When it comes to the elderly, many people's first impression is a leisurely life: either basking in the sun together in the warm winter sun, or forming a table to compete with each other in mahjong skills. But Changsha has a septuagenarian grandmother is not like this, she and her grandson learned street dance for six or seven years, for several dances "Popping", "Hiphop", "Locking" and their basic essentials, the old man can blurt out, for which also gained the reputation of "Changsha's most fashionable grandmother".
The old man's name is Li Qinghua, and his grandson Hu Weichen, 14 years old, has been learning street dance for six or seven years. When Hu Weichen began to learn street dance, his grandmother always accompanied him. As a result, the former member of the army literary troupe who loved to listen to Cui Jian and liked Michael Jackson when he was young became interested in street dance in his old age.
At present, Hu Weichen's road to learning dance continues, and Li Qinghua will continue to accompany his grandson on the road to pursue his dreams.
The septuagenarian dragon who guided her grandson to dance street dance was praised by netizens
"The rhythm is stronger!"
"The fork is not enough to sink!"
"Breaking's moves, to be added, by the next time you participate in freestyle, you mix these elements together, and the effect will be better!" 」
Recently, a video on social platforms has aroused the attention of netizens. A woman in a red shirt and a white duck-tongue hat is instructing her grandson next to him to do street dance. For several dance styles of street dance,"Popping," "Hiphop," "Locking," and so on, the elderly are even more handy.
The seventy-year-old girl named Li Qinghua, who had a "sassy" temperament, was guided by her 14-year-old grandson Hu Weichen. Unlike people's general impression of Jiaoyi, the comments of netizens below the video are also full of envy and admiration. "These are other people's grandmothers, our family is: touch, bar, beard, shuffle!" "Grandma is so powerful, she is a person with culture and dance skills!" "Grandma must have been the king when she was young!" "Grandma is so cute, Grandma is the most beautiful star on the street, Grandma C debuted!"
Some netizens called her "the hippest grandmother in Changsha".
"Du Du (Hu Weichen's nickname) is 14 years old this year, and he is already 1 meter 73." Speaking of his grandson, the old man seemed more excited. She said that Since he was a child, he has liked theatrical performances, "When he was two or three years old, he saw the program of Xiao Shenyang on TV, and we didn't call him, he took a flashlight to imitate singing." This became the beginning of Hu Weichen's artistic enlightenment.
Growing up a little longer, the family found that Hu Weichen liked to sing and dance, so the grandmother ran all over Changsha with her grandson, planning to let him learn dance. "At that time, Changsha was basically a teacher who taught Chinese dance, and when he took him to meet the teacher, he saw that all the girls were learning and didn't want to go in, so I couldn't do anything." Li Qinghua said.
"When I was 6 years old, a friend of mine took him to see the hip-hop gang of hip-hop dance agencies, and he liked it, and then he started learning hip-hop." The child's father said that since then, Grandma's life has been circling around, "since he began to learn to dance, he has been with him." "Hu Weichen's big and small competitions, Grandma has never been absent.
The grandson practiced indoors and the grandmother watched from outside. Over time, Li Qinghua also gradually understood some street dance knowledge and could dance some movements. "I loved dancing, and I unconsciously learned a lot about hip-hop with my grandson and the teacher who taught him."
Therefore, for the dance genre of street dance, Li Qinghua came to hand and counted the family treasures, and the grandchildren usually like to watch street dance programs, which is "This! It is the loyal audience of the "Street Dance" show, and both of them like the two contestants in the show, Han Yu and Ye Yin.
Listen to Cui Jian, love MJ, Grandma herself is also a "fashion trender"
In fact, when Li Qinghua was young, he was a member of the army's cultural and labor troupe, dancing folk songs and dances such as "The Golden Mountain in Beijing" and so on. "There's still a bit of a dance background." The old man laughed and said that although the street dance is more different from the dance he danced before, there are also similarities, "Dance is to use the body to express language, which is the same." ”
The time spent practicing dancing with his grandson was pleasant and exciting in Li Qinghua's view. "The music played in the street dance is very dynamic, especially hiphop, most of the music is foreign, which is very exciting to listen to." Li Qinghua's idols are not many, one of them is Michael Jackson, "I have heard a lot of Michael's songs." In addition, Li Qinghua also likes to listen to folk songs sung by Song Zuying and Dong Wenhua, which in her own words is called "a wide range of involvement."
Why is it widely covered? Because Li Qinghua also likes to listen to rock and roll. In the 1980s and 1990s, Cui Jian, who was at the peak of his popularity, came to Changsha to hold a concert, and Li Qinghua also went to see it. "I love the charming atmosphere of rock and roll." In the 1990s, Yang Liping came to Changsha to perform, "I also went to see, the ticket price at that time was three or four hundred yuan a piece, but it was not cheap!" ”
"I want him to be on a bigger stage"
In order to support Hu Weichen to learn to dance, when he was more than 8 years old, his family converted a garage in his home into a dance room for children to practice dancing. "In the past few years, I have gone to junior high school, and I don't have much time to practice dance, so I can go to the dance classroom on Friday nights and weekends to practice, but in recent years I have practiced more in the dance studio."
When Hu Weichen practiced street dance at home, she would also have some small disputes with her grandmother, and her grandmother would also let Hu Weichen try to imitate the beautiful movements in the show. "Sometimes, he doesn't practice very well, and I'll point it out." However, Li Qinghua will not speak in front of Sun Tzu, and at the same time will pay attention to the tone of his speech. "When he was young, I would point it out directly, and now that he's grown up and has a stronger sense of self-esteem, he's not happy when you say it." Li Qinghua said with a smile.
The reporter learned that the child's father, Mr. Hu, also danced breakdancing before. To this end, he and the child's grandmother sometimes have differences over Hu Weichen's learning to dance. "His dad likes him to jump Popping, and I prefer hiphop." However, Li Qinghua also said that at home, "Dad is king", and Pocket will generally choose to listen to Dad.
"Du Du used his strength to prove that he could go on, and I took him all the way to this day." At the beginning, Hu Weichen would cry his nose and not speak when he lost the game, and his grandmother told him: "What is the loss, you like to continue to work hard, if there is a game, you will participate in more competitions, and the master is the process of improving yourself." Slowly Hu Weichen gained self-confidence. When she was a child rehearsing for the competition, Hu Weichen's abdomen and waist were injured, and her knees were broken, and her grandmother asked, "Can you hold on?" Hu Weichen nodded and said yes. The next day, Grandma took Hu Weichen to Shenzhen to participate in the competition, "I hope he can stand on a bigger stage and realize his ideals." ”
Source: Xiaoxiang Morning News