Chinese mainland male star Liu Yuning has been the lead singer of the "Modern Brothers" group since 2018, A lot of pop songs, Also active in singing stage and variety program. recently, Liu Yuning participates in variety program 《 extreme challenge treasure line outdoor reality show variety program, program recorded on the Tibetan Plateau, A number of star guests according to the program, Looking for and picking snow lotus, In the face of the camera to make a successful speech. Liu Yuning picked a snow lotus in the program after the program broadcast. Some netizens pointed out that, program this plant is a jellyfish snow rabbit, In the National List of Key Protected Wild Plants, Ranked as a national second class protected plant, Instantly triggered the network hot discussion. Previously, Liu Yuning also pointed out in the variety's official blog commentary that it was program group of props :" Snow Lotus (program group of carefully prepared props), Are you right? "
Many netizens also accused the program group ," even if the props, program side is also very inappropriate, this is the spread of misconceptions. "、" is not like props, even props should not guide the audience to pick. "
Liu then issued an apology in Weibo explaining "after reaching the target mountain. Props snow lotus has been placed. I intended to promote through our ordeal Tiibet. but my actions gave the audience incorrect guidance. He also apologized in the Weibo, saying :" First: to enhance knowledge of environmental protection. In the future daily work life and stage performance. We should actively spread the correct knowledge of environmental protection. Second: as public figures need to be more rigorous and regulate their own behavior. Although I know it's a prop. Should also have a keen sense of environmental protection. Make the right judgment. Can cooperate with the recording to actively complete the task of public welfare publicity. More to guide the public to have a positive awareness of environmental protection. "
However, after the rapid fermentation of the Internet, some experts refuted Liu Yuning's claim that he was picking props. According to Gu Yourong, a botanist at Capital normal University, most jellyfish snow rabbits grow in quicksand beaches above 4500 meters above sea level. The surface here is completely composed of gravel. The frost period is 8 to 10 months a year and the living conditions are very bad. So it takes years from seed germination to flowering. "Because of the scarcity, we don't even want to collect specimens in our examinations. "
"Snow lotus is a prepared props ," Gu Yourong said ," every jellyfish snow rabbit's roots and leaves are very clear, can not be artificial. "
Many people think this is program group's problem, netizens said :" guests go to the program place props have been placed there, artists according to the program script operation, made a bad demonstration and sincere apology, but the official must give a reasonable explanation. "
More than ten hours after the incident, the "Extreme Challenge" officials finally responded and issued an apology statement, saying that the plot of looking for the jellyfish snow rabbit in the program caused criticism from some netizens. I apologize for the impact and trouble, and said that during the recording of the current program, due to detailed design errors, although there was no actual act of picking rare plants, it had a certain negative impact. The program team accepted all criticisms and corrections.
