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At the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a lovely little girl was shown singing the Chinese anthem, "Hymn to the Motherland." She was a ringer for the real singer, Yang Peiyi, a seven-year-old who wasn't considered pretty enough to be shown on international television.
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- Who sang: seven-year-old Yang Peiyi, who won a nation-wide contest
- Who didn't sing: nine-year-old Lin Miaoke, who has experience in commercials
- The musical director for the Olympics reported the last-minute change in an interview to Beijing Radio
- The song is called Gechang Zuguo in Chinese, sometimes translated as Ode to the Motherland
- Gechang Zuguo was one of 30 songs broadcast on China's first lunar orbiter Chang'e I on its way to the moon
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More Olympic Ceremony Stories
- It was widely reported that the fireworks display was digitally enhanced
- In the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Luciano Pavarotti's performance was dubbed, because he was ill with cancer
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@BDUTT not at all as the hymn signifies veneration to the motherland which is mother to the muslims too.it commands respect from all indians
@subhankar87 | November 08, 2009 12:30 PM
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STATE CAPELLA OF ST. PETERSBURG. Conductor Vladislav Tchernushenko. GEORGY SVIRIDOV (1915-1998). Five choruses on verses of Russian poets 1. Lost youth 2. Blue evening 3. When the son met his father 4. How the song was born 5. He...
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View All Hymn To The Motherland Questions (4) | Ask a QuestionWhat is the name of the Hymn set to the music of Ode to Joy? (6 Answers)"To Joy" (An die Freude in German) is an ode written in 1785 by the German poet and historian Friedrich Schiller. Beethoven had wanted to set 'Ode to Joy' to ... read moreWhat is your favorite hymn? (4 Answers)Amazing Grace by John Newton (1725-1807). We had this song at my wedding and I absolutely love it. Attached is a lovely version by Leanne Rimes. read morewhy are we so sexist why do we call it the motherland or mother nature/ mother earth and fathertime? (6 Answers)It is purely cultural. If anything the question itself is ethnocentric. :-) In German, one's country is referred to as the 'Vaterland' or fatherland. The word patriotism is rooted in ... read moreIs this a palindrome? Can you find a more interesting palindrome poem? (5 Answers)Yes, it is a palindrome. There is a poet named Mike Maguire that writes palindrome poetry. Here is one of his: Sun I Saw Was In Us Sun in us. ... read more
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