"The Liuyang River has bent over several bends and tens of miles of waterways to the Xiang River..."
In 1987, how many people met Zhang Ye, the "folk song diva" who sang sweetly through this song "Liuyang River"?
In one fell swoop, the world knows that the 19-year-old girl has since become a "nail household" in the Spring Festival Gala.
When her career was in full swing, everyone thought she would seize the opportunity to soar, but Zhang Ye suddenly disappeared for 5 years. Where did she go?
54 years old, 27 times on the Spring Festival Gala.
The glamorous singers on the stage will also weep behind the neon, do filial piety for their seriously ill father, and provoke the old age of their thin mother, while they are always single.
What kind of bitterness is there in those little-known stories? Do you know that Zhang is also the same as what I said?
He has learned a lot since he was a child and has high ambitions in his life
Born in Changsha in 1968, Zhang Ye had a father who worked as a drama writer at the Changsha Song and Dance Theater and a mother who worked as an actor at the Provincial Flower Drum Theater.
There is also a group of uncles and aunts in the drama compound who are all linked to acting work.
Music, music and dance, the little girl has not yet opened her eyes, she wanders in the atmosphere of art.
Slender eyebrows, big eyes, round face and sweet mouth, Xiao Zhang is also loved in the compound.
Today I will learn the opera body method by Aunt Zhang's side, and tomorrow I will watch the piano at Grandpa Zhou's feet.
The day after tomorrow, "Mother Li" did not want to lose her hand, and took her daughter to sing folk songs.
This "Mother Li" is not an ordinary person, she only used one song, she occupied the end song of the Spring Festival Gala stage for 35 years, that is, the lead singer of "Unforgettable Tonight", Teacher Li Guyi.
From here, Zhang Ye's starting point can not be said to be high.
Zhang also with Li Guyi
So such a girl who was born "surrounded by stars", is her artistic path smooth?
The answer is: almost dying!
The teacher of the kindergarten primary school taught singing, only once, and Zhang, who could not remember the words, could hum all the tones.
This surprised the teacher, and after repeated tests, he called the Zhang family's father.
"You don't know this sister of your family, the Children's Palace can't go, dig it up, good seedling grin!"
His daughter has some achievements, and now she has been affirmed, and the pride and fluttering in her heart have made Zhang Xingmin grin all the way to home.
He smiled and consulted with his wife: "Children's Palace, how about sending my sister there?" ”
Unexpectedly, my wife objected: "You know that artistic performance is quite hard to learn, so wait a minute!" ”
Considering his wife's words, Zhang Father saw his daughter's big eyes full of curiosity and interest in a blink of an eye.
"Why don't you give it a try?"
Zhang also became a role model and pacesetter in the Juvenile Palace in "Try It Out".
The demonstrator in the classroom, the small leader during the performance, don't look at the girl is still young, at the age of 5, he played the "Little Changbao" in "Wise Tiger Mountain" on the official stage.
Song and dance opera and recitation, all those who Zhang also had contact with, were praised by the teacher.
But it may also be that all aspects are too excellent, and Zhang Ye's acting road almost died again!
What's going on?
In 1982, the 14-year-old girl graduated from junior high school. Out of a playful mindset, she took the art school admissions exam.
Unexpectedly, "one careless" got the notice of Hunan Provincial Art School.
At the same time, another notice also flew into the Zhangjiamen -
It was the acceptance letter of Changjun Middle School, a key high school in Hunan, where Zhang Ye's grandfather taught.
It turned out that while cultivating literary and artistic cells, Zhang also always ranked among the top in the school's culture class.
So the question is – where do you want your daughter to go to school?
A few days later, grandpa Zhang's grandfather, who got the news, came looking for him.
He told his daughter and son-in-law that going to a major university was the best choice.
The older generations in the 1940s and 1950s still have the mentality of "everything is inferior, but the reading is high".
They firmly believe that "young people must study diligently, and articles can stand up", and what firmly believes them is nothing more than the sentence "Zhu Zigui of the Manchu Dynasty is full of readers".
Don't look at the Zhang family can be called the home of art, but the importance of learning and the high status of society are still rooted in the "right way" in the heart.
In particular, Zhang Mu, she was very convinced of her father's words and wanted her daughter to settle down through the article.
What did that zhang think?
"I'm going to art school!" The girl's face was full of stubbornness.
Luckily for many people, Zhang also had a clear understanding of her future at the age of 14, and she wanted to sing.
The blood and self-confidence of young people are sometimes as moving as the most brilliant burning clouds in the sky.
The father, who was deeply embarrassed, looked at his daughter's persistence and laughed out loud. He began to convince his wife.
"You know, you have to do what you're interested in to get many times more happiness." Our little sister is very domineering, you have to have confidence in her! ”
"Are you afraid she won't learn well?" Don't you still have us old people, why don't you teach a doll? ”
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I don't know which sentence touched the mother of the Zhang family, zhang also opened a new world in the opera class of the Flower Drum Section of the Hunan Provincial Art School.
Teenagers are full of energy and fierce
On the road of learning, Zhang has not slackened at all, from vocal belts to singing methods, from movements to forms, she is strict with herself.
In 1986, Zhang, who had just celebrated his 17th birthday, also sang a song "Small Ferry in the Mountains".
The melodious tone of the yellow warbler renders the sentence "Oh teacher, dear teacher, you are like the ferry in that mountain village..."
This song not only crossed Zhang Ye's voice through the radio, but also brought a famous singer as a teacher for her.
Professor Jin Tielin, who was teaching at the China Conservatory of Music at that time, was a master of the mainland's national music field.
Among his students are Song Zuying, who sings "Love My China", Dong Wenhua in "The Story of Spring", Yan Weiwen in "Little Poplar", and Li Guyi in "Unforgettable Tonight".
Professor Jin personally wrote to zhang's father, hoping that Zhang would also be able to apply for the China Conservatory of Music.
The excitement was beyond words, and for more than a month after that, Zhang also practiced without sleeping.
Without any accident, Zhang not only knocked on the door of the university with excellent cultural achievements, but also loaded the "Washing Hearts" sung when participating in the art examination into the college's national vocal music professional textbooks.
With the guidance of famous teachers, Zhang also naturally progressed rapidly.
In the same year, she broke into the second Youth Song Competition and won the 11th place, and the following year she became completely famous.
In 1987, this Hunan girl sang her hometown song "Liuyang River" on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala stage.
In the 1988 singing green song competition, Zhang also held the honor of the bronze medal of the professional group national singing, but he did not know that his father, who was far away from home, had been plagued by the disease for two years.
Moving between major hospitals in Hunan, Zhang Xingmin's illness has not been diagnosed.
But this cannot be known to his daughter who is far away in Beijing, because his little daughter is now the moment when the stars shine.
In 1989, Zhang Ye appeared on the stage for the second time at the Spring Festival Gala, and a song "Picking Betel Nuts" sang the north and south of the river, which also sent Zhang Ye out of the country.
In Moscow, Zhang also sang "Hello Motherland"!
But in the next few years, this red "yellow warbler bird" disappeared and disappeared. The Spring Festival Gala did not have her figure, and people began to speculate, Zhang Ye, where she went...
Whoever fights for years wins the sideburns
Growing up in the palm of his hand by his parents, Zhang also had deep feelings for his parents.
The road to study is long, but the family letter is passed back and forth in the hands of the postman.
But if the family only reports good news and not worries, how can the wanderer who is far away from home find out in time?
After graduating from the China Conservatory of Music in 1991, Zhang also began pursuing a master's degree.
Not long after the uncle brought a message, the girl who hit was simply caught off guard ——
"Your father is so emaciated that he has been urinating and bleeding for a long time, and his body is in pain... He is afraid of affecting your studies and future... I think you should know that you are the one who can persuade him to check it out..."
Uncle Da paused to finish his words, a sad look, did not give Zhang Ye any chance to deceive himself, she could not even murmur a word of "how is it possible", just tears.
My heart was in turmoil, and I didn't have much of a mind to think about my studies and the future. She sat on the train in silent tears all the way, and she could not stop in the side eyes of countless people.
Until standing in front of the house, my father was still hiding.
"I'm really fine, it's just a small illness and a small disaster, you go back to Beijing quickly, we are still waiting for you to have another Spring Festival Gala!"
Her father's good intentions were also understood, but she was unwilling to obey.
"The future is mine, then it can't run, now I just want you to be good, no one can stop it."
Such a tough daughter made the Zhang family's mother cry with sorrow and joy, and Zhang Xingmin smiled comfortingly.
When he came to the hospital again, the doctor said that he could only alleviate the patient's pain as much as possible.
He accompanied his mother to take care of his father for a while, until his spirit improved, and Zhang rushed back to Beijing to complete his studies.
But during those years, she suspended almost all of her extracurricular performances and activities. As long as there is time, I will return to Changsha.
Stay more on long holidays, stay less on short vacations, complete the coursework in advance when there is no leave, and ask the teacher to approve the leave and go home for a short stay.
Perhaps with the company of the child, the body of the father of the Zhang family has improved greatly.
When people saw Zhang Ye again, the time had come to 1994. The 26-year-old girl took "Listen to the Spring Breeze" to the Spring Festival Gala again, and sang "All the Best" solo the following year.
In the new year, I wished the people of the whole country all the best, but Zhang Also failed to get his own wishes in 1995.
The father's body was in crisis again.
The first time to contact the hospital in Beijing, after which he urged his father to go to Beijing for examination over and over again.
But every time the phone was the mother's voice. She was torn apart and made all kinds of excuses.
It is not easy for the singer to get red, we will delay her as soon as we go, don't cause trouble for the child, listen to me! ”
The husband's stubbornness, the daughter's voice urging, Zhang Mu was caught in the middle of the dilemma, but also vaguely agreed with her husband's decision.
Zhang, who was in a hurry, did not want to delay.
In 1996, just after performing abroad, she directly issued an ultimatum to her parents.
"I've already booked my tickets, and if I don't come again, I'll go back right away!"
Afraid that the child did not want a future, Zhang Xingmin dragged the sick body and set off with his wife. The day after arriving in Beijing, he was admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Beijing Medical University.
In a state of trepidation, the final diagnosis is obtained - malignant bladder tumor in the middle and advanced stages.
In the hospital corridor that day, there were two women, one old and one young, curled up in the hospital corridor, and their suppressed cries were endless for a long time, and people did not dare to come forward to comfort them.
Decorating his father's hospital room with flowers every day, Zhang also seems to have nothing to do. Although his face was not visible, he turned his head and set a date with the doctor for his father's operation.
Fortunately, the 3-hour surgery was successfully completed a few days later, which was a relief.
And that year's Spring Festival, the Zhang family's father asked everyone in the ward: "Did you see the Spring Festival Gala?" The girl who sang "This Is a Beautiful Motherland" is called Zhang Ye, and it is my daughter..."
He did not return to his knees, and hated the heavens and the heavens for not taking a year off
It may be that he saw where his daughter lives now, or it may be that he was sure that his daughter would have a good future, and Zhang's father's mood began to improve after the illness.
After his initial recovery, Zhang also placed his parents in Beijing.
Carefully compare the ease of use of each appliance, considering the distance of the room to the distance from the toilet. Zhang also wants to give her parents the best and warmest home.
In this house, Zhang also used 9999 red roses to accompany his father to his 59th birthday.
Because their jobs in Changsha have not yet quit, the Parents of the Zhang family want to return to Changsha to live.
Zhang also dragged them out for more than two months.
During this time, Zhang also traveled back and forth to Changsha many times, and personally arranged the hut that brought him full of happy memories, just to make his parents live more comfortably.
Unfortunately, after the Spring Festival in 1999, Zhang Xingmin's body completely collapsed. At the same time that the cancer spread, he was also diagnosed with primary rectal cancer.
Double cancer rose at the same time, and Zhang Ye's sky collapsed.
I cried all night and couldn't help myself, and the next day I had to endure my emotions and comfort my father with laughter.
The doctor's "please be mentally prepared" is the sharpest sword, piercing Zhang Ye and his mother's heart.
"We're not cured, just take medicine, the rest of the time, how happy and how to live, okay?"
Looking at her mother, who was old in front of her, Zhang also knew that this woman who loved herself like a father was protecting her husband's last decency.
Rejected all commercial performances, politely refused large-scale performances, except for the Spring Festival Gala, Zhang did not consider anything.
Carrying all the funds saved over the years, she took her parents to visit relatives and friends and traveled everywhere.
Under the towers of Guangzhou, in the night view of Zhuhai, in the sea breeze of Sanya, the family who are circulating with affection enjoy the splendor at the end of their lives.
On November 20, 2001, in the teardrops and voices of his daughter, the father of the Zhang family quietly closed his eyes.
In the "Xiaoxiang Cemetery" on the banks of the Xiang River, every year after that, Zhang Ye would come to send flowers, and on the inscription written by her, her father's smile was still clear...
There is a lot of light in front of people, and there is heartbreak after people
After bidding farewell to his father, Zhang and his mother could not get out of their grief for a long time.
It wasn't until her mother began to have a mental trance and a bad mood that Zhang also woke up.
It turned out that my mother was also old, and now I am the pillar of my family.
Instead of letting her mother return to Changsha, Zhang also let her mother participate in her career, taking her to meet her friends and eat her favorite snacks...
To say that at this time, this successful woman who has a successful career is most worried about the old mother, which is nothing more than marriage.
But as long as he asked this question, Zhang Ye was very helpless.
She said she never rejected marriage, but she also wanted to find the person who was related. Marriage shouldn't be a task, she wants to be satisfied.
Perhaps also hearing the "wind from the outside world", Lu Jihong, who went out with Zhang Yeshi and partnered many times on spring evenings, appeared in his mother's mouth.
Without saying that before, looking at recent years, from "Looking at the Mountains and Looking at the Water to See China" in 2017, to the "Mountains laughing and the water laughing and laughing" in 2018, the "Happy China Walking Together" in 2019, and then looking at "Our Times" on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve in 2022.
Zhang also appeared on stage 27 times at the Spring Festival Gala, 7 of which were partnered with Lu Jihong. The two are a perfect match from any point of view, and they have always been single.
Not only does the Zhang family's mother have the idea of promoting a pair, but even many enthusiastic netizens have left messages, hoping to see two singers working with happiness in their lifetime. But the two parties seemed not to call.
Zhang is now 54 years old, and the years have washed her watery eyes brighter and made her shoulders more responsible.
So that the mother's old age is not filled with loneliness, Zhang also silently practices the word filial piety to the end.
Zhang Ye's singing in the Spring Festival Gala is always permeated with peace and stability, which can make people feel the strength of the country and the happiness of the people.
Have you ever heard her soulfully sing "Father"?
"In the dead of night, when you always miss you the most, close your eyes, and the past comes to mind, your kind gaze is a warm current of love..."