Why didn't Song Meiling attend the funeral of her sister Song Qingling? There are answers in the journal
Speaking of the "Three Sisters of the Song Family" in the Republic of China period: Song Xialing, Song Qingling, and Song Meiling, it can be said that everyone knows and everyone knows. This is not only because of the wealth of the Song family, but also because of their own prestige. The eldest sister Song Xialing married Kong Xiangxi, although she was rich in the world, but in terms of influence, it was not as good as Song Qingling and Song Meiling.
Time has passed, so song qingling and song meiling two sisters for various reasons separated on both sides of the strait, until their old age, Song Meiling has been settled in the United States, has not returned to the mainland, and even her own sister Song Qingling's funeral did not go back to attend.
In December 1980, the second sister, Song Qingling, entrusted Ms. Chen Xiangmei to bring a letter to Song Meiling. At this time, she was 87 years old, and she knew that her sister did not want to return to the mainland, and at this time, Song Meiling was her only relative, so she was eager to see her sister. But after receiving the letter, Song Meiling only coldly replied with four words: the letter was received, and she did not go back.
Until May 29, 1981, when Song Qingling was 88 years old, he was unfortunately ill. At that time, the Song Qingling Funeral Committee issued an invitation to Song Meiling, hoping that she could come back to attend her sister's funeral, after all, Song Qingling wanted to see her before she died. But Song Meiling did not respond to this.
As for why Song Meiling did not participate in Song Qingling's funeral, there are many theories in later generations, until later, Song Meiling's diary was exposed, about the death of the second sister Song Qingling, she recorded it like this: I would not have changed the situation of the second sister, the second sister's long illness is no secret, the reason why I was shocked, not so much because of her eternal departure, but because of the loneliness left to me by this eternal departure. Fortunately, there is a period of loneliness, and the reunion is just around, at this moment the past is farther away and clearer in front of me, the second sister's personality is very different from mine, she is quiet, I am active, she loves to meditate, but I am keen to talk and laugh, how many times to talk with friends, she always smiles and listens, sometimes even retreats to the window to go to the side, but I laugh the most unsentimental moment, I always feel her presence. Her occasional glimpses, like a mozzar, or like a command, were passed to me wordlessly.
In this text, we can see that Song Meiling's feelings for her sister Song Qingling are still very deep, and Song Meiling once told people that her biggest regret is that she did not take Qingling away from the mainland later, which shows that she still loves Song Qingling in her heart, and their sisterhood is still very deep and not as bad as rumored.
According to informed sources around Mei Ling, after Qing Ling's death, Mei Ling got a copy of the "Song Qing Ling Album" published by the Soong Ching Ling Foundation, whenever there was nothing to do, Mei Ling would sit quietly on the side, carefully and carefully read each photo, often looking at it for more than two hours, and sometimes touching the scene, Mei Ling often saw half of it and couldn't help herself and cried.
After that, Song Meiling had a habit of looking through her family's photo albums like her sister Song Qingling every afternoon, and until she died, there was always a photo of Song Qingling on his desk.
According to this information, we can see that the reason why Song Meiling did not attend Song Qingling's funeral was probably because she was afraid that she would touch the scene at the funeral, too sad, and she would inevitably lose control of her emotions and be more uncomfortable.