On September 30, 1977, a farmer living in a remote mountainous area in Liaoning Province looked at his wife's son who had just given birth to him, was stunned for a long time, and after a long silence, he said to his wife: "Isn't this a monkey?" ”
Except for the palms and knuckles of the palms, this newborn baby is covered with black and hard hair all over its body, looking like a "little monkey", because of this layer of hair on its body, this baby is even included in the Guinness World Records.
This baby is Yu Zhenhuan, who is known as "China's first hairy child".
Today, it has been 44 years since the birth of "Mao Bao" Yu Zhenhuan, what kind of experience has he had in these 44 years? What kind of life is he living now?
Yu Zhenhuan
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In the early autumn of 1977, a baby was born in a small remote village in Xiuyan County, Liaoning Province. The villagers' previously peaceful and untouched lives were completely shattered. From this day on, there was often a conversation in the village: "Have you heard that the newly added son of the old Yu family is full of hair, like a 'monkey'." ”
"I've heard about it for a long time, but didn't you say it was 'Sun Wukong reincarnation'?"
At that time, the simple villagers did not know why two good-looking people would give birth to a child with black hair, some said that this child was "Sun Wukong reincarnation", some said that he might be a "scourge", and suggested that the parents of "hairy children" should "dispose of" the child.
However, although the body is full of hair, it is their own child after all, so the parents of the "hairy child" did not throw the child away, but took good care of him.
Soon, the news that "a woman in a village in Xiuyan County gave birth to a hairy child covered with black hair" reached the ears of reporters with a keen sense of smell, and after being widely reported by the media at home and abroad, the people of the whole country knew that there was a "hairy child" in our country, which was a sensation at the time.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences sent a special expert team to study the child, and soon came to a conclusion:
The child's body hair tissue area accounts for up to 96%, the reason why he is full of hair is because of the phenomenon of return to the ancestors of genetic mutations, this child has no difference in development and intelligence except for a thicker hair than the average person.
Two months after the birth of the "Hairy Child", a reporter gave him a nice name: "Yu Zhenhuan", which means "shocking the world". The young Yu Zhenhuan was also listed in the Guinness Book of World Records because of his thick hair, becoming "the person with the most hair cover in the world", and he was also known as "China's first hairy child".
After Li Xiannian, then a member of the Standing Committee and vice chairman of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, learned of Yu Zhenhuan's situation, he issued a special instruction asking the local department to arrange a new job for Yu Zhenhuan's father and give Yu Zhenhuan a monthly subsidy of 30 yuan to ensure their family's livelihood.
At the same time, from the age of 1, the Central News Documentary Film Studio began to shoot documentaries for him to record the trajectory of his growth, and Yu Zhenhuan became more and more famous.
However, for the young Yu Zhenhuan, this body hair on his body did not make him feel excited, but made him feel very inferior. Although the family comforted him that these hairs were treasures given to him by god, when Yu Zhenhuan went out to play with the children, the children hid when they saw him, and shouted while running: "The monster is coming!" Come on! ”
When Yu Zhenhuan was more than 6 years old, a film company from Hong Kong approached Yu Zhenhuan's parents and offered to take their children to act in movies. When Yu Zhenhuan's parents learned that the film company was about to make a movie that was specially tailored for Zhenhuan, they immediately agreed.
In May of the following year, Yu Zhenhuan, led by his parents, came to the southwest region of China with the film crew. 7-year-old Yu Zhenhuan is dressed in black fluff, the two thick eyebrows on his face look like they are connected together, because of the lack of calcium, his teeth have not yet grown, his hair is draped behind the head, people who do not know see it, and they will think that Yu Zhenhuan is a little girl.
Although Yu Zhenhuan was "electrocuted" for the first time, he was accustomed to facing the lens and the camera lamp since he was a child, and he could say that he had become accustomed to shooting. However, Yu Zhenhuan used to shoot documentaries "mainly based on him", where he went to the camera to follow, now Yu Zhenhuan not only has to listen to the director's arrangement, but also must pay attention to performance skills, which is very fresh for Yu Zhenhuan.
If there is anything that bothers Yu Zhenhuan by making a movie, it is that he is too "eye-catching". Whether it was on the shooting scene or on the way to the transfer, as long as Yu Zhenhuan made a public appearance, the people living nearby would immediately surround him, and some enthusiastic old ladies saw Yu Zhenhuan and asked: "How old is the child?" The one asked, "Is it a boy or a girl?" ”
Later, when Yu Zhenhuan and the colleagues of the film crew went shopping together, they were immediately surrounded by the local people on the three outer three floors, it was summer, Yu Zhenhuan was small, could not break out, was surrounded by people so tight that the wind and heat were sweating, and it was difficult to be "rescued" by the traffic police, and the film crew was also "protested" by the traffic police, saying that they "obstructed traffic".
After more than a year of filming, the film, titled "Little Hairy Kid's Treasure Hunt", was finally finished and officially released in 1989.
"Little Hairy Kid Raiders"
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="445" > stumbling emotional road</h1>
"Little Hairy Kid Raiding treasure" swept the whole southeast Asian region as soon as it was released, and the leading cadres of the Liaoning Provincial Department of Culture attached great importance to Yu Zhenhuan, who performed well in the film, and arranged for him to go to the Children's Art Theater for further study.
This performance experience also made Yu Zhenhuan dream of becoming a star.
In 1994, 17-year-old Yu Zhenhuan was invited to participate in a performance in the Zhuhai area. Coincidentally, zhao Benshan, a famous comedian at that time, also performed in that venue. After listening to Yu Zhenhuan's singing, Zhao Benshan felt that he was a person with great singing talent, so he recommended Zhenhuan to the Shenyang Conservatory of Music for study, and Shenyang became an important origin of Yu Zhenhuan's career.
In October 1995, Yu Zhenhuan sang a song "September 9th Wine" at the Liaoning Provincial Television Singers Grand Prix, which fascinated a large audience, and a disabled girl in Shenyang was touched by Yu Zhenhuan's singing voice and sent him a "confession letter".
In the letter, the girl recounted her experience over the years, although she had a disability, she did not give up on herself, but insisted on writing in a wheelchair, full of optimism about life, and she felt that her experience was very similar to Yu Zhenhuan.
At the end of the letter, the girl told Yu Zhenhuan that she had been attracted to Yu Zhenhuan's charm, "Whether it is your straight nose, cheeks with European characteristics, or your 'wild game' performance with a slightly primitive forest tribal dancer, it always moves me... If you have the intention, I will accompany you for the rest of your life. ”
When Yu Zhenhuan read this letter, she was very moved, not only because of the girl's confession to herself, but also because of the girl's attitude of self-improvement despite her disability. Yu Zhenhuan had wanted to reply to the other party several times, but after each time he lifted the pen, he hesitated for a long time and put the pen down again.
Yu Zhenhuan will never forget the scene when he first performed on stage when he was in his 10s. No sooner had he taken the stage that day than the screams of a lady came from the audience.
Although the announcer saved the scene in time, Yu Zhenhuan also won the applause of the audience with his own singing. But when Yu Zhenhuan was about to get off the stage, an audience member suddenly shouted loudly: "The hairy child is a monkey, he can't speak at all, how can he sing?" ”
With this audience's questioning, there was a cajoling sound from the audience: "That is, if he is really a hairy child, he will take off his clothes, let us see if it is a real hairy child or a fake!" ”
That performance dealt a big blow to Zhen Huan's self-confidence. Therefore, in the face of the first love letter he received in this life, Yu Zhenhuan finally chose to escape and did not write a reply to the other party.
In 1997, when 20-year-old Yu Zhenhuan was walking to the performance venue, an Audi stopped next to him, and a very beautiful-looking girl poked her head out of the car window and said, "Handsome man, dare you get into my car?" ”
Yu Zhenhuan thought about it, opened the car door and went inside, and the first love in his life began. The girl who drives the Audi car has a good feeling for Zhenhuan, and Yu Zhenhuan also likes her, but unfortunately, the girl's father does not support their relationship.
The girl's father, a well-known wealthy businessman in Shenyang, looked down on Yu Zhenhuan, who made a living by singing, and said to him: "My daughter is going to study abroad, are you worthy of her?" ”
Eventually, with the intervention of the girl's father, the two broke up. This unsatisfactory love affair made Yu Zhenhuan very sad and determined to leave Shenyang, a sad place, to the south to develop his career.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="460" > unforgettable love</h1>
In the summer of 1999, Yu Zhenhuan and his friends went on an expedition to the rainforest of the southern country, and at this dinner, a pink dress attracted Yu Zhenhuan's attention.
The girl, Lin Yun (not her real name), is a college student who has just graduated from a financial school in Beijing, and has just come to work in the south, with a silver bell-like laughter. Seemingly aware that Yu Zhenhuan had been staring at himself, Lin Yun suddenly asked Yu Zhenhuan, "Handsome brother, are you a European?" Why do you want to have such a thick beard?"
Yu Zhenhuan smiled and said, "I am from northern Europe. ”
Afterwards, we all ventured together in the rainforest, danced, and had dinner together. After dinner, there was a sudden drizzle in the sky, and the "helper" who organized the event shouted when he saw the situation: "Brothers, the wind is tight, each looking for a companion to shout!" Lin Yun, who had been accompanying Yu Zhenhuan, knew that he didn't have a car, so he took Yu Zhenhuan's hand and said, "Let's take my car!" ”
When the two ran all the way to the side of Lin Yun's car, Lin Yun suddenly stopped, hesitated for a moment, and then pulled Yu Zhenhuan to run towards the rainforest. Yu Zhenhuan was worried that Lin Yun was cold, and took off his coat and draped it on her shoulder.
Looking at the thick hair on Yu Zhenhuan's body, Lin Yun smiled and said, "Handsome brother, the hair on your body is heavy enough." ”
Yu Zhenhuan thought about it and said, "In fact, I am the 'China's first hairy child' who caused a sensation in the world 22 years ago." Lin Yun's eyes widened after listening: "So you are a hairy child?" I said that the name Yu Zhenhuan is somewhat familiar. ”
That day, Yu Zhenhuan told Lin Yun about his experience over the years, Lin Yun was deeply moved, cried in his arms for a long time, and the next day, the two formally established a relationship.
After Yu Zhenhuan and Lin Yun fell in love for two years, they reached the stage of talking about marriage and marriage. For Yu Zhenhuan's marriage proposal, Lin Yun promised very crisply: "We want to hold a grand wedding and have a beautiful baby." ”
However, when Lin Yun's mother learned that the son-in-law her daughter was looking for was a "Mao child", she quickly took a train to the city where they lived, and resolutely refused to let her daughter marry Yu Zhenhuan. Lin Yun had a long all-night conversation with his mother about this. The next morning, Lin Yun called Yu Zhenhuan, and the first thing he said was, "My mother agreed." ”
Before Yu Zhenhuan could be happy, Lin Yun's next sentence made him dumbfounded: "But there is a condition, she said that you must go to hair removal surgery, otherwise you still do not agree to be with me with you." ”
For Yu Zhenhuan, this body of hair is a "gift" given to him by heaven, although yu Zhenhuan has been ridiculed and brought him some suffering because of these hairs, but it is also this hair that not only allows Yu Zhenhuan to harvest career, but also to harvest love. Therefore, for this condition of his mother-in-law, Yu Zhenhuan was very difficult to accept, and after a long silence, he said I want to think and hung up the phone.
After a few days, Lin Yun took the initiative to make an appointment with Zhen huan and plucked up enough courage to say to him: "I have studied it in the past few days, many hospitals in China can do hair removal surgery, or you can go to an operation, so that we can both live a normal life, isn't it good?" ”
Looking at Lin Yun's weeping face, Yu Zhenhuan's heart was indeed shaken. However, for him, the 6 words lin yun said "normal people's life" are inevitably a bit harsh, in Zhen Huan's heart, the ideal lover is someone who can tolerate everything, Lin Yun's statement makes him very painful.
It seemed to see Yu Zhenhuan's abnormality, and in the subsequent meeting, Lin Yun never mentioned the matter of letting him remove his hair. However, Yu Zhenhuan could see that Lin Yun's side was under a lot of pressure, and the whole person was obviously emaciated.
After several days of thinking, Yu Zhenhuan decided to let go, he believes that "life with true love is satisfied, true love does not necessarily have to be obtained." ”
In the letter, Yu Zhenhuan wrote such a sentence: "Hair was given to me by heaven and my parents, and although it brought me pain, it also brought me strength and strength." ”
Yu Zhenhuan left Lin Yun and converted to Tibetan Buddhism, where he studied Buddhism with a lama for half a year and then re-performed on stage.
In the past six months, Lin Yun has been looking for him through various channels, and when Lin Yun heard the news of Yu Zhenhuan, he sent him a letter: I will never forget the southern rainforest of that day, nor will I forget your selfish farewell.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="477" > ups and downs</h1>
In 2004, Yu Zhenhuan ushered in the inflection point of fate, this year he performed in Beijing for a month, the national first-class composer and performer Bian Liunian watched Yu Zhenhuan's performance, he was very appreciative, and even had to pay for him to package, but unfortunately because of some things, there was no following. It was also in this year that Yu Zhenhuan officially launched his first solo single in his life, "Still Love You", which received a good response.
Yu Zhenhuan, who was very happy about this, decided to continue to work hard and spent all his savings to record his debut album. However, what Yu Zhenhuan did not expect was that when his album began to be released, the free network mp3 rose up, and the record album could not be sold.
Yu Zhenhuan is a person who never submits to fate, seeing that the album cannot be sold, he found someone to help him plan the planning and promotion of the Network, and gained a lot of fame, and it took only one year to save enough money and buy a house in Tongzhou.
However, Yu Zhenhuan is not a small rich and peaceful person, although he has a certain fame, but there is still a lot of distance from the dream of "star".
To this end, Yu Zhenhuan signed a contract with a famous acting company, and Yu Zhenhuan, who thought that he could finally become a star, happily took his parents, sister and brother-in-law to live in Beijing.
However, the signing of the contract is a contract, the acting company did not "praise" Yu Zhenhuan, originally Yu Zhenhuan occasionally participated in several programs, but also earned tens of thousands of performance fees, and now after signing the contract, there is no chance to appear at all.
After Yu Zhenhuan was "hung" in the acting company for more than half a year, because no one gave him publicity, the original accumulated popularity was suddenly much less, and after that, Yu Zhenhuan terminated his contract with the acting company.
With this lesson in mind, Yu Zhenhuan decided to start his own business, and he and a buddy jointly opened an acting company. Unfortunately, Yu Zhenhuan only has performance experience and no company management experience, and he was "overhanged" by his partners only three months after the opening of the company, and then "kicked" out of the company by the partners.
Coincidentally, at that time, Zhang Jizhong was filming "Journey to the West", and there was a lack of a person who played the "Second Marshal of Ma Liu" Akajiri Horse Monkey in the four jianjian generals of Huaguoshan Mountain.
Yu Zhenhuan, who is covered with hair, is obviously very suitable for this role, so the "Journey to the West" crew sent him an invitation. In this way, after more than 20 years, Yu Zhenhuan was once again "electrocuted".
"Akajiri Horse Monkey" Yu Zhenhuan
During the filming of the TV series, Yu Zhenhuan met an old friend who offered to pay for him to "package" him and make him a "star". This time, Yu Zhenhuan chose to refuse, and with his previous experience, Yu Zhenhuan did not want to be a star at this time.
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After breaking up with Lin Yun, Yu Zhenhuan once fell in love with a girl from Guangxi, but in the end, the relationship ended without any problems. As Yu Zhenhuan grew older, his parents became more and more anxious, often urging him to "start a family as soon as possible".
In September 2011, Yu Zhenhuan and 10 nurses in hunan provincial maternal and child health hospital and 10 nurses engaged in blind dates, although the 10 nurses are very enthusiastic, have come forward to hug him, Yu Zhenhuan also thinks that he may be able to meet true love in Hunan this time, but unfortunately the dream is always good, this blind date is still gone in the end.
Since the "Ten Nurses Blind Date Incident", Yu Zhenhuan has gradually faded from the public eye, staying at home every day to read books, drink tea, or move some strange stones and wood to the home.
Just when people gradually forgot about the "hairy child" Yu Zhenhuan, on June 3, 2019, Yu Zhenhuan suddenly uploaded a photo of a marriage certificate on the social platform and publicly announced that he was married.
This year, Yu Zhenhuan was 42 years old, and her wife was a "post-90s" born in 1990.
Yu Zhenhuan's marriage certificate
After the news of Yu Zhenhuan's marriage came out, it immediately attracted the attention of the majority of netizens, and everyone was curious, will the children born to "Mao Bao" and his wife also be "Mao Bao"?
In the face of the questions of the majority of netizens, on March 23, 2021, Yu Zhenhuan posted a photo of his father and son playing outside, although in order to protect the privacy of the child, the child only showed half of his side face, but it is still not difficult to see that Yu Zhenhuan's son has no thick hair, and there is no difference between the children of ordinary people.
Yu Zhenhuan's father and son
Yu Zhenhuan's experience can be said to be full of ups and downs, although he has also been discouraged, but in the end he still chose to smile and face life. It can be said that after decades of baptism of wind and rain, the former "hairy child" has now become a "King Kong" who stands tall in the sky.