Author: Xue Mo Editor: Jia Fangfang
Source: Journal of Marriage and Family
ID：hunyinyujiating99
In this morning's Beijing Winter Olympics figure skating ice dance free dance competition, Chinese figure skater Wang Shiyue Liu Xinyu's "motor engine" combination ranked 12th with a total score of 184.42, setting a new record in the history of Chinese ice dance!
In the music of the strong Chinese style, the two people's movements are flowing, flexible and ethereal, and full of artistic conception.
The aqua and turquoise costumes complement the blue-toned venue interiors.
Netizens exclaimed:
"Only this green, jumping on the ice!"
"Thank you for letting the world see Chinese culture on the Olympic stage!"
"You are the pride of Chinese ice dance!"
After the game, the two hugged each other tightly, Wang Shiyue could not hide her excitement and shed tears, and Liu Xinyu was intimately comforted on the side.
Waves of sugar sprinkling indices that soared out of the sky made the audience sit still any longer.
As we all know, the petite and cute Wang Shiyue is called "motor", and the tall and handsome Liu Xinyu is called "engine".
Sounds domineering, right?
However, what is more domineering is that people also have a well-known name "the sweetest CP of the Winter Olympics".
A height of 163cm, a height of 190cm, 27 cm of the most cute height difference, 16 years of green plum bamboo horse, left look right, horizontal and vertical look, full of pink bubbles ah.
The people who provoked the melon eating melon were "possessed" by their aunts: Please, please, hurry up and get married in situ!
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"The Legend of Xinyue", they are each other's sea of stars
I don't blame everyone for bumping CP too really, it's really these two people who are too sweet.
Why are they so sweet?
That's because they've "practiced" a million times.
Before going on, a hug of encouragement, the tense atmosphere suddenly disappeared.
The game begins, looking at each other affectionately, looking back and turning around, pulling you into your arms, lifting you forward...
"As long as you are there, I dare to soar freely", just a few minutes of ice dance, is a lingering love story.
And the song is not dispersed, giving each other a hug is the end of the curtain, is comfort, but also grateful for having you on the way to realize your dreams.
We won the prize.
Wait, the podium is too high, let me carry you up.
Stunned! Maybe the girl next to her is also thinking, it turns out that she can still be on stage like this.
Medals are handed out, you kiss the medals, I embrace you.
Aaaah, this hegemonic pampering, minutes reminiscent of Jiang Naoki and Yuan Xiangqin.
And offstage, without the pressure of the game, they are more self-released, and every interaction is super loving.
Greeting the camera, expressions and gestures in sync.
Get dressed, the hand can't come out, come, your sleeve I contracted.
Occasionally peel it.
Whether it is crying or laughing, as long as a turn distance, there is a warm embrace. The so-called "Legend of Xinyue" means that you are the star and I am the moon.
Whenever you come to me, tell me: the sea of stars, the distant shimmer, walk with Er.
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Without a cold bone, how to get plum blossoms
Sometimes, on the road, a hug is worth a thousand words.
Remember that at the 2017 Asian Games, they had a hard time getting the "admission ticket".
Who knows, on the first day of the competition, Liu Xinyu's ice knife accidentally cut Wang Shiyue's knee, and when doing the lift, Wang Shiyue found that her knee was scratched and bleeding.
Such an emergency, not to mention a major competition, has never been seen in training.
But they had to finish the performance quietly, and only after they left the scene did they rush to the hospital to treat the wound.
That time, Wang Shiyue's knee was stitched 3 times.
The little girl did not shed a tear, but Liu Xinyu cried. On the one hand, he is distressed about his partner, and on the other hand, he is also afraid that his ice knife will cut off the dream of the other party.
Wang Shiyue did not know the guilt in Liu Xinyu's heart. She gently and firmly told the other person that she was fine. The next day, she risked tearing her wound and stood in severe pain.
"When the music starts, I throw myself into it, and I don't think about the wound on my knee anymore." Under the wonderful interpretation of the two, no one saw that Wang Shiyue was injured.
However, when the last appearance was completed, she finally couldn't help but cry and fell into Liu Xinyu's arms, and the big boy also hugged each other tightly and gently comforted.
A hug is a mixture of sorrow and joy, and it is a matter of honor and disgrace.
In a game of chaos, how much pressure the other side is under, only the two of them know best.
Fortunately, the ending was a happy one.
The two eventually overpowered the host Japan and became the number one in Asia.
And there are many such moments of bitterness.
In the 2020 Figure Skating Grand Prix, due to the impact of the epidemic, although only Chinese players participated in this competition, the competition was also fierce. The ice dance duo Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu lived up to expectations and won the championship.
However, there is still a story behind the victory.
Just over two months before the race, Liu Xinyu was accidentally injured, and the palm of his right hand was punched into 2 steel plates and 11 steel nails, and the doctor said it would take at least 3 months to slowly resume training.
But the opportunity is rare, and it is a pity to miss it. Like Wang Shiyue's original choice, Liu Xinyu also decided to bring injuries to the battle.
They cheered each other up, supported each other, continued to train, and finally completed the impossible task.
As Liu Xinyu said:
"We also know that because there are no foreign athletes participating, this is not a real Chinese Cup gold medal, but for us, this is an encouragement, this is a goal, we will continue to work hard, and strive to get a real adult grand prix gold medal for China as soon as possible, and cheer together!"
Yes, there is a lot of uncertainty on the way to winning the championship. But hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder, together to experience the "cold to the bone", to enjoy the "plum blossom fragrance" together, to have each other as a fulcrum, no matter how much suffering is not afraid.
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16 years of green plum bamboo horse, only for a dream
Speaking of which, Chinese ice dance is indeed seeking a breakthrough in the cracks.
Compared with pair skating, China's ice dance program is relatively backward. This backwardness is not technical failure, but the lack of expressiveness of dance, introverted we are not good at using body language to express emotions.
Without the favor of coaches, it is difficult to achieve outstanding results.
More than a decade ago, the "motor engine" may never have thought that they would one day become the "seed players" in the ice dance world.
In 1994, Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu were born in Changchun. At the age of eight or nine, he was sent to Changchun Youth Sports School almost at the same time.
At that time, Liu Xinyu's physique was weak, and his family wanted him to exercise. Who knows, he saw the children dancing on the white ice, and he fell in love with skating.
However, there were very few ice dances in China at that time, and the two children initially practiced single skating.
In terms of individual achievements, Liu Xinyu is better in the men's singles, having been selected for the national team, participating in the national figure skating competition, and winning the eighth place in the men's single skating.
At that time, Wang Shiyue had not yet found his own way, his results were slightly inferior, and he once wanted to give up figure skating. However, her graceful posture and good expression on the ice doomed her not to be that dusty pearl.
In 2007, Jilin Province set up an ice dance project, and the coach immediately thought of Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu. Recruiting Back Wang Shiyue and partnering with Liu Xinyu, the first pair of ice dance groups in Jilin Province was born.
In the next dozen years, the duo went from home to abroad, training, competition, training...
When they are homesick, they comfort each other; when practicing, they supervise each other, in Wang Shiyue's words, the two are together at other times except for sleeping.
Are they couples? Not.
The two of them are indispensable to each other's families.
And they are indeed "chosen sons". In the difficult groping, they continue to set new personal bests, from obscurity to repeated appearances on the international stage, especially after winning the Asian Games in 2017, they seem to be a new hope for Chinese ice dance.
But when they arrived at the Pyeongchang Olympics in the next year, their path to advancement encountered huge obstacles.
In front of the world's top players, they regrettably won the 22nd place, and even lost the throne of "Asia's first".
Disappointment, loss, being questioned, pressure is naturally there. However, no matter how much pressure there is, the two share it together by half.
As Wang Shiyue said:
"We set ourselves a small goal at each stage, and then work hard to complete it, so that we can go step by step according to the world level, although it may be a long way to go, but we will work hard."
After that, the two went abroad for advice. Learning how to blend in with music and how to tell stories with dance, they learned that they had to be the protagonists of the story in order to be immersed in it.
In recent years, their progress has undoubtedly been rapid.
Whether it is the humor in "Chaplin", the intensity in "No Restraints", or the invigorating in "A Cut of Plum"...
They all jumped out of their own feelings and rushed out of the circle.
While receiving applause and honors, they also let them see their original intentions.
Combining classic songs with ice dance, in the gliding story, let more people understand ice dance, let Chinese ice dance go to the world, is this not their common dream?
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It is not a couple who is better than a couple, dancing the legend of two people
Over the years, there have always been people who talk about the most cute height difference between "motor" and "engine".
As everyone knows, behind the cute is bitterness!
When the two first formed a group together, they were still about the same height, but during a vacation 4 years later, the two were separated for more than a month, and when they met again, Liu Xinyu seemed to have grown a head at once, and Wang Shiyue said that she did not know each other.
However, what surprises people is not that "you said you grew up together, but you secretly grew taller", but that the height difference is too much, and they will not be synchronized enough in coordination.
In order to "tie the tune", the "engine" needs to squat every time. But in this case, the movement will slow down. And he is a chronic child, which does not make the "motor" jump straight to his feet.
Yes, don't look at Wang Shiyue's petite appearance, but she is a sharp temper. Coupled with the fact that she is like a speeding car on the stage, this is called "motor".
Like many couples, this pair of couples, behind the sweetness, is inevitably quarrelsome.
But no matter how much they quarreled, the two never thought of "one shot and two scatters", nor did they blindly blame each other, but first find reasons from themselves, change themselves little by little, and then cooperate with each other, so as to achieve the advantages and avoid the weaknesses.
The "engine" takes advantage of its height and lifts the "motor" higher and more steadily; the "motor" uses its petite size to spin and fly flexibly.
The height difference of 27 centimeters not only did not bring them down, but made them the most beautiful boys on the field.
There is no unprovoked matching, only day after day of running-in.
There is no inexplicable sweetness, only tolerance year after year.
The so-called complementarity is not a mutual fit.
Even if it is not a couple, there are sincere feelings, there are common dreams, it is family affection, it is friendship, it is legend.
No matter how far away the highland of your dreams is, just dance!
Resources:
Ice and Snow No. 1 Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu - Forge ahead in the ice dance world
ICEMINI Ice Fan Wang Shiyue Liu Xinyu: The Future of Ice Dance in China
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