On the evening of February 10, 2014, CCTV's "Moving China" 2013 character selection event was announced. The deeds of heroic models have touched countless Chinese people. As one of the co-writers of the eulogies for the award-winning heroes and models in the 2013 "Touching China", He Lingfeng, a professor at the School of Literature and Journalism at Yichun University, seemed particularly excited when watching the program. This is also the second time that he has become the only writer in Jiangxi Province after writing praise words for the award-winning heroes and models in "Moving China" in 2012.
Twice invited to write eulogies for the winners
Professor He has been interested in literary creation since childhood. He is now a member of the Provincial Writers Association and a member of the Chinese Popular Literature and Beautiful Literature Society. He has published nearly 100 essays and poems in newspapers and magazines, and has won more than 20 awards. He told reporters that he has been working hard in the teaching field and literary creation for 20 to 30 years, and he has never been so excited and nervous as when he sat in front of the TV and watched the "Moving China" character awards ceremony.
In early 2013, before CCTV held the 2012 "Touching China" character award ceremony, Professor He was fortunate enough to be invited to write praise words for 10 models for the first time. Four of them were selected, including Lin Junde. The accompanying poems include "Even if you die, your sweat will be fragrant", and Chen Binqiang's "Filial piety is unparalleled enough to be prudent", etc.
Before the awards ceremony for the award-winning heroes and models in the 2013 "Moving China" characters, Professor He was once again invited by CCTV to write a praise speech for the award-winning characters. When the show started airing, he still stayed in front of the TV with a feeling of trepidation. Because the works of each invited writer are selected, they will not be informed or announced to the public before the program is broadcast to keep it confidential. After all the awards presented by the previous eight figures were broadcast, not a single word written by him appeared. When the host announced the deeds of Yao Houzhi, the ninth moral model winner, the golden characters "Chuncao Chunhui" shining on the character monument came into view, and his heart suddenly turned from uneasiness to joy.
"In college, I teach "Chinese Classical Literature" and "Writing" classes. If I can express my praise for heroes and models in such a concise four words, it seems that I am qualified to write it. The praise is considered a passing grade. This is also my greatest honor," Professor He said proudly.
The award-winner changed temporarily and he almost gave up
Professor He was not very emotional when talking about the experience of writing the praise words for the heroes and models in "Touching China". On December 29, 2013, he received an invitation from CCTV. The program team requested that the lyrics for 2014 be different from the previous year, and that famous ancient sentences should be used as material. It was also the end of the semester, and the college was busy with work. In order to write the praise as soon as possible, he took every second to search for information, select words, and read the deeds of 10 heroes and models, trying to choose the most appropriate praise.
After passing the audition, he determined at least five sentences for each character, and some had as many as dozens of sentences. Afterwards, they were screened repeatedly to strive for perfection. On January 6, he sent the relevant matching words to CCTV. The next day, perhaps due to the influence of online voting, the other party informed that the winner had changed, and he quickly chose another word. On January 8, CCTV called again and said that it had decided to change the style and that each character could only use four sentences. Such highly condensed four words mean that all the previous hard work has been in vain. Because there were so many things on his hands and the time was short, he even thought of giving up. However, after thinking about it for a moment, he was unwilling to give in and began to rewrite the words of praise.
The words praising Gong Quanzhen were not selected
Professor He also revealed a regret to the reporter. When he was writing the first draft, CCTV asked him to write a line of praise for each of the 10 winning heroes and models. When he saw that Gong Quanzhen from Jiangxi was on the list, he was very excited. He read a lot of information about the old aunt and selected dozens of good sentences for her.
The reporter saw from his manuscript that there were many praise words such as "Ice Soul and Snow Soul", "Lighting Wind and Clouds", "High Mountains Stand Up" and so on. "It is my honor to write a hymn to the old aunt that Jiangxi people are proud of, and it also allows my spiritual world to be purified again." Professor He said, unfortunately, the hymn he chose for the old aunt Not being selected shows that there is still a gap between my level and knowledge.