This year's Spring Festival Gala, if you want to say the most decompressing, joyful, and dazzling program, if Liu Qian's magic "Keeping the New Year at this time" is second in the magic of the gala in recent years, it is difficult for other magic to dare to call it the first.
Liu Qian's wave of operations in the Spring Festival Gala this year not only shocked the audience at the scene and in front of the TV, but also taught the magicians of the Spring Festival Gala in recent years a lesson!
As a magic show, it can even be said that its props are "simple", but it is the only magic show that can make the audience in front of the TV move, rummage through the boxes and cabinets to find cards, shuffle cards, tear cards, shock, look at each other, and laugh.
Liu Qian's performance, as well as the ** and happiness that magic makes people feel, make the majority of netizens call him the "Spring Festival Gala Atmosphere Group"!
However, such Liu Qian, since the last time he appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, it has been a full 10 years! So much so that many children are not familiar with him, and they don't even know about this world-famous magician.
In 1976, Liu Qian was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and has formed an indissoluble bond with magic since he was a child. At the age of 7, he began to be fascinated by magic, and at the age of 8, he dared to play magic tricks in front of his classmates.
In 1988, Liu Qian met his eldest brother Tang Wenlong, who sold magic props, and the two became good friends. Tang Wenlong saw that Liu Qian was talented, so he encouraged him to participate in the magic competition.
At that time, the world-famous magician David Copperfield happened to be on tour in Taiwan, and his entire team was invited to be a judge of the "Youth Magic Competition".
Among the more than 200 contestants, Liu Qian, who was only 12 years old, stood out, showed off in front of David Copperfield, and finally won the trophy of "Champion of the All-Taiwan Children's Magic Competition", which can be described as a young fame!
In 1992, Liu Qian met Mr. Xu Leisi, a professional magician, and learned more professional magic skills from him. Xu Leisi told Liu Qian that he couldn't learn by himself, but had to communicate more with international magicians and perform more in front of the audience.
As a result, Liu Qian's entire spare time in high school was spent performing magic tricks in bars. And I made a lot of pocket money from it. Because of this, from the age of 16 to 20, his magic skills have improved by leaps and bounds, and his close-range magic skills have reached the point of perfection.
In 1999, after graduating from the Japanese Department of Soochow University in Taiwan, Liu Qian plunged headlong into the magic world and began his career as a professional magician.
In fact, in 1998, Liu Qian had already won the first session"formosa magic convention"The Best Creative Award at the World Magic Contest and a special award from the American Society of Magicians.
After becoming a professional magician, Liu Qian has flourished in the magic world, making great progress all the way, and winning various international awards.
For example, in 2000, Liu Qian won the International Magic Competition, the champion and special award in the stage magic department; In 2001, he won the silver medal at the Shanghai International Magic Festival, and in the same year, he won the bronze lion award at the Wuqiao International Arts Festival Magic Competition.
In 2011, Liu Qian won the FISM (International Magic Federation) Asian Magician of the Year Award; In 2012, he won the "Global Magician of the Year" award from the Hollywood Magic Art Institute in the United States, becoming the first Chinese to receive this honor!
In 2013, Liu Qian won the Gold Medal of "Magic Master of Grolla", the oldest award in European film and art, becoming the first Chinese winner of the award!
In November of the same year, Liu Qian received the David Baglas International Magic Award from the legendary D**id Berglas in the magic world at the 40-year-old London International Magic Conference. This scene is like the torch relay of two generations of magic giants in the magic world, and Liu Qian became the first Chinese magician to win this award!
In 2015, Liu Qian became"Magic Olympics in the world"The only Asian judge of the FISM World Magic Competition. In 2018, Liu Qian once again served as a Chinese judge of the FISM Magic Conference.
In addition, Liu Qian has also been invited to perform as a guest performer or lecturer at international magician conferences in more than 30 countries and more than 200 cities around the world.
Liu Qian, from a child interested in magic, has finally become an idol and role model in the minds of countless magic lovers.
In 2009, Liu Qian participated in the stage of CCTV Spring Festival Gala for the first time and performed "Magic Hand Divine Color", which captured the love of thousands of audiences in one fell swoop.
Since then, Liu Qian's "Spring Festival Gala Journey" has begun, and the 2010 Spring Festival Gala's "Ever-changing Years" of the "Magic Pot" of the Year of the Illusion, and this year's "Keeping the New Year at this time" have brought endless surprises and shocks to the audience.
I don't know if you have found it, between 2013 and 2019, and between 2019 and 2024, there will be a total of 9 Spring Festival Galas, and there will be no Liu Qian.
During this period, all kinds of news about him flew all over the sky, among which criticism and doubts far outweighed affirmation and encouragement.
For example, someone will deliberately rip Liu Qian's magic tricks, repeat them, and even analyze them frame by frame, and then use the sentence "It's nothing more than a quick hand!" to define all his magic, but it did affect Liu Qian's image in the public mind to a certain extent.
Also, some people turned out the clip of Liu Qian's tacit cooperation with the host Dong Qing on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, questioning that Liu Qian's magic is just the effect of camera switching, which is a complete **, and Dong Qing is the "trust" he found!
Especially in 2010, Liu Qian's performance with just one coin shocked the whole network, but then a large number of decryptions emerged on the Internet**, and even the well-known writer Han Han also posted an article criticizing Liu Qian as a "fraud gang".
Although the Weibo was later deleted, the incident still dealt a big blow to Liu Qian's career. After that, no matter what kind of magic he performed, that mystery was always quickly punctured.
Liu Qian was very saddened by this, and he was happy to see the public's enthusiasm for magic come to fruition, however, what he couldn't stand was the attitude that magic was being looked down upon. He devoted himself to research and innovation day and night, but when he received such feedback, his heart was full of grievances and indignation.
In those years, Liu Qian often engaged in heated debates with netizens on the Internet, trying to justify his art, but this only deepened netizens' misunderstanding of him.
To outsiders, magic may be just a skill to make a living, and Liu Qian's eager justification seems to be just to protect his job. However, for Liu Qian, magic is a career he truly loves and devotes himself to.
However, the direction of things did not follow Liu Qian's expectations. At first, Liu Qian's professional ability was questioned, but then this questioning extended to his character.
In 2010, when he participated in the show in Japan, according to the ancient Chinese orthodoxy, the Japanese artist opposite returned the salute with local etiquette. However, a ** that he knelt down was circulated in China, causing him to be mistakenly labeled as a "**thief".
Although it was a complete misunderstanding, it caused him irreparable damage. In China, there is zero tolerance for any behavior that hurts national feelings.
After a period of silence, Liu Qian was invited to participate in the Spring Festival Gala again. However, in the Spring Festival Gala of 2013, his performance with his new partner Li Yundi caused an uproar because of a joke.
Not only did fans of the two attack him, but it was even rumored that Leehom Wang had a conflict with him backstage. Although Liu Qian explained that it was a pre-arranged line, Li Yundi denied it.
After that Spring Festival Gala, Liu Qian disappeared from the public eye. People speculated that he was **, but in reality, this exit was the result of his careful consideration.
Every performance put him under a lot of psychological pressure, and gradually, the magic he loved became a burden and he felt exhausted.
After leaving the stage, Liu Qian began to enjoy family life and transformed into an up master. He rediscovered his love for magic by performing magic tricks online while sharing its secrets.
During the years when he was absent from the Spring Festival Gala, the performances of other magicians failed to attract much attention until 2019, when Liu Qian returned to the stage of the Spring Festival Gala again.
Although there are still people who question his magic, in fact, his ability is needless to say, and the facts have proven time and again that his magic can amaze the four places at any time and place, which is breathtaking.
In 2024, Liu Qian will once again appear on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala with his "big name".
His performance may seem simple and simple from the perspective of magic tricks and props, but its value as a show that inspires the whole family in front of the TV to rummage through the cards, shuffle the cards, tear the cards, marvel, look at each other and laugh heartily.
Liu Qian once said, "I don't mind if someone imitates my performance and exposes the loopholes in my performance, but I don't like others to disrespect magic." ”
Liu Qian's love for magic has been as enthusiastic as it has been for decades, and he has left one classic moment after another on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, becoming a magic superstar in the hearts of countless audiences.
In fact, Liu Qian is not just a magician, he is more like a master who creates a great atmosphere on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, an artist who perfectly integrates magic with the atmosphere of the party!
We look forward to enjoying more of Liu Qian's wonderful magic performances in the future!