Xinhuo Charity Program: Hope Choir Project

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“大山里的土家娃呀，山歌里长呀神话里耍，勤劳勇敢又听话！”
"In the mountains, the Tujia children, singing in the folk songs and performing in the myths, are hardworking, brave, and obedient!"

在恩施市盛家坝中心小学，孩子们组建了一支名为小溪的合唱团，利用每天下午第六节课的时间排练这首在当地耳熟能详的民歌《大山里的土家娃》。
At Shengjiaba Central Primary School in Enshi City, a children's choir named "Xiaoxi" was formed. They use the sixth class period every afternoon to rehearse the well-known local folk song "Tujia Children in the Mountains."

这个合唱团是上海米哈游网络科技股份有限公司（以下简称“米哈游”）携手中国青少年发展基金会（以下简称“中国青基会”）通过公益资源支持建立的，两家单位共同发起实施了薪火公益计划·希望合唱团项目，通过更新学校音乐教学设备、开展音乐老师培训、提供音乐教育课程等方式，支持湖北恩施州5所乡村学校组建希望合唱团、发展学校的音乐教育。
This choir was established with the support of public resources by Shanghai miHoYo Network Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "miHoYo") and the China Youth Development Foundation (hereinafter referred to as "CYDF"). The two organizations jointly initiated the Xinhuo Charity Program • Hope Choir Project. Through updating music teaching equipment, conducting music teacher training, and providing music education courses, they support the establishment of hope choirs in five rural schools in Enshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, and the development of music education in these schools.

自2022年9月起，包括小溪合唱团在内，茶乡希望合唱团、“杨”光里合唱团、侗乡百灵合唱团、亮晶晶合唱团也都陆续成立起来，并接受了来自音乐专业院校教师的集中线上培训及志愿者的跟踪辅导。
Starting from September 2022, including the Xiaoxi Choir, the Chaxiang Hope Choir, the "Yang" Guangli Choir, the Dongxiang Bailin Choir, and the Liangjingjing Choir, have been successively established. They have also received centralized online training from music professionals and follow-up guidance from volunteers.

2023年1月，五支合唱团的表演视频在希望工程新春团拜会上隆重呈现，将嘹亮的歌声展示给大山之外更广阔的世界。
In January 2023, performance videos from these five choirs were showcased at the Project Hope's Chinese New Year gathering, presenting their resounding voices to the wider world beyond the mountains.

### Uninterrupted Melody: An Adventure of Concerted Efforts

“我们的初衷就是通过合唱来提升孩子们的艺术修养，让孩子们体验和感受团体的力量以及集体歌唱蕴含的‘美’，帮孩子们找到自己的精神家园。所以，我们学习合唱的过程是非常美好的，我们的每一次排练都很开心很投入。”来自恩施市芭蕉侗族乡中心小学的音乐老师宋丛玲如是说。
"Our original intention is to enhance the artistic cultivation of children through choir singing, allowing them to experience and feel the power of the group and the 'beauty' inherent in collective singing, helping children find their spiritual home. Therefore, the process of learning choir for us is very beautiful, and we are happy and dedicated in every rehearsal," said Song Congling, a music teacher from the Bajiao Dong Ethnic Township Central Primary School in Enshi City.

她见证了学校首支合唱团——侗乡百灵合唱团的诞生：90余人报名，最终有34名同学入选合唱团，包括7名男生和27名女生。每逢周二和周四的午间，百灵合唱团的小朋友们便会集合在更新了合唱设备的音乐教室，在专业音乐老师连线教学的指导下开始合唱排练。去年孩子们学会了《大眼睛》和《茉莉花》两首歌曲，新学期里，合唱团计划学习《恩施玉露茶之歌》和《侗族大歌》，并准备在六一儿童节的时候面向全校表演。
She witnessed the birth of the school's first choir, the Dongxiang Bailin Choir: Over 90 people registered, and eventually 34 students were selected, including 7 boys and 27 girls. Every Tuesday and Thursday at noon, the children of the Bailin Choir gather in the music room equipped with updated choir equipment, and under the guidance of professional music teachers through online teaching, they begin their choir rehearsals. Last year, the children learned two songs, "Big Eyes" and "Jasmine Flower." In the new semester, the choir plans to learn "The Song of Enshi Yulu Tea" and "The Dong Ethnic Song," and prepare to perform them for the entire school on Children's Day.

咸丰县小村乡民族中心小学的校长秦兴建明显感受到了孩子们的变化：“我感到音乐让孩子们学会了解放天性，也能变得更敢于表达。从合唱团组建以来，孩子们从⼀开始的紧张局促、腼腆害羞，到今天能够充满自信地站上展演舞台表演，孩子们的变化是可喜的，也是肉眼可见的。”
Qin Xingjian, the principal of Xiaocun Township Ethnic Central Primary School in Xianfeng County, clearly felt the changes in the children: "I feel that music allows children to learn to liberate their nature and become more expressive. Since the establishment of the choir, the children have gone from being nervous and shy at the beginning to confidently performing on the stage today. The change in the children is delightful and visible to the naked eye."

恩施市白果乡中心小学亮晶晶合唱团音乐老师廖涵则注意到，音乐帮助一些内向的孩子打开了心扉：“在平时的合唱训练中，我能感受到学生对合唱的热爱，尤其是性格内向的孩子，一旦唱起歌来就表现得非常投入，孩子们脸上洋溢着的笑容让我一直印象深刻。”
Liao Han, a music teacher from the Liangjingjing Choir at the Baiguo Township Central Primary School in Enshi City, noticed that music helps some introverted children open up: "During regular choir training, I can feel the students' love for choir singing, especially for those with introverted personalities. Once they start singing, they become deeply involved. The smiles on the children's faces have left a deep impression on me."

除了组建合唱团，恩施州包括项目学校老师在内的近50名音乐老师还参与了由中国青基会统一组织的薪火公益计划·希望合唱团音乐教师培训。
In addition to forming choirs, nearly 50 music teachers, including teachers from project schools in Enshi Prefecture, participated in the Xinhuo Public Welfare Program's Hope Choir Music Teacher Training, which was organized by the China Youth Development Foundation.

杨婷婷是咸丰县杨洞中小学新入职的音乐老师。在2022年秋季学期的音乐教师培训中，她学习了合唱指挥、钢琴伴奏、声音处理等知识。
Yang Tingting is a newly employed music teacher at Xiangdong Elementary and Middle School in Xianfeng County. During the music teacher training in the fall semester of 2022, she learned choir conducting, piano accompaniment, sound processing, and other knowledge.

“通过培训，我快速地了解并学会了很多合唱的相关知识。日常训练过程中，指挥一直都是我的短板，对作品很难做出细节处理，但到了培训结束后，我已经能自主编配一些合唱指挥了。”杨婷婷说，“我相信这个项目对学生来说，也是一次能够真正感受合唱魅力的难忘经历。在第一次线上培训后就有学生告诉我，他觉得合唱很有魅力，希望以后能多开展一些这种活动，也希望自己能够一直学习音乐。”
"Through the training, I quickly understood and learned a lot of relevant knowledge about choir singing. During the daily training process, conducting has always been my weak point, and it was difficult for me to handle the details of the works. But after the training ended, I am now able to independently arrange some choir conducting," Yang Tingting said. "I believe that this project is also an unforgettable experience for students to truly feel the charm of choir singing. After the first online training, a student told me that they find choir singing fascinating and hope to participate in more activities like this in the future. They also hope to continue learning music."

### Passing on the Torch: An Unforgettable Journey

继该项目落地湖北恩施后，2023年，薪火公益计划·希望合唱团公益项目即将来到贵州，帮助当地的5所乡村学校成立合唱团，继续唱响传递希望之声。
After the successful implementation of the project in Enshi, Hubei, in 2023, the Xinhuo • Hope Charity Project of the Singing for Hope Chorus is about to come to Guizhou, helping establish choruses in five rural schools, continuing to sing the voice of hope.

美育在提升青少年审美素养、激发青少年创新创造能力方面有着不容忽视的促进作用。加强青少年特别是乡村青少年的美育工作，既是时代发展的大势所趋，也是党中央的明确要求。中共中央办公厅、国务院办公厅《关于全面加强和改进新时代学校美育工作的意见》提出，要“进一步强化学校美育育人功能”，并将“缩小城乡差距”纳入新时代学校美育工作的工作原则。据了解，当前乡村学校开展音乐教育仍存在一些客观的现实困难。除了普遍遇到的硬件设施不齐全等物质困难之外，师资力量欠缺也是一个比较突出的难题。在项目的前期调研论证过程中发现，即便在配备了基本的硬件设施的乡村学校，也经常因为缺少专职的音乐教师，或者音乐教师的能力水平不足，导致音乐课的授课质量不高。
Art education plays a significant role in enhancing the aesthetic literacy of young people and stimulating their innovative and creative abilities. Strengthening art education for young people, especially in rural areas, is not only the trend of the times but also a clear requirement of the Party Central Committee. The Opinions of the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council on Strengthening and Improving School Art Education in the New Era put forward the principle of "further strengthening the educational function of school art education" and include "narrowing the urban-rural gap" as a guiding principle for school art education in the new era. It is understood that there are still some objective difficulties in carrying out music education in rural schools at present. In addition to the common material difficulties such as incomplete hardware facilities, the lack of teaching staff is also a prominent problem. In the preliminary research and demonstration process of the project, it was found that even in rural schools equipped with basic hardware facilities, the lack of dedicated music teachers or insufficient competence of music teachers often leads to low teaching quality in music classes.

基于这一客观现实，中国青基会认真贯彻落实习近平总书记关于“努力为青少年提供新助力、播种新希望”的重要要求，聚焦促进乡村青少年音乐素养提升，发起实施“组希望之团 唱希望之歌”希望合唱团系列项目，在提供合唱所需硬件设备设施的基础上，动员社会化的公益力量为乡村学校提供合唱课程及教师培训，帮助学校组建希望合唱团。这次与米哈游合作的公益项目，就是这一领域公益项目体系中的一个代表。
Based on this objective reality, the China Youth Development Foundation earnestly implements General Secretary Xi Jinping's important requirement of "striving to provide new assistance and sow new hope for young people" and focuses on promoting the improvement of music literacy among rural young people. The "Uniting Hope in a Group, Singing the Song of Hope" series of projects was launched. On the basis of providing the necessary hardware facilities for chorus, it mobilizes the social forces of public welfare to provide chorus courses and teacher training for rural schools, helping them establish hope choruses. The public welfare project in cooperation with miHoYo is one representative of this field of public welfare projects.

米哈游相关负责人表示，米哈游始终重视关爱青少年的身心健康和成长，将其作为公司履行社会责任的一个重要抓手。在湖北和贵州的项目只是一个起点，未来还将继续为之努力，为青少年的成长发展提供源源不断的助力和支持。
A representative from miHoYo stated that miHoYo has always attached importance to caring for the physical and mental health and growth of young people, taking it as an important lever for fulfilling corporate social responsibilities. The projects in Hubei and Guizhou are just a starting point, and in the future, they will continue to make efforts to provide continuous assistance and support for the growth and development of young people.

中国青基会相关负责人表示，立足新时代新征程，中国青基会将秉持“为党育人、为国育才、汇聚爱心、传递温暖，为青少年成长发展提供新助力、播种新希望”的时代使命，与社会各界公益力量深化合作，携手在服务国家战略、促进青少年健康成长等方面发挥更大作用，为全面建设社会主义现代化国家做出应有的贡献。
A representative from the China Youth Development Foundation stated that based on the new era and new journey, the China Youth Development Foundation will uphold the mission of "educating people for the Party, nurturing talents for the country, gathering love, and spreading warmth," deepen cooperation with various social forces of public welfare, and work together to serve national strategies, promote the healthy growth of young people, and play a greater role in making contributions to the comprehensive construction of a socialist modern country.

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2022年，米哈游公司携手中国青基会发起实施薪火公益计划•希望合唱团项目，支持湖北恩施州5所乡村学校成立希望合唱团，分别名为：“杨”光里合唱团、茶乡希望合唱团、小溪合唱团、侗乡百灵合唱团、亮晶晶合唱团。
In 2022, miHoYo joined hands with China Youth Development Foundation to launch the Xinhuo • Hope Choir Program, supporting the establishment of hope choirs in five rural schools in Enshi Prefecture, Hubei Province. The choirs are named as follows: "Yang" Guangli Choir, Chaxiang Hope Choir, Xiaoxi Choir, Dongxiang Bailin Choir, and Liangjingjing Choir.

让我们一起来看看这些合唱团的情况吧!
Let's take a look at the situation of these choirs together!

“杨”光里合唱团
咸丰县坪坝营镇杨洞中小学
合唱曲目：《苔》《大眼睛》
合唱团人数：48
"Yang" Guangli Choir
Yangdong Elementary and Middle School, Pingba Ying Town, Xianfeng County
Repertoire: "Tai" and "Big Eyes"
Number of choir members: 48

校长说：“我校大部分学生多是留守儿童，我校将合唱作为美育的突破口，提升乡村学校音乐素质教育，让乡村的孩子也能放 声歌唱,感受艺术的陶。”
The principal said, "Most of our students are left-behind children. We use choir as a breakthrough in aesthetic education to enhance the quality of music education in rural schools, allowing children in rural areas to raise their voices and experience the beauty of art."

老师说：“在第一次线上培训后,就有学生告诉我，希望以后多一些这种活动，我觉得合唱很有魅力，想一直学习音乐。”
The teacher said, "After the first online training, some students told me that they hope to have more activities like this in the future. They find choir very charming and want to continue learning music."

茶乡希望合唱团
咸丰县小村乡民族中心小学
合唱曲目：《萱草花》《大眼睛》
合唱团人数：40
Chaxiang Hope Choir
Xiaocun Township Ethnic Center Primary School, Xianfeng County
Repertoire: "Orange Day-Lily Flower" and "Big Eyes"
Number of choir members: 40

校长说：“从一开始的紧张局促，腿映害羞，到充满自信的站上展演舞台表演、音乐让孩子们挣脱束缚、自由表达。”
The principal said, "From being nervous and shy at the beginning to confidently standing on the stage for performances, music allows children to break free from constraints and express themselves freely."

老师说：“通过声乐教师的专业指导，学生们从最开始用喉嵯威唱的不爽演唱习惯，到现在声音和谐、统一、动听，并逐渐 从单纯的演唱慢慢学会理解作品、享受音乐，他们的歌声越来 越动人。”
The teacher said, "Through the professional guidance of vocal teachers, students have transitioned from initially singing with rough vocalization to now producing harmonious, unified, and pleasant voices. They have gradually moved beyond mere singing and have learned to understand the works and enjoy the music. Their singing has become increasingly moving."

小溪合唱团
恩施市盛家坝中心小学
合唱曲目：《大眼睛》《大山里的土家娃》
合唱团人数：40
Xiaoxi Choir
Shengjiaba Central Primary School, Enshi City
Repertoire: "Big Eyes" and "Tujia Children in the Mountains"
Number of choir members: 40

校长说：“合唱团项目开展以来，学校通过音乐课积极挑选合唱团选手，组织专门训练，在六一儿童节、开学典礼时，让合 唱团有上台演出的机会。”
The principal said, "Since the launch of the choir project, the school has actively selected choir members through music classes and organized dedicated training. On Children's Day and the opening ceremony, the choir is given the opportunity to perform on stage."

老师说：“因为是从一年级就开始训练，每年都从一年级挑选队 员，所以合帽团绝不会因为学生毕业就解散，也不会因为音乐老师调速就解散，这样合唱团就会随着学校一起存在下去。”
The teacher said, "Because the training starts from the first grade, we select new members from the first grade every year. Therefore, the choir will not disband due to students graduating or the music teacher changing. The choir will continue to exist along with the school."

侗乡百灵合唱团
恩施市芭蕉侗族乡中心小学
合唱曲目：《大眼睛》《茉莉花》
合唱团人数：
Dongxiang Bailing Choir
Bajiao Dong Ethnic Township Central Primary School, Enshi City
Repertoire: "Big Eyes" and "Jasmine Flower"
Number of choir members: 34

校长说：“希望合唱团项目给我校音乐教师提供了一个良好的 平台，让老师成长，让学生也感受到艺术的面陶，为学生的艺 术发展奠定了坚实基础，为农村学校注入了生机和活力!”
The principal said, "The Hope Choir project has provided a good platform for our music teachers to grow and has allowed students to experience the beauty of art. It has laid a solid foundation for students' artistic development and injected vitality into rural schools!"

老师说：“我们的初衷就是让孩子们通过合唱来提高他们的艺术修养，一起体验和感受团结时的力量而散发出的美，帮孩子他们找到自己的精神家园。”
The teacher said, "Our original intention is to enhance children's artistic cultivation through choir singing, allowing them to experience the power of unity and the beauty it radiates. We aim to help children find their spiritual home."

亮晶晶合唱团
恩施市白果乡中心小学
合唱曲目：《大眼睛》《找類證》
合唱团人数：31
Liangjingjing Choir
Baiguo Township Central Primary School, Enshi City
Repertoire: "Big Eyes" and "Finding Evidence"
Number of choir members: 31

校长说：“音乐素质教育是美育教育的重要环节，能够培养出学生良好的审美观，更好地提升学生的综合素质。”
The principal said, "Music education is an important part of aesthetic education, which can cultivate students' good aesthetic sense and enhance their overall quality."

老师说：“平时的合唱训练中，我能感受到学生对合唱的热爱。 尤其是性格内向的孩子，唱起歌来非常投入，孩子们脸上的笑容让我印象深刻。”
The teacher said, "During choir rehearsals, I can feel the students' love for singing. Especially the introverted children, when they sing, they are very engaged, and the smiles on their faces leave a deep impression on me."