When a person spends nearly 10 years living alone, what does her daily routine look like? On the evening of September 23, the topic #"Summer of Eaves" #登上热搜, which caused many netizens to discuss. In the camera, Liu Xuehua, who is 62 years old, shares his 10-year-long life of living alone, saying that he has been disconnected from modern people, usually sleeps on TV, and lives every day is unchanged, walking his dog, watching TV, and talking to his sister on the phone. "In fact, no one is afraid to live alone, in case one day you accidentally fall, no one knows." She said.
Behind the hot search on the topic, it stems from the launch of a variety show. In the evening, the first year-old cohabitation observation documentary reality show "Summer of the Eaves" created by Bilibili (hereinafter referred to as Station B) was officially launched, and the variety show adopted the mode of "reality show + observation room", which brought the elderly living alone in the city and the youth of the city drifter, two types of ethnic groups who also need care but rarely intersect in daily life, gathered under the same roof to start a 21-day cohabitation life. Among them, actor Liu Xuehua became the first resident guest in the show to detonate the topic.
In addition to the 62-year-old liu xuehua, the age span of the guests in the show is also quite large, and the occupations are more diverse. For example, the 89-year-old "naughty boy" Grandpa Zhu, the senior teacher Wei Haobo, who retired from the podium, the three old people are all experienced predecessors in life. The Shanghai drift rookies who live with them have more multi-dimensional careers, including UP masters, musical theater actors, rappers, post-00s directing students... There is even a foreign representative of the B station "Informal Talks" Arrey.
The three seniors living alone in Shanghai live together with N Shanghai drifting youths, the seniors provide a place for the youth, and the young people need to devote a certain amount of time and energy to accompany and take care of the seniors. When two lonely groups gather, the real state of young and old living together is presented, with poor work and rest, life rules, dietary differences, communication habits, behaviors, values... Two strange generational groups, the collision of differences in intergenerational relations, are all in front of the camera.
According to the data of the seventh national census, the population aged 60 and over has exceeded 264 million, accounting for 18.70% of the total population. Population aging is an objective trend in social development. According to the staff of Station B, the variety show "Summer of the Eaves" and the China Association on Aging, which belongs to the State Council, also use a multi-dimensional perspective to present the real state of living together for the audience, face the reality of loneliness, and explore intergenerational relations. By observing the cohabitation of alternate generations, understanding the loneliness and plight of two generations, and exploring a new way of life in the future.
In addition to the reality show part, in the observation room, the program also invited the B station UP master, star Qi Sijun, voice actor Jiang Guangtao, emotional intelligence research expert Zhang Yijun and other permanent guests of the observation room, stars Ayunga, Fu Seoul, voice actor Ge Ping, "Rap New Generation" player Yu Zhen and so on as observation room flying guests, to analyze the program content from different perspectives.
Text/Cover News Reporter Li Yuxin
Editor/Cui Wei