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Countdown for one month! Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games are coming! This will be the first time that China has hosted the Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympics, and Beijing will also become the first in the world to host the Summer and Winter Olympics.Shuang’ ao city",China ice and snow athletes ready to go, have used"How many beats can there be in life?"As their own war vows.
How many beats can there be in life! Over the years, this sentence has inspired countless Chinese to brave the storm, rise up and fight hard, break through difficulties and break through difficulties, and break into a new world. But do you know who originally wrote this inspirational quote?
In 1984, he was named "Outstanding athletes in People’s Republic of China (PRC) since its founding 35 years ago.”。
In 2009, he was named "100 people who have moved China since the founding of New China.”。
In 2019, he won "The most beautiful struggler"Honorary title.
He is the first world champion in New China — —rong guotuan!

Today, Observer Jun wants to give you a documentary about Amway — —How many beats can life have?. It tells the legendary story that Rong Guotuan, the first world champion in New China, and the China table tennis team won three gold medals. It will be broadcast on the CCTV Science and Education Channel of the Central Radio and Television General Station at 22:00 on January 3 and 4, and will be broadcast on CCTV Sports Channel and Olympic Channel one after another.

The documentary "How many beats can life have" was broadcast on CCTV Science and Education Channel on January 3rd and 4th.
Narrating with three "firsts" as clues
The documentary "How Many Beats Can Life Have" adopts a multi-linear narrative method, and through a large number of precious audio-visual materials and vivid witness dictation, it completely reproduces Rong Guotuan’s life course of struggle and progress.
The film is based on three "Rong Guotuan’s sports career"first"Narrative for clues.
On April 5, 1959, at the 25th World Table Tennis Championships held in Dortmund, the former Federal Republic of Germany, Rong Guotuan, a young native of Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, fought hard and won the first world championship trophy for New China, thus winning the championship in the world sports competition for China.Zero breakthrough”。

On April 5th, 1959, Rong Guotuan won the first world championship trophy for New China.
On April 5th, 1959, Rong Guotuan won the men’s singles title at the 25th World Table Tennis Championships.
On April 9, 1961, Rong Guotuan shouted at the 26th Beijing World Table Tennis Championships.How many beats can there be in life?"Inspirational quotes, and cooperation with teammates, for China’s first time to win the table tennis men’s team world championship.
On April 9, 1961, at the 26th World Table Tennis Championships, Rong Guotuan defeated Japanese player Akimi Hoshino and won the crucial eighth set for China to win the men’s team championship.
On April 19th, 1965, at the 28th World Table Tennis Championships held in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, Rong Guotuan, the coach of the women’s team, led the team members to win the first women’s team world championship in New China, which was a milestone in the rise of China’s women’s table tennis team in the world.

On April 19th, 1965, Rong Guotuan led the China women’s table tennis team to win the women’s team championship in the 28th World Table Tennis Championships.
These three "first",is not only the legend that Rong Guotuan and China table tennis teams won three gold medals, but also the glory and dream created by China table tennis in 1950s and 1960s. Thus, "How many beats can there be in life?"The fighting spirit has been passed down and carried forward from generation to generation among China athletes.
For the first time, three Rong Guotuan recordings were presented on TV.
From these figures, we can see the intention of the film’s creative team.
Diachronic3 yearsDuring the creative process, I visited.Dozens of peopleHistorical witnesses,
Collected and sorted out4,064 sheetsHistorical photos andOver one millionThe written information of the word,
Shooting 4K ultra HD material about3700 minutes.
existCCTV Audio-visual Archive, Central New Film Group, National Library, German Federal Archives.Equal institution, mining and sorting out the image material about5000 minutes.
In the later stage, the creative team integrated various types of documents and produced 74 3D animations with a total length of 16 minutes.
It is worth mentioning that,Section 3A large number of precious historical materials, such as Rong Guotuan’s recorded speech and his autobiographical manuscripts, are first seen by the audience on TV programs, which highlights the documentary value of the film.
An interview with Rong Guotuan in May 1959.

Manuscript of Autobiography of Rong Guotuan
The film vividly showsRong Gaotang, Xu Yinsheng, Li Furong, Qiu Zhonghui, Zheng Minzhi, Zhuang JiafuMany sports celebrities and Rong Guotuan’s friends before his death, as well as Mrs. Rong Guotuan.Huang xiuzhenRong Guotuan biographerhe zhiyiDesigner of Beijing Workers GymnasiumXiong MingPeople’s recollection of Rong Guotuan and their experience of fighting spirit interviewed many Rong Guotuan’s boyfriends and partners. CCTV famous sports program hostSong ShixiongReturn to the Workers’ Gymnasium and recall the great events of table tennis.

A large number of real and touching interviews make history alive.

Song Shixiong returned to the Workers’ Gymnasium, and it was hard to hide his excitement about the ups and downs of the final of the 26th World Table Tennis Championships.
In the first half of 2021, the creative team overcame the global COVID-19 epidemic and achieved offline interviews in many regions. Interviews were made with table tennis players from Germany, Hungary, Japan and other countries through the European and Asia-Pacific main stations of the main station.
A large number of precious audio-visual materials, vivid witness dictation, reappearing the situation of the stadium, depicting the psychology of the characters, forming a unique documentary style of the film.
The spirit of hard work is passed down from generation to generation and condensed the strength of forge ahead.
"How many beats can there be in life? When do you not fight at this time?" Passing through a Jiazi, Rong Guotuan’s arm was shaking, and today it is still ringing. Inspired by this inspirational quote, generations of outstanding athletes have high morale and made every effort to achieve the goal of "raising the national flag and playing the national anthem" on the field; Inspired by this spirit of hard work, generations of Chinese sons and daughters are United and uplifted, and their life pursuit is integrated into the great struggle to realize the Chinese dream.
Lang Ping wrote in his diary before the final: "Let’s remember a sentence from Rong Guotuan ‘ How many beats can there be in life ’ 。”
"How many times can you have in life" has already surpassed sports itself, and it has become a true portrayal of the people of China and a vivid interpretation of the spirit of self-improvement of the Chinese nation.
documentaryHow many beats can life have?Co-produced by the Social Education Program Center of Taiwan Headquarters and Zhuhai Media Group Co., Ltd., it is also a documentary film.Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao BridgeAfter the TV documentary of the same name, the two sides jointly contributed another masterpiece, with well-known documentary director Yan Dong as the chief producer and director.

On September 27th, 2020, on the eve of Mid-Autumn Festival, General Director Yan Dong made a special trip to visit Mrs. Rong Guotuan and the old man Huang Xiuzhen, the former athlete of China track and field team.
At the beginning of the new year in 2022, one month before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, this documentary was launched at the right time.
It will further warm up the Olympic atmosphere, inspire China ice and snow athletes to make great achievements in the Beijing Winter Olympics with the spirit of "how many times can life have", drive 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports, write a new chapter of striving for the dream of a sports power, and encourage everyone to make unremitting efforts, live up to the new era, take a good journey and make great strides toward the goal of the second century.

Fight hard and never give up.
Bless China’s ice and snow athletes
Excellent achievements were made in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games.
Bless you who are reading this article.
a new year
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