I believe many girls have been asked a question: If you had two choices, would you rather sit in a BMW and cry, or would you like to sit on a bicycle and laugh? I believe that everyone's answer is different, and the famous disabled dancer Tai Lihua tells people her choice with her practical actions.
A Thousand Hands Kannon
Maybe the post-90s generation is relatively unfamiliar with this name, but if you mention the wonderful deaf dance "Thousand Hands Guanyin", I believe that everyone will not be unfamiliar, Tai Lihua is the leader of this dance. Although deaf and mute, her elegant and beautiful posture has attracted the attention of countless suitors. A wealthy businessman chased her for 8 years, but she didn't hesitate to refuse because she knew it wasn't love.
Tai Lihua eventually married an ordinary science and engineering man. Now that 19 years have passed, how is she doing?
Simple and happy family of three
At the Spring Festival Gala in 2005, the beautiful stage background was a vast starry sky, and the stars shone with wisdom in the night. A beautiful and dignified "Thousand Hands Guanyin" stands in the center of the stage, with the Sanskrit sound array, "Thousand Hands Guanyin" behind the stretch out countless Buddha hands, neatly aligned, with the music dance out of the mysterious and beautiful chapter. Tai Lihua, who led the dance, was dressed in a golden flying dance costume, with a beautiful face, and the movement and elegance of her hands and feet seemed to come out of the Dunhuang murals.
A Thousand Hands Kannon
After a dance, the audience applauded thunderously. When the host introduced that the dance was performed by 21 deaf and mute people with an average age of 21 years old, the audience was even more amazed. To be so uniform without music is difficult for even normal people to do.
Before the performance, many people may not believe that under the premise of not hearing any sound, the collective dance can be performed so well, perhaps this is the power of dreams, the world has no difficulty, only afraid of people with hearts.
Tai Lihua, an ordinary but extraordinary girl, her story is worth reading.
Yichang, Hubei
Yichang, Hubei Province, is home to the famous Three Gorges Dam, and Tai Lihua was born in this famous city in the country. Tai Lihua's father works in a shipbuilding company, and her mother is an accountant in a company, which is a very ordinary but happy family, and Tai Lihua's parents are very loving. On November 9, 1976, Tai Lihua's birth brought more joy to this sweet family, and the family of three lived a happy and simple life in Yichang.
Because her parents are busy with work, they cannot take full care of Xiao Lihua, so they can only send her to an early education nursery. However, although Tai Lihua is very young, she has strong adaptability and a cheerful and lively personality. In the nursery school, she is like a happy little butterfly, who loves to sing, dance and laugh, and the teachers and children especially like her.
Old photos of the hospital
An accident caused her to lose her hearing
However, many disasters in the world come unexpectedly. In 1977, Tai Lihua, who was less than 2 years old, fell ill and had a high fever for several days, and her parents took her to the hospital to learn that she had measles.
Measles was a common acute respiratory infection in children, so after the doctor gave her an injection of lianomycin, she was allowed to go home. Because the disease was quickly controlled, her parents did not expect that it was such a needle, causing Tai Lihua's lifelong regret.
After recovering from measles, Xiao Lihua went to school happily again. However, after a day of school life, the teacher found a serious problem, that is, every time the teacher conveyed instructions to the children, Tai Lihua did not respond, which made the teacher very strange.
Kindergarten in the 70s and 80s
That day, the teacher was playing games with the children as usual, and Tai Lihua was right with her back to everyone, but no matter how the other children and teachers called her, she did not turn around. The teacher knew that Xiao Lihua had always been very obedient, so she walked over and asked, "Tai Lihua, didn't you hear the children calling you?" But Tai Lihua looked at the teacher blankly, as if she did not understand the teacher's words.
The teacher was suddenly anxious, and her first reaction was that the child did not seem to be able to hear others. So I tested her many times and found that she really couldn't hear. The teacher quickly called Tai Lihua's mother: "Tai Lihua's mother, your daughter can't seem to hear others." There seems to be something wrong with her hearing, and you quickly take her to the hospital to see it. ”
Old photos of the hospital
Hearing this, her mother was shocked, and she immediately put down her work, hurried to the school, and sent Xiao Lihua to the hospital. After a careful examination by the hospital, the doctor helplessly told Tai Lihua's mother: "This child is indeed deaf, and it is severely deaf, and she only senses more than 100 decibels of sound." ”
This sunny day thunderbolt blasted Tai Lihua's mother's brain into a blank, and it took her half a day to return to her senses, and the tears could not stop falling, and she hurriedly dialed her husband's phone and told him the news about Tai Lihua's deafness. At that time, Tai Lihua just opened a pair of innocent big eyes and looked at her mother in confusion, not knowing why her mother was so sad.
Fall in love with dancing after losing your hearing
During that time, the Tai family fell into a cloud of sorrow and misery. Tai Lihua's parents were not willing to let such a lovely daughter fall into a silent world from then on, and they sought medical treatment everywhere, hoping to cure Tai Lihua's ears. But the miracle did not occur.
Tai Lihua's mother looked at her cute little daughter and often couldn't help but shed tears. Life is impermanent, who would have thought that a single illness would have such serious consequences? However, it is useless to complain about others, and in the face of life's setbacks, you can only face them bravely.
In order to take care of the deaf Tai Lihua, her mother quit her job and went home to take care of her. The father made a lot of small cards with pictures for his daughter, and her mother used these cards at home to teach her pronunciation, teach her to read, recognize objects, look at pictures and speak. A normal child's simple cognitive process takes several times more time and energy in Tai Lihua.
For example, from the number 1 to the number 10, Tai Lihua spent several months studying. But these difficulties did not cause them to retreat. As a parent, for the sake of their children, you can always reach unlimited potential. Under the careful guidance of her parents, Tai Lihua gradually learned to communicate with people in sign language.
School for the Deaf and Dumb
Tai Lihua reached the age of 7, reaching the age of primary school, but her situation was no longer able to go to education normally. Her parents had to send her to school for the deaf. Since Tai Lihua knew that she was different from other children, she was no longer as lively and active as before. In her world, it was always silent, and this silent world made her panic and made her lonely. It wasn't until she entered school for the deaf that she sensed the power of music in a rhythm class.
That day, the teacher played the piano while hitting the foot drum on the floor. With regular vibrations, Tai Lihua experienced the power of sound. She crawled her tiny body to the floor, and one rhythmic rhythm after another vibrated into her body. She was blissfully immersed in it, and it turned out that the sound felt so wonderful.
Tai Lihua
Since then, she has fallen in love with the rhythm of music, and when she saw Yang Liping's dance on TV, she suddenly opened up, and it turned out that there was still a way in the world that could interpret beauty with her body. Tai Lihua, who can't speak, decides to learn dance, she wants to use dance to express her inner emotions, and she hopes that she can become a dancer like Yang Liping.
Tai Lihua's love of dance was quickly noticed by her parents, she often danced to the music, and when she felt that the movements were not standard, she would practice it over and over again. On a warm afternoon, Dad returned from a business trip and gave Tai Lihua a gift. Tai Lihua curiously opened the exquisite packaging box and found that it was actually a pair of white dancing shoes.
The little girl's heart was suddenly filled with happiness. She looked at her father happily and told him in sign language that it was one of the best gifts she had ever received. Her parents supported her with practical actions, which made Tai Lihua's interest and confidence in dancing doubled.
Tai Lihua young photo
Strive to change destiny
In 1991, 15-year-old Tai Lihua left Yichang to study at Wuhan Middle School for the Deaf and Dumb. Here, she met more friends, And Tai Lihua, who had reached her youth, gradually regained her cheerful and optimistic attitude.
Here, because everyone is in a similar situation and there is no so-called discrimination, Tai Lihua quickly integrated into this big group. She actively participates in the activities carried out by the school, and although she is deaf and mute, she must prove that she is equally good, no worse than the normal children.
Opportunities are always given to those who are prepared. During a cultural performance, Tai Lihua's outstanding performance and appeal touched the audience and the teachers of the China Disabled People's Art Troupe. The teacher felt that she was a malleable talent, and included her in the art troupe to focus on training. You know, if a deaf-mute person does not have a heartfelt love for dance, it is impossible to dance beautifully without music.
Tai Lihua performs "Spirit of the Sparrow"
Interest is the best teacher, and Tai Lihua is not only interested, she also has the talent to learn dance and the firm determination to pay for it. In the Disabled Art Troupe, her debut program is Yang Liping's "Spirit of the Sparrow".
The dance lasts nearly 8 minutes and consists of more than 700 beats. It is one of the famous works of Teacher Yang Liping, which is very difficult, because this dance has high requirements for the expressiveness of the body. It does not have a completely fixed movement, relying more on the body's understanding of the harmonious coexistence of nature and animals, and interpreting it well with its own body.
Tai Lihua's debut is very successful, she has not undergone very professional training, but she has shown the charm of "Spirit of the Sparrow" very well. On the stage, she is like an elf who does not eat human fireworks, which makes the audience applaud.
Tai Lihua performs "Spirit of the Sparrow"
No one can succeed casually, and Tai Lihua's success is inseparable from perseverance and hard training. Her knees were purple and swollen, and she didn't cry out in pain, and she didn't cry out for sweat soaking layer after layer of clothes, so she only got the wonderful 8 minutes on the stage.
In 1992, she was in her second year at the Wuhan School for the Deaf and Dumb. Tai Lihua walked out of the country with her wonderful performance and began to walk to the world stage. When she stood on the stage of the Teatro Alla la Scala in Italy, her heart was extremely excited. Although fate played a big joke with her, she did not give in, and she preferred to take the most difficult but brilliant road.
Meet love
After graduating from Wuhan Deaf and Dumb Middle School, Tai Lihua was admitted to the Hubei Academy of Fine Arts, also located in Wuhan, and officially entered a colorful university life. The years of youth are all beautiful, not only because this is the richest years in life, but also because it is the fertile soil for the budding of beautiful love.
Tai Lihua and her husband Li Chun
During her green years in college, Tai Lihua met the other half of her life. In 1995, on a drizzling afternoon, Tai Lihua came to her aunt's house in Wuhan. But it happened that my aunt was not at home, and I heard her knock on the door and poked a head out of the house next door to my aunt, which was a young lad.
He saw Tai Lihua, a thin little girl holding a large suitcase, and kindly asked her if she wanted to help. Tai Lihua explained her intentions to him with a pen and paper, and then the young man warmly invited her to sit at home and wait for her aunt to return. In the conversation between you and me, the two gradually became secretly in love. This young man's name was Li Chun, and he later became Tai Lihua's husband.
Li Chun fell in love with this beautiful and elegant girl at first sight, and he naturally ignored her identity as a deaf and mute. In the eyes of a lover, it will really magnify all the advantages and narrow down all the disadvantages. Li Chun took the initiative to ask Tai Lihua for contact information, and the two officially became friends.
Tai Lihua and her husband were interviewed
Soon, Li Chun showed his affection to Tai Lihua and told her: "Lihua, do you know? The first time I saw you, I fell in love with you. Unexpectedly, Tai Lihua also expressed the same idea to him.
Mutual admiration for love is the most perfect. The two soon fell in love, and every day was as sweet as drinking honey. At first, Li Chun's parents were opposed to the two being together. Because they could not accept that their daughter-in-law was a deaf and mute person, but every time they saw the tenderness and stubbornness in their eyes when they saw their son mention Tai Lihua, they finally chose to support their son.
Because Tai Lihua often had to go out to participate in various performances, they often wrote letters to each other to express their heartfelt feelings. Seven years of love and long-distance running, in the eyes of others is a long time, but in their eyes is a time flies. In 2003, the two finally cultivated and successfully entered the palace of marriage.
Tai Lihua and her husband are married
At this time, Tai Lihua was already the main actor of the art troupe, and her future was immeasurable. Li Chun is an ordinary science and engineering man who graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and their combination is the spark collision of sensibility and reason. But because of the complementarity of personalities, the two are more affectionate than Jin Jian after marriage.
In fact, beautiful and moving like Tai Lihua, her identity as a deaf and mute person has never affected the crazy pursuit of her by the opposite sex. As early as the age of Tai Lihua was 16 years old, there was a wealthy Malaysian businessman who liked Tai Lihua very much and launched a clear pursuit of her for 8 years.
This sincerity can be seen, but Tai Lihua has never been moved, although the other party's family is rich and has assets of tens of billions, but she has never wavered. Because in her emotional world, money is never the most important thing.
Tai Lihua
"Thousand Hands Kannon" became famous in a dance
After Tai Lihua got married, the rich merchant gave up completely, but the more a woman like Tai Lihua did not love vanity, the more he felt particularly intimidated. Tai Lihua had a son after marriage, and the child was smart, cute and healthy.
2022 is her 19th year of marriage, her relationship with her husband Li Chun has always been very good, although Tai Lihua mostly communicates with Li Chun in sign language, but Li Chun understands Tai Lihua's inner world very well. In life, she also takes good care of Tai Lihua. Their love has always remained the same as it was.
Emotional consummation has made Tai Lihua's career prosperous. At the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, "Thousand Hands Guanyin" led by Tai Lihua presented a unique performance to the audience, which amazed the Chinese people and attracted the attention of the world.
A Thousand Hands Kannon
At the end of 2005, this program was directly shortlisted for the Spring Festival Gala and became the Spring Festival Gala King Bomb Program. After the broadcast, the people of the whole country remembered Tai Lihua and remembered that this wonderful performance was performed by a group of deaf and mute artists.
The Disabled People's Art Troupe has made Tai Lihua, and Tai Lihua has also made the Disabled People's Art Troupe.
In 2005, Tai Lihua was named "Influential China Person of the Year". In 2007, Tai Lihua initiated the establishment of a charitable fund to use part of the income from the art troupe to do some charity within her ability, and her proposal was supported by the troupe.
In the same year, the "My Dream Harmony Fund" was established, which aims to "help more people with disabilities realize their dreams". The foundation donated 100,000 yuan in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake alone.
Tai Lihua at the scene of the press conference on the art of disabled people in China
Perhaps in the eyes of many people, this 100,000 yuan is only a dime, but for Tai Lihua and her disabled people, it is already very difficult. Because if people with disabilities want to succeed in a certain field, they must pay a price that ordinary people cannot afford. The cost is not only physical, but psychological.
In 2009, Tai Lihua was unanimously praised by all walks of life for her exemplary role in her career and political awareness, and she was selected as a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference to speak out for hundreds of millions of disabled people in China.
Tai Lihua
epilogue
Today's Tai Lihua has been trained to synchronize sign language and spoken language, although her pronunciation is still a bit stiff, but it is basically able to communicate with people without obstacles. All the aura and achievements have never been a reason for her to stop learning, although she is in the silent world, but never flinching and stagnating, she has always been determined to bravely move forward on her own path.
Tai Lihua, who has retreated behind the scenes, has rarely appeared on the stage now, but she is cultivating a group of outstanding students to lead them to pursue their dreams. Because she has already proved with practical actions: fate is in her own hands, as long as you make efforts, you will definitely be able to achieve the goal of life.