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Chen Li
In 1987, the 36-episode old costume love drama "Dream of the Red Chamber" was broadcast in a prime-time hit on CCTV, triggering thousands of empty alleys. The reason why the 87th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber" can travel through time and space has a huge impact to this day, and music has played an immeasurable role in the play.
Chen Li, an unknown singer, began to become popular in the country because he sang 12 songs such as "Funeral Flower Yin", "False Eyebrows", "Flesh and Bones", "Red Bean Song", "Autumn Window Wind and Rain", "Sigh XiangLing" and so on.
These songs are vicissitudes, poignant, tragic, and tear-inducing, which fit the fate of the protagonist in the play, and also sing Chen Li's own tragic life.
How was Chen Li discovered by composer Wang Liping? Now that 35 years have passed, what is chen li's current situation?
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Chen Li and the famous actor Chen Xiaoxu (left)
Chen Li was born in Jilin Province in 1958 and studied dance and Peking Opera from an early age. In 1977, after graduating from high school, Chen Li entered the Changchun First Automobile Factory and worked as a laboratory inspector, and she was also a pillar of the amateur literary troupe in the factory.
In his spare time, Chen Li has participated in more than 300 performances and is a famous amateur singer in Jilin Province, with a high reputation in the local area.
At that time, before the Jilin Television Station broadcast the "News Network" in the evening, there was a "Weekly Song" column, which often played songs sung by Chen Li. It is this column that invisibly changed Chen Li's life.
The person who changed Chen Li's fate was Wang Liping, a national first-class composer, who was born in Changchun City, Jilin Province in 1941 and was Chen Li's hometown.
Wang Liping's "Camel Bell", "Shepherd Song", "Sun Island", "The Sea, Hometown", "Pigeon" and other popular songs have a huge impact.
Wang Liping
In 1982, CCTV and the China Television Drama Art Production Center jointly planned the production of the classic masterpiece "Dream of the Red Chamber", with Wang Fulin as the director. Composer Wang Liping introduced himself to the crew and asked to create musical works for the play.
In the same year, Wang Liping was invited to the home of a director at the Changchun Film Studio. At dinner, everyone gathered around to eat dumplings, and the other party had a 9-inch black-and-white TV at home, which was playing Chen Li's "Weekly Song".
Chen Li's singing voice was ethereal, simple, and penetrating, and Wang Liping remembered her voice at once. He asked the director what the singer's name was. The other party did not know what her name was, only that she was from Changchun FAW.
A month later, Changchun News Film Studio filmed the feature film "The Cradle of China's Automobile Industry" and invited Wang Liping to compose music. Wang Liping thought of the female singer in "Weekly Song", and he asked someone to go to Changchun FAW to inquire.
Wang Liping (right) with Wang Fulin (left) and Shi Yanqin, the costumer of Dream of the Red Chamber
Only then did he learn that the other party's name was Chen Li, a famous singer in the amateur literary troupe in the factory. After Wang Liping saw Chen Li, he felt that she was very strong and said that he had the opportunity to cooperate. Chen Li thought that Wang Liping was just polite and did not go to his heart.
Soon, Wang Liping composed a song for the United Nations Bird Environmental Organization and invited Chen Li to sing it. Chen Li sang the voice that Wang Liping wanted, and the two worked together very happily.
Wang Liping was the first to enter the crew of "Dream of the Red Chamber", "Dream of the Red Chamber" was filmed for 4 years, and he also stayed in the crew for 4 years. He composed a total of 15 songs with tears and painstaking efforts, and decided that Chen Li would sing 12 of them.
At that time, the crew tended to choose famous singers to sing, and some singers introduced themselves to the crew, but Wang Liping wanted to use a newcomer to sing. Because after the singer became famous, their singing style was fixed, and they could not sing the charm he wanted.
Young Chen Li
The new person Wang Liping wants to find is to have a singing foundation and not be fixed in style. After repeated comparisons, Wang Liping decided to choose Chen Li to sing.
Director Wang Fulin fully respected Wang Liping and agreed with his opinion.
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However, after the news spread, many people were surprised. Some people feel incredible, and do not understand why Wang Liping put so many famous singers in Beijing without using them, and want to use an amateur singer of Changchun FAW?
Some people have a black belly: Wang Liping and Chen Li are fellow villagers, and he does this to "get rich and not forget the villagers." This brought great pressure to Wang Liping, and also made Chen Li bear the heavy pressure of the mountain.
Chen Li joined the group in October 1986, and she thought she could record it in a week, but who knew that she would record until the spring of 1987. At that time, Chen Li's husband was diagnosed with cancer, and she wanted to stay by her side and take care of her husband.
Chen Li also played "Sister-in-law Liu" in "Dream of the Red Chamber"
The husband said: "This opportunity is very rare, you can go to record songs with peace of mind, and the family will take care of me." Chen Li came to Beijing with tears in his eyes.
However, the ups and downs of recording songs are far beyond Chen Li's imagination. Wang Liping's requirements for Chen Li are extremely strict, and a lyric, a note, and a pause are all cut with Chen Li.
He smacked his lips and said that Chen Li was not good and that was not good, which made Chen Li overwhelmed and had no confidence at all.
At that time, Chen Li was already very famous in Jilin Province, but when she arrived at Wang Liping, she was criticized for being useless, and she had resentment in her heart, often crying and recording, afraid of seeing Wang Liping, and wanted to escape several times.
Several times, Wang Liping criticized and ridiculed Chen Li in front of many people in the recording studio, so that she could not get off the stage.
Chen Li (center) poses with Chen Xiaoxu and Deng Jie (left).
Soon, Wang Liping realized that his words were too heavy, and explained to Chen Li: "I don't ask you high in the recording studio, will I still have a chance in the future?" I don't want outsiders to say that Wang Liping has found such a singer, which is harmful to us. ”
Chen Li understands Wang Liping, in fact, he has a good temper, he is anxious, and his singing has not reached his ideal. Therefore, Chen Li buried his tears in his heart and accepted Wang Liping's guidance and criticism.
The theme song alone, "Frowning eyebrows", was recorded for more than a month. At that time, Wang Liping's mother's leg was broken, and there was no one at home to take care of it, so he brought his mother to the recording studio.
My mother had been listening in the next room, and one day she said to Wang Liping, "I have a better attitude toward other people's children." Hearing these words, Wang Liping burst into tears.
Chen Li recorded in the recording studio
Under the strict requirements of Wang Liping, Chen Li has made progress every day. When all 12 songs were recorded, Wang Liping shed tears, and Chen Li also shed tears.
When Chen Li was about to leave the crew, Wang Liping wrote her a long letter. He wrote in his letter: You have finished recording the song, and I have sinned you through.
In an interview, Chen Li said: "At that time, there was a gap in my heart, but after the TV series was broadcast, the song has endured for so many years, thanks to Teacher Wang's harshness that year." If it weren't for his note-by-note pick-up, I wouldn't be where I am today. ”
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During the recording of the song, Chen Li's husband died of cancer. The reason why Chen Li sang these 12 songs like tears is because her own fate is similar to the characters in the play. In her singing, she also sang her own life.
In 1987, Chen Li's daughter was 5 years old. The mother recorded songs in Beijing, and the daughter complained in her heart, thinking that her mother had just finished taking care of her father's affairs, so why was she in a hurry to go to Beijing to sing? When her daughter grew up, she understood the responsibility and involuntariness of Chen Li.
Early years Chen Li
After "Dream of the Red Chamber" was broadcast on CCTV, Chen Li's singing voice flew all over the country overnight, and she began to become popular across the country.
Previously, in order to treat her husband's illness, Chen Li spent all his family savings and owed some debts.
In order to earn money to pay off debts and make his life better with his daughter, Chen Li and a friend registered a company to run a trading business together.
Who knows that soon after the company opened, Chen Li's business partners were arrested for various reasons, and the company's more than 1 million yuan of money did not know where to go. Chen Li became the biggest suspect and was often questioned by the police.
After the police investigation, Chen Li had nothing to do with the money. After some tossing and turning, Chen Li was exhausted, and she was forced to close the company.
Chen Li (left) and Wang Liping (third from left)
Chen Li had a first love boyfriend who developed in Canada, and after her husband died, her first love got in touch with her. Under the pursuit of the other party, Chen Li accepted his feelings.
In 1990, Chen Li took his daughter to Canada. At that time, people around her advised her to stay in China, and with her popularity, she could earn a lot of money by performing.
However, the death of her husband and the failure of business made Chen Li's mood very bad, and she did not have the heart to sing on stage again, and decided to go to Canada to change the environment.
In 1992, Chen Li remarried in Canada, her husband engaged in trading business in Canada, and Chen Li assisted her husband in running the company.
In 1995, Chen Li often had insomnia and a cracked headache, which she thought was high blood pressure and that taking antihypertensive drugs for a period of time did not work. Her husband accompanied her to the hospital for examination, and Chen Li was found to have an adrenal tumor, which was actually cancer.
Chen Li's life photos
Soon, Chen Li underwent a lesion resection operation in the hospital. After some of the adrenal gland tissue infiltrated by cancer cells was removed, Chen Li developed endocrine disorders again.
After being discharged from the hospital, Chen Li has been receiving medication and often goes in and out of the hospital. Fortunately, her husband has always been considerate and cared for Chen Li, and she has been in bed with her husband during her hospitalization.
Her daughter, who was in middle school, also came to the hospital to accompany her mother after school. The daughter is still a minor, and in a strange country, she is the closest person to her daughter's feelings, and she must be well.
After experiencing the parting of life and death with her ex-husband, Chen Li looked at everything, she was not afraid of losing fame and profit, she just wanted to live well and have a healthy body.
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In the years since, Chen Li has been battling the disease. From 2001 to 2003, Chen Li underwent two more minor surgeries at the hospital.
Chen Li and Deng Jie (left)
After several years of drug treatment and rehabilitation, Chen Li's condition was basically cured. In 2007, CCTV's "Artistic Life - Dream of the Red Chamber Reunion" issued an invitation to Chen Li.
She rushed from Canada to party with the crew. She sang "Funeral Flower Yin" and "Brow Crushing" again, remembering her bumpy fate, and Chen Li was in tears.
Chen Li's family is in China, and she often returns to China to visit her relatives, and has always kept in touch with friends in the circle.
In 2012, CCTV Chinese international channel "Chinese Literature and Art" to record "Dream of the Red Chamber Reunion in 25 Years", and Chen Li rushed over again.
In 2013, Chen Li held the North American Symphony Concert of "Dream of the Red Chamber" at the University of Arizona in the United States, and she served as the soloist and lead singer of all the performances. This is the first concert of Chinese musical works held in the university's 120-year history.
In 2017, Chen Li's daughter graduated from college and has a stable job and life in Canada. Chen Li returned to China more and more frequently, and if time permitted, she would also participate in some performances.
In June of that year, the "30 Years of the Dream of the Red Chamber Concert" was held in the Great Hall of the People, and Chen Li was invited to perform on stage, singing three songs in a row: "Frowning eyebrows", "Flesh and Bones", and "Autumn Window Wind and Rain".
Although "Dream of the Red Chamber" has been broadcast for 30 years, when Chen Li recorded the song, everything is still vividly remembered, as if it was just yesterday. The roads traveled and the tears shed in those years have now become a precious asset in Chen Li's life.
Once you fall asleep, you don't wake up for the rest of your life. Chen Li's love affair with "Dream of the Red Chamber" will also warm her for a lifetime, inspire her, and make her proud and proud.
In 2018, Chen Li was invited to participate in CCTV's "Classic Forever Circulating" and sang "Frowning Eyebrows" with the well-known actor Yu Shaoqun.
Chen Li and Wang Liping
At the scene of the program recording, Chen Li also accepted an interview with the host, told the bits and pieces of the songs recorded that year, and thanked Teacher Wang Liping.
It can be said that it was "Dream of the Red Chamber" and Wang Liping who made Chen Li, and her singing voice also added color to "Dream of the Red Chamber", allowing hundreds of millions of viewers to remember the name Chen Li.
In March 2022, Chen Li was 64 years old, her condition was completely cured, and her physical condition improved significantly. Her husband has always hurt her and loved her, and her daughter has been filial to Chen Li, and she feels that life is getting sweeter and sweeter.
Chen Li experienced too many ups and downs and pains in her youth and middle age, and in the first half of her life, she shed all the tears of her life, and ate all the suffering she should eat, and all that was left in her later life was peace, joy and happiness!
"Tasting Celebrities" Comments: The 12 songs that Chen Li sang for "Dream of the Red Chamber" are timeless classics and are still fresh in people's memories.
Chen Li sings the fate of the protagonist in the song, in fact, he is also expressing his own heart. It is precisely because of his unforgettable experience of grief that Chen Li can interpret the 12 songs of "Dream of the Red Chamber" so tragically and movingly.
Chen Li was unfortunate, suffering from the death of her husband when she was young and suffering from cancer in middle age. But she was also lucky, she met Wang Liping and "Dream of the Red Chamber", which achieved the glory of her life, which is unattainable by ordinary singers.
After remarriage, Chen Li met a warm and good man, gave her the warmest care, and led her to successfully fight cancer.
No one's life will always rain and snow, and after the rain and snow is sunny, it is sunny. Therefore, in the face of adversity, we should not give up, do not despair, and firmly believe that the sunshine is ahead!
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