In 2009, two young men who made their debut on the Spring Festival Gala were on fire. One was Uncle Benshan 's apprentice Xiao Shenyang , and the other was Liu Qian .
This young magician, with a sentence of "witness the miracle", caused many viewers to put down their seeds and stare at the TV screen intently.
One egg, two rubber bands, since then Liu Qian’s magic has become the most anticipated evening show for countless friends and children.
But in retrospect, it seems that he is rarely seen.
How did Liu Qian, who was once a smash hit, quietly faded his name?
01 Turning a hobby into a career
In 1976, Liu Qian was born in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Province. When he was 7 years old, Liu Qian went to the department store with his mother and accidentally saw a magic show at the counter. In this way, a little magic dream sprouted in Liu Qian's heart.
When he was 8 years old, he started to perform magic tricks for his classmates.
At the age of 12, Liu Qian participated in the All-Taiwan Children's Magic Competition. At that time, the judges of the competition were the famous magic master David Copperfield who was on the world tour.
the moment he took the trophy from David Copperfield,It strengthened Liu Qian's belief in magic.
In college, Liu Qian chose Soochow University Japanese Department. After all, in the eyes of everyone, magic can only be a hobby.
Only three months after graduation, Liu Qian has not found a suitable job. At that time, magic became Liu Qian's only salvation, and he decided to become a professional magician.
self-taught Liu Qian chose to turn his hobby into a career.
Under pressure from his parents, he practiced his skills and participated in various magic competitions.
It was not until 2001 that there was a point. Liu Qian won the silver medal at the Shanghai International Magic Festival and was the only Chinese to win the prize. In the same year, he won the Bronze Lion Award in the Magic Competition of Wuqiao International Art Festival, the highest honor in the world acrobatics, and he was also the only Chinese to win.
But to talk about how Liu Qian stepped onto the Spring Festival Gala stage, I have to mention his former agent He Huangjie.
When 19-year-old Liu Qian participated in the show in Taiwan, He Huangjie, the producer at the time, saw the difference between Liu Qian and other magicians, and also smelled the "star" in him.
He Huangjie determined that Liu Qian will shine in the future, and arranged for him to appear on various variety shows, book publishing, hosting, performance...
, but Liu Qian has always been in a kind of silence. state,He Huangjie always believed that the mainland was Liu Qian's biggest market. He recommended Liu Qian to go to Shanghai to participate in the competition, and he was familiar with Taiwan in many places.
In addition to his excellent magic skills, Liu Qian’s greatest blessing is his performance ability. His words always attract everyone’s attention to the points he needs everyone’s attention. His humorous performance style is even more effective when combined with variety shows. .
Thus, Liu Qian’s best close-up magic successfully attracted the Spring Festival Gala program group.
The magic shows we have seen in the past are mostly large-scale magic shows.
In the 2009 Spring Festival Gala, Liu Qian's "Magic Hands" performed by Liu Qian brought miracles to everyone's eyes at close range.
After that, he performed "Kaleidoscope" on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 2010, performing close-up magic in the middle of a round table full of audiences.
's 2012 "Illusion" and 2013's " magic piano " are not far away from the audience.
At this time, Liu Qian has also become a nationally renowned magician.
But there are so many popular people, the audience can love him, and of course some people will slander him.
02 Unexpected disaster, nonsense talk
As early as the end of the 2010 Liu Qian Spring Festival Gala,Well-known writer Han Han was bombarded on the Weibo , he bluntly said, "Liu Qian brought a scam gang to perform a play."
politely followed In response, he said, "Although I can laugh at non-professional criticism, I cannot accept that it comes from you."
The last two parties delete the blog post, and the matter will be over.
At that time, Jia Ling , who first appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage, wrote a blog titled "The First Prize of the Spring Festival Gala in My Heart-Liu Qian" to rectify Liu Qian's name.
Actually, since Liu Qian first performed magic on the Spring Festival Gala, there have been many controversies against him.
Some people try to crack his magic, some people say that the audience and even the host and Dong Qing are his trust.
But the most serious accident was the 2013 Spring Festival Gala. Liu Qian and pianist Li Yundi performed magic as a partner. Liu Qian's sentence " find Leehom " triggered a big wave.
This inexplicable line can’t be found so far. CCTV said it was added by Liu Qian himself. Liu Qian’s team issued a statement stating that this line was proposed by Li Yundi’s team.Li Yundi denied it.
So the two sides are in a deadlock.
Then Liu Qian’s agent He Huangjie published a Weibo stating that Liu Qian would not participate in the Lantern Festival due to personal reasons. Netizens speculated that it was this incident.
At this time, there are screenshots of Liu Qian kneeling down and worshiping the "Emperor" while performing in Japan. For a while, Liu Qian's "blocking" has become a common default result.
In the following years, Liu Qian did not appear on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala stage again, which seems to have confirmed the speculation of netizens.
Actually, the real reason is that Liu Qian felt "a little tired" in the Spring Festival Gala.
CCTV Spring Festival Gala invites him every year. Due to his own entanglement and huge pressure, he decided to push it away.
A magic show for a few minutes at the party. Liu Qian needs to spend a month to practice. I don't know how many times Liu Qian dreamed that his magic show failed.
So CCTV's "blocking" Liu Qian is just a nonsense.
In fact, after the 2013 Spring Festival Gala, several CCTV stations were still broadcasting Liu Qian's program. In September of this year, Liu Qian and Dong Qing were still on CCTV's video link.
In 2016 and 2018, he also went to CCTV’s " I want to go to the Spring Festival Gala " twice as a judge,In 2016, I also went to CCTV’s ", Come on to the Future " to record the program. In 2018, I went to the CCTV National Day Party and Teacher’s Day Party. In 2019, I went to the Spring Festival Gala again.
As Liu Qian said, he won the coveted Magician of the Year and a bunch of awards.
In 2012, Liu Qian won the "Magician of the Year" award, which was awarded by the Hollywood Academy of Magic, the highest honor in the magic world.
won the Glora Magic Master Gold Award in Italy in 2013, and Liu Qian became the first Chinese magician to receive this award. In the same year, Liu Qian came to China Wuqiao International Art Festival again and won the Golden Lion Award .
ended the tour in Las Vegas and won the big prize in the magic world. After that, Liu Qian's biggest goal was to get married and start a business.
After ending his contract with his agent in 2014, Liu Qian settled in Beijing. In 2015, he married his Beijing wife and gave birth to children. His wife Wang Xiyi is the third generation of 3span Lijiacai_span successor.
After realizing his childhood dream, he began to re-plan his life. He was tired of constantly playing shows, and wanted to focus his life more on his family and accompany himself. family.
In addition,Liu Qian needs time to study new magic.
In 2019, 6 years later, Liu Qian once again appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage.
This time in the performance of "The Magic Pot", Liu Qian conjured various liquids and even sugar from the pot. This wonderful magic performance made Liu Qian infamous.
Shortly after the end of the Spring Festival Gala, a video of Liu Qian changing pots during his performance appeared on the Internet. Both Liu Qian's magic and Liu Qian himself were ridiculed by the entire network.
After more than ten days of silence, he chose to respond. Said that his performance was not supported, and there was no collusion with the audience. Moreover, this performance is a record of the program team. By the way, he clarified about his kneeling down to the Emperor of Japan a few years ago.
He said that at that time, various units told him not to respond, and asked him to calm down and not make trouble for himself, but he still decided to say what he should say.
Later, Liu Qian performed this magic at the dinner table again, to the end.
In 2020, Liu Qian will also play a small video, which will increase her followers by 80w a month. The video will be updated from time to time.
Concluding remarks
From an obscure little magician to a magic master who won an international award, Liu Qian has been devoting himself to studying magic with a heart of innocence.
It is undeniable thatMany viewers fell in love with magic because of him.
Now 45-year-old Liu Qian, in addition to participating in the show, is to share the dynamics of his family.
This year Liu Qian also participated in the Spring Festival Gala of Jiangsu Satellite TV . He squatted beside the children and "hatched" the eggs in the bag into chickens.
Gentle tone, just right guidance... After so many years, Liu Qian can still surprise and move the audience with just a magic trick.
Many netizens are still willing to call Liu Qian the "magic", eternal god!
Author: Deyue
Responsible editor: zeria
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