Guangdong Satellite TV Bay Area Spring Festival Gala, the first day of the new year, happy new year!

Chinese music, lion dance, martial arts, English singing and dancing...full of the flavor of the Greater Bay Area

  Yangcheng Evening News reporter Ai Xiuyu

  On January 22, 2023, the first day of the Lunar New Year, "Meet the Rabbit and Bring Prosperity to the Greater Bay Area-Guangdong Satellite TV Spring Festival Gala" will be broadcast on Guangdong Satellite TV.

  Tengger, Zhong Zhentao, GAI Zhou Yan, Lin Feng, Ayunga, Zeng Xiaomin, Zhou Baihao, Yan Mingxi, Chen Sisi, Wu Keyue and other three generations of powerful artists joined in, making the Bay Area Spring Festival Gala popular before it was broadcast, #广东Satellite TV Bay Area Spring Festival Gala Official Announcement File# #湾区春晚热热热编中中# #宁格尔出现广州市录市区春节# #林峰出身湾区春节# and other related topics to seize Weibo, Douyin, Kuaishou in advance The hot search list has made netizens' attention and discussion on this Chinese New Year cultural banquet full of the flavor of the Greater Bay Area continue to soar.

  In fact, this Spring Festival Gala, which has the highest amount of "Guangdong" in the country and the leading degree of integration of "Bay" in the country, is full of highlights in terms of creative ideas, artistic highlights, and stage technology.

  creative ideas

  Three chapters celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Rabbit

  The Spring Festival Gala in the Bay Area has set up three chapters: "Spring is Full", "Wind and Water" and "Stars and Seas". A masterpiece of achievement.

The director group revolved around the literary logic based on "wish" and the musical logic based on the extension of "Chinese music", and adopted a two-line parallel method to connect the entire Spring Festival Gala in the Bay Area.

  At the beginning of the show, a 2-minute one-shot shooting technique was used to make the lineup of hundreds of people join forces to present a lively and festive atmosphere of "good start".

Zhou Baihao, Wu Keyue, and Mak Kaxin will bring the theme song of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area "Common Homeland", singing "Open the window of your heart, the world is bigger".

Immediately afterwards, Zhong Zhentao, Yan Mingxi, and Young Master Dongshan brought the New Year's song "As You Like It" on skewers, expressing the concept of "starting a business in the Bay Area and making a fortune in Guangdong".

Afterwards, Wu Tong, Lin Feng, Wang Jianan, and Huang Weilin will sing "Great China" to make the atmosphere even hotter, and sing the sense of family and country identity rooted in the hearts of the people in the Bay Area.

  From ancient times to the present, people are keen to express all kinds of good wishes and wishes for the new year when the Spring Festival is approaching.

The Bay Area Spring Festival Gala specially created an original new song "New Year's Wish" to sing the hearts of the audience, and expressed sincere and best wishes with programs such as "Bauhinia Blossoms", "The Beginning" and "Evening Wind Blows in the Heart". The songs "Fulfill Your Wish" and "Leading Navigation" sung by Jia, Wang Chuanyue, Wang Li, Wulan Tuya and others imply that the Chinese people are embarking on a new journey with their wishes, which closely fits the emotional expectations of the Chinese people.

  The music style of a large number of programs in the party is clearly marked by Chinese music. Programs such as "A Body of Righteousness", "Koi Playing Lotus", "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon", "Dream of Liyuan" and "Huaxia" and short films co-created by Zideqin Society and Guangdong Satellite TV , are infused with elements of national style and national tide.

At the same time, this year’s Bay Area Spring Festival Gala also innovated the broadcasting method of the host, bringing out the stories of the Bay Area with small sitcoms, and showing the enterprising spirit of the people in the Bay Area in the new era.

  stage technology

  High-tech creates an audio-visual feast

  The stage is dreamlike and full of sense of technology is also a highlight of this year's Bay Area Spring Festival Gala.

  Through the method of "main stage + virtual scene + animation CG + outdoor", the party uses various technical means such as virtual scene, AR scene, animation CG, human-screen interaction, three-dimensional space, etc., and for the first time uses XR technology on a large scale to invest in the production of the party.

The combination of live-action stage and virtual scene, as well as the collaboration of performers and virtual singers, expand the sense of space and shorten the sense of distance, creating an immersive audio-visual feast with the flavor of the Bay Area.

  The stage design takes "city" as the core, and the aerial modeling is taken from the concept of "Nine Palaces" in ancient Chinese astronomy. It incorporates unrestrained imagination; the stage is surrounded by an array of light walls that surround the city, which can not only create the magnificence of the sea of ​​stars, but also the romance of fire trees and silver flowers, allowing the audience to extend their horizons infinitely.

  The application of AR technology makes the innovative combination of technology and art have a more intuitive visual expression - every time the camera moves, the virtual reality live production solution will perform precise tracking and matching according to the camera's motion trajectory, and render in real time The corresponding virtual elements complete the AR implantation effect required by different programs, and a city of joy that reflects the past and present is vividly displayed.

  In addition, before the recording of the interactive rap "New Year's Wish" performed by GAI Zhou Yan, a new year's wish collection campaign was launched on the new media platform for netizens from all over the country and Chinese people around the world. Media interaction and cross-screen linkage.

  Chen Shuiruo, an AI singer generated based on the artificial intelligence Xiaoice framework, also arrived at the party and sang the New Year's song with all the guests.

Under the empowerment of XR technology, the cross-time and space folk music performance "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon" brought by 100 guzheng players led by Wu Tong realized multiple transformations of scenes such as "Tiangong" and "Lingnan Classical Architecture"; and the full XR shooting The opera show "Dream of Liyuan" combines the beauty of Cantonese opera, Teochew opera, Han opera and Lei opera.

  Art highlights

  Innovative interpretation of intangible cultural heritage elements in the Bay Area

  As a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, the culture of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has a strong influence and dissemination power among Chinese people across the country and even around the world.

  The Spring Festival Gala in the Bay Area extracted Guangdong intangible cultural elements such as Chinese music, lion dance, martial arts, fish and dragon dance, unicorn dance, and eagle dance, and presented a Lingnan national tide cultural song and dance show in a creative performance form that young people like.

The Spring Festival Gala in the Bay Area also deeply "activates" a large number of cultural symbols through the cross-border integration of art, creates high-burning, beautiful, and heart-warming program content, and promotes the "Year of China in the Bay Area".

  Tengger, who is famous for his super singing skills and strong personal singing style, was invited to sing the original song "A Body of Righteousness" of the Bay Area Spring Festival Gala together with Guangzhou local rapper Wang Zhongyou, accompanied by Nanshan English singing team and fantasy dance troupe .

This song sings the pioneering spirit of Cantonese people who dare to be the first in the world in simple Chaozhou dialect. The singing and dancing spread across the Internet.

Tengger, who challenged a large number of Chaozhou lyrics for the first time, is expected to bring "out of the circle" performance again, making netizens fall in love with Chaozhou songs.

  The program "Koi Playing with Lotus" combines acrobatic art and underwater dance to create a stunning classical beauty: In the poetic Lingnan courtyard, the "Linglong Five Beauties" group from the Chinese Acrobatic Troupe lay on their backs on the water, showing the unique uniqueness in the country. Bare-footed umbrella skills, the oil-paper umbrella spinning in the air is like a lotus blooming; at the same time, under the ripples, He Haohao, who once played the "Underwater Goddess", turned into a koi, swimming freely like an underwater fairy.

  The language programs of this year’s Bay Area Spring Festival Gala are also worth looking forward to.

The ace screenwriter Liu Beast, who became popular because of the "Annual Comedy Contest", as well as actors such as Tudou, Lu Yan, Yan Peilun, Zhang Xiaowan, Mai Changqing, Lai Mingjia, Ferris Wheel, Penguin, etc., will also present to the audience with a lot of laughter and baggage. The sketches "Happy New Year" and "Working God of Wealth".

  In addition, Ju Hongchuan, Wu Keyue and the Southern Song and Dance Troupe will perform a song of the same name based on the news report "Guangdong 24 Hours".

This song shows the most representative strugglers in 24 hours a day. There is a huge clock in the center of the stage. It tells the story of Cantonese people's continuous struggle day and night.

  access

  Director: Shouzheng innovates and produces high-quality goods

  "Meeting the Rabbit and Bringing Prosperity to the Greater Bay Area-Guangdong Satellite TV Spring Festival Gala" integrates the resources of variety shows such as Guangdong Satellite TV's "Chinese Music Festival", "Flowing Songs" and "Four Skills" to create a group of programs with a distinctive charm of the Greater Bay Area .

Executive directors Lin Weihua and Xing Dixi said that they are confident to provide the audience with a cultural feast with "the main theme, positive energy, high artistry, strong appreciation, and strong New Year flavor"!

  Yangcheng Evening News: Please summarize the highlights of the Year of the Rabbit Bay Area Spring Festival Gala from the perspective of directors.

  Lin & Xing: The idea of ​​the whole party is based on Chinese New Year, fashion, technology, Internet and joy, and incorporates many development stories of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, beautiful life and traditional cultural elements with Lingnan characteristics.

In the programming of the program, we hope to implement the concept of being upright and innovative, paying equal attention to classics and originality.

  There are also many new breakthroughs in the production of the party, and many cutting-edge technologies will be applied to the stage visual effects. The overall feeling presented in the end will be a wonderful, visually stunning, joyful, full of taste of the Greater Bay Area and a strong New Year flavor. Spring Festival Gala.

  Yangcheng Evening News: The lineup of performances is one of the key points that the audience cares about. What experience do you have in mobilizing celebrities for the Spring Festival Gala in the Bay Area?

  Lin & Xing: In the performances on stage, we pay special attention to cross-border and collision. For example, Mr. Tengger can sing Chaozhou dialect rock, which is easy to burst out fresh sparks and play new meanings.

Not only can it give the audience a sense of freshness, but it can also allow artists to break through themselves and tap the multi-faceted potential of celebrity guests.

  Outside of the stage, artists will also have some in-depth interactions with the Bay Area Spring Festival Gala on short video platforms and social media, such as "New Year's Wish" sung by GAI. The lyrics are "crowdfunding" various wishes of netizens.

In addition, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has the same roots, and many artists from Hong Kong and Macau, such as Zhong Zhentao, Lin Feng, Zhou Baihao, Yan Mingxi, and Mak Kaxin, also actively joined the Bay Area Spring Festival Gala.

  Yangcheng Evening News: The Spring Festival Gala is a time for the whole family to have fun together. How can we capture the hearts of audiences of all ages?

  Lin & Xing: In recent years, Guangdong Satellite TV has created word-of-mouth programs such as "Chinese Music Ceremony", "Four Surprises", and "Flowing Songs". On this basis, we will bring you different memory points by digging out highlights and reshaping the form , such as the various golden songs of time in "Flowing Songs", the traditional national musical instruments in "Guo Yue Da Ceremony"... It is our strength to make traditional cultural elements new, including this "Koi Playing Lotus" program, we It also combines water acrobatics and underwater dance to create a show with extreme beauty.

I believe that these traditional and innovative programs can attract audiences of all ages.

  Yangcheng Evening News: What kind of feelings and spiritual strength do you two hope to convey to the audience through the Bay Area Spring Festival Gala?

  Lin & Xing: I hope that everyone can feel the spirit of hard work in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area during the Spring Festival Gala in the Bay Area.

I also hope that the audience will feel full of joy and happiness when they see the Spring Festival Gala in the Bay Area at first glance. I also hope that through the Spring Festival Gala in the Bay Area, I wish all the audience's beautiful wishes in 2023 will come true!

  Yangcheng Evening News