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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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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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Hymn To The Motherland Questions
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What 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 mu... read more -
What is your favorite hymn? 4 AnswersAmazing 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 more -
why are we so sexist why do we call it the motherland or mother nature/ mother earth and fathertime? 6 AnswersIt is purely cultural. If anything the question itself is ethnocentric. :-) In German, one's country is referred to as the 'Vaterland' or fatherland. The wo... read more
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Is this a palindrome? Can you find a more interesting palindrome poem? 5 AnswersYes, 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. A sun I met. A f... read more
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