The project “Blooming Snow——The Second Singing Beijing Excellent Works Release Ceremony and the 100-day Countdown Special Program for the Beijing Winter Olympics” funded by the Beijing Publicity and Culture Guidance Fund under the guidance of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department and sponsored by Beijing Radio and Television, on October 27 On Sunday, the 100-day countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics, I met with the audience, which also marked the successful conclusion of the second singing Beijing event.
The 2nd Singing Beijing Original Songs Collection Activity commissioned and collected 2123 works, including 643 song works and 1,480 lyrics works. The work exhibits the following characteristics:
1. Diversified themes and highlights the key points. 2022 is the year of the Winter Olympics. In order to welcome this ice and snow event, many literary and artistic workers project their enthusiasm for creation on the Winter Olympics and create a batch of songs with the theme of welcoming the Winter Olympics and excellent lyrics, such as “Ice and Snow Winter Olympics”, “Winter Dream Covenant”. Among them, “Ice and Snow Winter Olympics” was also selected as an excellent song for the first Winter Olympics. Songs of other themes are also excellent. There are “Hutong Youth Zhi” sung by popular singer Zhou Shen, famous singer Zhou Xiaoou and Ping An, “Beijing Hutong Our Home” sung by the famous Beijing culture, and “Red Beijing” sung by Cai Guoqing. Baoliang sang “Beijing”, “My Family Lives by the Canal”, which reflects the culture of the canal, and “The Place in My Heart” which reflects the theme of the times. There are also anti-epidemic theme songs “How are you in Wuhan” and “Wuhan! Wuhan.
2. High quality and high degree of singing. This solicitation activity attracted a large number of outstanding songwriters to participate. A large number of well-known creators such as Wang Pingjiu, Sun Yongzhi, Song Xiaoming, Zhang Dali, Zhao Jialin, and Li Kaichou have put out their masterpieces to participate in the selection. Famous singers such as Zheng Yunlong, Cai Guoqing, Ping An, and Zhou Xiaoou have become the singers of the selected songs. This guarantees the quality of the works of “Singing Beijing” this year. Songs such as “Ice and Snow Winter Olympics”, “The Covenant of Winter Dreams” and “My Family Lives by the Canal” have gained high popularity and popularity among the audience.
3. Close to the times and close to life. The songs collected by “Singing Beijing” resonated with the times and enthusiastically praised Beijing as the capital and the brilliant achievements in the implementation of the construction of the four central functions, which truly reflect the happy life of the people in Beijing. In order to make the creation of songwriters more solid, four times during the event, a total of more than 70 songwriters and musicians participated in song creation seminars, including: the theme creation seminars on the Beijing Central Axis application; “Science and Technology Innovation “Cultural innovation” as the theme and Microsoft jointly conducted the artificial intelligence music creation seminar and gathering activities; with the theme of “The Party Founding a Century” and “Poverty Alleviation” as the theme, went to Fangshan Xiayunling to visit the “No Communist Party, No New China” patriotism education base and combined Song creation seminars for rural green development construction; Beijing city sub-center red party building with the theme of “New Era and New Beijing”; visits to non-heritage projects to experience new changes in Tongzhou. In addition, an audition concert of singing Beijing “Beiyin Station” works was jointly held with Beijing Modern Music Research Institute.
On October 27, the 100-day countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics, the second “Singing Beijing” finally ushered in the closing moment. “Snowflakes in Bloom-The Second Singing Beijing Excellent Works Release Ceremony and the 100-Day Countdown Special Program for the Beijing Winter Olympics” was held in the Longfu Temple Courtyard. Twenty songwriters who were selected as outstanding songs were invited to attend. Singers such as Cai Guoqing, Zhou Xiaoou, Ping An, Chang Shilei, Peng Yuchang, Zhang Zining, You Changjing and other singers sang some of the award-winning works live. The whole program presented romantic, aesthetic, enthusiastic, and novel characteristics, which was a picture for the second singing event in Beijing. The successful conclusion of the event also opened a new chapter for the Beijing Winter Olympics. The special program of this station shows “special” features in three aspects.
First, the form of expression is particularly novel. This special program breaks the traditional mode of the past and combines various forms such as press conferences, concerts, live performances, live interviews, etc., making the whole performance both solemn, artistic and interesting. The two host Cao Yang and Li Jie led the two student teams in a song pulling competition, which made the scene full of laughter. The affectionate confession of Zhao Jialin and Song Xiaoming to Beijing was touching and resonated; Li Guangfu, Cai Guoqing, Zhou Xiaoou The memories of Beijing when they were children, compared with the development and changes in Beijing now, are filled with emotion. What is particularly rare is that this live performance held in the courtyard on the top of the ninth floor of Longfu Temple offers a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery on the east-west view axis of Beijing, the splendid Forbidden City, the ancient courtyard and the fashionable modern buildings. It outlines the unique temperament of Beijing that is ancient, modern, heavy and trendy.
Second, the elements of the Winter Olympics are particularly diverse. The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is not only a grand event for athletes, but also a grand event for all of us Chinese. Every Chinese, especially Beijinger, is a witness and participant of the Winter Olympics. This special program shows Beijing’s eager anticipation for the Winter Olympics from different groups of people and different perspectives. The Olympic baby born in 2008, the sister of the elder brother in the taxi industry, the medal design team for the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, and the literary and artistic people such as Gina, Peng Yuchang, and You Changjing, all use their own Ways to promote the Winter Olympics, serve the Winter Olympics, and do their best to contribute to the Winter Olympics.
Third, have special respect for creators. The songwriters of twenty works selected for the 2nd Singing Beijing Original Songs Selection Event have become the protagonists of this station’s special programs. Twenty songwriters, holding trophies, stepped onto the stage from behind the scenes and walked onto the Avenue of Stars paved on the red carpet, ushering in a glorious moment for literary and artistic creators. The program team also invited a professional filming team to collectively shoot a short film for the creators, which reflects the respect for the literary and artistic creators and the respect for the original spirit.
Beijing is the first good district, the place loved by the people of the whole country; Beijing is the city of dreams, where many young people pursue their dreams; Beijing is also the hometown, where the love and thoughts of the old Beijingers are placed. The depiction of the times when the old Beijing meets the new Beijing, expresses the feelings and dreams of the old and new Beijingers living in Beijing. In 2022, let us set off again, portray a new era, praise the new Beijing, greet the Winter Olympics, and write a new chapter in Beijing! Looking forward to more Beijing stories and sentimental thoughts, flowing in the singing.
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