Children of the Ma LanHua Children's Choir take a break between rehearsals in the hotel's conference room (photo taken on January 10).
At the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the a cappella Greek Olympic song sounded, the audience was quiet, and 44 mountain girls from Fuping, Hebei Province, touched everyone with their natural singing.
In September 2021, Liu Kai, principal of the Xiazhuang School District Central School in Nanzhuang Town, Fuping County, received a call from the director of the opening ceremony, asking a group of shanliwa who even spoke Mandarin to complete a Greek song chorus.
Since October, the Ma Lanhua Children's Choir has begun training in Hebei. Language teachers, choral teachers, and vocal music teachers came from Beijing and Baoding. With their help, the children gradually became familiar with the songs and basic chorus methods. Wang Jinshan, a vocal teacher at the Baoding College of Music and Dance, said: "It all starts from little by little, how to speak, how to breathe, how to pronounce each vowel, and then how to sing. ”
On January 3, the children of the Ma Lanhua Children's Choir came to Beijing, and the youngest member, Han Shuxin, was only five years old. "I like Wu Dajing, and now I'm finally in the city where he's fighting," said Gu Zhanhao, a 10-year-old member.
However, everyone, including the team leader Liu Kai, was on the "roller coaster": the children who had always walked to school were dizzy on the bus; the children lived alone for the first time; faced with a tight rehearsal schedule and endless winter vacation homework..... But the children are not afraid of tiredness and suffering, "it is they who give the teachers confidence," Liu Kai said.
Ma Mengnan, a choral conductor at the School of Music and Dance of Baoding University, said: "The children have become confident, let them sing, and they can sing with their mouths open. Deng Xiaolan, the founder of the original Malan Small Band, said: "Music is everyone's friend, and the children's songs come from the heart, which is the most primitive simplicity, peace and friendship." ”
When the lights come on and the children are singing, they connect with the world.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Peng Ziyang
In a hotel room, Han Shuxin (front) of the Ma Lanhua Children's Choir washes his feet with water (pictured on January 10).
Children of the Maran flower children's choir take nucleic acid samples at a hotel (pictured on January 10).
The children of the Maranhua Children's Choir take a break between waiting grounds at the National Stadium (Bird's Nest) before rehearsal (pictured on January 12).
Children of the Ma Orchid Children's Choir read in the hotel's conference room (photo taken on January 11).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Yanan
Before rehearsal, Gu Zhanhao plays in the waiting field of the National Stadium (Bird's Nest) (photo taken on January 12).
Wang Jinshan (right), a vocal teacher at the School of Music and Dance of Baoding University, and the Ma Lanhua Children's Choir rehearse in a hotel conference room on January 11.
Inside the National Stadium (Bird's Nest), children of the Maran Flower Children's Choir watch fireworks as they wait for the opening ceremony (pictured on February 4).
In a hotel room, Han Shuxin of the Ma Lanhua Children's Choir practices smiling in a mirror (pictured on January 10).
In the hotel conference room, the teacher tutors Han Shuxin of the Ma Lanhua Children's Choir with his homework (photo taken on January 11).
In front of rehearsals, backstage at the National Stadium (Bird's Nest), children of the Maran flower children's choir wait in the waiting field (pictured on January 12).
In a hotel room, Han Shuxin of the Ma Lanhua Children's Choir washes his own socks (pictured on January 10).
Children of the Ma LanHua Children's Choir rehearse in the hotel's conference room (photo taken on January 10).
At the National Stadium (Bird's Nest), the children of the Maran Flower Children's Choir prepare to play before rehearsal (photo taken on January 12).
Children of the Ma LanHua Children's Choir write their homework in the hotel's conference room on January 11.
Backstage at the National Stadium (Bird's Nest), the children of the Ma Lanhua Children's Choir take a group photo with director Zhang Yimou before rehearsal (taken on January 15).
At the National Stadium (Bird's Nest), children of the Maran flower children's choir rehearse on the field (photo taken on January 26).
During the waiting room at the National Stadium (Bird's Nest), children of the Maran flower children's choir wait for a rehearsal (pictured on January 15).
Backstage at the National Stadium (Bird's Nest), teacher comforts Han Shuxin (right), who is unable to perform rehearsal due to allergies (pictured on January 27).
Children of the Maran flower children's choir have dinner at the hotel (pictured on January 10).
Backstage at the National Stadium (Bird's Nest), the children of the Ma LanHua Children's Choir pose with director Zhang Yimou (center) on January 15.
Before driving to the National Centre for the Performing Arts to record, teachers apply wind oil to the children of the Ma Lan Hua Children's Choir to prevent motion sickness (pictured on January 17).
In front of rehearsals, backstage at the National Stadium (Bird's Nest), the children of the Maran Flower Children's Choir prepare to play (photo taken on January 27).
Children of the Maranhua Children's Choir go to the National Centre for the Performing Arts to record (photo taken on January 17).
Before rehearsal, at the National Stadium (Bird's Nest), the children of the Maran Flower Children's Choir prepare to play (pictured on January 27).
In a hotel room, children of the Maran Flower Children's Choir call their families (photo taken on Jan. 10).
Children of the Maran Flower Children's Choir wait for a rehearsal at the National Stadium (Bird's Nest) (pictured on January 15).
Backstage at the National Stadium (Bird's Nest), Han Shuxin of the Ma LanHua Children's Choir waits in front of rehearsals (photo taken on January 15).
This is a wish card written to the director by the children of the Maranhua Children's Choir (taken on January 26).
Backstage at the National Stadium (Bird's Nest), Deng Xiaolan (center), the founder of the former Maran Band, accompanies the children before rehearsal (photo taken on January 15).
Children of the Ma LanHua Children's Choir line up to enter the National Centre for the Performing Arts to record (pictured on January 17).
This is a wish card and blessing written by Gu Zhanhao to the director (taken on January 26).