Time flies like water. In the blink of an eye, it has been 25 years since Hong Kong returned to the motherland.
The Song Concert to Commemorate the 25th Anniversary of Hong Kong's Return to the Motherland
The evening party was sung at the Hung Ho Stadium. I looked at my sister who was always standing in the C positionWang Mingquan. She was already 74 years old. Even though she put on heavy makeup, she could not be hidden. Her face is covered with wrinkles, and she has aged a lot, but in my heart, she is naturally beautiful and her charm is still charming.
Wang Mingquan
I remember the last time I saw a party hosted by my sister. It was a cultural evening in 1998 to commemorate the first anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland. That performance brought together musicians from the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places.
At that time, Hong Kong and Taiwan, which were bustling with entertainment and entertainment, were definitely the spokespersons of modernity and fashion. The wonderful Hong Kong and Taiwan movies and TV dramas made their lives extraordinarily exciting, making mainland people yearn for them.
The host of the party, Hong Kong sent Wang Mingquan and Fat Sister Shun Dianxia; the mainland sent actor and model Qu Ying and CCTV handsome guy Yaning , mainly reviewing old songs.
Yaning, Qu Ying
The overture of the party started with the song "My Motherland" sung by the children's singing group. Although it did not have the silver bell-like voice of the mainland children, and it was not as high as the Galaxy Youth Choir, however, it was wonderful to listen to Hong Kong children singing this I'm still a little moved by this song.
"Eternal Love" was sung by a group of stars from the Mainland. The participants were all popular singers in the Mainland at that time, such as Liu Huan, Na Ying, Mao Ning, Lin Ping, Chen Hong, Tu Honggang, etc. people. The third program of
is a sister wearing an off-shoulder gauze dress singing her signature song "Love is Always Love". This song is my favorite. Sometimes when I go to kTV to sing, I will click on this song, and it also Can get some applause.
This song is the theme song of the Hong Kong TV series "Love in Love". This TV series mainly tells the story of the grievances and hatreds of two generations of three families.
Stills of "Love Across Thousand Rivers and Mountains"
This 1985 TV series starring Xie Xian, Wang Mingquan, Lu Liangwei was really a sensation after it was broadcast in the mainland, and the song of the same name sung by Ajie became a street star. The classic songs played in the lane can be described as household names.
After the fire broke out in the mainland, she was elected as a deputy to the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress before Hong Kong returned to the motherland. She actively went to the mainland to attend meetings, so she was banned by Taiwan for ten years.
Wang Mingquan’s meeting scene
Because the main market for Hong Kong dramas at that time was Taiwan, the ban directly caused Ajie to have no drama to film in Hong Kong, so she could only turn to the Cantonese opera stage to develop.
can only describe the incident of my sister being banned as “a blessing in disguise.” As a blessing in disguise, she met the Cantonese opera performing artist, the love of her life: Luo Jiaying .
Ajie and Luo Jiaying
The most unmatched combination at the party, Liu Huan and Hong Kong's Li Huimin took a photo of "Pearl of the Orient". Not only did their image not match, their singing was completely opposite, and their styles were completely different. Li Huimin, who was quite ordinary, How can it be worthy of the passionate Liu Huan?
When Xu Xiaoming and Tu Honggang sang "The Great Wall will never fall, the thousands of miles of Yellow River surges...", it reminded us of the classic Hong Kong drama "Huo Yuanjia ".
Xu Xiaoming's singing performance can't help but make people feel energetic and excited. Under the pressure of the old man's momentum, Tu Honggang, known as a tough guy, suddenly lost a lot of his pride as he stood beside him.
Gigi Leung and Qu Ying's "Jasmine" can only be regarded as fill-in works. The energy that was just brought up seemed to be deflated all at once like a balloon.
Chen Hong and Zhang Xinzhe sang "Childhood"
However, Chen Hong and Zhang Xinzhe brought me a lot of surprises. The song "Childhood" made the popular Zhang Xinzhe look playful and cute.
You must know that as the " Prince of Love Songs ", he has become extremely popular on both sides of the Taiwan Strait with his songs such as "Love is Like Tide", "Too Much", and "Don't Tell Him".
Chen Hong from the Mainland, although she does not have as many good songs as Zhang Xinzhe, is not bad at all. Her Spring Festival Gala song " often go home and watch " also made her famous.
Zhang Xinzhe
"Lift up your hijab" is a duet by Kerim and Liu Yuanyuan .
And the song "My Chinese Heart" was sung by Zhang Mingmin . Next to it were three handsome guys wearing white casual white shirts. They were a group called " China Power ". They danced handsomely and gracefully. The climax was 4 People sang in unison, "The Great Wall of the Yangtze River, Huangshan Yellow River , in my heart are worth a thousand pieces of gold..." The new singing method of the old songs brought the concert to a climax.
Chen Xiaodong , who debuted as an idol singer, is obviously not on the same level as Lin Ping, the gold medal winner in the National Singing Competition. The " Kangding Love Song " they sang together was not only out of tune, but also failed to see any highlights.
When the golden voice Song Zuying opened her voice: "The windows are full of green when spring comes, and the big girl is embroidering mandarin ducks under the window...", the song "Song of the Four Seasons", the singer's ability, really lingered for three days.
Song Zuying
One of the kings Dawn joined hands with Wu Qianlian, her partner in the movie "Half Life ", to sing "Nanniwan". The singing skills of
were only comparable to those of KTV. Their singing was nondescript and extremely embarrassing. As it happened, I got up and went to the toilet to relax.
Fan Xiaoxuan and Xie Xiaodong , who had just collaborated on the "Health Song" at the Spring Festival Gala, started their second collaboration. The two handsome men and beautiful women contributed a song "Sweet Honey" to the party.
The perfect combination of performances by the shy Fan Xiaoxuan and the handsome Xie Xiaodong not only makes people hear the sweetness in the singing, but also the tacit understanding of the performance really makes this song "sweet". Compared with the Teresa Teng version, it is even better. But it has a unique flavor, and it really makes people drunk. The two people on the stage look at each other like lovers, which makes people's hearts flutter.
Fan Xiaoxuan and Xie Xiaodong
Fan Xiaoxuan and Xie Xiaodong
Unfortunately, the two people who worked together seamlessly did not strike while the iron was hot and did not cooperate at a deeper level.
Bel Canto's "drinking songs" are really not my thing. Although the two singers Liu Weiwei and Wang Xia sang with protruding veins, I had no choice but to enjoy it because my musical level was low.
At this moment, my favorite fat sister, Shen Dianxia, seemed to know what I was thinking, and she arrived late. The person standing with her to cooperate was the dwarf Zeng Zhiwei , who was full of ruffian spirit.
These two people were actually described by my sister as "golden boys and beautiful girls", and they sang " The Heart Is Too Soft " by Ren Xianqi .
Fat Sister and Eric Tsang
Eric Tsang in red clothes sang first: Your heart is always too soft, your heart is too soft, you cry alone until dawn, you love that person without regrets, I know you are not that much at all strong.
The fat girl in a black and white dress followed closely and sang: You are always too soft-hearted, your heart is too soft, take all the problems on your own, it is always easy to love each other, but it is too difficult to get along, if it is not yours, don't force it anymore.
Eric Tsang sang again: " It's late at night and you still don't want to sleep. Are you still thinking about him? Are you tired of being so infatuated? You know full well that he won't come back to comfort you."
Sister Fei sang like she was answering a friend's question: " I just want to love someone well, but it's a pity that he can't give you full marks. He doesn't feel sorry for the unnecessary sacrifices. You shouldn't just want to be a good person."
The two chorused: "Oh Forget it, that's it Forget it, just let it go, there's no point in thinking about it, just wait stupidly, he won't come back, you should always think about the future for yourself. "
This song seems to be written about Fat Sister and Zheng Shaoqiu. Every sentence of that past relationship is Fei Jie's mental journey, and Zeng Zhiwei seemed to use the song to comfort Fei Jie, a long-time friend.
chorus "Heart is Too Soft"
The music played, and Zeng Zhiwei suddenly asked: " Fat sister, hello, I want to ask you a question, is your heart soft?"
Fat sister, Zeng Zhiwei joked Ridiculing
Fat Sister replied: " My heart is very soft towards good people, but towards bad people..." She pointed her finger at Eric Tsang's head and continued: " My heart is very hard."
"Please don't point at me as a bad guy, you are pointing at the person named Zheng..." Zeng Zhiwei replied pretending to be aggrieved.
Fat Sister and Eric Tsang
Fat Sister, who has been hosting for many years, reacted quickly and immediately changed the subject: " is talking nonsense. You were almost late just now. I was waiting. I was so impatient. You haven't shown up yet. I swear I won't do it again." I won’t ignore you anymore. Fortunately, you arrived in time and I forgive you again.”
"I will definitely be there for such a big event as ," Eric Tsang said with a smile.
Many people feel that it is a bit inappropriate for Eric Tsang to say this on this important occasion. In fact, this may be an intentional move by him to liven up the atmosphere. You can tell by the applause and boos at the scene.
However, Zeng Zhiwei, who was outspoken, may not have said hello to Fat Sister, and suddenly became confused, which really made Fat Sister nervous.
Fortunately, Fei Jie has been in the battlefield for a long time and has rich adaptability. She was able to make things right in just a few words, which in turn added a lot of talking points to the song concert. All of this can only be said to be just right.
Then, the Taiwanese Gaoshan folk song "Standing on the High Hill", when the hoarse "Ouch" started, Zhang Huimei wearing a black vest was really amazing, followed by Meijia and from the Mainland Xie Yuxin appeared one after another, and the three of them sang together. Zhang Huimei, with her powerful music style, was really memorable, while the other two became complete foils.
Zhang Huimei
"The Story of Spring" then sang, and I was still so melancholy as I listened.
"Chinese" is sung by Andy Lau, one of Hong Kong's Four Heavenly Kings, and Mao Ning, the golden boy from Mainland China. Mao Ning, who shares the stage with Andy, has the advantage in singing skills but slightly weaker momentum.
The two queens from Hong Kong and Mainland China, Faye Wong and Na Ying, were young and beautiful at that time. They wore one white and one black outfit, which can be described as "white plus black".
Na Ying and Faye Wong
They made "Meet in 98" resound in Hong Kong. Since the song became very popular during the Spring Festival Gala, this song really went from the streets to the back streets and became a constant in 1998. Main theme.
The two queens appeared, indicating that the party was coming to an end. The last song "Great China" was sung by Mao Ning, Tu Honggang, China Power, Xie Xiaodong, Mei Jia, Xie Yuxin, Lin Ping and other stars, bringing the party to a climax. .
Fat Sister
Now, when I look back on this party, I really still remember it. It is a pity that I can no longer see the naive, witty and cute Fat Sister.
She passed away on February 19, 2008, ten years after the party, at the age of 63.
My sister had suffered from cancer twice, but she finally defeated the disease. She has been in the art world for decades and has become TVB's well-deserved "treasure". Every important occasion, the person who always stands in the C position is Sister Wang Mingquan.
Wang Mingquan
Friends, do you remember this party? Which singer's performance is your favorite?
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