Rebirth: My 80s

Chapter 590 The Age of Innocence
The first official program of the 1983 Spring Festival Gala was "New Year Song" sung by Li Guyi. The party kicked off with cheerful music.

These days, the skit performance format has not yet become popular. In addition, the programs are ordered by the capital audience and favor local preferences. This makes cross talk programs the dominant one, accounting for almost three-fifths of all programs.

But the crosstalk actors who performed on stage were really professional.

Through humorous language, flexible and exquisite limb movements, and seamless cooperation, they brought a feast of joy to the audience.All the memes are based on folk life, talking about ordinary and trivial things, but they are also very interesting.

"it is good!"

"quite funny!"

"Hahaha!"

In the empty field outside the Qingxidian Brigade Headquarters, laughter and cheers continued, and thunderous applause broke out from time to time, even if the performers could not receive it at all.

The young Siqin Gaowa is so beautiful. At this time, she became famous for playing the role of Huniu in "Camel Xiangzi". She appeared on the stage wearing ethnic costumes and was extremely beautiful. Not only did she sing a song " Prairie Folk Songs" and also presented professional folk dances.

The business capabilities are quite strong.

One of the hosts, Wang Jingyu, with the enthusiastic online encouragement from the audience, untied his knot and brought out the early pantomime classic "Chicken Eating".This work was criticized for some reasons in the 60s, and returned to the stage after 20 years of dust.

There is no soundtrack and no props.

The old artist still ate with gusto. Infected by his performance, Li Jiankun discovered that many little carrot heads in the team were so greedy that they were drooling, such as Xiao Ping'an——

He stared at his dark eyes, trying to see clearly what his grandfather was eating on the TV. His efforts were undoubtedly in vain, but seeing his determined expression, he was obviously very convinced that his grandfather had some kind of unparalleled delicacy in his hands that he could not understand.

The performance skills of the old artist are evident.

Through this program, Li Jiankun saw the essence of sketches: satire on certain social phenomena.

The conception and depth of his works are beyond comparison with those sketchy works of later generations.

Zheng Xulan's "Shepherd's Song" pushed the atmosphere of the party to another climax.This song became widely circulated due to the popularity of the movie "Shaolin Temple".Zheng Xulan's fresh and graceful voice will always be engraved in the minds of Chinese people.

She sang three songs in a row. Even the top singers in future generations may not be treated like this.

However, at this party, she was not yet the first among the singers.It can even be said to be far different from the other person.

As the host and guest performer, Jiang Kun was holding a stack of papers in his hand, which had just been delivered from the backstage. As soon as Li Guy finished singing a song and was about to leave the stage, he hurriedly held him back.Give her a look and you will realize it for yourself——

I won’t be able to get down for a while.

She was all on the list.

Just like that, as soon as Li Guy finished singing one song, the next song was hers, and the next song was hers... The "Mai Ba" in the audience was none other than her, singing six songs in a row.

Not finished yet.

At this time, something happened to the show. In fact, it had happened before. But the people these days don't care at all. They are easily satisfied and have no dissatisfaction with the show. They even think that the live broadcast format is a matter of course and it is natural for it to malfunction, which makes it particularly real.

Wait!
Even emergencies can be viewed as fun.

The folks in Qingxidian didn’t understand what was going on. Only Li Jiankun understood:

Some viewers ordered banned songs online.

Not one or two viewers, but a massive number!

In fact, there is accurate data. Because the news about this incident was very loud, many print media were still discussing it after the Spring Festival - the on-demand rate exceeded 60.00%.

Countless people paid no attention to the phone bill and called in one after another, urging Li Guyi to perform this song live.

It is the episode in the movie "The Legend of Three Gorges": "Nostalgia".

The lyrics of this song cannot be said to be explicit, but they express some emotions directly.And because Li Guyi adopts the "breath singing method".The fresh and warm melody, under her soft singing, is like a spring breeze blowing through the heart.

However, this kind of tenderness is completely inconsistent with the popular "high, fast, loud and hard" music style at that time, so it was criticized by some old scholars as "excessive music".

All the pressure is on the program team.Of course, Li Jiankun knew the result.Whether to sing this song or not is not just a matter of a song, it is... the will of the people.

Sing!
After the results came backstage, the eyes of this popular female performing artist were obviously sparkling. She was once negatively affected by this song and was defined as a pornographic singer.

"Your figure and your singing will always be imprinted in my heart..."

The familiar melody sounded, and the folks in Qingxidian were shocked. This beautiful song was no longer sung, and even they knew it.In an instant, cheers soared into the sky, seeming to tear apart the black curtain of the dome.

Li Jiankun closed his eyes and placed his fingers on his thighs, beating the rhythm.

Refreshing!

To some extent, this means an ideological liberation.This is also the meaning of the 1983 Spring Festival Gala.As the first national party, every program is full of special meaning.

Then the national treasure giant panda appeared on the stage, which completely ignited the excitement of the children in Qingxidian, and presumably the children across the country who were watching the TV at this moment were the same.

The giant panda walked upright and pushed a cart carrying bouquets and toy red pandas. Then, under the command of the trainer, with its round belly, it performed a variety of performances such as riding a rocking horse, riding a slide, and kicking a ball. Interesting performance, cute and silly.

One of the most interesting performances is the giant panda sitting at the dining table, using a special large fork, enjoying delicious pastries and drinking Maotai liquor.

Although Moutai is just a visual effect, it was later replaced by an animal trainer.Still, everyone said it was strange. This Chinese-style joy made the audience on the TV and the audience outside the TV laugh endlessly.

Li Jiankun also laughed like a pig.

This kind of picture will never be seen again in future generations.

The treatment of national treasures in later generations is called good. If you eat less bamboo shoots, the fans will scream.Let a national treasure perform on stage?I want to eat shit!
It’s a kind of “swan song”.

The whole party lasted for more than four hours. If we strictly evaluate it, it is not perfect, and many things happened.For example, at midnight, Jiang Kun and Ma Ji had an untitled cross talk that was interrupted by the New Year's bell before they finished speaking, and then they began to give New Year's speeches.

But the flaws do not conceal the virtues.

The last program, which is not a program, is the host's condolences to the backstage staff at the live broadcast.Through this "program", audiences across the country also know how this Spring Festival Gala came about:

In November 1982, the director team received a temporary task: to hold a New Year's Eve party.

The name of the program was decided only ten days before the broadcast: Spring Festival Gala.

There was no budget, and for economic reasons, we decided to adopt the live broadcast format - recording and broadcasting are more expensive.

If there is no time, then there will be no rehearsal. All the actors will be invited to the scene. The audience will call to request the show, and whoever is called will come on stage to improvise the performance.

The atmosphere of the party should be lively, and there is no shortage of hosts. However, CCTV's announcers are mainly engaged in news work and have always had a serious and solemn image. Will it be a silent event?
Okay, then there is no need for a professional host.

The venue layout is simple, the costumes are all provided by the actors themselves, and there is almost no beautiful lighting and dancing...

It can be called "crazy"!
It is precisely this kind of craziness and various imperfections that has created the performance with the highest audience satisfaction in the history of the Spring Festival Gala.

After the party, none of the folks in Qingxidian were in a hurry to leave. Their eyes were still fixed on the TV screen, still unfinished.

Everyone praised it, saying "it's so beautiful"!
After reviewing this party, Li Jiankun finally understood why the first Spring Festival Gala in 1983 was so classic and why it is so missed.

Because at this time, the hearts of the actors and the audience are closely connected. All programs, activity forms, and even the entire party are considered from the perspective of the audience and are no longer just a show.

The party has only one purpose: to make you smile.

In order to make the people feel happy on this day of family reunion.

No utilitarian factors involved.

Looking back on later generations, the actors only thought about how to show off themselves, and the backstage staff spent all their thoughts on how to make no mistakes, forgetting the original intention of the performance and the original intention of creating the show.

Li Jiankun stood up slowly and turned around to scan the audience. We will never be able to return to this simple era. All he could do at this time was to write down these innocent smiling faces.

He was very lucky to be able to live a new life and witness and record these...lost beauty.

(End of this chapter)