The original singer of "My Motherland and I" is Li Guyi
Li Guyi was born on November 10, 1944 in Kunming, Yunnan Province, with an ancestral home in Changsha, Hunan Province, and graduated from Hunan Normal University, and she is a female singer and actress from Mainland China.
In 1961, Li Guyi was selected to be an actress at the Hunan Provincial Flower Drum Opera Theater, where she began her stage career. 1964, she starred in the flower drum opera film "Mending the Pot". 1974, she was transferred to the Central Orchestra to become a soloist. 1983, she appeared on the CCTV "Spring Festival Gala" with the song "Love in the Countryside".
In 1983, Li Guyi appeared on CCTV's "Spring Festival Gala" with her song "Country Love".
In 1988, Li Guyi was listed in the "Who's Who in the World" compiled by the American Biographical Institute. 1991, Li Guyi was awarded the "Outstanding Performer Award" and the "New Repertoire Award of Excellence" by the Ministry of Culture. 1996, she was transferred to the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe and became the party secretary and the first deputy director. In 1996, she was transferred to the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe, where she served as secretary of the Party Committee and first deputy director.
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Acting Experience
In 1964, Li Guyi starred in her first flower-drum opera movie "Mending the Pot", which won the 1964 and 1965 Hunan and In 1967, she studied under Prof. Jin Tielin, and was successively instructed by Shen Xiang and Guo Shuzhen, and learned Peking Opera's cadence, diction and singing from Peking Opera artist Gao Yuqian. 1974, after three examinations, she was admitted by the Central Orchestra as a soloist.
On December 21, 1979, she recorded the song "Country Love", which was called "the first pop song in mainland China in the new era", and received more attention. 1982, she was transferred from the Central Orchestra and began preparations for the founding of the China Light Music Orchestra.
In 1983, Li Guyi was invited to participate in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, where she sang six songs, including "Song of Spring" and "Ask the Motherland Hello," including "Love in the Countryside," which had been banned for many years.
From 1984 to 1985, she participated in the performance of the music and dance "Songs of the Chinese Revolutionaries" and the movie shooting work. 1988, Li Guyi was listed in the "Who's Who in the World" compiled by the American Biographical Institute. 1991, Li Guyi was awarded the "Outstanding Performer Award" by the Ministry of Culture, and the "Outstanding New Repertoire Award", In 1991, Li Guyi was awarded the Ministry of Culture's "Excellent Performer Award" and the "Excellence Award for New Repertoire", and published articles on vocal art in various newspapers and magazines in China.
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