After Song Meiling's death, the body was transported out of the house, and the hearse that lived outside was also ready. What the reporters present did not expect was that Kong Lingyi and her husband specially arranged for people to prevent the reporter from taking pictures, and the all-pervasive reporters did not take any pictures of Song Meiling's death.
Outside reporters have always been very curious about Song Meiling's life in her later years, and this woman who has experienced all the major events of human beings in the past hundred years plus her special identity naturally arouses the curiosity of the outside world. Song Meiling's later years can be summed up as not taking off makeup, refusing to recall, liking to paint Chinese paintings, and she often repeats the same sentence.
In 2003, Song Meiling, one of the three sisters of the Song clan, who was recorded in the annals of modern history, died. She was also the last of the three sisters to leave this world, and Song Meiling was 106 years old at this time. Since the death of her husband, Chiang Kai-shek, Soong Mei-ling has lived in the United States most of the time. But the outside world has always been curious about this legendary woman.
In her later years, Song Meiling lived a reclusive life, and the news of her death naturally attracted a large number of media to flock to the website. At that time, the Network was not developed, and the transmission of information to the outside world relied on television, radio and newspapers, and whoever got the first-hand news naturally had more attention.
However, what all the reporters present did not expect was that Kong Lingyi, the niece who handled Song Meiling's future life, and her husband did a very good job of secrecy. At this time, Kong Lingyi was also more than eighty years old, and Song Meiling's life in the United States was basically taken care of by Kong Lingyi.
The three sisters of the Song clan are also known as the "last celebrities of the Republic of China". The marriage of these three sisters is also talked about by the world. The eldest sister, Song Xialing, married the great warlord Kong Xiangxi at that time, the second sister Song Meiling married Chiang Kai-shek, and the youngest sister, Song Qingling, married Sun Yat-sen.
After Soong Ching Ling married Sun Yat-sen, he lived a very simple life, and even the house where he lived in Shanghai was a house where patriots and patriotic businessmen worked together to raise funds to help the couple settle down in Shanghai. But Song Xialing and Song Meiling have been carefree all their lives, especially Song Meiling's life is very exquisite.
When she was young, Song Meiling paid great attention to appearance. There was a particularly popular American drama called "The Amazing Mrs. MacArthur." Mrs. MacArthur's husband had never seen his wife remove her makeup. Because the wife only removes her makeup after the husband falls asleep, and the wife is already dressed after the husband wakes up.
In reality, Song Meiling is very similar to this Mrs. MacArthur. As a husband, Chiang Kai-shek has never seen his wife's plain face. Chiang Kai-shek did not remove his makeup when he slept every day, but when he woke up, he found that his wife had already painted exquisite makeup.
And what about Song Meiling's plain face? According to one of Song Meiling's servants, she once saw Song Meiling's plain face. Compared with the graceful and luxurious temperament of everyone in normal times, Song Meiling's appearance is flat when she does not wear makeup, and she cannot see the noblewoman's temperament at all.
This is also the reason why Song Meiling attaches great importance to appearance. Even in her later years, Song Meiling insisted on makeup every day. The outside world rumors that Song Meiling does not remove makeup because as long as Song Meiling always wears makeup when meeting guests, with the age of Song Meiling is not as handy as when she was young, lipstick is often applied to the lips, and the eyebrows are also painted crookedly.
The servants around her will not deliberately remind Song Meiling, but will only help her re-apply makeup. All the guests saw the exquisite side of Song Meiling's makeup, which is why the outside world rumors that Song Meiling does not remove makeup. In addition, most of Song Meiling's later life was also reclusive, often painting Chinese paintings. Many people suggested that Song Meiling write a memoir, but Song Meiling refused.
According to the reason, people generally recall young things in old age and will also write memoirs. Song Meiling was born into a family that has experienced many major events in history, and the people her husband has high authority in contact with are not ordinary, such a memoir should have a lot of material, but Song Meiling is very resistant to writing a memoir.
The son of a former friend visits Song Meiling and proposes that she write a memoir, but Song Meiling makes it clear that she has nothing to recall. Song Meiling said that "the best time is when I returned to China during the days when I went to school abroad, and there were no good memories of the War of Resistance, the Civil War, and the rush."
Song Meiling alone often repeats the same sentence: "My sisters are dead, my brothers are dead, I don't know why God left me." It can be seen that in her later years, Song Meiling was very lonely and missed her brothers and sisters very much. In addition to the three famous Song sisters in history, several of Song Meiling's brothers are also very powerful.
Even in her later years, Song Meiling still enjoyed it. In this life, Song Meiling has lived in a very rich living environment. After Chiang Kai-shek's death, Song Meiling went to the United States, and when she first arrived in the United States, Song Meiling lived in a villa estate on Long Island.
Even from the current point of view, the villa where Song Meiling lives is a mansion, which is also one of the properties that his brother-in-law Kong Xiangxi bought in the United States before. As the location of the villa is in the suburbs, it is not convenient to see a doctor. Song Meiling's nephew, who is also a descendant of Kong Xiangxi, bought a large apartment in New York considering Song Meiling's future medical treatment.
Later, for various reasons, Song Meiling ran in Taiwan and the United States, and once Song Meiling returned to the United States from Taiwan with many large boxes, in addition to containing Song Meiling's favorite qipao, there were various antique cultural relics.
In her later years, Song Meiling was also very eager for family affection, and Song Meiling did not have her own flesh and blood in her life. He attached great importance to several children of the eldest sister's family, and even quarreled with her husband Chiang Kai-shek for the sake of the future of her nieces and nephews. Most of life in the United States is also taken care of by these nephews and nieces.
After the death of her sister Song Qingling, Song Meiling received news but refused to attend her sister's funeral. Song Meiling believes that "the avenue is different", but according to the servants around her, she is very sad about the death of her sister, and often sheds tears alone. Song Meiling's niece Kong Lingyi was also in her eighties at the time of her death, and the 106-year-old Song Meiling's life ended in controversy.
The three Song sisters have all left their names and deeds in history. Compared with Song Qingling's other two sisters, it has been very controversial for various reasons. After Song Qingling's death, Song Meiling's failure to attend the funeral was interpreted by the outside world as cold and ruthless, but from the perspective of Song Meiling's later years, she actually cared a lot about her sisters and brothers.
Under the influence of Chinese and Western cultures, Song Meiling has both tradition and sexual gentleness and the aura of Western women. Zhang Xueliang once used the four words of "brilliant and brilliant" to evaluate Song Meiling. It is worth mentioning that Song Meiling has been diagnosed with cancer in her forties, and finally lived to be 106 years old, and her self-disciplined life has a lot to do with her strict requirements.