In the Spring Festival Gala of 1984, Zhang Mingmin became popular with a song "My Chinese Heart" and became a classic memory of a generation.
And that Spring Festival Gala, there was also a Hong Kong female singer, completely into thousands of households, everyone knows.
She is the "queen of folk songs" Xi Xiulan.
She also became the first Hong Kong female singer to appear on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and the scenery was unlimited for a while.
As a popular singer in the 70s and 80s, do you remember the legendary story of Xi Xiulan?
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In 1950, Xi Xiulan was born in Quanjiao, Anhui.
There are 9 siblings in the family, and both parents are devout Christians.
It was not until she was 12 years old that Xi Xiulan went to Hong Kong to meet her parents and settled in Hong Kong ever since.
Xi Xiulan has loved singing and dancing since she was a child, and after four years in Hong Kong.
Xi Xiulan, 16, was admitted to the first TV music art training class founded by Li's TV station.
Here, while reading, she learned to sing, dance and perform, and envisioned a better future.
A year later, Xi Xiulan successfully graduated from the training class and was determined to break through the world in the music career.
So she signed up for the Hong Kong Amateur Singer singing contest organized by Sing Tao Daily.
Xi Xiulan directly won the first prize of the Hong Kong Amateur Singers Competition with a song "Green Island Serenade" and began to emerge.
This year, she was 17 years old, which was an official debut.
After winning the championship, Xi Xiulan officially joined the work and also started her singing career.
Xi Xiulan has been a singer and artist for a decade at Li's TV station and TVB.
She has hosted many classic shows, such as "Weekend Party", "Happy Tonight", "I want to sing for you" and so on.
Although being a host and artist has become her main job, Xi Xiulan has never stopped her beloved singing career.
During the hosting of the show, Xi Xiulan will also insist on recording records, often going to various places to sing and perform.
When she was at her busiest, she went to 10 places a day and sang 60 songs.
Although I was busy every day, I did make a lot of money during that time.
"Even the money you earn in a month can buy a floor," she said. ”
In 1969, Xi Xiulan decided to focus on music.
She then released her debut solo album "The Man Who Stole hearts", which became popular in the Hong Kong music scene as soon as it was released.
The singing legend of a generation of "folk song queens" was also officially opened from here.
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Xi Xiulan has published more than ten albums on Li's TV station, each of which has become a huge hit and has become a classic.
In 1978, Xi Xiulan won the "International Concert Best Singing Award".
Later, her classic song "My Motherland" won the "Platinum Record Award" in Hong Kong in 1982;
The song "Alishan Girl" sung was directly rated as the first place in Taiwan.
"The girl of Alishan is as beautiful as water, and the youth of Alishan is as strong as a mountain..."
She has won five Platinum Disc Awards and three Golden Disc Awards, and her singing career is unrivaled.
And the peak of her belonging will soon arrive.
In 1984, Xi Xiulan was invited to the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
She sang classic songs such as "Why Are Flowers So Red", "Heavenly Girl Scattered Flowers", "Alishan Girl", "My Motherland" and so on.
That night, she once again became a well-known singer in the mainland, and the limelight was no different.
In particular, the song "The Girl of Alishan" became the hottest song of the year, singing in the streets and alleys.
As a result, Xi Xiulan became one of the most popular Hong Kong singers in the 80s, and was directly known as the "Queen of Folk Songs".
And Xi Xiulan at that time was also particularly fashionable and foreign.
The following year, Xi Xiulan once again appeared on the Spring Festival Gala and sang a minor tune "Hometown Feelings".
The homesickness of affectionate sustenance has infected countless people.
There was also the Spring Festival Gala in 1995, and she made another appearance with Zhang Mingmin.
New Year greetings were sent to the audience and a few words were sung "Unforgettable Tonight".
On the Spring Festival Gala, Xi Xiulan, who became popular in the north and south of the river, became an idol sought after by countless people in that era.
At this time, she was once popular with her friend Teresa Teng, and even Faye Wong gave her a dance.
According to her recollection, in 1988, when she held a concert in Xi'an.
One fan went a month without food to hear her sing.
At that time, their monthly salary was only 36 yuan, and she was 17 yuan per ticket at that time.
In addition to releasing albums and singing on stage, Xi Xiulan has also sung songs in many movies and TV series.
For example, the ending song of "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea".
It can be said that Xi Xiulan's voice in that era, the afterglow of the afterglow around the beam and the aftertaste is endless.
In addition to the legend of her singing career, Xi Xiulan's marriage is also a bumpy story.
In her own words, a script could be written.
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Xi Xiulan's husband, Xie Jialiang, was a classmate of her brother's when he studied in the UK.
Later, his brother introduced him to his sister Xi Xiulan to meet him.
The two fell in love at first sight and soon became a couple.
After a year of dating, the two identified each other and decided to enter the palace of marriage.
But this seemingly beautiful marriage was strongly opposed by the parents of both sides.
Xi Xiulan's mother did not want her to get married too early, because it would be difficult to show her face again after marriage and affect her singing career.
At that time, Xi Xiulan was the economic pillar of the whole family, and her mother felt that she could only fall in love and should not get married.
The bigger obstacle is the father of his lover Xie Jialiang.
Xie Jialiang is a rich man of the jewelry brand "Xie Liyuan" gold shop, and his family and life are extremely prominent.
Xie Jialiang's father has always been reluctant to favor his son's marriage with an artist, and he is extremely opposed to it, forcing him to break up.
He bluntly said that this marriage would not have a good outcome, and even worried that his daughter-in-law's being a singer would affect the reputation of his family business.
He said to his son Xie Jialiang: "Artists are used to shoot drag, not to get married!" ”
However, the two of them have already made up their minds, and their feelings are stronger than Jin's, and no one can dissuade them.
To the parents' obstruction, they firmly replied: "We are serious!" ”
In 1979, the two married desperately.
This year, Xi Xiulan was 29 years old.
But this unblessed marriage eventually cost each other a lot.
The disobedient Xie Jialiang was ruthlessly expelled from the group company by his father, away from the life of the rich, and the father-son relationship was completely broken.
At that time, Xie Jialiang only had a deposit of 7,000 Hong Kong dollars all over his body, and he instantly fell from a rich man to a poor boy.
Therefore, when the two got married, they were also full of frustration and cold eyes.
Parents on both sides do not wish to participate, let alone relatives and friends to participate.
The mother said to Xi Xiulan like this:
"If you are a truly filial daughter, don't take a dime out of the house, and we don't want a dime from the man's family."
Before getting married, all the money Xi Xiulan earned was given to her family.
When they got married, they were all bought with the sponsorship of the owner of the wedding dress shop with a thick skin.
After getting married, the two still rented a house outside.
Xi Xiulan was forced by the pressure of her father-in-law to disappear from the public eye for 5 years and temporarily retired from the entertainment circle.
"I love my career, but I love my husband even more."
So she only insisted on making records, not showing her face and making public appearances.
So at that time, we were "only hearing her voice and not seeing her people" for Xi Xiulan.
Later, people often asked her where she had disappeared in those 5 years, which was mysterious.
Xi Xiulan lost too much for this marriage, but at the same time she was lucky.
In the future married life, her husband Xie Jialiang did indeed "not love the country and the mountains and love the beauty".
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Although Xi Xiulan did not live a rich life, she lived herself into a giant.
Her husband, Xie Jialiang, was very supportive of Xi Xiulan's singing and asked her to stick to her music career.
During her 5 years of silence, Xie Jialiang often helped her sort out her music materials and record them.
Her husband has also become the strongest and warmest backing in her music career.
In 1983, Xie Jialiang's father's business was tragically frustrated, and many people left him and fell lonely.
When Xi Xiulan and her husband Xie Jialiang went to visit him, they were rejected several times.
At this time, Xi Xiulan began to reconsider her career, and fortunately, she also ushered in a turnaround again.
In 1984, Xi Xiulan made a comeback on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, and once again completely broke out, singing the world.
She was 34 years old.
Xi Xiulan's atmosphere and wisdom have also completely improved her embarrassing married life.
This marriage, which was not optimistic, has also completely broken all doubts, which is impressive and blessed.
It has even become the envy of everyone in the entertainment industry, and all this is the result of the patience and hard work of the two people.
Later, even her friend Teresa Teng enviously said to her: "I really don't understand, how can you be so lucky." ”
Years later, Xi Xiulan said with emotion: "The original choice was right."
Now that Xi Xiulan is 70 years old, her years are fading and she is gradually getting old.
Although he rarely appears to sing again, he still insists on his beloved music career behind the scenes, low-key and plain.
And since she was a child, she has believed in Christianity, often singing for social welfare and dedicating herself with her songs.
"I am a singer and singing is all my dreams, hopes, joys and sorrows.
Before, now and in the future, singing is my life. ”
Whenever those classic songs sound in time, the beauty and youth of countless people seem to be just yesterday.