"Where are you, those former children?"
Recently, on the occasion of celebrating the 20th anniversary of the children's program "Wisdom Tree", the hosts Hongguoguo and Green Bubble released a special "missing person notice":
Looking for you as a child.
Source: Weibo @红果果绿bubble Oh
Hearing a familiar voice again, it is not obediently sitting in front of the TV, but on the commute, after work, between "fishing", and rare relaxation time.
When I was a child, I thought 20 years was a long time, but when I grew up, I realized that 20 years was so short.
It seems that yesterday I was sitting in front of the TV chasing Brother Monkey, Rainbow Cat Blue Rabbit and Wisdom Tree, and today I am already a tired adult.
On the eve of growing up, we unknowingly turned off the children's channel, and before we knew it, it was the last time we turned it on.
Source: "Please Answer 1988"
So much so that when I saw the hot search many years later, I found that I couldn't even remember how many children's channels there were.
Sister Ju Ping, Uncle Dong Hao, Scarab, Sister Moon, Sister Xiaolu, and Red Fruit and Green Bubbles......
These names, which once accompanied each other day and night, were thrown into the corner of our memory by us at some point.
"Children, why didn't you come back after taking a break?"
"The view is so beautiful.
In December 2003, the children's channel was officially established with the call sign CCTV-14.
For many years before its establishment, the children's "happy hometown" was in another place.
CCTV-1's "Tangram".
In 1983, a 17-year-old girl went to the Philippines to participate in the 3rd Manila International Choral Festival with the Youth Radio Choir, and was invited to CCTV at the end of the year.
At that time, the CCTV Children's Department was short of people, and I took a fancy to this girl who was born as a kindergarten teacher and had affinity: Ju Ping.
Source: Southeast Satellite TV
Under the recommendation of CCTV host Chen Duo, she was exceptionally admitted, officially joined CCTV, and began to prepare for the column "Tangram".
Source: Southeast Satellite TV
Looking back at the veteran program group of this program, it is an out-and-out "women's army".
The five golden flowers worked together, and under the leadership of Li Zhong, the leader of the column, this program for children achieved a rating of 36%.
In the 80s, there were only a handful of channels that could be received by televisions.
"Tangram" is the only children's column on CCTV, and Ju Ping is CCTV's first full-time children's program host, meeting with the young audience for 25 minutes at 18:25 every Thursday.
Ju Ping when she was young
In this way, Ju Ping, who has short straight black hair and refreshing makeup, is beautiful and gentle, has become the "Sister Ju Ping" of small audiences across the country.
Source: CCTV
Since then, CCTV has made more and more children's programs, and has also made and introduced a lot of cartoons.
On Children's Day in 1995, all CCTV children's programs were assigned to the new column "Big Windmill", and the theme song engraved into the DNA of a generation also appeared:
"The big windmill squeaks and squeaks and turns/The scenery here is so beautiful/The sky is beautiful, the ground is beautiful/And a group of happy friends." ”
The classic opening of "The Great Windmill".
This simple children's rhyme, the lyricist is Qiao Yu, who wrote "My Motherland" and "Unforgettable Tonight";
The composer is Meng Weidong, who is responsible for "The Same Song" and the opening song of the news network.
From the program arrangement to the songwriting, there is no perfunctory, no foolishness, the big friends hold the hands of the children, "today's friends, tomorrow's good friends".
Hey, good friend!
In addition to using experienced hosts such as Sister Ju Ping and Uncle Dong Hao to host the signature columns, "Big Windmill" also let go of its hands and feet, allowing many young people to explore sub-columns.
Dong Hao hosts "Between Heaven and Earth"
Liu Chunyan, who was 28 years old at the time, had a big personality, a big voice, and a lively and crisp voice, which was very popular with children.
After receiving the task, in order to resonate with the small audience, she also designed a cartoon image of a seven-star ladybug for herself, and also made a costume to wear.
"Scarab" has gained a firm foothold in the hearts of children.
The first generation of scarab in 1992 / Source: CCTV
Children's programs are booming, but they are still one breath away from establishing an independent children's channel.
The old signature "Big Windmill" is still broadcast on CCTV, and other children's programs are ranked on CCTV-7 (Children's, Military, and Agricultural Channel) together with military and agricultural programs.
The stars are changing, the first batch of young audiences are growing up, and children's programs are also developing.
The Great Windmill Family
During the period of 1993~2000, CCTV initially formed a trend of channel specialization -
In today's Internet slang, it is probably called grasping the verticality of users and deeply cultivating subdivisions.
In 1995, the sports channel, the literature and art channel, the movie channel and the children's agricultural and military science and technology comprehensive channel were launched one after another, and in 2001, the opera channel and the science and education channel also followed in turn.
The timeline shifted to 2003, and a channel with the call sign CCTV-14 also joined the CCTV family.
Countless new happy hometowns of the post-80s and 90s finally appeared this year!
"Lots of joy"
The establishment of the children's channel is not just a simple transfer of CCTV's existing children's programs.
A large number of columns dedicated to children of different ages began to be formed on this occasion.
On the occasion of the employment of the children's channel, an acting student named Chen Su graduated from the Central Academy of Drama.
Speaking of "Chen Su", few people may know who she is, after all, in the next 20 years, she met with the small audience in front of the TV as "Hongguoguo".
Red fruit and green bubbles/Source: CCTV
is well-known to everyone along with her, as well as the sentence engraved into the DNA, "Wisdom fruit on the tree of wisdom, you and me under the tree of wisdom." Playing games in front of the wisdom tree is a lot of fun. ”
On December 28, 2003, "Hongguoguo" started his work in the "Wisdom Tree" column of the children's channel.
Partnered with her are Fan Dudu, now known as "Da Dai Hua" Xiao Gudong, and Geng Chenchen, who appeared as "Green Bubble".
In the popular phrase of the moment, the gears of fate begin to turn.
Chen Su, who graduated from the acting department, originally wanted to be an actor, and Geng Chenchen, who was born in vocal music, had his earliest career plan as a singer.
No one expected that they would become the host of a children's show and tie the knot seven years later.
"Wisdom Tree" was one of the more popular programs on children's channels in those years. But what makes the children go up the most has to be the troika of the children's channel:
"Animation Dream Factory", "Animation World", "Galaxy Theater".
It's been a long time, and at first glance, these three shows may be a bit confusing.
At this time, it is necessary to use some slogans engraved in the DNA, such as - "Cartoon Happy Island, happiness is indispensable!"
With this text with voice, Sister Xiaolu's smiling face and the naughty appearance of the jumping dragon must have surfaced in front of you.
Sister Xiaolu's original name was Jia Jie, and she actually entered CCTV very early.
In 1994, she began to host the animation column program "Animation City" in the animation department of CCTV, which is a symbol of the rise of domestic animation.
Source: CCTV
The animated versions of "Journey to the West", "The Legend of Nezha" and "The Adventure of Little Carp" all met us through the Animation City.
The Legend of Nezha
After the establishment of the children's channel, domestic animation has a new position.
"Animation Dream Factory" specializes in playing cartoons made in China, "The Legend of the Seven Heroes of the Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit", "Big Ear Tutu", "Big Head Son Little Head Dad", ......
Monday to Friday at 7 p.m., Sister Deer and Jumping Dragon will appear on time.
The sentence "Write your homework quickly, it's time to broadcast "Animation Dream Factory" has become the first "deadline" in many children's lives.
In Di Qing's story, we met our heroic dream for the first time;
Because of the rainbow cat and blue rabbit, I went to buy the glow-in-the-dark plastic sword in the commissary at the school gate;
Source: "The Legend of the Seven Heroes of the Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit"
I can't understand the meaning of the lyrics, but I can also sing a few lines decently: "A man has the courage to go to the end of the world with a sword;
The first big animated movie in his life may be "Baolian Lantern" broadcast by Animation DreamWorks......
Turn on the show on time and watch the cartoons brought by Sister Xiaolu and the Jumping Dragon, which has become a daily routine that cannot be shaken by thunder.
Complementing "Animation Dream Works", "Animation World" mainly broadcasts imported foreign animations.
Hosted by Sister Ju Ping and Naughty, it is a program that strives to broaden children's horizons, and the selection criteria are "famous films, popular science fiction".
So, in this column, we met SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick, and learned to sing "Little One Rest";
I learned that "on the other side of the mountain and on the other side of the sea, there is a group of Smurfs", and I also got acquainted with Superman and Spider-Man for the first time......
"The selection of films is not based on the country, but on the level. ”
In that era when the Internet was not developed enough and video platforms had not yet appeared, "Animation World" became a window for children to look at the world.
"Animation World", which integrates selection, translation, production, and broadcasting, is a daily program, and the program team has to work late every day to ensure the normal broadcast of the program.
The popular animations that the audience watched back then
A young audience once asked: How much hardship have you paid behind the cartoons we saw?
Ma Kai, the main creator of the column, replied:
"We also love our job very much, because all the staff in our anime world are anime fans themselves, and it is a great blessing to be able to do the work they love, and with your support, we will all be more motivated!"
The children's column may be a program that needs to generate electricity with love and for love.
Source: "SpongeBob SquarePants"
It's just that for the young audience back then, as time went by, the name of the column and the name of the host gradually became unfamiliar.
"It seems like a lot of things have changed. ”
In September 2019, "Animation Dream Factory" and "Galaxy Theater" were discontinued one after another and merged into a column called "Animation Screening".
After taking a break, it was no longer the same group of children who came back.
"Take a break and come back right away"
"Take a break, come back right away" is a classic transition on the children's channel, and those leaves are impressive.
The young audience who can't stop watching the animation can also take this opportunity to drink saliva and make up two homework.
But maybe it was during a certain "break" that we were called to eat or catch up on our homework, and we never returned to the screen.
Those sisters, brothers, aunts, and uncles who grew up with us also "grew up" off camera.
The small, mushroom-headed "child king" Scarab is 57 years old.
But she was always the same cuteness in my memory
In a show last year, she said that whenever she was recognized and called "Scarab", she was very moved, but she wanted to ask the children back then:
"Are you doing well? Aren't you stressed?"
"I especially want you to be as happy as you were when you were a child, have a happy childlike heart, and live simply. ”
"Sister Ju Ping" has also become an aunt, and in the years she has been a host, she has received more than 6,000 letters.
Some are children who have just learned to write, and some are parents who write for their children......
She reads every letter she receives, and half of them are answered personally.
When she was young, Ju Ping had a curly perm once, and it didn't take long to receive a letter with immature handwriting:
"After you perm your hair, you don't look like your sister anymore, which really makes me sad. ”
She straightened her hair the next day, apologized to the audience, and became Sister Ju Ping with short and straight hair.
In 1988, Sister Ju Ping hosted "Tangram"
"The first pair of CPs of Chinese babies" Hongguoguo and Green Bubbles got married on October 1, 2010 and had a son and a daughter.
Green Bubbles once received a call from a young audience who particularly wanted to participate in the "Wisdom Tree", asking them how the Wisdom Tree went.
He replied, "Keep going." ”
Source: Weibo
But why is it that the farther we go, the farther we get from the tree of wisdom?
"When I was a child, I wanted to write letters to you, but I was too young to write a few words, I couldn't express my thoughts, and I didn't even know what a zip code was.
I used that string of numbers as a phone call, and I called it over and over again, and every time it was empty.
Now I understand it all.
Unfortunately, I'm already an adult. ”
Nowadays, the existence of video websites has made it a thing of the past to wait for TV programs to be broadcast and to miss the live broadcast and only ask classmates about the plot.
However, the happiness of that time can never be found again.
In that "missing person notice", Red Fruit and Green Bubbles cried, and the "little audience" outside the screen also cried.
In the barrage, there was such a sentence:
"It's strange, why are we crying? Isn't that what we want to grow up?"
Someone replied, "I didn't expect to grow up like this." ”
The world of adults is not something that can be dealt with by "touching the index finger and thumb and making a pair of scissors and scissors";
In the fast-paced life, the work group and schedule make "taking a break" a weakness and escape;
The way of writing letters has long been out of date, and smart TVs have even made watching TV extremely complicated......
"Of all the people I lost, the one I miss the most is myself. ”
Fortunately, despite reluctance, despite regret, despite tears, we have grown into very brave adults.
Even if we are tired, even if we are wronged, we still hold up our own responsibilities and stumble forward.
In a comment of "I'm sorry, when I was a child, I should have failed the graduate school entrance examination, and I cried at McDonald's, I'm not good at all, I'm sorry for you", there is such a reply:
But in your little eyes, college students are already very powerful! You can still eat McDonald's, not bad!
"Go ahead, you're not sorry for me, you're already a great adult. ”