Speaking of Jiang Ying, perhaps most people will feel strange, or their impression of her is just to stay under the prefix of "Mrs. Qian Xuesen". In fact, Jiang Ying also has her own field of expertise, with a glowing stage, for qian Xuesen, she gave up all this. After 63 years of companionship, what is the unknown past between Qian Xuesen and Jiang Ying? How did the two become partners? Click on the attention and start talking right away!
The fate of Qian Xuesen and Jiang Ying is very wonderful, and it must start from when they were young. Qian Xuesen was born in 1911, the only son in the family, and his mother always wanted to have another daughter, but she never did. The Jiang family and the Qian family are family friends, Jiang Baili has five daughters, and Jiang Ying is the third. In order to realize the wish of both children, Qian Mu proposed to Mother Jiang that she hoped to have a daughter inherited to her knees, and she chose jiang Ying, who was well-behaved and lovely.
After arriving at the Qian family, Jiang Ying changed her name to "Qian Xueying", Qian's mother originally thought that Jiang Ying could get along well with Qian Xuesen, but she did not expect that after a few months, Jiang Ying shouted to go home, the reason is very simple, because Qian Xuesen always does not play with her, she feels very bored. Jiang Ying was born in 1919, eight years away from Qian Xuesen, and in childhood, who can play with children who are eight years younger than themselves. In this way, Jiang Ying returned to Jiang Ying's house, and Qian's mother was very reluctant and told Jiang Ying:
"You, the third oldest, are my daughters when you grow up, and you will have to be my daughter-in-law in the future!"
This was originally just a joke, but it did not come to be a fact. Jiang Ying has been very interested in music since childhood, and he is also very talented, once playing the piano for Qian Xuesen, but as the two studied abroad one after another, the connection between them gradually broke.
In 1935, before Qian Xuesen went to the United States, he went to the Jiang family to say goodbye, and Jiang Ying specially played a piano song for him, and on the occasion of the separation, Jiang Ying sent a book of Tang poems to Qian Xuesen, although this was not a valuable gift, Qian Xuesen still solemnly preserved it and brought it to the United States together. The following year, Jiang Ying also embarked on the road of studying abroad, she followed Jiang Baili to Play in Europe, and finally chose the Berlin University of Music in Germany.
During her studies in Germany, Jiang Ying showed extraordinary musical talent, and she signed a ten-year contract with "Delu Fenggen", but as the war spread, Jiang Ying had to leave Berlin and go to Switzerland to continue studying. In 1943, Qian Xuesen took up the position of assistant professor at the California Institute of Technology, and Jiang Ying also achieved excellent results in her own singing field, she won the first place in the soprano competition for various countries, the first among East Asian players to achieve such results. In the following years, Qian Xuesen was engaged in scientific research and education at the California Institute of Technology in the United States, while Jiang Ying was invited to perform in European countries, and both of them had their own fields of brilliance.
In 1947, Qian Xuesen was hired as a tenured professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at the age of 36. With both a prominent family lineage and outstanding talent, Qian Xuesen became a golden bachelor who became famous on the beach. At this time, Qian Junfu realized that it was time to solve the lifelong problem for his son, so he sent a telegram to Qian Xuesen and asked him to return to China to solve this matter. At that time, Qian Xuesen had not returned home for 12 years, and he also wanted to see the current situation at home, so he returned to Shanghai, that is, this time, he and Jiang Ying met again.
In December 1946, Jiang Ying returned to China and held a number of singing concerts in Shanghai Beach, where she was dazzling on the stage and attracted the attention of a large number of high-quality men. At this time, Jiang Ying was 27 years old, and looking at it now, she was still very young, but from the feudal perspective at that time, she should have been at home at this age to teach her husband and children, so Jiang Ying was very worried about her marriage, but Jiang Ying did not care, she told her mother that she had many friends and did not have to worry about herself. In fact, this is just her words, although there are many people who pursue her, but she does not like any of them, and is bent on her own singing career.
After Qian Xuesen returned to China, Qian Junfu asked Jiang Ying to help and introduce him to his girlfriend, after all, Jiang Ying knew many people, so Jiang Ying agreed to come down, and together with his sister, found a good candidate for Qian Xuesen and organized a blind date dinner. At the dinner table, Jiang Ying and her sister found two female friends, both of whom were very good types, one of whom was even more prominent, and Qian Xuesen sat in the middle of the two. Unexpectedly, Qian Xuesen did not look at these two girls at all, but always put his eyes on Jiang Ying, after the banquet, a girl's father invited Qian Xuesen to the home the next day to see the famous paintings, but Was rejected by Qian Xuesen.
In fact, Jiang Ying also found that Qian Xuesen had been looking at herself, but she didn't think much about it, she only felt that Qian Xuesen was a little strange. Later in life, Qian Xuesen came to the Jiang family from time to time, nominally to visit Jiang's mother, but he always liked to stay with Jiang Ying. Once, Jiang Ying went to Shanghai Jiao Tong University to listen to Qian Xuesen's speech, and after the end, Qian Xuesen specially sent Jiang Ying home. According to the reason, after arriving home safely, Qian Xuesen could say goodbye, but he did not, but sat down, and did not let Jiang Ying play the record for him, and the atmosphere became a little awkward. After a long silence, Qian Xuesen suddenly spoke:
"Will you come with me to America?"
The meaning of this sentence is very clear, that is, to propose to Jiang Ying, who was frightened by such a sudden confession and panickedly rejected Qian Xuesen:
"No, no, no, I have a boyfriend."
Jiang Ying deliberately said that she had a boyfriend, just to make Qian Xuesen give up. As an excellent literary and artistic woman, Jiang Ying's imaginary love should be long-flowing, although she admires Qian Xuesen's talent, it is still difficult to accept such a sudden marriage proposal for a while. Unexpectedly, Qian Xuesen said:
"I have a girlfriend too, but this girlfriend, that boyfriend doesn't count."
In fact, Qian Xuesen did not have a girlfriend, and he also knew that Jiang Ying did not have a boyfriend. Jiang Ying's refusal did not make Qian Xuesen give up, but instead became more and more courageous. In the days that followed, Qian Xuesen came to Jiang's house when he had nothing to do, and he only asked Jiang Ying one question:
"When are you going to the United States?"
At first, Jiang Ying still wanted to refuse, she said:
"Why are you going to America with you?" Let's get to know each other again and communicate first! ”
But Qian Xuesen still did not give up, and after he asked several times with perseverance, Jiang Ying finally agreed. Whenever she recalls this experience, Jiang Ying will laugh, even she herself does not know why she will vaguely agree to Qian Xuesen, maybe this is the fate of fate.
On September 17, 1947, the wedding of Jiang Ying and Qian Xuesen was held as scheduled, and at this time, only 6 weeks had passed since the first meeting between the two after returning to China, and after the two were married, they had been together for more than 60 years, which was enough to prove that feelings could not be measured by the length of time. On the day of the wedding, Qian Junfu specially wrote a marriage book "Mandarin Duck Spectrum" for the two of them, although the Qian and Jiang families have advanced ideas, but in the marriage event, they still respect the tradition. In the marriage book, Qian Junfu not only expressed his blessings for the marriage of the couple, but also expressed a beautiful outlook for the future career of the two, hoping that the future life of the two can be like Kunpeng spreading its wings.
After the wedding, Qian Xuesen returned to the United States first, and Jiang Ying took care of everything and then followed. At this time, an Italian opera house found Jiang Ying and hoped that she could perform, which was a good opportunity, but Jiang Ying gave up, she did not want to separate the husband and wife for the sake of career just after marriage. At this time, Jiang Ying was very much looking forward to her life after marriage, however, the life of the two was not as sweet as she expected.
The day after coming to Boston, Jiang Ying and Qian Xuesen sat together to eat breakfast, Qian Xuesen drank a cup of tea, and then set off to work, before leaving, he told Jiang Ying:
"Then I'll go, I'll come back in the evening, and you'll slowly get acquainted with it alone."
Looking at Qian Xuesen's back, Jiang Ying was confused, which was completely different from what she imagined. She couldn't cook, she wasn't familiar with the local environment, and she waited until Qian Xuesen returned from work to eat a fast food. During the meal, Qian Xuesen told Jiang Ying about some life and interesting things in the United States, and Jiang Ying's mood finally cleared up, however, just when she wanted to chat with Qian Xuesen more, Qian Xuesen made a cup of tea and went into the small study to read.
The period from dinner to twelve o'clock in the evening is Qian Xuesen's reading time, which is his habit of not moving, and qian Xuesen has done this every day for more than sixty years after the two have been married. Over time, Jiang Ying also got used to it. Soon, the two have the crystallization of love, and Jiang Ying's biggest worry at this time is that having a child will not affect his breath and voice, can he continue his singing career? During the 5 years that Qian Xuesen was placed under house arrest by the US military, Jiang Ying ran the housework alone, and she was no longer a big lady with ten fingers that did not stick to the spring water of the yang, but a good wife who could be independent.
After returning to China, Qian Xuesen was very busy at work, at the beginning, Jiang Ying did not give up her singing career, but she gradually found that in this way, the two children in the family were not taken care of, and in desperation, she chose to give up singing and become a music teacher. The focus of her career shifted from the Opera House to the Central Conservatory of Music, a teaching that lasted for more than forty years. Although Jiang Ying's own opportunities to perform on stage have become very few, the students she taught have achieved impressive results, which is also the best reward for her.
In 1991, Qian Xuesen said at the award ceremony of "National Outstanding Contribution Scientists":
"Everyone knows what I do, but what my wife does, I explain to you, my wife is mainly engaged in the teaching of classical art songs. I won the award today, and I will not forget the understanding and support that my wife has given me for decades. ”