In the Spring Festival Gala of 2023, we were disappointed not to hear Mr. Li Guyi sing the song "Unforgettable Tonight".
CCTV variety show host Zhang Zequn informed the audience through social platforms before the Spring Festival Gala was broadcast.
Teacher Li Guyi has just been sick and her body is still recovering, so she can't get on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala and sing the well-known "Unforgettable Tonight" for the audience.
Teacher Li Guyi has sung "Unforgettable Tonight" on CCTV Spring Festival Gala 28 times, looking back on history, it can be seen that he has profound acting skills.
Although it was already 2021, Li Guyi's partner Xiao Zhuo passed away a few months before the Spring Festival.
However, she still appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala with the grief of a widow in her later years and sang for the audience, which fully demonstrated the noble sentiments of the old artist.
In the Spring Festival Gala of 2021, when the Year of the Ox is coming to an end, Mr. Li Guyi smiled and performed the ending song of the Spring Festival Gala "Unforgettable Tonight" affectionately.
She is still immersed in the grief of losing her wife, which many people don't know.
Although Li Guyi spent her life with her husband, after his death, her heart was full of guilt and self-blame.
Li Guyi has repeatedly stated in public that he is "irresponsible" to his family.
In the early 80s of the last century, Li Guyi was a well-known singer who devoted almost all his energy to his career;Her husband, on the other hand, is a military member and has little time to stay at home.
As a result, they are often separated after they get married.
Xiao Yi is the child of Li Guyi and her husband.
From childhood to adulthood, Xiao Yi grew up under the care of her grandmother, and her parents never appeared in her upbringing. Li Guyi felt deeply guilty about this.
In 2017, Li Guyi participated in a show, and she said with self-reproach: "I am not a qualified virtuous wife and mother. ”
Li Guyi once revealed that Xiao Yi refused to call her mother because he resented that he didn't give her enough company, but replaced it with the word "**."
Li Guyi did not blame the child's wayward behavior, on the contrary, he felt guilt and heartache.
Xiao Yi often only sees his mother once in a few months, while other people's children have their parents by their side every day.
When she is sick, her mother will go home to accompany her, which is what Xiao Yi looks forward to the most.
Xiao Yi was sick once, she immediately called her mother, thinking that her mother would go home as soon as possible as usual.
However, Li Guyi had an important party to attend that day, and she felt that her daughter had a cold, so she asked her grandparents to take her to see a doctor, but she didn't expect that this time, Xiao Yi was in a coma in the hospital for two days and two nights.
As soon as the news reached Li Guyi's ears, she was so frightened that she couldn't give up, but she still couldn't go home, but hurriedly called her husband and asked him to take her daughter to the Navy General Hospital for medical treatment.
The husband is not only able to understand his wife, but is also very supportive of her work, never blaming her for neglecting the family, but "conniving" at her again and again to work hard outside the home for the sake of her career.
In another program, Li Guyi said: "I didn't fulfill my responsibilities as a wife, warm, gentle, sweet, dear, none of these." ”
In 2020, Li Guyi's husband died of illness, which was a huge blow to her.
Looking back, she realizes that she had barely spent time with her husband.
After experiencing pain and self-blame, Li Guyi finally regained his strength.
Her children made a very accurate evaluation of Li Guyi.
Despite the great success of Li Guyi's singing career, her career has not been smooth sailing.
If she wasn't so strong and brave, I'm afraid she wouldn't be able to become a household name singer.
Li Guyi sang the interlude "Hometown Love" for the movie "The Legend of the Three Gorges" in 1980, and when singing this song, she used the "soft singing method".
However, even so, the new way of singing has not been recognized by the industry, and some people call "Hometown Love" a glamorous sound"Rogues**"Even"Toilets**"。
Li Guyi did not choose the popular "gas singing" at that time because she firmly believed that ** needed to continue to innovate.
She believes that if all songs are interpreted in a "high, loud, and hard" tone, it will not be able to express the emotion of the song at all.
The whole point of this song is to express emotion, so it is essential to make sure that the voice is driven by emotion and that the emotion is conveyed with the voice.
Li Guyi sparked controversy by insisting on singing "Hometown Love", which led to the song being eventually banned**. The relevant authorities repeatedly criticized Li Guyi and forced her to accept the request to write a check.
CCTV held the first Spring Festival Gala in 1983, and at that time, Li Guyi still remembered the "failure" of "Hometown Love", but the chief director Huang Yihe strongly recommended Li Guyi to participate in the Spring Festival Gala.
CCTV set up a *** at the Spring Festival Gala to encourage the audience to watch their favorite programs on demand through **. Surprisingly, many viewers asked Li Guyi to sing the song "Hometown Love".
Wu Lengxi, as the Minister of Radio and Television at that time, faced a problem, the song "Hometown Love" was banned, and after a long time of hesitation, he finally decided to let Li Guyi sing "Hometown Love" on stage.
Li Guyi insisted on using her unique "soft singing method" on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala to interpret the song "Hometown Love" that was banned.
Many people finally dared to express their true emotions after the ban on "Hometown Love" was lifted.
Some people believe that "Hometown Love" is the first popular song in the mainland in the new eraIt has also been claimed that this song is one of the earliest lyrical songs in the Chinese music scene;It is also believed that Li Guyi was one of the pioneers of lyrical songs.
Li Guyi not only sang "Hometown Love", but also bravely cooperated with composer Zhang Qu.
Zhang Quinoa composed "My Motherland and Me" in 1984, when his identity was very sensitive, so many singers did not dare to sing his songs.
Zhang Qu hoped that his work "My Motherland and Me" would be recognized by the public, so he asked Li Guyi tentatively: "Would you like to try to sing this song I wrote?"”
Li Gu looked at the music score, but he didn't expect to immediately agree generously: "Sing!."What is there to dare to sing!”
Under Li Guyi's interpretation, "My Motherland and Me" has become a timeless classic, and this song is famous and deeply loved by Chinese and foreign Chinese, and it can be said that every Chinese has special feelings for this song.
Until now, many overseas Chinese are still moved to tears when they hear this song.
In fact, the reason why the song "Unforgettable Tonight" can be passed down to this day is entirely due to Li Guyi's persistence and courage.
Director Huang Yihe approached lyricist Qiao Yu in 1984 and asked him to write lyrics for the song sung at the end of the Spring Festival Gala.
Huang suggested that the lyrics should include themes of family reunion, reunion of the motherland, and hope for a better future.
Huang Yihe asked Qiao Yu to express the theme idea in the lyrics, and Qiao Yu did so. Then, Huang Yihe commissioned composer Wang Yan to compose the music for this song.
After Wang Yan completed the song, someone in the director team said that the song was too lyrical and not suitable for singing on CCTV's Spring Festival Gala.
Although "Hometown Love" was widely popular in the Spring Festival Gala the year before, the director team still believes that those "high, loud, and hard" songs should be sung on formal occasions, so as to show a magnificent and atmospheric tune.
Li Guyi insisted on the concept that her songs should express lyrical emotions, ignored the opposition of the director team, and insisted on recording "Unforgettable Tonight" composed by Wang Yan.
Whenever the Spring Festival Gala is held, we can almost listen to Li Guyi's affectionate interpretation of "Unforgettable Tonight".
Throughout her career, Li Guyi has always adhered to her own ideas and persistently pursued art, and was incomprehensibly understood by her first husband.
Before Li Guyi studied Xi vocal music, he had been engaged in acting majors.
Li Guyi met Jin Tielin, a 27-year-old vocal educator, in 1967, when she was only 23 years old.
When Jin Tielin first saw Li Gu, he made up his mind to take her as an apprentice. He is convinced that Li Guyi's unique voice will become an outstanding singer as long as he is carefully cultivated.
Jin Tielin did not have a proud student at that time, he once said: "If there is no student Li Guyi, the Jin Education Method will not be successful, I am the first person in the Jin Education Law." ”
Under the careful guidance of Jin Tielin, Li Guyi's singing skills became more and more exquisite, and she became the first singer who could perfectly interpret "Jin's singing", and Jin Tielin did not miss her potential.
In the process of getting along with each other, there is also an affection between men and women between the two, which makes the teacher-student relationship change into a lover relationship, and eventually they become husband and wife.
After Li Guyi got married, he suffered a heavy blow to his career because of the song "Hometown Love". Just when the negative comments were pouring in, Jin Tielin did not stand up and support his wife.
She did not blame Jin Tielin, but believed that the emotional estrangement between the two after marriage was due to her own busy career. She believes that if they can have a baby, then the relationship will definitely heat up again.
However, despite the efforts of the two people who are often separated, they still do not wait for the crystallization of love they are expecting.
Jin Tielin did not comfort his wife, but said: "We may not be destined to have children, you can pursue your own career." ”
As soon as he heard this, Li Gu knew Jin Tielin's intentions. Despite her reluctance to divorce, her husband decided to break up with her, and eventually, their marriage came to an end.
Li Guyi can only pin her mind on her career, and after the divorce, she has been running around all year round, busy with performances.
Li Guyi's second husband made an appearance at this time.
He is a loyal fan of Li Guyi, and he will go to ** for almost every performance of Li Guyi. Although Li Guyi didn't know about his existence, he always held flowers in his hand and cheered for Li Guyi in the audience.
Feelings are like this, after a long time, they will gradually come together.
A year later, they got married, and their daughter Xiao Yi was born.
Although Li Guyi has fulfilled her wish for family happiness, she has not given up on her career, and her husband has always supported her. Although the two of them didn't spend much time together, they became lifelong lovers.
Li Guyi has reached the age of 79, and netizens photographed her ** at the airport last year.
Li Gu was wearing a flower jacket and a jujube red hat, and he looked radiant in **.
Netizens have noticed that Li Guyi, who is about to turn 80, is still wearing high heels, and can't help but sigh at the fashion taste and eye-catching temperament of the old artist.
Zhang Zequn mentioned on social platforms that Li Gu had just recovered from illness at the beginning of the year, and his physical condition was not good enough to participate in the Spring Festival Gala. He expressed his expectation that Li Guyi would be able to perform on stage at next year's Spring Festival Gala.
Zhang Zequn represents everyone's voice, he believes that everyone is like him, and he is very much looking forward to hearing Li Guyi's classic song "Unforgettable Tonight" on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala again.
I wish Mr. Li Guyi good health and happiness in the future, and continue to bring us moving songs!