Minnan nursery rhymes are children's folk songs created and sung in the Minnan dialect, which are popular in southern Fujian, Taiwan, and overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia.

Generations of Minnan people crafted these rhymes by adapting to children's cognitive abilities and psychological characteristics, utilizing the Minnan dialect's complex yet musically rich rhyming patterns and tonal rhythms.

Through continuous refinement during oral transmission, they have evolved into a distinctive form of folk literature.

Minnan nursery rhymes first emerged during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). From the mid-Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) onwards, as waves of Minnan people migrated to Taiwan and Southeast Asia, these distinctive children's rhymes were carried across the Strait and throughout the Nanyang region.

Minnan nursery rhymes can be classified in multiple ways — thematically into categories like current affairs, child-rearing and game rhymes; structurally as lullabies and riddles; and performatively as recited verses and melodic songs.

They represent a rich repository of knowledge, serving as one of the most significant vehicles for the linguistic development of kids and their understanding of society and daily life.