The last day of the new year is not called "New Year's Eve" in Japan, but called "Daixi Day".
This title comes from Japan’s native Shinto culture.
In Japanese, the sound of "氪" sounds like "月影", which means "the day when the moon is hidden", which is the last day of each month.
The "Dahui Day" refers to the last day of the last month of the year, that is, December 31.
But despite this, the Japanese New Year is still very similar to the Chinese Spring Festival in customs.
Because before the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese completely followed Chinese traditions when celebrating the New Year.
The Japanese also celebrate the Spring Festival and use the lunar calendar.
Until after the Meiji Restoration, Japan learned from Europe, introduced various European systems, and introduced the Western Gregorian calendar.
From then on, the Japanese, who had completely changed their goal of worshiping foreigners, marked the Spring Festival as the "old first month" on the calendar, and began to celebrate New Year's Day and New Year in the Western calendar.
But more than a hundred years have passed, and to this day, Japan’s New Year is still deeply influenced by Chinese culture, but there is no trace of Western civilization.
Just like the people who reunited with their families on New Year's Eve in the old days, waiting to compete for the first stick of incense in front of the Guandi Temple.
On December 31, 1986, the night of the Great Harvest Day, Japanese people not only eat the auspicious New Year's Eve dinner, drink Tusu wine, and eat New Year's Eve soba noodles, but also visit the shrine after listening to the New Year's Eve bell. .
So Tokyo is bound to be bustling whether it’s Asakusa or Shibuya.
It is completely foreseeable that Sensoji Temple in Nakamise Street will be crowded with people, and women in kimonos will also be crowded among the crowds.
It is completely predictable that in front of Meiji Shrine, people waiting to worship will be crowded, and the bells of major temples and shrines will always ring.
Even to make it easier for citizens to visit shrines, Tokyo’s tram lines will run all night long to provide services to worshipers.
This is probably what those old devils who clamored for "Leaving Asia and Joining Europe" and advocating "total Westernization" did not expect. Thinking about it, it is really ironic.
As for whether the gods and Buddhas in these shrines are effective or not? Who will you bless? How many people can really get what they want?
That is a more mysterious question...
On the last day of the year, as various New Year’s Eve programs are being prepared, there is no doubt that for the Japanese entertainment industry, Must be the busiest day.
Especially for popular singers, it is very likely that they will go back and forth between NHK's Kohaku Uta Music Festival venue and TBS's studio on this day.
Even so, the singer, who has been shortlisted for two TV stations' blockbuster programs, is still busy and happy.
For example, Teresa Teng, although she is a foreigner, as the most popular enka star in Japan, she is also very busy working in various TV stations and various venues.
Among the singles released this year, the song that naturally caught her limelight was "Toki no Flow". This ballad composed for her by her old partners Toyohisa Araki, Tsuyoshi Miki, and Makoto Kawaguchi is simply "going crazy" this year.
Not only did she win the Limited Broadcast Award, she was nominated for the Record Award, and she will also perform at the Red and White Song Gala tonight.
In Japan, the status of the Red and White Song Festival is equivalent to the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in mainland China.
And just like the Spring Festival Gala, the Red and White Song Festival will also invite famous foreign singers to participate.
If you can appear on the Kohaku Song Festival, even if you don't win any music-related awards, it can completely prove that a singer is very popular in Japan.
So even if she is rushing to a show, Teresa Teng is full of joy and dressed up carefully.
The backstage of the NHK Concert Hall in Shibuya, Tokyo, was chaotic and orderly. During the final rehearsal at noon, Teresa Teng walked through the corridor under the guidance of the staff.
On the way, she accidentally met Hiroshi Itsuki, a senior member of the Japanese enka school. She stopped politely and bowed to greet him, "Hello Itsuki-san."
The two are not strangers, and they are quite close. good.
You must know that Hiroshi Itsuki is not only the Japanese male singer who has collaborated with Teresa Teng the most, but the key is that the two just collaborated on a hit song "Reunion After Farewell" last year.
So Itsuki Hiroshi nodded with a very kind attitude. Not only did he smile and send his blessings, "Come on, Teresa."
He also whispered comfortingly, "TBS. No matter what the results of the selection are, don’t be discouraged. No matter what, you won’t come home empty-handed.”
This is by no means malicious. In the whole matter, Hiroshi Itsuki was one of those who was completely kept in the dark and had no idea that someone was working on Teresa Teng's behalf regarding the awards.
Furthermore, he also knows a lot about the shady behind-the-scenes of awards in the industry. He is very aware of the lousy nature of the judges on the Record Awards Committee, so it is not surprising that he can say such a thing.
What's more, so far, we have not received the results of the award selection from Ning Weimin. Even Teresa Teng herself is somewhat uneasy and is not sure about the results of the award selection.
Although she is extremely smart, she knows that no news may be the best news.
But because we are in the middle of the game, it is still difficult to let go. We can completely relax and not be sure of victory at all.
This is called caring and chaos.
Therefore, Teresa Teng could only feel warm in her heart for Ohkihiro's relief, and felt that he was graceful, and she sincerely thanked him.
"Thank you, Itsuki-san."
As soon as the noon rehearsal of the Red and White Song Festival ended, Teresa Teng rushed to the Record Awards at the Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda Ward.
Compared to the Red and White Song Festival, the atmosphere at the Record Awards is much more relaxed.
Participating singers often regard the venue as a social occasion. Those who are familiar with each other but not familiar with each other will gather together to chat as long as someone introduces them.
Under such circumstances, Teresa Teng, who was guided by two staff members, happened to meet Akina Nakamori who walked in surrounded by two staff members.
The two people who had not met at the NHK Concert Hall had an unexpected encounter here.
Needless to say, as a junior, Nakamori Akina had to take the initiative to say hello, "Good evening, Miss Teresa, you are here."
Teresa Teng also responded with a smile, "Good evening. Miss Akina, You are here too.”
Although it is well known that the Japanese entertainment industry is a plastic industry, the courtesy between the two people is not completely hypocritical.
After all, after Teresa Teng won the Limited Broadcast Award this year, she also received a "favour" from Akina Nakamori.
It’s quite interesting to talk about this “noodle incident”.
At that time, after the awards ceremony for the Limited Broadcasting Awards, there was a program called "11PM" that broadcast the celebration party of the award-winning singer.
And Teresa Teng had been busy that whole day without eating, and her chest was pressed against her back from hunger.
Her agent assistant is not very good either. The quality of employees in a small company like Taurus Palace is not very good. They can’t even buy a bowl of noodles when they go out.
Thanks to Nakamori Akina for transferring the bowl of noodles bought for her by her agent to Teresa Teng, Teresa Teng was saved from famine.
After this incident, whenever she was interviewed by Japanese media, Teresa Teng would praise Nakamori Akina a few words and say, "Ms. Akina is so kind." She had always had a deep affection for the Japanese. Teresa Teng, who rarely makes friends with Japanese artists, regards Akina Nakamori as a good person just because of such a trivial matter.
Needless to say, when the two met at this time, they naturally wanted to have a good chat.
But that's it. After all, they are competitors for this year's Grand Prize, and they belong to different categories: the singing school and the idol school. Just express your courtesy politely and that's it.
Teresa Teng has long passed the age of pure innocence, and she will not hesitate when it comes to her own core interests.
Despite the current situation, there is a possibility that she can completely end Nakamori Akina's second consecutive championship.
But she doesn’t see anything wrong with running the awards.
To put it bluntly, she had been teased by the Record Awards several times in the past for her innocence.
This is not the first time that she has been nominated but not won an award. The Record Awards Committee has long ago stabbed her with shameless means.
To be fair, she should have received the grand prize last year.
If the Record Awards had not invited her due to public pressure, and Ning Weimin had also put in a lot of effort behind the scenes, she would have had some hope and felt that she might really be able to get the original album with her own hands. It should be something that belongs to you."
She really may not be willing to come.
What’s more, isn’t Kenyin, the agency behind Akina Nakamori, also spending money to buy prizes?
This is not a secret, everyone is the same, and she has nothing to feel guilty about.
If she was really ashamed, she could only feel ashamed that her side was too weak and left empty-handed.
In short, the biggest highlight tonight is to see how good Ning Weimin’s operational capabilities are, and whether she can win the unprecedented highest award at the Record Awards, achieving both the Limited Broadcast Award and the Record Award. crown.
In the evening, at seven o'clock, the grand prize started as scheduled.
The best new artist was awarded to the youth team, and the best album was awarded to Matsuda Seiko's "SUPREME"... Time moved forward slowly, one award after another was announced, and one group after another The group's singers perform on stage.
The singers and the audience were sitting together. From time to time, some singers left the table, and some came back after a while - this was to attend the Red and White Song Festival.
Finally, the decisive moment came.
The annual Grand Record Awards, the most eye-catching award, has finally come to be announced.
"Then, it's finally time to announce this year's annual awards..."
As soon as the host said this, the venue was filled with shouts of "Akisai-chan" !" The cry of "Mingcai!"
It's not that this is what everyone expects. Everyone thinks that Akina Nakamori is the one who can really win the grand prize.
The key point is that fans of idol stars definitely have the advantage of being younger and are not afraid to declare their pursuit of idols.
Although there are many fans of the Enka school stars, they are of different age groups.
In the group of people over thirty, no matter how much they like it, there are really not many people who have the nerve to yell about it.
The host opened the card in his hand and was obviously startled when he saw the name on it, but he quickly returned to normal with his professionalism.
"The grand prize winner of the 28th Record Awards is——"
"Teresa Deng, "Toki no Ryu れに body をまかせ". Congratulations!"
As these words fell, the entire venue burst into overwhelming applause and cheers. The camera cut to Teresa Teng's seat at the right time to capture her reaction.
Hearing the host announce her name, Teresa Teng in the seat was obviously confused for two or three seconds.
When I came back to my senses, tears came to my eyes involuntarily, but the smile of success also bloomed.
The audience and singers sitting around congratulated her one after another, and "congratulations" came back to her thoughts.
She took a deep breath, held back her tears, stood up amid the encouragement of everyone, bowed to everyone she passed along the way, and walked to the stage.
When she was teased time and time again by the Record Awards in recent years, no one thought she could win the top prize of this award.
When the passport scandal hit, no one thought that she could return to Japan, become popular again, and even start an unparalleled model in the Japanese music scene.
Even if she won three consecutive Limited Broadcast Awards this year and became a hit, no one thought that she could continue to create such a huge music miracle in the same year, completely stealing away all Japanese singers. of limelight.
There was once a little girl who sang Huangmei tune. She helped her parents support her family by selling her songs when she was young. She actually won the unprecedented double crown in the Japanese music industry, the Limited Broadcasting Awards and the Record Awards, and she did it as a foreign artist. .
This makes her someone who will soon be recorded in the history of recordings.
There is nothing more touching and uplifting than this.
On this New Year's Eve, everyone in the venue, and all the viewers watching the live broadcast of the Record Awards on TV, witnessed the birth of such a legend.
Not only Japanese, but also audiences from Hong Kong and Macao.
You know, Hong Kong City's wireless TV station will broadcast the award-winning event live every New Year's Eve.
Teresa Teng walked onto the stage step by step and took the heavy trophy.
Needless to say, the next step is the acceptance speech and singing performance!
But what is even more unexpected is that after finishing her acceptance speech in Japanese, Teresa Teng actually started speaking Chinese when the closing music played.
This move simply confused the on-site director, and the director couldn't help but be furious. If it was not handled well, it would be a performance accident.
But there is no way, now Teresa has become the new Queen of Record Awards, even if it is a sudden impulsive move, they can only recognize it.
"What a bastard, how can you say something that the entire Japanese audience can't understand in a live broadcast?"
"That's right, there's no communication! It's really difficult!"< br>
"It's all the blame on the Hong Kong media. Teresa must have done this because of their broadcast! Just don't let the Hong Kong media broadcast it next time!"
But To be honest, Hong Kong City TVB is unjustly taking the blame, because they also have some issues that they don't understand and are secretly muttering about it in private.
"Hey, Miss Deng, what's going on? What do you mean? Just a few words in Cantonese, say hello and tell me the song title and that's it? This is too perfunctory..."
"That's right, everyone knows it. We want to broadcast it. Why do we speak Mandarin? Our audience is not from Baodao. Is this Miss Deng so happy? Is there something wrong..."
"No. It’s clear. Listen, who is the noble person that Teresa is sincerely grateful for? I only care about you. The Chinese title of this song seems to have a special meaning. Is she in love again? "(End of this chapter)