His son Zhao Fang confirmed the news through Zhao Zhongxiang's social media account. At the end of 2019, Zhao Zhongxiang was unwell and found that he had squamous cell carcinoma when he was diagnosed with , which had spread.
Zhao Fang posted a message to mourn him, saying that his father was unwell at the end of 2019 and found that he had cancer when he was diagnosed with medical examinations. In order not to affect the mood of the family, we have always been optimistic and actively cooperated with the treatment. During the hospitalization period, my mother was always by my side and took good care of her until her father left peacefully.
full text is as follows:
"I am Zhao Fang, the son of Mr. Zhao Zhongxiang. My father died of illness in Beijing at 7:30 on January 16, 2020 at the age of 78. My father felt unwell at the end of 2019 and was found to have cancer, which had spread. In order not to affect the mood of his family, his father has been optimistic and active in the treatment. He respects the medical staff very much and expresses his gratitude to them many times. During his hospitalization, his mother was always by his side and takes good care of him until his father left peacefully.
During his father's hospitalization, relevant leaders and relatives and friends came to visit him, which gave great comfort to my mother and our whole family. We express our gratitude to all the leaders and relatives and friends who care about my father!
My father was a CCTV announcer and host before retirement. Because of CCTV, a national media platform, and because of his love and persistence in broadcasting and hosting, his anchors' news programs, commentary "Animal World", "Man and Nature", hosting Spring Festival Galas and other large-scale domestic and foreign events, etc., accompanied friends at home and abroad to spend those unforgettable and wonderful times, and recorded many wonderful moments of history. His recognizable voice was loved by the majority of audiences at home and abroad, which is the glory of his father's lifelong efforts. He respects this profession, and this profession has made him; he respects it. Billions of audiences, billions of audiences remember him. My father is full of gratitude for the cultivation and support of the Party, government and billions of audiences. After retirement, my father focused more on his interests. In addition to occasionally participating in dubbing and other work, he spent more time on calligraphy, painting, cooking, making friends, self-media, and cultivating young people, which added a lot of fun to his life.
hopes that he is peaceful, happy and happy in another world. Family and relatives will always miss him and bless him. I believe that his works will also remain in the hearts of the audience who like him!
Farewell ceremony, time and place are also notified. Thank you for your concern and your support and love for your father's work during his lifetime. I wish you peace and health! "
Zhao Zhongxiang, born on January 16, 1942 in Ningjin County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province, was the predecessor of CCTV, Beijing TV , in 1960. He is the second TV announcer and the first male announcer in China.
In 1979, Zhao Zhongxiang interviewed US President Carter during his visit to the United States with Deng Xiaoping, becoming the first reporter of the People's Republic of China to enter the White House to interview the US president. Since 1984, he has hosted more than ten CCTV Spring Festival Galas, setting a number of hosting records.
On October 30, 2019, Zhao Zhongxiang was named "70 People and Outstanding Performing Artist in 70 Years". He has published works "Thinking of Time", "Love of Time" and "Colorful Years".
announcer Zhao Zhongxiang
is called "the first announcer in the history of Chinese TV
", Zhao Zhongxiang will formally correct the other party, " Shen Li is the first announcer in the history of Chinese TV, I am the second, but as a man, I am the first male announcer."
That year, Premier Zhou Enlai personally gave a letter to the male announcer in the middle school entrance examination in Beijing, and among the thousands of children taking the exam, Zhao Zhongxiang was selected. In February 1960, 18-year-old Zhao Zhongxiang entered Beijing TV (the predecessor of CCTV), and there were only 8,000 black and white TVs in the country at that time.
As soon as he entered Taiwan, Zhao Zhongxiang was sent to broadcast the live broadcast of the National Day parade and successfully completed the important task.Subsequently, he served in the live broadcast of National Day from 1960 to 1967 (except in 1965 he was sent to the countryside). During the Cultural Revolution, the National Day parade was once interrupted. In 1984, he was still assigned to broadcast the National Day parade and military parade live. In 1994 and 1999, he hosted the live broadcast of the National Day Fireworks Gala on the Tiananmen Gate Tower. According to statistics, he broadcasted and hosted the National Day celebration 9 times, setting a record that no one surpassed.
Since Zhao Zhongxiang is the only male voice in Taiwan, many national events of that year were also spread to thousands of households through his broadcast. For example, the whole party and the people of the whole country shared the joys and sorrows during the three-year difficult period; the Sino-Soviet debate; the first atomic bomb was successfully tested.
In 1978, he became the first announcer to appear on the TVB, and he was appointed as the only one who appeared on the TVB.
reporter Zhao Zhongxiang
In January 1979, Zhao Zhongxiang was sent to the United States to report with Deng Xiaoping. During his visit to the United States, he entered the White House to interview Carter. At that time, the " People's Daily " reported the entire process of Zhao Zhongxiang's interview. After seeing Carter, Zhao Zhongxiang's first sentence was: "Mr. President, this is the first time that a reporter from the People's Republic of China Central Television has the opportunity to interview an American president."
He wrote in his later memories: "I am insignificant, but I represent a cultural tradition of five thousand years. What I should reflect is the increasingly powerful Chinese people's temperament, demeanor and dignity of self-esteem..." Before and after this, Zhao Zhongxiang has interviewed more than 30 domestic and foreign political leaders, including two interviews with Carter and Reagan, Kissinger and others.
Not only that, Zhao Zhongxiang also interviewed heroes and models such as Daqing Wang Jinxi, Dazhai Chen Yonggui, and national model worker Shi Chuanxiang. He reported on many typical figures such as Chen Zhongwei, diplomatic hero Wang Weizhen, mathematics master Hua Luogeng , as well as many artistic masters active in the mid-20th century, such as Ma Lianliang, Qiu Shengrong, Zhang Junqiu, Hou Baolin, etc.
Zhao Zhongxiang asked himself to reflect humanistic care, respect and kindness in interviews and questions, and stop whenever possible; avoid making things difficult for the other party. News Comment , you need to be clear about the world and not be self-righteous; the important function of news comments is to predict the future, not to entangle the past.
In 1985, Zhao Zhongxiang proposed to work with several outstanding directors and reporters from various departments across Taiwan to produce news topics and news commentary programs: "Twelve-hour instant interview", "Talk about Baosteel", "Looking at Beijing", "Looking at Lantern Festival", "Impact and Reflection", etc., to deeply reflect the new atmosphere, new style and problems faced by all walks of life during reform and opening up. These programs have become an important link in the connection between the previous and the future of CCTV news interviews and comments. In addition to
news, Zhao Zhongxiang was also invited to participate in the production of other types of programs. In 1980, he was invited to dubb Julien, the protagonist of CCTV's first translated film "Red and Black". In 1982, the famous director Pan Xia invited him to participate in the TV series "Prism", which won the first Feitian Award.
Host Zhao Zhongxiang
In 1981, Zhao Zhongxiang hosted the "Beijing Middle School Student Intelligence Competition" as a host for the first time, and participated in the question setting, schedule, hosting and scoring process in all aspects, and the program was a great success. Next, the "Second Middle School Student Intelligence Competition", "Dandelion Knowledge Competition" and many "Army Knowledge Competition" hosted by CCTV, which he hosted, were all well received praise from all walks of life.
The reason why Zhao Zhongxiang's pronunciation and tone are familiar with the audience to this day is inseparable from two columns: "Animal World" founded in 1980 and "Man and Nature" founded in 1995. According to statistics, Zhao Zhongxiang has so far shared more than 2,500 collections of commentary for "Animal World" and "Man and Nature", with more than 1,800 words of commentary. "Man and Nature" is the first Chinese TV program to be praised by UN Secretary-General Galli.
mentioned these two representative programs. Zhao Zhongxiang once said: "I broadcast the first episode of "Animal World". I didn't think there was anything worth remembering in the future. I never thought it could be broadcast to be well-known and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Everyone likes it and can protect wild animals in a certain cognitive field in society.”
He believes that these two programs have changed their second half of their lives. “As the first audience of the program and as a disseminator, I have gradually gained an in-depth understanding of the knowledge of various zodiacs, classes, families, orders, ecological environment, and the entire food chain. During the process of "Man and Nature", I have contacted more than 100 top domestic experts and scholars. I have heard them convey their most cutting-edge research results and scientific theories to me in the simplest and most understandable words. This benefit is endless. I will give you one or two sentences, and how much knowledge you will be nourished by adding up! ”
In addition, Zhao Zhongxiang also set a number of hosting records: he was the first host of a multinational host to host a large-scale elegant cultural program, and he hosted the Vienna New Year concert for 18 years; Zhao Zhongxiang participated in the hosting of the most popular variety show "Zhengda Variety Show" for three years; from 1983 to 2000, he participated in and hosted no less than 15 CCTV Spring Festival Galas.
In an interview, looking back on his experience of hosting the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, Zhao Zhongxiang said that what he is most proud of is that he has hosted so many sessions, and he did not add or lose a word to the host's lyrics. "The hosting lyrics are entirely written by the writers for the host. Once the lyrics are given to you, they cannot be changed to a word at all. I don’t know the experiences of other hosts. For me, adding a word or subtracting a word is not allowed. ”
In addition, Zhao Zhongxiang has also hosted large variety shows such as " Return to Hong Kong ", "Return to Macau", "July 1 of the Millenniums", and hundreds of various special parties.
"When doing many first things, you won't know that it is first, just like a panda does not know that it is a national treasure. It often feels that the first is very sacred, and when it is unintentionally looked back, he becomes first. "Zhao Zhongxiang once evaluated his many "firsts" in this way.
Retired elderly Zhao Zhongxiang
After 2000, Zhao Zhongxiang gradually faded out, but his influence is still very great.
In 2006, the China Television Artists Association selected Chinese TV hosts for 25 years and 25 stars. After secret votes by more than 20 experts from the Professional Committee, after several screenings, among more than 20,000 TV hosts, Zhao Zhongxiang won the "25-year Outstanding Contribution Award for Chinese TV Hosts" with the highest number of votes.
His award speech at the award ceremony only said one sentence: "Thanks to the audience for allowing me to play the whole audience like an athlete! ”
In 1981, he hosted the "middle school student intelligence competition". When he saw his name on the subtitles, Zhao Zhongxiang felt very awkward, "Why do you want to be a host?" 25 years later, he became the only person who played the whole audience and ran through the whole audience. In his own words, he was like a cricket.
Zhao Zhongxiang was still active on the TV screen in his later years. In addition to hosting " Dance Forest Conference ", in 2011, Zhao Zhongxiang and Guangxi TV jointly launched China's first real-life speculation show "Old Zhao Living Room"; in 2017, he participated in Hebei TV " Chinese Good Poetry " as a Grand Secretary; in 2018, he appeared one after another. In Hunan Satellite TV "Our Master" and " Sound Is In The Live ", we helped our friend Ni Ping.
In December 2018, Zhao Zhongxiang recorded the final work for the commentary of "Man and Nature". Staff introduced that before, he recorded for more than 3 consecutive hours each time, and recorded 4 episodes in one recording. It is admirable that he can maintain such a tone in his seventies. Behind the huge influence of
, Zhao Zhongxiang's retirement life is also accompanied by controversy. Last year, media reported that he could customize calligraphy and paintings for sale. People can meet him as long as they "spend 4,000 yuan", and they can also record blessing videos for individuals and enterprises. In response, Zhao Zhongxiang himself denied through the media, "When did the audience ask me to take a photo with me? If you can’t give examples, you’re spreading rumors and causing trouble! ”
In the book "Thinking of Time", Zhao Zhongxiang wrote: I remember that in 1979, when I went to work in the United States (reported by Deng Xiaoping's visit to the United States), CBS personnel and American newspapers compared me with the famous American news host Walter Cronkite , saying that I am Cronkite of China.I don't think so, because when Cronkate retired at the age of 65, he only hosted a news program for 20 years, and when I went to work in the United States this time, I was less than 40 years old, but I had nearly 20 years of news broadcasting experience. At that time, many people laughed at our Chinese broadcasting for being too rigid and not as rigid as foreigners, and I didn’t think so. I am sure that in another 20 years, my achievements will be beyond the reach of Kronkite.
No matter what, at least in terms of the length of time he was a host, Zhao Zhongxiang reached a height that Cronkate and even many domestic hosts could not reach.
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It is reported that squamous cell carcinoma can occur in areas covering squamous skin such as the skin, tongue, lungs, esophagus, lungs, prostate, vagina and cervix. Squamous cell carcinoma that occurs on the skin is most common.
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Editor: Jin Ge
