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Yang Ming is a well-known heavyweight composer, who has created songs such as "I Love the Blue Sky of the Motherland", "Red Meizan", "Embroidered Red Flag", "Brother Bing", "Tanggula", "Serving the People", "Retribution" and other songs, which have influenced generations of people.
Among them, "I Love the Blue Sky of the Motherland" and "Red Mezan" were selected as "100 Excellent Songs Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China".
Yang Ming and his wife Wang Yingzhi are the first love, and in the ups and downs of their married life, the couple lives and dies together, and they do not abandon each other...
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Yang Ming (formerly known as Yang Ming) was born in 1934 in Changdao County, Shandong Province. Due to his family's poverty, Yang Ming's father took his family to the Guandong when he was 7 years old and lived in Kuandian County, Liaoning Province.
After graduating from elementary school, Yang Ming signed up for the army. At that time, Yang Ming was only 13 years old, and he was worried that his age would not be accepted by the army, so he lied that he was 15 years old.
The comrade in charge of recruiting troops in the army saw that Yang Ming was clever and cute, so he recruited him to the Andong Military Region Cultural and Labor Corps.
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Yang Ming was talented and musically talented, and in the literary troupe he played the violin and played the flute, and also learned to compose music with the teachers of the army.
In 1949, Yang Ming created the song "Celebrating the New Year", and as a result, this song was published in the 12th issue of the "Army Literature and Art" magazine, causing quite a stir in the unit.
In 1950, Yang Ming was transferred to the Northeast Air Force Political Department As a composer, and was later admitted to the Northeast Music College (the predecessor of the Shenyang Conservatory of Music).
Teachers such as Li Haofu and Huo Cunhui greatly appreciated Yang Ming, and under their guidance, Yang Ming's composition level was greatly improved. After graduating from university, Yang Ming entered the Air Politics Cultural and Labor Corps in Beijing.
As early as 1956, the 22-year-old Yang Ming got married. His wife, Wang Yingzhi, is 1 year younger than Yang Ming and works in the Northeast Air Force Cultural and Labor Corps. Wang Yingzhi is a soloist, tall and tall, with big eyes like clear lake water.
Yang Ming and Wang Yingzhi once accompanied the troops to perform on the front line of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. In 1953, the two formally established a relationship.
Yang Ming and his wife Wang Yingzhi
Wang Yingzhi loves Yang Ming very much, and often praises in his heart: what a good young man, handsome and talented.
After marriage, Yang Ming went to the Northeast College of Music for further study, and the husband and wife lived separately. After Yang Ming was transferred to beijing's air politics cultural and industrial troupe, Wang Yingzhi also followed him into Beijing.
Wang Yingzhi grew up as a soldier and could not cook, after the birth of his son, Yang Ming contracted household chores such as cooking.
In 1962, Yang Ming was given the task of composing music for the opera "Sister Jiang". He went to Sichuan with Jiang Chunyang and Jinsha to collect wind, visited Jiang Jie's old comrades-in-arms, and studied Sichuan opera and Yangqin at the same time.
After returning to Beijing for 3 months, Yang Ming completed the task of composing music, but the leader was not satisfied, so Yang Ming and others went to Sichuan again to collect wind.
Passing by an important local power station, the security services thought they were saboteurs and arrested them. Later, by identifying with the Air Politics Cultural and Labor Corps, the security department apologized to Yang Ming and others.
After returning to Beijing, Yang Ming re-created the opera "Sister Jiang". He sleeps all night and often works more than 20 hours. He wrote and changed, changed and wrote, and the scrapped manuscript was thrown all over the place.
In search of inspiration, Yang Ming smoked one cigarette after another, and the smoke at home made his son cry.
Whenever this happened, Wang Yingzhi would take his son to the courtyard. In the past, the family was full of sheep singing cooking, and now he creates all night long, Wang Yingzhi is a leader inside and out, she buys vegetables, picks up and drops off her son, and cooks at home.
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In 1964, after more than two years of creation, the opera "Sister Jiang" was born. Only the song "Red Mezan", Yang Ming changed more than 20 times.
Stills from the opera "Red Mezan Embroidered Red Flag"
In 1964, the opera "Sister Jiang" was performed nationwide, causing a huge sensation. Among them, songs such as "Red Meizan" and "Embroidered Red Flag" quickly became popular all over the country.
However, because the mental work intensity is too large, Yang Ming fell ill after the performance of "Sister Jiang". He had a strange disease, and when he heard the voice, his heart panicked. His wife was cooking at home, and he couldn't stand the sound of pots and pans colliding.
As soon as he got home, he closed all the windows. Moreover, Yang Ming's blood pressure has increased, his hands are trembling, and he has to rely on sleeping pills to fall asleep at night.
Wang Yingzhi took her husband to the hospital, and Yang Ming was diagnosed with a serious neurological disorder. He cried and said to his wife: I am finished, my brain is all messed up, I can't read books, and I can't write songs in the future.
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Wang Yingzhi endured heartache and comforted her husband: Who doesn't get sick? You're still so young, the treatment will be fine for a while.
Yang Ming couldn't sleep all night, and Wang Yingzhi accompanied him in the ward. One morning, Wang Yingzhi went to work at the unit, and Yang Ming wanted to go to Tiananmen Square for a walk.
On the way back, it suddenly began to rain, and Yang Ming did not bring an umbrella, so he ran all the way to the hospital. This scene was seen by acquaintances, so everyone said: "The sheep are crazy, and a person is running mad in the rain." ”
Wang Yingzhi rushed to the hospital crying, and when she learned the truth of the matter, her heart was solid.
After more than two months of systematic treatment, Yang Ming's body recovered, but also left two major sequelae: one is insomnia, he has to rely on sleeping pills every day to fall asleep; the other is high blood pressure, no matter what antihypertensive drugs he eats, blood pressure cannot be lowered.
But Yang Ming also gained a great benefit, that is, after recovering from the disease, he could not smell the smell of cigarettes and completely quit smoking.
Qin Wantan stills
In the 1960s and 1970s, Yang Ming was one of the most well-known composers. Composed by Yang Ming and lyrics by Yan Su, "I Love the Blue Sky of the Motherland" has also swept the country.
The song was sung by Qin Wantan, who was born in Chongqing in 1931 and was a famous tenor singer in the Air Politics Cultural and Labor Troupe. Later, because of the times, Qin Wantan transferred from the army and entered the Vocal Music Department of Tianjin Conservatory of Music to teach.
In 2007, Qin Wantan died of leukemia at the age of 76.
"I Love the Blue Sky of the Motherland" has been covered by Yan Weiwen, Liu Hegang, Han Hong and many other famous singers, all of which are deeply loved by fans, and now the number of hits on the Internet is still very high.
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In 1965, Yang Ming composed the song "Wind and Cloud Outpost" for the troupe, and went to Tibet three times to collect wind. The first time, because of the sudden rise in blood pressure, he fell into the river and was rescued by his colleagues.
Yang Ming and Yan Su
The second time he went to Tibet, he fainted as soon as he got off the plane, and his nails became purple. After being rescued by medical personnel, Yang Ming turned the crisis into safety.
After returning from Tibet for the third time, Yang Ming's heart aorta became curved and he stayed in the hospital for half a month.
Her husband is using life to create music, Wang Yingzhi is worried about her husband, but she knows that her husband regards music as more important than life, so she never prevents her husband from entering Tibet, and she is silently worried and crying at home.
Yang Ming has been working tirelessly and has created thousands of songs. The long-term high-load creation destroyed Yang Ming's body.
In 1992, Yang Ming suffered from hemobacteriosis again, with a high fever of more than 40 degrees, and no matter what measures the hospital took, it could not help him reduce the fever.
The doctor covered him with 3 quilts, and Yang Ming was still cold and trembling all over his body. The nurse then placed hot water bottles on his hands and stomach. As a result, Yang Ming's stomach was scalded with blisters again.
Song Zuying sang "Brother Soldier" on the Spring Evening of CCTV in 1996
How to burn it like this! At one point, the hospital issued a critical illness notice, and Wang Yingzhi was heartbroken, and she watched all night at her husband's bedside and wept.
On the fourth day, Yang Ming finally had a fever. After more than half a month of treatment, he finally recovered and was discharged from the hospital.
In 1994, when Yang Ming was facing retirement, he ushered in a second creative peak. In 1995, Yang Ming composed the song "Brother Bing".
His son was an editor at a music newspaper in Beijing, and after Yang Ming recorded a sample, he asked his son to listen to a colleague and let the other party guess the age of the composer.
Everyone said that the composer would not be more than 30 years old, and yang mingled like an old naughty boy.
Yang Ming and singer Tan Jing
In 1996, "Brother Bing" was sung by Song Zuying at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and quickly became popular. Immediately after, Yang Ming created "Tanggula", "Retribution", "Serving the People" and other golden songs.
Among them, Tan Jing won the silver medal of the International Pop Music Competition for singing "Tanggula".
Yang Ming has experienced too many ups and downs and setbacks along the way, and his wife Wang Yingzhi has never abandoned it, accompanied by his wind and rain.
In 1999, Wang Yingzhi was diagnosed with a thyroid tumor. Yang Ming took his wife to the hospital, there was no bed in the Union Hospital, and Yang Ming took his wife to the cancer hospital.
The cancer hospital also has only one single room, but it costs 400 yuan per day. Wang Yingzhi felt that it was too expensive and reluctant to do so. Yang Ming said: What is more important than life?
After the doctor made a pathological slice for Wang Yingzhi, he found that the tumor had the possibility of malignancy, but it had not yet developed into cancer.
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At that moment, the sheep cried. After Wang Yingzhi underwent the resection of the lesion, Yang Ming took care of his wife in the hospital. He said: You have done so many things for me for decades, now let me do something for you.
Her husband's words made Wang Yingzhi's heart warm. After a period of treatment, Wang Yingzhi was discharged from the hospital and returned home.
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In 2000, Yang Ming was 66 years old, and Wang Yingzhi was also 65 years old. Both of them have suffered from serious illnesses and are somewhat weak, and they regard fitness rehabilitation as a major event in retirement.
Every morning and evening, they go for a walk in the park near their home. The old two people who go up and down the stairs do not take the elevator, and dozens of steps climb back and forth.
Wang Yingzhi collected a lot of health care knowledge, and foods that can easily lead to high blood pressure are not tasted. Usually, the old couple cooks at home, mainly light food.
Yang Ming and his wife Wang Yingzhi
When their son's family came, they changed the recipe and made a dish that their son and daughter-in-law loved to eat.
Yang Ming also stopped staying up late to create, resumed normal work and rest time, and the lives of the old two were finally synchronized.
Although Yang Ming is a famous composer, the economic conditions are very ordinary, and they live the most ordinary people's lives.
When he was young, because he was busy with work, Yang Ming never accompanied his wife on a trip. After reaching old age, Yang Ming accompanied his wife to walk around at home and abroad.
Yang Ming has a particularly young mentality and likes to make friends with young people, and he invites young people to his home from time to time. Yang Ming chatted with them about music and songs, and Wang Zhiying did logistical support for them.
In 2010, Yang Ming and his wife went to the hospital for medical examination, and his "three highs" disappeared. Wang Yingzhi's various health indicators are also normal.
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The doctor said to them enviously: You old comrades will really take care of them. Yang Ming and his wife were full of happiness in their hearts.
Sometimes Yang Ming took his wife to a friend party, and many people saw That Wang Yingzhi looking young, thinking that Yang Ming remarried after divorce.
Once, Yang Ming and his wife went to the group to participate in an activity, and the singer Lin Ping saw them and quietly asked Yang Ming: "Teacher Yang, is your aunt your original match?" The sheep smiled and said, "Yes, we have been married for decades."
Lin Ping said: Why is auntie so young? Yang Ming replied humorously: She probably ate preservatives.
After many couples retire, because they are together every day, there are more contradictions. Some two look bored, often quarrel, and their feelings are getting weaker and weaker.
Some couples retire and divorce because of too many contradictions. And Yang Ming and his wife are not tired of staying together every day, and there are always endless words.
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After decades of marriage, they have become an inseparable whole, one look at each other, one gesture, the other person can understand the intention.
In 2019, Yang Ming's "I Love the Blue Sky of the Motherland" and "Red Meizan" were selected as "100 Excellent Songs Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China", which is the biggest affirmation of Yang Ming.
In 2022, Yang Ming and Wang Yingzhi have been married for 66 years, and the old couple has gone through a silver wedding, a gold wedding, and a diamond wedding, and is about to usher in a platinum wedding.
Wind and rain and a total of 66 years, can still be gracious love and love to hold hands until now, which is rare in the music world. But Yang Ming and Wang Yingzhi did it.
"Taste celebrity" comments: When he was young, Yang Ming was tall and handsome, and as a talented composer, he often wrote songs for beautiful female singers and faced many temptations.
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However, Yang Ming was unswerving in his love for his wife, and there was never a scandal. Someone once said to Yang Ming: You are so talented, do you regret finding only one wife in your life?
Yang Ming replied seriously: Marriage is a very serious matter, and it is not allowed to be sloppy. The wife is still the original good match, I am very satisfied with life, for marriage!
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