71-year-old Zhu Mingying sang "Ya Ya O Leo" again at the Spring Festival Gala, and the "African Style" costume brought memories to kill

On the stage of this year's CCTV Spring Festival Gala, 71-year-old Zhu Mingying once again painted herself in black clothes, sang this song, and the artists of China Oriental Performing Arts Group brought a song and dance "Festival", which also brought a wave of "memory killing" to the audience.

At the Nova Concert hosted by the Beijing Evening News in 1980, Zhu Mingying's "Ya Ya O Reo" made the audience remember her singing and dancing, and also blew a "African wind". In the second program of this year's Spring Festival Gala, she led the singing of "African Song and Dance", sang and danced again, blackened her body, and sang "Oh Oh Leo".

Audiences who have listened to "Oh Oh Oh Oreo" will find that the music for this year's song is very fast. According to Shen Chen, director of the Creation Center of China Oriental Performing Arts Group and director of the song and dance "Festival", the speed of this song in the Spring Festival Gala is three times that of the original song. This kind of speed is also a challenge for Zhu Mingying, "As soon as I listened to this rhythm, I understood the director's intention, this is the first few programs of the Spring Festival Gala, we must create a happy New Year atmosphere, so we must use a cheerful rhythm." After she understood the director's idea, she set herself a task: practice, to adapt to the rhythm of the whole show.

"Originally, I sang this song mainly as a soloist, and I rarely performed with a large team, but this time I was performing with my mother's family, the actors of China Oriental Performing Arts Group, and I was definitely going to sing with everyone and dance together." Zhu Mingying said that during the exercise, she changed her past solo singing habits, including panting, rhythm, and overtime rehearsals with young actors.

Shen Chen revealed that when she first came into contact with this newly arranged program, Zhu Mingying was also a little uncomfortable, but he did not expect that she took the initiative to ask him: "You must practice 20 times a day, you don't have to worry about my physical strength, I usually practice every day, I can definitely take it down." ”沈晨说，在团里排练时，朱明瑛每天都第一个到排练场，等到去央视彩排和录制时，每天傍晚开始到后‪半夜四点‬左右才收工，回到家就到了吃早饭的时间，年过七旬的朱明瑛和团里的演员们一起坚持。

"I was really happy to participate in the performance this time, and I felt the joy of the group." Zhu Mingying said that on the one hand, the happiness is because of participating in the Spring Festival Gala, on the other hand, it is to take the stage with the "mother's family" collectively, "The cause of the China Oriental Song and Dance Troupe (that is, the China Oriental Performing Arts Group) is supreme and glorious in my heart, we took on the mission of cultural diplomacy under the instruction of Premier Zhou, and now the Spring Festival of Chinese has become a festival that the people of many countries understand, and the Spring Festival Gala will also be broadcast all over the world, and we still have our mission." She sighed: "Today I am not the same person who sang "Back to My Mother's House" in the past. When I sang "Back to My Mother's Home" at the Spring Festival Gala, everyone felt the spirit of reform and opening up, and now, the young people in my group and I show the spiritual outlook of China now. ”

Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Han Xuan

Edit: Jin Liwei

Process Editor Wu Yue