In 2008, the Olympic Games were held in Beijing, China, with the world's attention. As an important window to showcase Chinese culture and modern China, the opening ceremony performance of the Olympics was a top priority.
Thousands of performers and behind-the-scenes crews prepared and rehearsed for months for the show to be perfect. The staff's careful planning and efforts were not in vain, as elements of traditional Chinese culture such as Chinese music, martial arts, dance and traditional costumes left a deep impression on the rest of the world.
But the performance of "Singing of the Motherland" in the opening ceremony caused a furor after the Games. Singing the Motherland was performed by a young girl wearing a red dress and double ponytails, whose name was Lin Miaoke. The audience loved her for her clear singing voice, pretty face and calm, generous demeanor.
But after the Olympics there were rumors confirming that "Sing for the Motherland" was sung by a girl named Yang Peiyi as a stand-in. Today, 12 years after the Beijing Olympics, the fate of the two girls has been very different for so many years, which is more or less the impact of the events of the year.
Some people say that the director's decision to have a replacement singer actually hurt the two girls at the same time. What's really going on here.
Casting stormApril 2008, Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony "Singing of the Motherland" child singer of the role of the interview began, then nine-year-old Lin Miaoke participated in the interview.
In June of the same year, Lin Miaoke, along with two other candidates, was initially recognized as a performer. But after the candidates were initially finalized, the Olympic organizing committee conducted another round of auditions because they were not quite satisfied with the songs.
After this round of auditions, 7-year-old Yang Peiyi replaced the other two candidates in the Bird's Nest rehearsal and recorded the official version of the song that was played on the opening day. August 8, the day of the opening ceremony, Lin Miaoke performed on stage, and Yang Peiyi, the song's recorder, watched the performance from the stage.
The outstanding rendition of the program "Singing of the Motherland" moved the nation, and everyone was curious about the generous and lovely girl in the red dress on stage with a pleasant singing voice. The director responded in an interview that the name of the performing girl was Lin Miaoke. For a while, Lin Miaoke gained great attention, and the name became a household name.
But shortly afterward, news broke that the song "Sing for the Motherland" for the opening ceremony did not come from Lin Miaoke, but from a girl named Yang Peiyi.
As for why it wasn't Yang Pui-yi who sang on stage,some said it was because Yang Pui-yi was in the middle of her tooth-changing period at the time, and her image was not as perfect with a missing tooth, thus giving rise to a scene in which Lin Miaoke performed on stage and Yang Pui-yi's voice echoed in the arena.
The authenticity of the news of the replacement singer was confirmed by opening ceremony director Zhang Yimou. Once the news spread, there was an instant buzz about the two girls, causing great controversy across the country.
Some people believe that this Olympic Games, every aspect of the demand for perfection, which was also at that time helpless. But others believe that the practice of determining the merits of a child by his or her looks is undesirable and unfair to the other child.
The two sides of the argument, at the time caused a lot of controversy, the director Zhang Yimou on the incident to explain, said not at the beginning of the intention to sing, was intended to let Lin Miaoke himself sang, but her voice is not completely satisfactory, so the team members asked to change the voice. For the sake of the big picture, he agreed. At the same time, he said he felt sorry for Yang Peiyi.
Many years have passed and the storm has gradually subsided, but what about the two children at the center of the controversial storm in the aftermath of the storm.
Star road scenery eventually have to retire
The year a shot of Lin Miaoke in fact in the Olympic Games before the opening ceremony, is a little famous child star . When she was two years old, Lin showed great talent in the arts, and her parents sent her to dance and piano classes. At the age of six, she took part in a number of commercials and TV dramas. After the opening ceremony, she became a household name as a child star.
The rise in popularity was followed by a surge in commercial value, which meant an influx of untold resources of interest. The dazzling lure of fame and fortune is enough to make most people lose their way. Therefore, under the management of her parents, commercial performances, advertising endorsements, and TV series appearances have filled the life of the still young Lin Miaoke.
In fact, it's not a bad idea to be a child star, and the entertainment industry is full of examples of child stars who, after a good education and planning, went on to have very exciting lives as adults. But Lin Miaoke's path to fame is clearly not what her parents had planned for.
The show was held in a bar, and the advertisements for the infertility program featured a male actor in his late 40s in an emotional role, a sign that Lin's parents had no regard for their child's growth and development.
An actor who has worked with Lin Miaoke has said that she talks in an unnatural way, cautioning her not to enter the show business too early, but to go to school and grow up slowly like a normal child.
And her parents ignored all the admonitions and still brought their child headlong into the world of fame and fortune. And from a young age onwards, working year-round non-stop, immersed in the showbiz industry's adverse consequences are also gradually revealed, has become an adult Lin Miaoke behavior and expression is still as young as the general has not in line with the age of its embarrassing, dress up childish and cute seems to have formed the inertia.
All kinds of talent are sparse and bland, but also in a row from the theater, the central sound, the theater and the northern shadow of the list. The girl in the red dress is now in a state of flux and is no longer the same as she was in the past.
Silent accumulation of time has its own gifts
Another unknown hero Yang Peiyi and how?
When this performance echoed with Yang Peiyi's voice, Lin Miaoke received countless applause and accolades, and if it wasn't for the news that broke later, she wouldn't even have a name. Afterward, Yang Peiyi cried angrily to her teacher,she once said, "I should have been the one standing at the opening ceremony.
Yang Peiyi, who was seven years old at the time, must have had expectations and envy for the glittering stage, flowers and applause.
After the substitution incident was exposed, Yang Peiyi also gained some fame. She signed to a record label and also released a solo single and sang the theme song of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf.
But Yang Peiyi's father believes that music is just a hobby for his child, and that letting her grow up healthy is the most important thing. He has been asked to open a microblog for his daughter and to give interviews to magazines to expand her popularity, but they have all been rejected one by one.
After that, her father sent her to the countryside in order to keep her out of the limelight and away from the hustle and bustle of the entertainment industry. After that, she devoted herself to her studies and only occasionally attended some charity events.
In 2013, Yang Peiyi was admitted to the experimental class of the key junior high school NPC Attached Middle School, and later entered the international department of the Beijing Zhongdian High School No. 8. 2017, she took part in the U.S. Academic Decathlon China Competition in Guangzhou, and successfully advanced to qualify for the final round of the U.S. tournament.
After that then she represented her school in the All-American Economic Challenge and won the overall team championship trophy with a perfect score, and also won an individual gold medal for her outstanding performance.
The years of quiet contemplation have allowed her to bow out of that year's event in style, and on her battlefield, where she finally truly shines in a different way. Asked about her future aspirations, she said that she hopes to further her education at Harvard in the future, but that music is still something she enjoys very much.
Summary:There has been a lot of talk, praise and criticism of a singing fiasco, but what have the two children done to deserve it? The two children, one due to the failure to perform on stage, did not get her due flowers and applause, the young heart was traumatized; one due to the performance of the powerful attention and fame, resulting in childhood and teenage years were sold by their parents, also suffered irreparable damage.
But both had their share of losses and gains growing up. One didn't get what he deserved, but he grew up healthy, while the other, though not as glamorous as he was then, gained fame and fortune at the time. The other one is not as bright as the other one, but he has got a lot of fame and fortune.
What's more, their lives are still long, and the future is still unknown. Because even if we are standing in the same or different starting point, the hard work on the way may be different, but to decide the end of life, is always our efforts on the road, accumulation and precipitation. And effort, at any time, is not too late.