The innovative program form of "Voice of Nature Welcomes the New Year" wishes for a warm childhood

Beijing, January 5 (Xinhuanet) "Aunt Wang Yaping, do you like to sing? What is your favorite nursery rhyme? Can you sing us a song in space? "Auntie especially likes to sing, and her favorite is the "Little Star" that my daughter sang when she went to sleep, which flashed and shined, and the sky was full of small stars..."

During the New Year's holiday just this past, "Wang Yaping and his daughter Tiandi Connect singing little stars" sparked a topic discussion on social media. Such a warm clip comes from the New Year's Eve program "The Sound of Nature To Welcome the New Year - 2022 Children's Chorus Special Program" produced by CCTV Children's Channel. Different from the traditional children's evening programs in the past, this program focuses on children looking for "natural sounds" outside the studio, and uses innovative narrative methods to convey new year wishes for children and teenagers.

The laughter of children, the tapping of ping-pong balls, the crunching sound of eating sugar gourds, the footsteps of the People's Liberation Army, the sound of rockets taking off... In the program, the children found different "natural sounds" in their hearts on the stage, in the classroom, in the planetarium, in the streets and alleys, and behind each sound contained the theme of warmth - home country, innocence, blessing, tribute... In the children's exploration, the music slowly sounds and flows naturally. Singer Li Guyi sang "My Motherland and Me" with the children, the children and parents of the Little Dolphin Hearing Impaired Children's Choir brought "Wake Up the Ears", and all the hosts of the Children's Channel brought "Happy New Year" and other programs to sing and express their feelings, indirectly sublimating the theme.

Sister Moon, the director and host of the program, said: "Instead of directly telling the theme you want to express, it is better to let the children give us answers and let them feel every love behind them from the process of finding the 'sound of nature'." ”

Program poster. (Courtesy of the interviewee)

One of the most eye-catching parts of the show was the team's visit to the children of China's aerospace workers at the Aerospace Kindergarten in Beijing. Here, the three astronauts who are on a mission in space answer the naïve questions of the "cute babies" "in a serious way". A child asked astronaut Zhai Zhigang: "What is there to eat in the space station?" Zhai Zhigang replied: "There are a lot of delicious food, there are currently more than 120 kinds, even my favorite Northeast dishes." Sister Moon said that such a simple and true dialogue is the best patriotic education.

In the program, the daughter of astronaut Wang Yaping told Sister Moon that she wanted to thank her mother for "picking stars" for herself in space. There are also children who think of their father in the program because the motherland's aerospace industry can not often go home to accompany him, but still thank him, "because dad is protecting China." Sister Moon believes that children understand dedication and gratitude at a young age, and we want to pay tribute to the astronauts, but also to their children and the people who provide protection for children. In this part, the three songs "Look up at the stars", "Listen to Me Thank You" and "The Man Who Gave Me the Stars" tell such emotions.

The program is also interspersed with rich performance content such as traditional cultural poetry chanting, patriotic song singing, Winter Olympic theme performances, and sitcoms, which restore the perspective of children. Sister Moon said that children's programs integrate different voices, which is more in line with the current new media communication methods, but the unchanged core is that the program should reflect the love for children and the gratitude of the motherland to protect the children's growth.

Source: Xinhua News Agency client Beijing Channel