orally, but they have since begun to be transcribed by others. Orchestral adaptations of the hymns have made Lü famous overseas as well. Her life story and the hymns are inseparable in publicity, reflecting a holiness theology on part of the movement. Described as "profoundly modest" despite her fame in China, Lü spends much time traveling around the country. Her music is publicized by Chinese American backers in particular. The 2012 Chinese film Back to 1942 featured the Canaan hymn "The River of Life" as its theme song. The hymn "I Love My Home" has also appeared on China Central Television, sung by a Christian family, despite the channel's reputation as propaganda of the officially atheist state. Many Chinese regard the Canaan hymns a gift from God. Chinese Christians have attributed miraculous healings to those singing the hymns. Musical and theological features The Canaan hymns are short, pentatonic and resemble Chinese folk songs. Many, but not all, are rhymed. Few have verses or refrains. There are many allusions to nature and the weather. They are "genuinely inculturated hymns, with a folk lilt, Chinese harmonics, and an imagery that blends rural China with biblical themes". The spontaneity of the hymns reflect the process that Lü uses to compose her hymns: she develops songs based on Bible verses that come to her mind while praying, as a plea to a local need or as thanks. Conceiving a new hymn can take as little as five to ten minutes. The songs are simple, "a few lines of doxology or lament"; the figures of speech used are everyday and rural. The songs are easier to learn than those featured in the Chinese New Hymnal, the official hymnal of the state-controlled China Christian Council. Even uneducated and illiterate people can grasp the Canaan hymns, which has contributed to their popularity. They can be sung without instrumentation, and are sung in church, at home gatherings, and when alone. The songs are Christologically and pneumatologically focused, even if most of the Biblical references are to the Old Testament, especially the Book of Psalms. The lyrics of the hymns are theologically mindful of a tension between China's political realities and aspirations of Chinese Christians. These thoughts are reflected on the Second Coming of Jesus and there is a strong eschatological current. Early hymns in particular focused on the theme of overcoming hardships. The hymnody reflects a kind of