At the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics, when an innocent and lovely Chinese girl stood in the middle of the huge lanterns with a red lantern in her hand and appeared in front of all the audiences around the world, everyone remembered her appearance. Her voice remembers China and Beijing even more. The crisp and tender singing voice of "Little Jasmine" seems to have brought the Olympic Games closer to Beijing.
What a jasmine flower
"Little Jasmine" is named Chen Tianjia. She is just 5 years and 8 months old. She is an ordinary little girl in Beijing Lantian Yufeng Kindergarten. People who know her Everyone says that Chen Tianjia is a little girl with a lot of personality. Her nickname is Duoduo. She likes to eat fried noodles made by her father and drinks yogurt. I heard that when she went to Athens, she brought noodles with fried noodles that her father made for her, but she ate them all in just three days. Before going home, her father asked her on the phone what she wanted to eat, and she said: "I want to drink yogurt." Chen Tianjia's favorite animal is tropical fish, and her favorite dress is a skirt. The most common thing she says is: "You Listen to me first.”
One out of 200 selected for the Olympics
Chen Tianjia was selected from 200 children. She was lucky enough to be selected to sing at the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games because she had participated in the 2004 Children's Day Gala, and she had a pair of talking eyes and was very attractive, so she was selected by the director from among many children. "Caught" out.
During the interview, Chen Tianjia said to the examiner: "I can't sing "Jasmine", let me dance for you!" So he sang and danced by himself and performed. After the interview, a teacher stopped Chen Tianjia and took some photos of her. A week later, my father received a notice from the director: "Your daughter has been selected and is going to Athens to prepare for training." So "Little Jasmine" began her intense training life.
A kindergarten teacher who knows "Little Jasmine" said that Chen Tianjia was selected to perform at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games because of her courage and ability to endure hardships. I will work hard
The night before I left for Athens, my father said to Chen Tianjia, "You have to sing well then. We are all waiting to see you." Chen Tianjia said: "I will Work hard." That's what she said, and she did the same. At the closing ceremony, "Little Jasmine" behaved very naturally and fulfilled her promise to her father.
A reporter asked her: "After singing the song, were you startled by the sudden sound of fireworks?" "Little Jasmine" said a little embarrassedly: "After singing the song, I don't know. What is it that makes such a loud sound? Those colorful strips came out silently (during the rehearsal in Beijing), but the sound of the colorful strips coming out was so loud during the actual singing, I don’t know!”
This time! Sing and dance next time
"Little Jasmine" likes to dance, so she took the initiative to dance for the teachers during the interview. Just after returning to Beijing, the reporter who interviewed her at the airport said, "Can you dance for everyone to see?" Chen Tianjia did not hesitate at all, put down the bouquet and toys in her hands, took off her coat, and danced immediately.
After "Little Jasmine" sang "Jasmine" at the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics, she also wanted to dance at the 2008 Beijing Olympics when she was 9 years old. But her parents do not expect her to participate in the 2008 Olympics. My mother said, "Whether she participates or not, I just want her to be healthy and happy. That's enough." My father said, "We should study honestly for now."
Another Jasmine
You may not know that during the two-month rehearsal, there was a little girl practicing with Chen Tianjia. This is because considering that the actor was too young and was afraid of unexpected situations, two candidates were prepared, but in the end only one person could play. Although "Little Jasmine" Chen Tianjia's performance was very successful, the contribution of another little Jasmine to this performance is even more valuable.
Her name is Ye Xiaozhou. At the beginning of July, the director gave each of the two children a VCD of "Jasmine" and asked them to go home and learn to sing along first. So Ye's father became Xiaozhou's vocal teacher. He started with the beat of the song and told Xiaozhou how to breathe and how to make sounds.
At the end of July, there were no classes in kindergarten, so 6-year-old Xiaozhou could only go home and practice singing, but his parents had to go to work. Xiaozhou was locked at home every day, singing along to the music over and over again. After singing once, she would draw a horizontal line in her notebook and write down the time, 100 times a day. Xiaozhou's parents were very touched by her sensibleness.
In fact, in the eyes of ordinary people, Xiaozhou looks cuter. She did not appear on the show. It is said that it is just because she is in the tooth loss stage and several front teeth are missing. When she learned that it was not a boat that boarded the red lantern in Athens, she did not cry, she just said she was a little angry.