When you are learning a complex language like Mandarin Chinese, it's highly recommended to practice singing some of the famous Chinese songs. This could be a great way to enhance your Chinese listening and speaking skills. Moreover, the Chinese songs often have deep cultural meanings, uncovering them could be a fun way to understanding the Chinese culture. In fact, Karaoke has become very popular in both China and abroad. In particular, Chinese people love to visit Karaoke. Therefore, getting a grasp of popular Chinese songs would enable you to closely interact with the Chinese people. As such, learning the most famous songs would have a long-lasting effect on your Chinese language endeavors.

The current book volume, Chinese Songs, is a Chinese reading practice book. It introduces very famous traditional and modern (total 21) Chinese hits (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿). These songs are extremely popular in China and almost everyone here practically knows them very well. The volume, 2nd in the "Introduction to Chinese Culture Series", includes both the Chinese text (simplified characters) and pinyin. With about 1000 unique Chinese characters, the volume would be suitable for the beginners, lower intermediate and advanced level Chinese language learners (HSK 1-6). Overall, the reading series offers you a variety of elementary level books (Level 1/2/3) to learn Chinese culture as well as practice Chinese reading fast.