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A children's choir (合唱团) from Hebei Province sang the Olympic Anthem in Greek (希腊语) at the opening and closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. They sang the beautiful song in the world. The 44 members of the choir from primary schools in Fuping County. When watching the performance given by the children, 78-year-old Deng Xiaolan, those teacher, said she would like to share the exciting news with her father. He once worked in Malan Village, Fuping County, and he could totally his daughter's feeling.
Deng had been traveling often to Fuping to teach music as a volunteer since 2004. It took her at least seven hours to the village from Beijing. Although she was faced with different challenges, Deng found that the children were and were able to sing a song after having just a few lessons.
Deng also different musical instruments to the village so that the children could learn music to the fullest. In 2013, Deng held a concert by in Malan Village in order to let her young students feel the magic of music. While the children were learning the Olympic Anthem, Deng learned the song with them together and helped the Greek language teacher find more useful for the children to remember the lyrics.
Deng Xiaolan, who was born in Fuping, has led the children from the small village to the center of the world stage.