李雪健已经听不到也说不出话，与癌症抗争20余年，演出声音借助AI生成，导演组全程用文字和他沟通
双语君约 4 分钟近日，电视文艺晚会《长征颂歌》中，李雪健参演节目《曙光在前》，饰演一位老红军，他手提一盏马灯，从黑暗中走向光明，无一句对白，却打动了无数观众。
Veteran actor Li Xuejian has moved audiences with a wordless performance during a TV gala marking the 90th anniversary of the Long March.
Li portrayed an elderly Red Army cooking squad leader carrying a lit lantern from darkness into light. Though his hearing and speech are impaired, Li took an active part in the performance, and his narration was recreated using AI digital technology.
The gala aired on CMG on Thursday. Marking the 90th anniversary of the Long March — the Red Army's strategic retreat from 1934 to 1936, a foundational episode in modern Chinese history — the program used AI to recreate historical moments.
Set against the Zunyi Conference in January 1935, Li's segment showed the Party and the Red Army at a turning point. Without a single line, he conveyed the journey from crisis and danger to a new situation through subtle changes in his eyes, expression and movements.
他无一句对白，却通过眼神、表情、动作的微妙变化，演绎出中国革命从危局、困局、险局乃至死局中蹚出新局面的壮阔历程。
Rehearsals were conducted in writing. Director Yu Lei said the AI-generated narration was built from samples of Li's past performances and a voice actor's guidance, then adjusted over multiple rounds — slightly aged in tone but faithful to his delivery and emotion.
Li also helped design his look, adding a smoke-stained rough apron and insisting that the red star on his cap stay polished. He learned the full process of lighting the lantern, down to the oil and flint.
Li has battled cancer for more than 20 years. Despite losing his hearing and speech, he has continued acting, memorizing co-stars' lines in advance and reading their lips to judge timing. Li has said he wants to perform roles that stand the test of time and will perform "until I can't".
尽管身体情况给表演带来了限制，但李雪健说，他要演到“演不动为止”。他想留下一个“好名”——“这个‘好名’就是争取能够多留几个人们喜欢的、生命力长的角色。而且这个‘名’是经过时间考验的，是经过历史考验的。”
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