On May 8, 1995, Teresa died unexpectedly of an asthma attack in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Teresa teng left suddenly and in her autopsy report, there was a bright red slap mark on the left cheek of the corpse. So to this day, the outside world is still confused about her death.
Teresa was only 42 years old when she died, an age when she had not yet fully appreciated the beauty of the world. However, when she lay quietly in a white thai coffin, motionless, everyone was convinced that the girl who had been smiling and chanting on the stage, "The green grass is pale and foggy, there is a beautiful woman on the water side" has passed away forever.
On May 11, Teresa's body was courtesy clearance at Zhongzheng Airport and transported back to Taiwan. As a well-known singer in the 80s, Teresa Teng's death sparked a number of media reports, and the radio station broadcast her classic songs day and night.
When the Taipei Information Bureau held a press conference, it even evaluated Teresa Teng as a model figure in Taiwan's pop music scene. Not only that, the Taiwan authorities also awarded her the "Huaxia First Prize Medal" and the "Yiyuan Yangfen" award in recognition of her various achievements in her nearly three decades of acting career.
On May 28, Teresa's family buried her in the "Garden of Reeds" in Mount Jinbao, Taiwan. It is said that the owner of this cemetery is also a die-hard fan of Teresa Teresa. So when selling the cemetery, there was a cemetery of 70 square meters, but he only symbolically charged 1 yuan.
Before her death, Teresa Teng sang for soldiers many times in the army. Because of his sweet looks and good physique, he was regarded as a "lover in the army" by the Kuomintang army. At her funeral, many senior taiwanese political officials, including Soong Chu-yu, also came to the scene to offer condolences. At the time of burial, Teresa's body was placed in a crystal bronze coffin, and the coffin was covered with a symbolic Kuomintang party flag.
You must know that in Taiwan at that time, a funeral of such a scale had never been seen before except for Chiang Kai-shek. With such a posture, the Taiwan authorities are undoubtedly sending a message to the outside world: Teresa Teng has an extraordinary relationship with the Taiwan Kuomintang. So, what kind of relationship exists between Teresa Teng and the Kuomintang?
On this question, a month after Teresa Teng's death, Gu Zhengwen, who had served as the head of the Investigation Department of the Kuomintang Secrecy Bureau, gave the "answer": Teresa Teng was a female spy in Taiwan.
One afternoon in June 1995, taipei's new store's exclusive weekly magazine hosted an old gentleman. What is Exclusive Weekly? It was the best-selling magazine in Taiwan at the time. After the old man reported his name, Shen Ye, the president of the exclusive weekly magazine, respectfully welcomed him into his office. At the same time, Shen Ye also called Qiu Yi, the chief writer and general adviser of the weekly magazine, and asked him to come as soon as possible.
At first, when he received the call, Qiu Yi still wondered what kind of person made the president shout himself in such a panic. When he arrived at the office, he realized that this old gentleman was actually the famous living Yama King- Gu Zhengwen, who made everyone smell during the White Terror.
There have been many labels on Gu Zhengwen:Lin Biao's former subordinates, military command agents who defected to the Kuomintang, and red people in front of Dai Kasa. In 1949, after Chiang Kai-shek's defeat in Taiwan, the Kuomintang was not satisfied with its own defeat and moved the battlefield to Taiwan.
From 1949 to 1987, this absurd public opinion war lasted in Taiwan for 38 years. During this period, countless communists and patriots suffered a catastrophe. In 1975, after Chiang Kai-shek's death, Chiang Ching-kuo, in order to consolidate his position, even ambushed a large number of informants in the civilian community in an attempt to eliminate any "suspicious" people.
In that period of white terror of "man eating man", the forces of all sides crisscrossed and the people were panicked. The secret agents of the military command represented by Gu Zhengwen were the most powerful monsters who ate people in this undercurrent, and people gave them the nickname "Living Yama King".
In 1995, Gu Zhengwen had retired from the position of Major General of the Kuomintang. And he personally came to the magazine office this time, mainly to let Qiu Yi write a preface to his memoirs. When talking about the criminal history of stealing people's lives in the secret bureau, this "living Yama King" was very proud and did not reduce the rebellious spirit of that year.
While talking and laughing, Gu Zhengwen told Shen Ye and Qiu Yi that "exploded a message: in the files of the Secret Bureau, Teresa Teng was a Taiwan spy. As soon as he heard this, Shen Ye's interest came. You know, in that era, when it comes to Taiwan and even the most popular singer in the Chinese world, it is Teresa Teng. And now that Teresa Teng has just passed away, the heat has only increased. If the magazine company catches this wind, the publication will definitely be a hot seller.
Under the questioning of the president, Gu Zhengwen explained the origin of the incident. It turned out that not only Teresa Teng, but every literary and art worker who left Taiwan was actually a "spy." Because when they apply for passports, they must check the option of "whether they agree to provide information to Taiwan", otherwise they cannot pass through customs.
Teresa Teng is not a native of Taiwan, in the words of the line, belongs to a family from other provinces. Her mother, Zhao Sugui, is from Shandong, and her father, Deng Shu, is from Dengtai Village, Daming County, Handan City, Hebei Province. Deng Shu studied at the Whampoa Military Academy when he was young, and after graduation, he followed Chiang Kai-shek around fighting wars.
However, Deng Shu's life was not satisfactory. He fought for half a lifetime, and in the end he only got a second lieutenant-level title. In 1948, the Kuomintang retreated to Taiwan, and Deng Shu took his family to settle in Tainan's village. Teresa Teng is the fourth oldest in the family, and there are three older brothers on it, the most famous of which is Deng Changfu. After Deng Shu retired from the army, in order to feed this group of children who were waiting to be fed, he could only sell steamed buns on the street.
Teresa did not like to read, on the contrary, she was more interested in music since she was a child. In her free time, Teresa always squatted on the dilapidated radio at home to listen to music programs for hours. It was also through this radio that Teresa Teresa learned Suzhou folk songs and HuangMei tones. At the age of 10, she won several singing competitions with a song "Cai Hong Ling" and "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai".
After hearing about the little girl's deeds, the song hall in Taipei invited her to sing in the hall, the kind that could give money. Teresa Teng, who is only 14 years old, stands on the stage without being afraid of the stage, relying on a song "Smile when you see it" to make the guests happy. After the fame came up, Teresa Teng earned enough performance fees alone to support the expenses of the entire family. Teresa's parents allowed her to drop out of school and concentrate on her career.
After Teresa Became popular in Taiwan, she began to enter the markets of Japan and Malaysia. However, if you want to go abroad, you must have a passport. At the age of 15, Teresa was invited by the National Theatre of Singapore to sing for a charity performance.
Because of the age limit, Teresa Teng can only apply for a passport in the name of her mother Zhao Sugui. It was also at that time that Zhao Sugui gave her daughter the option of "whether to agree to provide intelligence for Taiwan." It is this hook that lays a huge hidden danger for Teresa's future reputation.
Friends familiar with Teresa Teng should know that since her debut at the age of 14, Teresa Teng has sung thousands of songs, held more than 30 concerts, and left footprints in Hong Kong, the United States, Japan, Malaysia and other places, but she has never been active in the mainland. So, did Teresa Teng not want to come to the mainland? Perhaps, it's not that she doesn't want to, but she can't.
In her lifetime, Teresa Teng had two opportunities to come to the mainland to develop, but in the end she died. The first time was when he experienced the "passport incident", traveled to the United States, and returned to the stage. At that time, Teresa Teng's concert in the United States had just ended successfully.
The continent, which has experienced ten years of might, has also begun a new chapter of reform and opening up, and Teresa Teng's song definition will no longer be "the sound of silence". It is said that once, a middle school student wrote to Deng Xiaoping asking why Teresa's songs were banned. Deng Xiaoping also replied: I also like to listen to Teresa Teng's songs.
In 1980, a Hong Kong record label invited Teresa Teng to perform on the mainland. The news soon reached the ears of Taiwan's leader, Chiang Ching-kuo. Chiang Ching-kuo, who was still engaged in white terror at the time, was naturally very nervous when he heard the news. He believed that if this "lover in the army" ran to the mainland to develop, it would certainly have a negative impact on the Kuomintang troops.
Chiang Ching-kuo immediately met with Song Chuyu, director of the Information Bureau, and Chu Songqiu, director of the Kuomintang Literary trade union, to discuss countermeasures together. Song Chuyu felt that she should adopt a soft policy towardS Teresa Teresa. He first invited Teresa Teng to dinner and persuaded her to give up the idea of going to the mainland. Later, Teresa was awarded a medal for the so-called "patriotic artist".
Gu Zhengwen learned of Chiang Ching-kuo's distress and gave him an idea. He said that Teresa Teng could also want to go to the mainland to develop, but she must become a member of the intelligence bureau and collect intelligence for the intelligence bureau on the mainland. In the final analysis, this is the so-called Taiwanese spy.
This trick is really sinister and vicious. When Teresa Teng was a young girl who did not understand the world, she was forced to add a "spy" to the file. Now that she is an adult, she still has to be coerced and used by the Kuomintang government in this way. It was absolutely unacceptable to her. However, people had to bow their heads under the eaves. In order not to do anything against her conscience, her only choice was to give up.
Later, when this matter was mentioned, Liu Zhongde, the former minister of culture, even lamented one after another, which was his biggest regret when he became minister of culture. It is said that a Hong Kong newspaper that year published a major news article about Teresa Teng, saying that Teresa had joined the Kuomintang secret service organization. That newspaper had a great impact and was almost a household name.
Liu Zhongde believes that if Teresa Really joined the secret service organization, it would not be good for the mainland to absorb her and influence her. So he asked someone to find out what was going on. After understanding, Liu Zhongde learned that the Kuomintang did have such a rule at that time: all artists who appeared on camera must fill out a form, similar to swearing allegiance to the Kuomintang, participating in an organization, and so on. Therefore, Teresa's "spy" identity is not special.
But in the process, Teresa Teng has announced to the public that commercial performances will be stopped due to physical reasons. In fact, after she bought Villa 18 Camry Road in Stanley, Hong Kong, she has entered a semi-retreat. In a 1993 Hong Kong program, Teresa Teng also took the initiative to ask for an appearance, confessing to the public: I have not thought about politics, nor do I care about China on any side, I only hope that every Chinese will live well.
Although Teresa Teng has never been to the mainland, she has created many memories for it. On the show, she likes to talk to the host in The Shandong dialect, and the phrase "fellow countryman" is kind and natural. Whenever she met new people, she always introduced herself as a native of Hebei, because her father's ancestral home was Handan, Hebei. In her dealings with the staff of the Hong Kong branch of Xinhua News Agency, when Teresa Teng heard that a house in Suzhou only cost 60,000 yuan, she excitedly asked the other party if she could help her buy it.
Teresa's favorite city is Shanghai. Although she has never been to Shanghai, she can speak fluent Shanghainese and sings many songs from old Songs from Shanghai in the 30s and 40s. She said that whenever she sang these songs, she would always think of the shanghai beach that was full of storms and traffic.
In 1992, Teresa Teresa's mainland travel plans came to naught again. According to Teresa Teng's younger brother, Deng Changxi, in 1987, the Taiwan authorities abolished the "martial law order," and cross-strait relations warmed up, allowing Taiwan residents to return to the mainland province as long as they obtained a visa.
In 1992, Teresa Teng and her French boyfriend returned from abroad and said they wanted to go to the mainland for sightseeing. At that time, Teresa Teng had an aunt who was still in Xi'an, and the three of them thought that they could also take this opportunity to visit their relatives. Considering Teresa Teng's identity, Deng Changxi believes that if she wants to go to Shanghai, the most important thing is to get the visa first.
After the three of them discussed it, they drove to a mainland office in Hong Kong to apply for a visa. However, I don't know what's wrong, the three people in the car inexplicably quarreled, which made everyone feel bad. So in the middle of the road, Deng Changxi got out of the car. As a result, that journey was also in vain. Since that incident, no one has mentioned going to Shanghai.
Why did Teresa Teng never go to the mainland? Maybe it's because of the more timid nostalgia, or maybe it's because of the yin and yang of fate. But if there is a third opportunity, Teresa Teng should still make the same choice. Because, the four words "Taiwan spy" are like a tight curse, which severely binds the fate of Teresa Teng.
And the Taiwan Strait, which is only 72 nautical miles away from Fujian, is a tight curse imposed on themselves by the People of Taiwan. Obviously, it was only a few hours of voyage, and it took more than 50 years to cross but it was not completed.