Dear readers and friends, have you heard this heart-warming poem, written by a group of lovely children from the depths of the mountains of Xiangxi, Hunan? They use simple and unpretentious poems to express their deep longing for their loved ones and their expectations for a better life. Today, this group of children is no longer the seedlings that once sprouted and grew silently in the soil, they have been well known to the audience, and they have also appeared on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala that attracted national attention.
As the New Year approaches, these children are grateful and use poetry as a medium to pass on their love for their hometown and their vision for the future to more people. Mao Buyi's affectionate singing, combined with the pure and sincere poems of the children of the "Field Choir", moved countless audiences. They depict people's inner expectations and imaginations for the new year, which makes people feel a lot of emotion. Those simple but deep poems express the truest emotions in the hearts of children in the mountains, allowing people to see their tenacity and courage.
In order to create these moving poems, the director team extensively excavated talents, and among the 10,000 student poetry works, they were deeply attracted by more than 100 works of Suyu Primary School in Feng County, Hubei. These poems come from the heart, are concise, powerful, and full of vitality. Their choreographer, Bi Bo, said, "The children's poems are not deliberately piled up, but they are deeply moving. ”
The situation of these children is not promising. Suyu Hope Primary School in Huitong County, Huaihua City, Hunan Province, is located in a remote mountain village, where more than half of the children are left-behind children. Principal Li Bailin's teaching philosophy is to let children perceive the beauty of life through poetry and comfort their souls. He brings the classroom into nature to help children better understand the world and open the windows to their hearts. The children's enthusiasm for writing was stimulated, and in just five years, they wrote more than 1,600 poems.
Among them, there is a girl named Long Mengyao, who describes her tears in her poems: "When my parents left and wanted to turn around and pounce on them, the tears could not stop overflowing her eyes. After reading it, I was deeply touched and hugged the girl affectionately. This emotion was also transmitted. In the end, the poems of this group of children made the director team see their potential and allowed them to appear on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.
On Chinese New Year's Eve in 2019, with only 30 days left before the Spring Festival Gala, the children of the "Field Choir" came to Beijing to participate in the rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala in the presence of their parents. Their journey was long, but they were full of anticipation. Everyone is looking forward to performing at their best on that special night and showing their talent to the world.
This is the spirit of the Field Choir – the pursuit of excellence and the courage to challenge oneself. They are not only a group of children who love to write, but also role models for children in China's mountainous areas in the new era. We believe that no matter how many difficulties they face, they will uphold their firm beliefs, move forward bravely, and continue to move forward on the road of life!