary school song is perfect for KS1 and KS2 children. Its memorable melody, repeating structure, and vivid imagery help pupils explore key traditions such as dragon dances, lanterns, lucky wishes, and festive drumming.

The instrumental section invites plenty of opportunities for creative movement – ideal for your own dragon dance, class choreography, or percussion work. Whether you’re preparing a multicultural assembly, class performance, or simply celebrating the festival, this song offers an engaging and inclusive way to introduce young learners to Chinese New Year.

🎶 What’s Included in Your Song Pack

Everything you need for confident teaching and performance:

• Vocal track –  to support learning the words and tune

• Backing track – perfect for assemblies and live performances

• Printable sheet music – with melody line, lyrics and piano/keyboard accompaniment

• Full lyrics (PDF & PowerPoint) – easy to print or display on screen for rehearsals

💛 Why Teachers Love Kung Hei Fat Choi

Teachers choose this Chinese New Year song for its simplicity, energy, and cultural richness. Each verse highlights a different festival tradition, giving you endless opportunities for actions, props, artwork, movement, dance, and drama.

The child-friendly structure helps even the youngest singers join in with confidence, while the catchy tune creates a festive atmosphere in any classroom or assembly. It’s a brilliant resource for global learning, seasonal celebrations, or music-making throughout the school year.

💡 Music Education Benefits

Using Kung Hei Fat Choi in lessons helps develop:

• Steady beat through drum-inspired rhythms

• Pitch-matching with repeated, memorable phrases

• Expressive movement, dance and creative interpretation

• Multicultural understanding and appreciation of world festivals

• Confidence as pupils sing together with repetition and success

🧧 Celebrate Chinese New Year Through Music

From dragons that sway to lanterns glowing bright, Kung Hei Fat Choi captures the excitement of Chinese New Year in a way children love. Download your song pack today and bring the joy of this special festival into your classroom.

📦 Included in your song pack

1. Audio file of backing track with instruments playing the melody in MP3 format
2. Audio file of vocal track in MP3 format
3. Song words in PDF format
4. Sheet music in PDF format
5. PowerPoint of song words

Simply add this item to your basket and then proceed to checkout. You can use either a debit/credit card or a PayPal account on the payment platform.
All the files will appear in your account ready to download with one click as a compressed ‘zip’ file and you’ll have everything you need to get singing straight away!

Kung Hei Fat Choi – Lyrics

Verse 1
Kung Hei Fat Choi, see the dragon sway,
Kung Hei Fat Choi, see the dragon sway,
Kung Hei Fat Choi, on this special day.

Verse 2
Kung Hei Fat Choi, let us dance and sing,
Kung Hei Fat Choi, let us dance and sing,
Kung Hei Fat Choi, lots of luck we bring.

Verse 3
Kung Hei Fat Choi, see the lanterns bright,
Kung Hei Fat Choi, see the lanterns bright,
Kung Hei Fat Choi, such a lovely sight.

Instrumental

Verse 4
Kung Hei Fat Choi, hear the big drum play,
Kung Hei Fat Choi, hear the big drum play,
Kung Hei Fat Choi, happy New Year Day.

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