1. Are you moved by China?
Yesterday evening, the 2023 Moving China Awards Gala was broadcast on CCTV.
After the announcement of the list of winners, while welcoming praise and support, the selection of several winners also aroused questions from many netizens.
Helping children with disabilities learn to speak, she deserves to be selected
Netizen comments said that some of the winners deserve their names, but there are also some winners, although they are very good or even great, but the selection moved China, and it feels a bit unworthy of the name!
2. Zhang Yufei's selection raised doubts
Among the waiting list for last night's winners was Zhang Yufei, a female athlete from the Chinese swimming team.
The biggest reason for her selection is that in September 2023, Zhang Yufei participated in the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, won 6 gold medals, and was named the "Most Valuable Athlete".
Won 6 gold medals in one Asian Games, such a performance is very rare in the entire history of Chinese swimming!
Zhang Yufei is indeed a very good, very outstanding, and even a great swimmer! But it is precisely she who has aroused the most doubts!
Some netizens said: An athlete, an actor, just love and dedication, they have achieved honor to win glory for the country, although it is worthy of recognition, but this is a moving Chinese character!
Some netizens commented: Which athlete is not desperate to win glory for the country? I like Zhang Yufei very much, but she hasn't moved China yet, right?
Some netizens bluntly said: I don't know how it was chosen. The first feeling is that many people are far from being moved and unworthy.
In fact, not only this year's Zhang Yufei, but also the selection of moving Chinese characters over the years has been very controversial.
3, Yao Ming, Jackie Chan, and Lang Ping's selection are all debatable
In the first year of Moving China, that is, in the 2002 Moving Chinese Character Selection, Yao Ming's selection caused controversy.
At that time, Yao Ming's award speech that moved China was:
To be honest, this award speech is well written, and the evaluation of Yao Ming is also very accurate, but I don't think it's appropriate to use this to be selected as one of the top ten people who moved China!
In 2002, Yao Ming was selected as the NBA's top pick. He is also the first foreign champion in NBA history, which is a huge honor for the entire Chinese basketball.
Since then, Yao Ming has been selected as an All-Star many times and has become a bridge between Chinese and American basketball.
And every time the World Series is indispensable, he is the biggest guarantee for the Chinese men's basketball team to keep the world's top 8 in those years!
It can be said that there is a national war, and it must be recalled!
What touched me the most about Yao Ming was that in 2008, he had just recovered from an injury and risked his disability to represent the Chinese men's basketball team! He said: If I miss the Olympics at my doorstep, it will be the biggest regret of my career! I will do whatever it takes to do so.
It can be said that Yao Ming has made great contributions to Chinese basketball, and I don't think it is an exaggeration to give him one of the top ten outstanding young people in the country.
However, did he move China in 2002?
I'm afraid not!
After Yao Ming, in the second year of the Chinese selection, the head coach of the national women's volleyball team, Chen Zhonghe, was selected, which I think is also inappropriate.
At that time, the award speech to Chen Zhonghe was:
Like the women's volleyball team, he can always smile in the face of success or failure, and this smile comes from the heart, which makes it even more moving.
Very well written.
But impressed?
Not impressed!
I don't think he moved China!
He can be selected as the best coach of the year, or even the Outstanding Contribution Award for volleyball, but leading the rise of the women's volleyball team will move China?
The same reasoning:
In 2004, the famous movie star Jackie Chan was selected,
In 2005, Liu Xiang, the first Chinese track and field person, was selected;
In 2016, the famous lyricist Yan Su was selected;
In 2017, Lang Ping, who led the Chinese women's volleyball team to win the championship, was selected for the ......
I don't think it's a good fit.
Old man Yan Su is certainly an excellent literary and artistic worker, and his lyrics "Dare to Ask Where the Road Is" can be described as a household name and familiar to everyone.
But how did writing songs move China?
Could it be that when you watch Journey to the West, you hear the ending song, and you suddenly burst into tears when you listen to it?
It may be a bit disrespectful to say this, but I think it is okay for you to award Old Man Yan Su the "People's Artist with Both Virtue and Art" or the "Lifetime Achievement Award in the Literary and Art Circles", but it is not appropriate to award it to a person who touched the Chinese.
Because his contribution is great, it doesn't mean that it is touching!
4. Moving China should not be a simple honor and commendation, nor should it be a lifetime achievement award
The selection of moving Chinese people is a very meaningful and valuable activity, and I also raise my hands to support this selection, but I think its selection criteria are problematic.
The criteria for the selection of moving Chinese characters are as follows. The person's event occurred in that year, or the person's cause widespread concern in the society during the year. The selected person must have one or more of the following characteristics:
1. Make outstanding contributions to promoting social progress and the development of the times, win major honors and attract widespread attention from the society
2. Outstanding contributions or major performance in all walks of life, and major contributors to major national projects
3. Love and dedication, and have made extraordinary deeds in ordinary positions
4. Make outstanding contributions to social fairness and justice and the human living environment with the strength of individuals
5. The individual's experience or behavior represents the direction of social development, social value orientation and the spirit of the times, and the individual's performance in life, family and emotion is particularly touching, reflecting traditional Chinese virtues and good social customs.
Looking at the above 5 criteria, I personally believe that the first 4 criteria do not meet the word touched, and only the 5th criterion does!
We have various honors such as the 38th Red Banner Bearer, the May 1st Labor Medal, and the Top Ten Outstanding Youths, so why should we award these people who have made special contributions to an award that touches China?
Great characters don't have to be touching!
The great contribution made does not necessarily move China!
Personally, I think that the criteria for moving Chinese character selection should be like this:
1. It is not a certain person who touches people, but something he does, a certain behavior. For example, it is not Lei Feng who is moving, but his business trip of 1,000 miles, and his behavior of doing a train of good deeds is moving;
2. Those who move China may not necessarily be big people, but may also be ordinary people.
For example, firefighters who bravely go against the grain, such as laborers who silently dedicate themselves to their duties at the grassroots level, and soldiers of the People's Liberation Army who guard the border in the ice and snow......
3. Some awardees have made outstanding achievements and are respected and should be commended, but their deeds are not consistent with moving China.
5. Who should be selected to move China?
So what kind of people should be selected to move China?
In the selection over the years, there are also many well-deserved ones, such as Hong Zhanhui, whose parents died and carried his sister to school;
For example, Principal Zhang Guimei, who is rooted in grassroots education and has no regrets about giving her youth.
Han Hong, who does charity, should be selected more than Jackie Chan, who is more famous;
The village party secretary, who takes root in the countryside and leads the villagers to get rich, should be selected more than Yao Ming, who was selected as the NBA champion!
Moving China, it should not be an ordinary honorary commendation, nor should it be a lifetime achievement award!
To move China, we should give prominence to the word "moved"! Otherwise, this selection will really go astray.