Liu Xiaoqing said that "it is difficult to be a woman, and it is even more difficult to be a famous woman", which can be described as exhausting the hardships of women. During the Meiji period, Aji of Shimoda, Japan, when Japan was founded, the 16-year-old Aji was forced by the government to leave her boyfriend and become the mistress of consuls and counselors in the US consulate, becoming a "pioneer" of Japan's Westernization.
During the Republic of China period, there was a woman in China who was a swimming genius, won countless gold medals, was known as the "mermaid", and was recognized by Song Meiling as a dry daughter because she was too famous. However, in the war years, how unfortunate it was for a woman, just in the period of career rise, she was forced to bow by the anti-Japanese celebrity overlord, and at the age of 19, she became someone else's 18th concubine, she was Yang Xiuqiong.
Yang Xiuqiong
Yang Xiuqiong was born in 1918 in Yangwu Village, Dongguan County, Guangdong Province, her family is surrounded by ponds, coupled with the subtropical nature of Dongguan, the climate is mild all year round, known as the "hometown of swimming".
Yang Xiuqiong was born in such an environment, swimming can be described as unique, plus she just can walk, her father taught her to learn to swim in the river, only ten days she learned to swim, the talent is against the sky, known as "swimming prodigy".
In 1928, Yang Xiuqiong moved to Hong Kong with her father, and her father Yang Zhunan took advantage of the convenience of working as a swimmer at the South China Sports Association to train her more formally and strictly. Yang Xiuqiong's endurance is very good, explosive and strong, and often swims in the sea water when blowing a level 10 typhoon to exercise his will and make rapid progress.
In 1930, hong Kong held a hong Kong swimming competition, and The 12-year-old Yang Xiuqiong tried her hand for the first time and won the 50 meters and 100 meters freestyle championships in one fell swoop.
In 1931, Yang Xiuqiong participated in the Hong Kong-Kowloon Sea Crossing Competition and won the championship again.
In 1932, Yang Xiuqiong once again won the 50m and 100m freestyle championships of the Hong Kong Swimming Competition.
In October 1933, the Fifth National Games sponsored by the Kuomintang was unveiled at the Central Stadium in Nanjing, and for the first time, women's pentathlon swimming was listed as an official event, and female athletes from all over the world participated.
Because the first time there was a woman to participate, it can be described as a sensation, many people came to visit, some of the old and young people at the end of the Qing Dynasty also came to watch with crutches, saw the female athletes wearing swimsuits, frightened and hurriedly left the field, but also said to themselves: "Sin! iniquity! The woman bathing also invites people to see if there is any shame. ”
Yang Xiuqiong first defeated Qunfang in the 50m freestyle, then won the championship in the 100m backstroke, 100m freestyle, 200m swoop, and in the women's 200m relay, she cooperated with Liu Guizhen, Yang Xiuzhen, Chen Huanqiong and Liang Yongxian to win the fifth gold medal.
A 15-year-old girl won all the gold medals in women's swimming, which is an unprecedented move, and the "mermaid" Ya is not shy.
Fortunately or unfortunately, Chiang Kai-shek's wife Song Meiling, who was watching the games, recognized her as a dry daughter and specially gave her an American Zizhu brand car.
At the 10th Far Eastern Games held in Manila, Philippines on May 12, 1934, Yang Xiuqiong won the women's 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 100m backstroke, and 200m relay team championships.
The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression
In October 1935, the Sixth Games were held in Shanghai, yang Xiuqiong won the 100-meter freestyle and 100-meter backstroke, and broke the Far East and national records with good results of 1 minute 23 seconds and 1 minute 37 seconds 4, when she was only 17 years old.
In 1937, Yang Xiuqiong married Tao Boling, the "first jockey of the Northern Kingdom", and the couple secretly decided to have children after ten years in order to focus on sports, but the sound of the evil japanese army invading China broke all this.
Here we introduce a famous anti-Japanese general, he is the famous anti-Japanese general Fan Shaozeng, which is also known as "Fan Hal". After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Fan Shaozeng recruited himself out of Sichuan to resist the Japanese, led his troops to kill Lieutenant General Sakai, the commander of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army, made great achievements in battle, and was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Tenth Army Group.
Soon after her marriage, Yang Xiuqiong was invited to Chongqing to participate in the "National Swimming Competition", in which she won the women's swimming championship in the octathlon, but her career and life also fell into a trough, because her beauty was coveted by Fan Shaozeng.
In 1937, with chiang Kai-shek's approval, Fan Shaozeng forcibly occupied Yang Xiuqiong and forced Tao Boling to "divorce" Yang, and Yang Xiuqiong was forced to become Fan Shaozeng's 18th aunt, when she was only 19 years old.
Seeing this, many people feel that Fan Shaozeng is also too strong, but this is actually only a dime, because Yang Xiuqiong is 18, and there are 22 beautiful women who have not appeared, and Fan Shaozeng has a total of 40 wives!