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Book of Songs (Chinese)

A long time ago in a country called China, people wrote lots of poems and songs to express their feelings and ideas. They even collected these poems and songs into a big book called the "Book of Songs" (also known as the Shi Jing).

The Book of Songs has more than 300 poems and songs that were written over a period of hundreds of years. It tells us about what life was like back then and the thoughts and emotions of the people who lived during that time.

Some of the poems talk about love, others about nature, and some even talk about the government and politics. The language used in the Book of Songs is very different from what we speak today, but people still enjoy reading it because it has many interesting stories and ideas.

Even though the Book of Songs was written very long ago, we can still learn a lot from it. It teaches us about the history and culture of China and shows us how people expressed their feelings through poetry and song.