Written | Liu Yilong
On January 16, the famous Chinese announcer Zhao Zhongxiang passed away in Beijing due to illness at the age of 78, which happened to be his 78th birthday.
Zhao Zhongxiang
Zhengzhiquan (WeChat ID: Wepolitics) noticed that Zhao Zhongxiang had rebroadcast and hosted the National Day celebration 10 times, including 2 times ascending the Tiananmen Gate Tower and hosting the live broadcast of the National Day Fireworks Show. According to public information, Zhao Zhongxiang was born on January 16, 1942 in Ningjin County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province. He entered Beijing Television, the predecessor of CCTV in 1960, and was the second TV announcer in China (the first was Shen Li, born in 1933, is known as "the first person on Chinese screen") and the first male announcer.
Zhao Zhongxiang has experienced the complete changes of China's radio and television industry: became the first male announcer of CCTV, interviewed domestic and foreign political figures, hosted more than ten Spring Festival gala...
On October 30, 2019, Zhao Zhongxiang was rated as "70 people in 70 years" ·Outstanding studio artist". His published works include "Thinking of the Years", "The Love of the Years", "The Colorful Years" and so on.
Today (16th), Zhao Zhongxiang’s son, Zhao Fang, posted on Zhao Zhongxiang’s social media account that his father felt unwell at the end of 2019 and went to a doctor for examination and found that he had cancer, which had spread. In order not to affect the mood of the family, his father has always been optimistic and actively cooperated with the treatment. He respected the medical staff very much and thanked them many times. During the hospitalization, the mother stayed by her side and took good care of her until the father left peacefully.
Zhao Fang said that during his father’s hospitalization, relevant leaders, relatives and friends came to visit, which gave my mother and our whole family great comfort. We thank all the leaders, relatives and friends who cared about my father.
twice boarded the Tiananmen Gate for "live broadcast"
The most significant turning point in Zhao Zhongxiang's life occurred in 1960.
At that time, Premier Zhou Enlai instructed him to recruit male TV announcers among middle school students in Beijing. Thousands of children came to take the exam. In the end, Zhao Zhongxiang came to the fore and entered Beijing TV.
In that year, Zhao Zhongxiang was only 18 years old, and there were only 8,000 black and white TV sets in the country. Soon after
entered Taiwan, Zhao Zhongxiang received the task of broadcasting the live broadcast of the 1960 National Day parade. After
, from 1961 to 1967 (except when he was sent to the countryside in 1965), he served as the announcer for all National Day live broadcasts.
In 1984, the 35th anniversary of the National Day military parade, Zhao Zhongxiang once again served as a commentator. In this year, he was 42 years old and was his first broadcast of the military parade.
On the 45th anniversary of the founding of New China in 1994 and the 50th anniversary of the founding of New China in 1999, Zhao Zhongxiang hosted the live broadcast of "National Day Fireworks Evening" twice on the Tiananmen Gate Tower.
Zhao Zhongxiang recalled-
"For the 50th anniversary of the National Day, my host should be more mature, but still nervous. I am the host of the live broadcast of the National Day military parade and the mass parade, and the host of the military parade in Tiananmen Square during the day on October 1. People, in fact, strictly speaking, I should be called an announcer, because I only speak and don’t show my face.
"I am also hosting the 50th Anniversary National Day Party. If you are not nervous, it is a lie. It is broadcast live to the whole world. error. In that tense situation, even if you have practiced many times beforehand, you can't help but feel nervous. "
once accompanied Deng Xiaoping on his visit to the United States
political knowledge circle (WeChat ID: wepolitics) noticed that in January 1979, Zhao Zhongxiang was appointed to report on Deng Xiaoping's visit to the United States. During his visit to the United States, he entered the White House to interview Carter.
Zhao Zhongxiang interviewed former US President Carter
Zhao Zhongxiang's first sentence after meeting Carter was: "Mr. President, this is the first time a reporter from China Central Television has had the opportunity to interview an American president. "The first time
is not only for Zhao Zhongxiang personally, but also for China's television industry and China as a whole. It is an epoch-making first.
Zhao Zhongxiang wrote in his future memories: "I am insignificant, but What I represent is a cultural tradition of five thousand years. What I should reflect is to stand up and become strongerThe Chinese people’s temperament, demeanor and self-respect dignity..." Before and after, Zhao Zhongxiang had interviewed more than 30 domestic and foreign politicians, including interviews with Carter and interviews with Reagan, Kissinger, etc.
In addition, Zhao Zhongxiang's life Achievements, he is still a lot of "first people":
"News Network" appeared the first person, the first announcer transformation host, the first CCTV dubbing film, the first transnational large-scale elegant host The host of the show·····
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