As early as the Spring Festival Gala in 1989, many Chinese people sat in front of the black-and-white TV and saw two blonde and blue-eyed foreign faces, speaking Chinese that they were not proficient in, and starred in a story that happened in the family building of a factory in Northeast China. Wearing a military coat and a Lei Feng hat, he opened his mouth and said: "Magnolia, open the door, I am the mountain."
As a result, the young man who burst into laughter was instantly remembered by countless audiences.
As a result, he received the Chinese stage name "Dashan".
At the New Year's Day party of the second year, he appeared again, this time standing next to cross talk actors Jiang Kun and Tang Jiezhi, and talking cross talk with them.
Dashan also received praise this time and further gained a group of fans.
Later, he worshipped Jiang Kun as his teacher and became the first foreigner to speak cross talk.
In 1998, when Dashan appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala again, he was already a household name.
In Dashan's eyes, the Spring Festival Gala is an award ceremony, a recognition of a star's influence and popularity.
However, Dashan never dreamed that he would achieve such an unexpected harvest Xi learning Chinese at the beginning.
When he was a child, he was full of yearning and expectation for the mysterious country of China.
Ever since he went to university, he has immediately become a China fan.
When he graduated from university, he got the opportunity to go to Peking University for exchange Xi.
Later, he was fortunate to walk on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala four times, and became famous in China, and his family and classmates were curious and fresh.
It turns out that in the memory of many Chinese audiences, Dashan was the first foreigner to appear on the Spring Festival Gala, but in fact, he was not, his famous sketch "Night Return" came from the New Year's Day party.
Due to the outbreak of the epidemic, Dashan disappeared from the stage in an instant.
As a result, he never appeared on the stage again, although the image of wearing a Tang costume or coat to greet everyone for the New Year is still deeply engraved in people's minds.
Dashan himself knows that he is so lucky that he has stepped on the footsteps of the times and become a symbol of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, and he will also become a memory in the hearts of the audience.