New hit "Xi Dada Loves Peng Mama" goes viral online

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan pose for a photo with youth players from China and Germany in Berlin, March 29, 2014. [Photo: Xinhua]

A music video titled "Xi Dada Loves Peng Mama" telling the love story of Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan recently went viral in China. In the video, netizens lovingly referred to the couple as Xi Dada (literally meaning Uncle Xi) and Peng Mama (literally meaning Mother Peng).

The video, which lasts 3 minutes and 21 seconds contains 33 photos and 2 comic illustrations of the couple showing small details like tacit eye contact between them.

As of last evening, the music video had gained more than 22 million hits from netizens on Tencent's video website. It was uploaded last Tuesday.

The song was sung by two singers from central China's Henan province.

One of the singers Yu Runze said that the love story between Chinese President and his wife has long been admired by Chinese netizens, especially after a photo was released recently, showing Xi Jinping holding Peng Liyuan's hands and entering the Chinese research vessel Xuelong during Xi's visit to Australia.

"The chemistry between the couple has impressed many netizens and it inspired my partner and I to write this song." Yu added.

The other singer Xu An said: "In our song, the stereotype image of a serious political leader has been changed into someone who can connect with ordinary people. This will make people have an emotional connection to the couple."