"People's Livelihood Weekly" all-media reporter Wang Di Zhu Haoquan
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
All eyes on you, as promised!
July 31, 2015,
When IOC President Bach announced:
Beijing joins hands with Zhangjiakou
After winning the right to host the 24th Winter Olympic Games,
People from all walks of life began to do it
The arrival of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics,
Prepare intensively.
Director from the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics
to professional skiers,
Guarantee doctor from ski
To the Winter Olympic torchbearers
……
While they silently prepare for the Winter Olympics,
It is also helping the promotion of ice and snow sports for the masses.
For 7 years,
More and more people are participating in ice and snow sports,
From Beijing to Shanghai, from Korla to Harbin,
North and South, East and West.
"Bringing 300 million people to ice and snow sports"
From goal to reality.
The new media editorial department of Minsheng Weekly launched a group of special planning for the Winter Olympics - exploring the story of the Winter Olympics.
At the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, 44 children sang the Olympic Hymn in Greek, and the ethereal voice was intoxicating. If it weren't for special instructions, it would be hard to imagine that this group of children came from the mountains.
Why are children so sunny and confident? We interviewed Deng Xiaolan, a country music leader, and listened to her touching stories of children and music.
Rustic, clear and clean.
Children in rural China are different from the past.
Children in the mountains stand on the Olympic stage,
Singing Ode to the Olympics in Greek
It is the best interpretation.
On February 4, 2022,
The fourth day of the first lunar month of the Year of the Tiger
Beijing Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony,
A group of people dressed in tiger head costumes,
Children wearing red hats and tiger shoes on their feet
Let the world see the pure beauty of ice and snow.
At about 10 p.m.,
The Greek Ode to the Olympics rings out,
No accompaniment,
It was sung by 44 mountain dolls.
With the olympic flag rising,
Ethereal songs echo through the National Stadium.
More than 50,000 spectators at the scene all stood up,
Gently shake with the song
▲ On the evening of February 4, at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Malanhua Choir of Fuping County, Hebei Province, sang "Ode to the Olympics" in Greek. Courtesy of respondents
This group of "tiger-headed tiger brain" mountain dolls
The oldest is 11 years old,
The youngest is 5 years old,
All from the old revolutionary areas that got rid of poverty in 2020,
Rural family in Chengnanzhuang Town, Fuping County, Hebei Province,
The choir formed was called
"Maran Flower Choir".
Why did Shan Liwa appear on the stage of the Winter Olympics?
All this is inseparable from an old man -
Deng Xiaolan.
She formed the "Maran Little Band"
It is the predecessor of the "Maran Flower Choir".
What's the story behind this perfect rendition?
Let's listen to deng Xiaolan, the leader of country music,
Tell stories about children and music.
"This is the sound of nature,
It truly conveys the new face of the new era. ”
Fuping, located in the Taihang Mountains,
It was once a deeply impoverished county.
After Deng Xiaolan retired,
From the city came to work for his father Deng Tuo
Malan Village, Nanzhuang Town, Fuping County,
Teach the children here to sing,
Formed the local well-known "Maran Small Band".
This became Fuping's group of children
Attracted the attention of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee,
An important reason for participating in the opening ceremony.
▲ On February 2, 2022, Deng Xiaolan and the children of Ma Lan's small band were together. Courtesy of respondents
Most of the town of Chengnanzhuang, to which Malan Village belongs, is in the mountains.
"Especially in primary schools
Jinggou Primary School, Stone Monkey Primary School, Da'andi Primary School,
Listen to these names,
You know it's all in a ravine. ”
When the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee,
Hearing these children for the first time
When the song is ethereal, clear, clean,
The on-site staff was quite impressed.
Deng Xiaolan recalled many years ago
The little band performed on stage for the first time:
"The band of 6 kids, as soon as they took the stage,
The venue was immediately quiet.
People wear colorful costumes,
We're white, we're blue pants, we're red scarves.
I have a violin, an accordion,
Children in the mountains,
I can play the violin, how rare! ”
▲ Deng Xiaolan and the children of Ma Lan's small band are together. Courtesy of respondents
"At that time, the children were pulling Beethoven's Ode to Joy.
And there is only one voice part, and the sound is clean. ”
Zhang Yimou, general director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Winter Olympics, said,
"Children in the mountains stand on the Olympic stage
Singing for the Olympics,
This is the sound of nature.
It truly conveys the new face of our new era today,
The new face of the people, the next generation! ”
Children in the mountains sing Greek
Can it work?
Olympic anthem,
There have been different ways of interpreting it in the past.
Let the Olympic flag
Rising in the song of the children of the mountains,
This is the first time!
Mid-October 2021,
Two teachers at the School of European Language and Culture, Beijing University of Foreign Chinese,
Come to Fuping to teach children Greek.
After practicing for a while,
The teachers were amazed to find that
Those "professional music students are afraid" to change the tone,
Kids hardly go wrong.
They rely on ears and memory,
Jotted down the correct tune of the whole song.
▲ Children playing to the beat of music. Courtesy of respondents
Deng Xiaolan said:
"This time singing the Olympic anthem in Greek,
The teacher finally pronounced it in Greek,
Marked with Hanyu Pinyin,
Tell them the meaning of the words one by one,
Let the children practice and memorize over and over again. ”
"In the beginning,
I also learn with the children,
And then I stopped learning.
Because they learned too fast,
I can't even memorize it! ”
The aroma of the earth and the stage of the world's attention,
The "two poles" collide to pass the children in the mountains
The desire for the musical stage.
For more than a decade,
As long as there is a chance,
Deng Xiaolan took the children out to perform and visit.
"Once,
We attended an international youth summer camp in Shanghai,
Together with a lot of small foreign bands,
One of the shows,
Let's sing "Friendship lasts for a long time" in Chinese and English
The volunteers were worried that we children didn't speak English.
Come and tell us:
'If you don't speak English,
Just sing along Chinese. ’
The children answered in unison:
We'll sing in English! ’
Later, the volunteer came to listen to it once. ”
Deng Xiaolan smiled.
"Music brings children not only talent and happiness,
It is also a self-confidence from the bottom of the heart,
18 years of perseverance,
I'm planting this seed in the hearts of my children. ”
▲ Deng Xiaolan and the children took a group photo in front of the National Centre for the Performing Arts. Courtesy of respondents
On the day of the official opening ceremony,
Watching the children perform on stage,
Deng Xiaolan in the audience
Wet eye sockets:
"Look, how well the kids perform."
After the performance,
A child excitedly approached her:
"Teacher Deng, Teacher Deng,
Music played live when the Olympic flag is transmitted
Even Ode to Joy, I will too! ”
Seeing the child's face full of excitement,
Deng Xiaolan replied with a smile:
"Yeah, if only we could have brought the violin!"
Perfect performance in 140 seconds.
This group of the most ordinary mountain dolls,
A special artistic feast was presented to China and the world.
"Childhood without singing is pale,
I will definitely teach them to sing when I have the chance. ”
"I love music very much.
Singing is a joy. ”
In 2003,
When Deng Xiaolan went to Ma Lan to visit the grave,
Just happened to meet the students of Maran Elementary School,
I asked casually,
'Can a child sing a song to his grandparents?' ’
The children can't even sing a song.
Even the national anthem can't be sung well. ”
Deng Xiaolan thought at that time:
Childhood without singing is pale,
If I have the chance, I will definitely teach them to sing.
▲ Deng Xiaolan is teaching children to practice the piano. Courtesy of respondents
In 2004, after retiring, Deng Xiaolan,
Back to the village of Maran.
As soon as they have time, they teach the children to sing.
"When I taught it, I found that these children sang very well.
Either they can't sing, or no one teaches them. ”
Later, Deng Xiaolan had an idea:
Start teaching children musical instruments.
Nowadays, more and more children in the village want to learn music.
Children who did not go to school also learned songs with their older brothers and sisters,
Singing "Little Swallow" running in the street.
Music changed the lives of children in the mountains,
It also gives the countryside a new lease of life.
▲ The children of Maran's small band play and sing in the valley. Courtesy of respondents
In Deng Xiaolan's view,
Music brings children not only joy and skills,
More importantly, enlighten the mind,
Cultivate them to recognize beauty,
The ability to discover beauty and create beauty,
Truly presents "a new look for the next generation of the people".
When the clear children's voice
It resounded over the "Bird's Nest"
Children prove to the world:
The mountains are not the shackles of dreams,
The stage of The Mountain Riva can be even wider!
Producer: New Media Editorial Department of Minsheng Weekly (ID: msweekly).
Editor-in-Charge: Yeye Liu
Editor-in-Chief: Cui Jingfang
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