Text: South China Sea Condensation
Edited by Nanhai Condensation
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Lin Ping, the former queen of popular singing, has been singing all the way, relying on her strength and talent;
It has won numerous accolades and honors.
From the Guangzhou Armed Police Art Troupe to the Political Department of the National Air Force, her music path has been smooth.
Even a powerful singer like Han Hong is full of praise for her voice and talent.
In those years, Lin Ping's name was a household name, and she appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala for 7 consecutive years;
She is also indispensable in large-scale theatrical performances at home and abroad.
However, just when her career was in full swing, a bad decision put her in trouble.
Because of an unexpected schedule, Lin Ping failed to participate in CCTV's performance on time, which caused CCTV's dissatisfaction;
and eventually led to her "banning".
For a singer, this is undoubtedly a huge blow.
Today, Lin Ping is 54 years old, and her singing voice is still loud;
But the repercussions of that bad decision are always with you.
She's tried to make a comeback, but it always seems to be a little bit off the hook.
So, what "mistakes" did Lin Ping make back then?
The road to the pinnacle
In 1988, 19-year-old Lin Ping stood on the stage for the first time;
conquered the audience with the song "Hymn to the Motherland" and won the gold medal in the singing competition.
At that moment, she was so excited that tears flowed down her eyes.
At that moment, she made up her mind to get on a bigger stage and let more people hear her voice.
At that time, Lin Ping, a typical Guangdong girl, was delicate, with short hair and bright eyes;
The whole body exudes youthful energy.
Standing on the podium, she was so excited that she couldn't speak, and she could only let the tears flow on her own.
At that moment, she felt that all the efforts were worth it, because her dream had just begun.
In order to realize her dream, Lin Ping began to practice her singing voice hard.
No matter how windy or rainy, she would get up early to open her voice.
She also received careful guidance from her sister Lin Fang, and her strength improved rapidly.
Three years later, Lin Ping's hard work paid off.
She won the gold medal in the popular singing method of the National Young Singer Competition, surpassed her sister Lin Fang in fame, and became a new star in the music world.
At that moment, she finally saw a wider sky, and dreams and reality began to coincide.
Since then, Lin Ping has shined in the music scene.
Songs such as "Embrace Tomorrow" and "1997 Eternal Love" have become her masterpieces.
The director of CCTV has also become a loyal fan of her, as long as there is an important party, the first thing that comes to mind is her.
For seven consecutive years, she has shined on the stage of CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
Although she is so busy that she often forgets to eat, Lin Ping feels that everything is worth it.
Because she knows that her hard work has paid off and her dream has come true.
Whenever she stands on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, she will think of herself standing on the podium when she was 19 years old;
The girl with a dream.
However, the good times were short-lived.
In 2000, Lin Ping's career began to decline because an agreement with the director of CCTV was not fulfilled.
A former music superstar
Speaking of Lin Ping, everyone may not be familiar with it, but when it comes to Han Hong, she is a well-known figure in the Chinese music scene.
Han Hong has won today's status by virtue of her strength and character, and her musical talent and hard work have been recognized.
But do you know? In Lin Ping's era, her strength was able to crush Han Hong and Huang Gexuan.
In the music competition that year, Lin Ping won the championship in one fell swoop with her talent, which was a gold-rich CCTV program;
It's enough to prove her strength.
After the game, Lin Ping's career soared like a rocket.
In 1993, at the age of 24, she was invited to the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
At that time, she had become popular all over the country with the song "Cheer for Our Today", and everyone remembered her.
Although Lin Ping was born in Hubei, she had been working hard in Guangdong before going to Beijing.
The song "Cheer for Us Today" made her one of the top ten most popular singers in Guangdong.
After becoming popular, Lin Ping's career has been smooth sailing, and she has been invited to participate in the Spring Festival Gala for seven consecutive years.
Everyone thinks she has a bright future.
However, in 2000, Lin Ping encountered a serious challenge.
On New Year's Day that year, she was invited to participate in two galas at the same time, one from Zhejiang TV and the other from CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
She originally planned to finish the performance in Zhejiang in the morning and then fly to Beijing.
But there were a series of accidents that day, first the Wenzhou flight was canceled due to a computer virus, and then she encountered a high-speed accident on the way to Shanghai.
In the end, she missed the CCTV performance.
Although her voice was playing on stage, the audience could not see her person.
After this party, the media condemned her and questioned her for playing a big name.
Although she explained why, the audience was not convinced.
Since then, Lin Ping's career has gradually declined, and she is no longer invited to the Spring Festival Gala.
Luckily, though, her family has always supported her;
Her sister, in particular, has been trying to help her start over.
Lin Ping's musical path
Lin Ping's sister Lin Fang entered the opera house after graduating from high school;
She learned a lot of singing and acting skills from her teacher, and soon she became a mezzo-soprano in the theater.
In 1983, her bel canto singing won the third place in the Wuhan competition.
Later, Lin Fang composed a very rhythmic song called "Babylon River".
At that time, Lin Ping was still in middle school and her English was very good, so Lin Fang asked her to help translate the lyrics.
After Lin Ping came into contact with music, she fell in love with singing, and also learned a lot of vocal music knowledge from teacher Hu Lunbin.
In 1988, Lin Ping won the first place in the first large-scale competition, and everyone remembered her with popular singing.
Since then, she has been full of confidence in music and hopes to go further on the road of music.
In 1989, Lin Fang went to the Spring Festival Gala and set a good example for Lin Ping.
In the same year, Lin Ping also won the award and joined the Guangdong Armed Police Art Troupe.
She released her second album, which sold exceptionally well, and her photos hung all over the video store.
In 1992, Lin Ping defeated Han Hong in the Youth Song Contest hosted by CCTV and won the first place.
Her song "Embrace Tomorrow" also became popular, and the Beijing Air Politics Art Troupe wanted to recruit her.
In 1993, she went to the Spring Festival Gala for the first time and sang a song "Cheer for Our Today".
She was only 24 years old at the time, and her future was promising.
After the Spring Festival Gala, her songs were very popular all over the country, and even on the same level as Mao Amin.
She has been on the Spring Festival Gala 6 times in a row, and people in the 90s must know her.
She has received many invitations to perform, and has also visited Europe and the United States on behalf of her country.
But it's a pity that because of a missed CCTV performance, her career was hit.
At the same time, the family also encountered a lot of difficulties.
However, Lin Ping's musical journey continues, and her voice will still be remembered.
Bumps in the road to music
After that "mismatch incident", Lin Ping felt very uncomfortable, she didn't expect it to be like this, which became a pain point in her career.
But fortunately, with her family in her company, she survived.
Later, she continued to release new albums, appeared on various satellite TV evenings, and performed everywhere.
But two years later, her brother, who had always loved her, suddenly left, which was not a small blow.
At that time, she was still performing and couldn't make it back in time.
After the performance, she went to her brother's grave to pay respects.
After her brother left, her parents also suffered a lot, and she couldn't be by her side often, but fortunately she had an older sister who took care of them.
But who knows, in 2015, her father also left suddenly, and she still couldn't see the last one.
Having lost two relatives one after another, Lin Ping deeply realized the importance of companionship.
Since then, she has often taken leave to go home to see her mother, but her mother has Alzheimer's disease in her later years, and she slowly does not know her;
Seeing her like this, Lin Ping felt very uncomfortable.
Four years after her father left, her mother also left, and she and her sister were left in this world.
In 2020, Lin Ping opened her own short video account and began to post videos online.
It wasn't until 2022 that she began to update frequently, and she also gained a lot of fans.
As for the emotional aspect, some say she is married, some say she is divorced;
But she never responded herself.
But once on a talk show, she said that now she is single, and sometimes she has to go to a neighbor's house for the New Year.
From the top to the back
On the evening of October 23, 2023, that familiar figure appeared in front of us again.
54-year-old Lin Ping sang "Embrace Tomorrow" again at the 13th Health Tourism Cultural Festival in Yongfu County, Guilin City.
She wore black and white clothes, simple and stylish, and looked very good.
Lin Ping was very close to the people at the scene, and when she got off the stage and shook hands with the audience, she didn't have that feeling of being on top at all.
Back then, she was a singer who was chased by God to feed her, with outstanding talent, as long as she worked hard;
It's absolutely no problem to become a generation of singers.
It's a pity that people go the wrong way sometimes.
Lin Ping was blinded by interests for a while and made the wrong choice.
Moreover, she was arrogant and did not correct it in time, and as a result, she embarked on the road of no return.
This tells us to be humble, no matter how successful we are.
Now Lin Ping is 54 years old, and although the years have left traces on her face, her beauty is still there.
Every time I post a video, the following is full of praise.
On the evening of January 23 this year, she sang "Life with You" in the video;
The gentle melody seems to take us back to the 90s;
That belongs to Lin Ping's era.
I heard that on the 26th of this month, there will be a tennis final of fellow countryman Zheng Qinwen;
Lin Ping specially prepared an English song to cheer her on.
After being a singer for so many years, her English is still so good, and she is really handy at singing.