Unconsciously, the 2024 Year of the Dragon Spring Festival Gala has entered the rehearsal stage. Recently, many grassroots celebrities have posted "Spring Festival Gala invitations", giving them the opportunity to watch the Spring Festival Gala live and experience the festive atmosphere of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala up close. Among them are "Grandpa Tan" Tan Jintao, a breeder at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base, "Shadow Boss" Liu Ying, a railway worker who is called "a crosstalk actor delayed by the crew" by netizens, and someone familiar to Shenzhen residents. Construction worker Yi Qunlin plays the piano on the street.
In 2023, Yi Qunlin became famous for his video of playing piano on the streets of Shenzhen. Now, being invited to the Spring Festival Gala, he was so excited that his hands were shaking: "As an old farmer, I have never dreamed of such a glorious moment!" "I hope everyone can stick to their dreams."
was once accused of playing piano on the street. Yi Qunlin, who is nearly 60 years old and popular in
, is from Yueyang, Hunan. On the morning of April 16, 2023, Yi Qunlin and his coworkers went to work at a construction site near Huaqiangbei. On the way back after finishing work in the afternoon, I found a charity piano on the side of the road where everyone could play. Yi Linqun expressed that he wanted to give it a try. After playing the song "Butterfly Lovers", workers and citizens alike marveled, "Old Yi still has this ability!" He was also a "blockbuster" because of this act of playing the piano, and once became a hot search topic. became popular online.
On that day, with the encouragement of people around him, he played more than ten pieces of music in a row. He said: "After playing, I feel very comfortable, a very pleasant feeling."
In May last year, at the inauguration ceremony of the Shenzhen Guangming Culture and Art Center Concert Hall, Yi Qunlin, wearing work clothes and a safety helmet, was invited He was the first to perform piano music on stage in this art venue that he participated in the construction of.
According to Yi Qunlin, he has been sensitive to sounds since he was a child and loves music. Although his singing voice is not loud enough, he likes to play musical instruments. He can play a few songs on the saxophone, erhu, and electronic keyboard. He said that when he was a child, after he found a piano at his friend's house in the village, he often ran to play and learn it, and he learned it within a few days.
Yi Qunlin has been in Shenzhen for twenty years, and only occasionally plays the harmonica and flute after get off work. He said that in the nearly 30 years after leaving Yueyang, he had almost never touched the piano. The dream of music that he planted when he was a child has never left him. When he saw a charity piano on the roadside, he couldn't help but step forward and show his hand. This is also a dream that is becoming a reality.
In the past few decades, Yi Qunlin's experienced hands have washed dishes, assembled toys, and held shovels, and his palms have developed a lot of calluses. But it’s also a pair of piano-playing hands. Netizens said, "These hands can play romance and carry life."
Yi Qunlin's persistence in music dreams and optimistic attitude towards life have moved many people. Even the famous actor Yao Chen appeared and left a message to like it, lamenting that "music loves everyone equally." After
became popular, Yi Qunlin still went to work and washed vegetables as usual, but it was no longer a secret that he could play the piano. After that, he appeared in the concert hall and on CCTV... From this, more people learned about the story of this worker uncle who loved music and loved life. The moment
got the invitation letter for the Spring Festival Gala, his hands were shaking with excitement, "It's like a dream, I can't imagine that I can have such a highlight moment in my life." He said, I am a construction worker who likes to play the piano. I hope everyone Everyone can stick to their dreams!
After seeing the news that Uncle Yi was invited to watch the Spring Festival Gala, many netizens said that they were "very warm in their hearts" and "became excited."
These ordinary people shine because of their love
In fact, there are many examples like Yi Qunlin:
At the end of July last year, a video of Yu Weizhi, the owner of a roast duck restaurant in Maoming, playing the piano in the store became popular on the Internet. In the video, customers are dining aside while he plays the piano song "right here waiting" in a corner of the store. The sound of the piano is smooth and beautiful, and Yu Weizhi's selfless playing is immersed in it, which has infected countless netizens. Yu Weizhi calls himself “the duck roaster who plays music in Sishui Town.” “Actually, making roast duck is very boring. With the support of music, I can do it for so long."
In April last year, 50-year-old sanitation master Zhao Fuyin danced "immersively" on the streets of Shenzhen Bay. The video was filmed by netizens and posted on the Internet, which sparked heated discussions. In the video, he was wearing headphones and dancing to the beat of music on his mobile phone. Although the dance steps are inconsistent, each beat is joyful and powerful. Although he is at an age when he knows his destiny, he has loved jumping around since he was a child. He moved countless netizens with his optimistic and cheerful smile and endless vitality.
Last year, Tsinghua University The 56-year-old cleaning aunt Xing Guoqin also became popular when she wore an evening dress and played the piano. At that time, the Art and Education Center of Tsinghua University held an annual New Year party. A cleaning aunt played "My Chinese Heart" seriously on the stage, which touched her heart. Countless viewers. Later, she put on a beautiful evening dress and played the piano on the Shandong Satellite TV stage, and more people knew her story.
In 2022, Li Ping, a 52-year-old security guard in Shenzhen, painted the park into "Animal World" ", known as the "magic pen security guard" by netizens. Most of his "drawing papers" are old rusty electrical boxes or manhole covers. In two years, he has painted more than 300 paintings in various parks. He said, “Shenzhen is a very tolerant city that allows me to resume what I love in my 50s. I feel very happy to be able to contribute to the city. "
There is also a delivery man in Suzhou who amazed everyone with his impromptu piano playing in a shopping mall. The dormitory manager and security guard insist on writing poems, and the cleaning staff piles leaves to create paintings in their hearts... These ordinary people shine because of their love, and they also use their The story makes more people believe that love can overcome all difficulties.
"Life is on the shoulders, and hobbies are on the hands."
Ordinary hard life also has poetry and distance. For them, they all had literary dreams when they were young, just because They have chosen other ways to make a living, and their work and dreams have not been "aligned", but this does not affect their persistence in their dreams. "Life is on their shoulders, and their hobbies are in their hands." As long as you persist, having dreams can make people great. can play the beautiful notes of life.
Yi Qunlin’s hands can create life and happiness. He was invited to be a live audience of the Spring Festival Gala. This is an affirmation of his persistence in dreaming and a recognition of his creation of life with his hands. Definitely.
According to media disclosures, Yi Qunlin, breeder Tan Jintao "Grandpa Tan", and railway worker "Shadow Boss" Liu Ying were the first guests invited to watch the Spring Festival Gala rehearsal. Subsequent rehearsals will continue to invite guests. Representatives of the masses who shine in different industries.
Ordinary people continue to be the protagonists of the Spring Festival Gala. This is a tribute to the hard work of ordinary people, because ordinary people are originally the protagonists of life and struggle. It is ordinary people who create the beauty of life. It is ordinary people who make dreams come true, and they should be the protagonists of the Spring Festival Gala. The hands of ordinary people can "build buildings and compose music." We pay tribute to all ordinary people who work hard for a better life!
(Reference: CCTV News, Shenzhen Special Economic Zone News, Red Star News, Jimu News, Shenzhen Evening News, Voice of the Greater Bay Area, Life Daily, Xinhua News Agency, netizen comments, etc. Some content comes from Yangcheng Evening News reporter Jiang Xueyuan)
topic host丨Wu Xia
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