At that time, people of all ages, from the people to the leaders, the bad comments poured into Zhang Yimou.
"We must not let Zhang Yimou be the general director of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games", is the voice of many people.
Because at the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games, China's 8-minute "small" show.
Makes many people dissatisfied.
The general director is Zhang Yimou.
The show was divided into four performances.
The opening scene is displayed on a large screen, the gate of the Forbidden City is wide open, and the Chinese landscape, humanities, and laughter are presented in turn.
Then came the first performance: 14 energetic girls (with Tang Yan), holding pipa, erhu, waist drum playing the adapted jasmine song, stepping on elegant dance steps, happy and festive.
The second scene: 9 sunshine big boys, starting like Tai Chi, moving but soft in appearance, the power is contained in it, the body rises, and the waist is like a strong bamboo in the wind.
The third session: National Essence Peking Opera! The 8 Peking Opera actors dressed in gorgeous costumes of different colors, danced short flags, and flexibly walked on the stage, which was dazzling to watch.
Session 4: The whole scene darkens, a huge lantern rises, and the lovely Chen Tianjia sings jasmine flowers in the lantern, welcoming the world into China.
In just eight minutes, Zhang Yimou tried his best to show China's unique culture, which was enthusiastically received abroad, and at this time, in their eyes, China was both mysterious and full of charm.
But in China, because Zhang Yimou is playing with lanterns and waist drums, everyone feels soil.
There are more scholars bombarding, there is no cultural connotation in the eight minutes, all rely on the scene and color.
The accusations of netizens cannot be said to be without a little reason, but with too much prejudice against Zhang Yimou.
In fact, in addition to this 8-minute interpretation, Zhang Yimou's creation encountered too many restrictions.
The first is the non-cooperation of the Athenian side.
Perhaps fearing that China's shows were too brilliant to obscure the home glow of Athens (purely personal guessing), Zhang Yimou's most critical idea was rejected three times.
Secondly, the stage, the stage is too small!
The 8 Peking Opera actors with the smallest number of people, as soon as they stand in a good formation, they feel crowded on the stage, take two more steps, and you are worried that they will fall.
And more of them are "grievances", Zhang Yimou has never said in detail.
Maybe it's unnecessary.
Or want to use the 2008 Olympic Games to make a silent reply.
Not only was he not affected by what he called the "darkest hour",
On the contrary, this national accusation was regarded as a kind of "luck".
First of all, he used this matter to motivate the team, thinking that the people had lowered their expectations of them, then it would be easier for them to surprise everyone.
After all, the higher people expect from you, the more likely they are to be disappointed, which is not a good thing.
Secondly, Zhang Yimou knew through this incident what the audience did not like.
Sometimes, you have to make mistakes before you can be right later.
Zhang Yimou realized that anyone Chinese could play with drums and lanterns. Because this is the most representative cultural symbol of China.
But he Zhang Yimou couldn't.
He must innovate, surprise everyone, satisfy everyone, even if he must play the drums, he must play new tricks.
So there was the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the countdown to the explosion.
Not desperate, not giving up, is the secret of Zhang Yimou's strength.
But no one can really learn.