Chinese New Hymnal
The Chinese New Hymnal (simplified Chinese: 赞美诗（新编）; traditional Chinese: 讚美詩（新編）; pinyin: Zànměishī (Xīnbiān)) was published in the early 1980s and is the main hymnal used by the Protestant churches registered through the TSPM in present-day China. == History == The Chinese New Hymnal was begun being edited in the 1980s when persecution against religion, especially against Christianity, during the Cultural Revolution subsided and churches were reopened, with the intention to collect both domestic and overseas hymns.