Mengwa is a kind of "world language", when the Winter Olympics meets innocence, the brilliant spark of youth is born. 95% of the participants in the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics were teenagers, and the flowers of the motherland jointly conveyed the clear concept of "going to the future together". Late in the evening, the reporter reveals the story behind the popularity of the cute babies for you, and see how much hardship these small bodies have paid.
The "Future Champions" short film Cute Baby became popular
She can't ski at 11 months
After appearing in the short film "Future Champions" at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, 1-year-old Meng Bao Wang Yujie and her pet Dog Wangzai instantly captured the hearts of audiences around the world. After seeing the short film, many netizens said that they were "cute" and "it is really envious to be able to ski at such a young age".
Ms. Fan, Wang Yuji's mother, introduced that her daughter stood on a ski for the first time in 11 months and 14 days, when she took a video of her daughter and posted it on the short video platform. "My daughter couldn't walk at the time, but after fixing her feet on the skis, she was able to stand up, and her dad and I both felt amazing," she said. "
After Wang Yujie's skiing video was issued, it immediately caught fire, and the super high amount of attention also attracted the attention of Zhang Yimou, the general director of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics. In December 2021, the director of the opening ceremony director group who made a short video contacted Ms. Fan and filmed another video at Chongli's ski resort, which was finally used in the short film "Future Champions". And Wang Yujie's white puppy is named Wangzai, every time Wang Yujie skis, Wangzai will follow closely behind, this shooting, Zhang Yimou specifically told to shoot Wangzai together, because the picture of children living in harmony with the dog is very warm.
Wang Yujie's skiing talent may be inherited from his parents who love outdoor sports. Ms. Fan's family often climbs, dives, and skis, and they encourage children to discover things that they are better at or more interested in in different attempts. Ms. Fan said: "When the child is older and has her own ideas, as long as she wants to learn the sport, her father and I will definitely fully support it." "
500 elementary school students dance with snowflakes
"Wandering Casually" demonstrates cultural self-confidence
At the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, accompanied by the music of "Snowflakes", 500 "peace doves" played by primary school students in the capital entered the venue, wearing traditional element costumes, not limited to fixed dance movements, and swinging their bodies casually and happily. In Zhang Yimou's view, this was the most impressive part of the whole opening ceremony: "We used such a large-scale motion capture for the first time in the world, allowing the children to bloom under their feet with sparkling snowflakes that interact in real time." They played with snowflakes like they were having a snowball fight, free, romantic, cute, warm, without much acting component. "
The children who participated in the "Snowflake" program came from the Beijing Philharmonic Choir, as well as 11 schools, including Jingshan School, Zhongguancun No. 2 Primary School, Zhongguancun No. 3 Primary School, Beijing Primary School, Wulutong Primary School, and Beijing Dance Academy Attached Primary School. Zhang Chuyi, who is only 7 years old this year, is a first-grade primary school student at Dongsijiutiao Primary School in Beijing, and the youngest child in this link. At the end of each rehearsal, Zhang Chuyi would carry the small pigeon props to her shoulders, just like working in the farmland and carrying a hoe, which also became her signature action. During rehearsals, it is common for Zhang Chuyi to arrive home at 12 p.m. or 1 a.m. Liu Yuan, director of the Art Education Office of Dongsijiutiao Primary School and head of the Jinfan Dance Troupe, said: "After experiencing this, the children will encounter any difficulties in their lives in the future, and nothing will be impossible to live. "
Zhang Yimou believes that the form of the "Snowflake" program is very valuable, and the state presented by the children is very valuable. "In 2008, maybe we didn't dare to do that yet," he said. When we have a lot of expectations and sustenance, we usually dare not let the children perform, do not dare to be so relaxed, do not act, do not choreograph. Now, the director dares to think so, the leaders can agree, the IOC can support, we have jointly presented a 'loud sound, elephant invisible' program, as a witness to the process, I deeply appreciate how important cultural self-confidence is. "
Children in the mountains sing songs
"Earthy aroma" ascends to the hall of elegance
In the warm-up and performance of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, a "tribute to the people" link was set up, and the concept of "handing over the stage to ordinary people" was implemented. At the opening ceremony, 44 innocent children interpreted the Olympic anthem "Olympic Hymn" in Greek with pure and ethereal sounds. These children all come from five rural primary schools in Nanzhuang Town, Fuping County, Baoding, Hebei Province, the old revolutionary area of Taihang Mountain, and are truly "children in the mountains".
Fu Baohuan, a retired music teacher at Beijing Chongwen Primary School, participated in the Ministry of Education's "Old Principal Goes to the Countryside" activity and has been volunteering to teach in Fuping County for 5 years. One day in September 2021, Fu Baohuan received a call from the staff of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, who offered to visit Fuping and let the children there take on the task of singing the Olympic anthem at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics. The children of Chengnanzhuang Rural Primary School, at the beginning can only sing the "National Anthem" and "School Song", and do not understand Greek at all, in order to make the children's singing level can be most effectively improved in a short period of time, the children began 5 hours a day high-intensity choral training, more than two months of training in the hearts of the children planted the seeds of knowledge, and will take root in the process of their subsequent growth.
Zhang Yimou always said, "We must let the fragrance of the earth ascend to the hall of elegance." The director team looks forward to retaining and showing the children's "true colors", letting the world see their intelligence and agility, seeing their sincerity and simplicity and a little shyness, so in the usual vocal training, in addition to teaching children to achieve their due pitch through sentence by sentence, they did not put forward too many requirements for children in "technology". The director team also pays great attention to joining some group games, so that the children realize that the chorus is a kind of collective cooperation, but also maintain the natural love of music, hoping that the children can complete this major task, not to lose their simple happiness.
The little boy who blew the trumpet was still changing his teeth
His mother served the Beijing Olympics
During the national flag relay session of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, a little boy stood under the flagpole and sounded "My Motherland and Me" with a trumpet. The player, named Judean, is only 9 years old and is not perfect because he is changing his teeth, but in Zhang Yimou's view, this is the most appropriate.
It is naturally extremely difficult to be on the world stage of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. When selecting small actors, Zhang Yimou made a request: "The professional level is excellent, and then I hope to be as young as possible." Because the innocence of children, the expression of serious efforts, and the state revealed in the eyes are difficult to have in the adult world. "
Zhu Deen studied at the Future Science and Technology City School of Beijing Normal University Experimental Primary School, was able to stand out from more than 100 people, and finally stood at the scene of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, his mother Zhang Yanan was quite surprised: "He was selected at the last moment, the task is very arduous, the intensity is also very, very large, which he has never had in his trumpet learning career." Probably every mother feels that her child is not strong enough, especially our child is allergic, and in the cold season, they take care of learning, and often train and rehearse with great intensity. Happily, he has been tenacious in overcoming difficulties throughout the process. "
Speaking of Judean's musical talent, it comes entirely from the family, his father is a trumpet player, and his grandparents are also excellent musicians. At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Zhang Yanan was a staff member of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, and 14 years later, his son became a member of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Zhang Yanan "In 2008, my comrades and I fought in the bird's nest in the middle of summer, that year I met my husband, and then the next year we got married, and 14 years later our 9-year-old son stood in the bird's nest again, my heart is really very, very emotional. The spirit of the Olympic Games is passed down from generation to generation. "
Shenzhen Evening News sent a special Beijing reporter Huang Wen