"As long as you keep drinking this holy water, within a few months, your cancer will be cured." On 30 September 2000, the Shangqiu City Intermediate People's Court sentenced Hu Wanlin, a "divine doctor," to 15 years' imprisonment, deprivation of political rights for five years, and a fine of 150,000 yuan for "illegally practicing medicine."
"Tao Jin, you can be blind now." In the hearing seat, the famous actor Zhao Liping held a photo of her husband Tao Jin and shed tears of sadness.
Tao Jin, the "breakdance prince" who swept the north and south of the country in the 80s of the last century, his vigorous dance style created a precedent in the domestic dance industry at that time, became the first generation of "top" idols, and appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala three times in a row.
However, it was this famous dancer known as China's "Michael Jackson" who died young at the age of 35 because he listened to the ghost stories of the "divine doctor" Hu Wanlin?
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Tao Jin was born in Nanjing in 1961, he suffered from a strange disease when he was young, the symptom was sternum lordosis, also known as "chicken breast disease", this disease is not life-threatening, but due to long-term bone distortion, it will have an impact on heart and lung functions when he grows up.
Others said that dancing could correct chicken breasts, so Tao Jin began his dance journey under the supervision of his parents. Later, the more he danced, the more he liked it, and then he wanted to make dance his life's career.
After the resumption of the college entrance examination in 1977, Tao Jin worked hard to prepare, hoping to be admitted to the university and continue to dance in the university, but it backfired, although the test score was good, but because of the political review reasons could not pass, the dream of entering the university was aborted.
However, the turnaround came 3 years later. In 1980, Peking University enrolled dance undergraduates for the first time, and this news once again kindled Tao Jin's hope that if he could be admitted, he would be able to study both university and dance.
Therefore, Tao Jin excitedly decided to go to Beijing for an interview alone, which was a decision that completely changed Tao Jin's fate.
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Although Tao Jin was eager to apply for the Peking University Dance Academy, before he participated in the preliminary round, he was poured cold water.
Because he was not from a professional class and had not practiced in any dance troupe, the teacher of the first exam directly threw Tao Jin out of the examination room, and did not even give him the qualification for the exam.
Tao Jin had to stand outside the examination room with his head down. At this time, a chief examiner happened to pass by, he saw that Tao Jin was in good shape, and there was a heroic spirit between his eyebrows, and he was a good seedling for dancing, so he stepped forward to ask Tao Jin why he had not entered the examination room.
After listening to Tao Jin's narration, the examiner of Xicai made a decision: make an exception to let Tao Jin go in and try a few tricks.
Faced with the sudden opportunity, Tao Jin was excited, but because of the excitement and nervousness, he did not contain the force, and he tore his pants when splitting, causing other candidates to laugh.
However, the examiners saw that Tao Jin did have certain skills and worked so hard, so they unanimously agreed that he would participate in the re-examination.
However, when he retook the test, Tao Jin made a mistake again, looking at the other students wearing professional clothes and dancing shoes, and then looking at himself, he was dressed in casual sportswear, and it was a little broken, and he suddenly had no bottom in his heart.
But since he came, he couldn't let people look flat, so he showed a unique skill on stage: three and a half turns in the air, which stunned the teachers and students present.
It is already very good that a normal dancer can complete two and a half turns of a flip, and Tao Jin fought his old life this time, he completed three and a half weeks, surprised everyone, and also gave himself a chance.
After entering the dance academy, the talented and diligent Tao Jin quickly became famous, and often girls went to the dance studio to watch Tao Jin dance, but Tao Jin never paid attention to them.
Until he met Zhao Liping, an excellent student of the dance department, at the New Year's Day ball, Tao Jin's heart was moved.
Zhao Liping is a Suzhou girl who loved dancing when she was a child, and was admitted to the Central Dance Academy at the age of 11 and became the backbone of the troupe. She often said that dancing made her forget all her worries.
Later, when Zhao Liping learned that Peking University Dance Academy was enrolled, she decided to go there to continue her studies, and it was here that she met the love of her life, her future husband, Tao Jin.
After the New Year's Day party, Tao Jin launched a fierce pursuit of Zhao Liping. He will take advantage of Zhao Liping's dance practice to rehearse with Zhao Liping on the grounds of borrowing a tape recorder; On the way to the boiler room to receive water, Zhao Liping will "bump into" Tao Jin, who comes to collect water with her; On the way back to the dormitory, Zhao Liping will also meet Tao Jin along the way...
In this way, they slowly became acquainted and often met to practice dance. As the interaction increased, the two excellent dancers appreciated and attached to each other, and finally came together.
The love of that era, there was no vigorous sea vow, no hot hugs and kisses, even holding hands was too shy to do, but they still loved sincerely and passionately.
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After graduation, Tao Jin was assigned to teach in the dance department of the PLA Academy of Arts, while Zhao Liping went to the prestigious Oriental Song and Dance Troupe.
Not long after working, they got married, and for them, marriage is not the grave of love, but the sublimation of love.
Although they are also like all couples, they will quarrel with each other, but Tao Jin's temper is good, everything is not true, whenever Zhao Liping is angry, Tao Jin will always find a way to make fun of her, and after a while, the two are tired of being crooked together, and their feelings do not decrease but increase.
In the show business and song and dance world, the two couples are well-known fairy couples, often compete with each other, and also participated in "Alam Khan", "Chaplin", "Love Flying" and many other famous plays, in 1989, the two won the highest award from the Royal American Dancers Association, envious of others.
Tao Jin likes photography very much, as long as his wife Zhao Liping is there, Tao Jin's camera is always facing his wife, and in his camera, his wife is always the lively and smiling look.
The two thought that they would join hands for a lifetime like this, but the world was unpredictable, and a bad news suddenly appeared.
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In 1988, Tao Jin was once known as "China's Michael Jackson" because of the movie "Rock Youth", and the next year he appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, with a song and dance of "Let's Dance Together", his unique dance steps left a deep impression on the national audience.
At that time, Tao Jin's business was booming, and in just a few years, he became a proper "top stream", and various job invitations were held one after another, often performing and working in various places, and even having little time to rest, so his body also had abnormal conditions.
In 1996, Tao Jin always felt some gastrointestinal discomfort after meals, he thought it was gastroenteritis, and did not pay too much attention to it. It wasn't until he had severe vomiting and severe pain that he went for a comprehensive examination and was diagnosed with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
When the diagnosis first came out, Zhao Liping did not dare to tell Tao Jin, who was looking forward to bringing breakdancing to all of China, and she really couldn't bear to break his dream.
Therefore, while taking careful care of Tao Jin, she actively looked for a way to treat, and pushed off all of Tao Jin's work schedule on the grounds of cultivating her body.
However, how can people who really love each other hide from each other, looking at Zhao Liping's often red eyes, trying to endure in front of him, Tao Jin also guessed in his heart, but he did not show it.
During this period of recuperation, Tao Jin would go to the theater and sit offstage to take stills of Zhao Liping.
It can be seen that he still yearns for the stage, and he can't let go of the dance he has loved for most of his life. Many fans also wrote to ask why they hadn't seen the "breakdancing prince" perform for a long time.
In order to help Tao Jin but wish, Zhao Liping accompanied Tao Jin to participate in the last stage play, on the stage, Tao Jin dragged his weak body and swung and jumped hard, like a free and light bird.
However, what the audience does not know is that Tao Jin's condition is already very serious at this time, and he is overdrawing his life.
After the concert, Tao Jin's condition worsened, and they tried surgery, chemotherapy, Chinese medicine, etc., but they did not improve.
By chance, Zhao Liping heard about Hu Wanlin, the "divine doctor" in Xinjiang, and it is said that the person was Hua Tuo who was alive, who had cured many cancer patients, and many people wrote books for him. The desperate Zhao Liping seemed to have caught a life-saving straw and immediately took Tao Jin to Xinjiang to find a "divine doctor" to see a doctor.
However, they did not know that it was precisely because of this decision that Tao Jin's condition deteriorated faster.
It turns out that this so-called "divine doctor" is actually a charlatan, who has read several medical books, accidentally hit and healed several people, and then began to practice medicine and deception, see a doctor without pulse, film, or report, purely by "looking", you can diagnose the disease and prescribe medicine.
Later, because of selling "holy water manganese", many people were arrested and imprisoned, and after being released from prison, he changed cities and continued to return to his old business, swaggering and deceiving him. Tao Jin, who was ill and rushed to the hospital, drank "holy water" from the divine doctor for three months, not only failed to cure the disease, but suffered from it.
The so-called "holy water manganese" is a kind of Chinese medicinal herbs, with anti-inflammatory and moisturizing effects, but the medicine is three points of poison, even normal people will increase the burden of the intestines and liver for a long time, not to mention patients with cancer like Tao Jin, the body is already weak, how to withstand such a burden.
Finally, because of his uncontrollable condition, Tao Jin died 8 months later, and a generation of dance kings ended their lives.
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Zhao Liping once regretted it, thinking that it was her belief in the quack doctor that led to her husband's early death, and she was so grief-stricken that she once wanted to commit suicide and go with her husband.
In order to prevent accidents, Zhao Liping's family and friends stayed by her side day and night, carefully comforting and enlightening her, and finally made Zhao Liping dispel the idea of suicide.
However, Zhao Liping, who lost her beloved, was like having no pillars, like a walking corpse every day, often without thinking about tea and food, crying from late at night to dawn.
Because always in such a state, Zhao Liping's body also had problems, and she was once hospitalized due to stomach bleeding and almost went into shock.
One day, Zhao Liping, who was lying on the hospital bed, suddenly woke up: "I can't go on like this anymore, I want to do something for Tao Jin!" ”
Therefore, Zhao Liping recorded the good memories of herself and her husband in words and wrote the book "Tao Jin - My Love".
As soon as this affectionate masterpiece was published, it was immediately loved by the majority of readers, and Tao Jin's former fans left messages to Zhao Liping, encouraging her to cheer up and start a new life.
The successful publication of the book gave Zhao Liping great encouragement, her state improved, and she gradually began to participate in the creation of some small dance companies.
In 1998, invited by Zhang Yimou, Zhao Liping served as the lead dancer of the large-scale song and dance drama "Turandot", and it was also because of this dance drama that Zhao Liping found her long-lost love, and she became popular because of this.
Later, Zhao Liping was invited to the Spring Festival Gala, and also participated in many regional cultural evenings. She not only has a high level of dance, but also creates her own choreography, so she was invited by CCTV to be the host of the "Dance World" column, completing the transformation from dancer to host.
"She is a famous desperate third lady." People who know Zhao Liping say so. She not only has to dance, host the show, but also participate in the filming of TV series, the high-intensity work makes Zhao Liping very tired, once, after fighting all night, she fell off the stage, everyone advised her to take a break, but Zhao Liping continued to insist on it in a plaster.
She said she wanted to live harder for Tao Jin.
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On 30 September 2000, Hu Wanlin, a "divine doctor," was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment, deprived of political rights for five years, and fined 150,000 yuan for "illegally practicing medicine."
The so-called evil has evil retribution, this person in the name of "divine doctor", scourge others, and the end is deserved.
Seeing that the bad guys were duly punished, Zhao Liping also let go of the knot in her heart and devoted herself to dance, in 2018, Zhao Liping danced a song "Hometown" on the CCTV program, the smart dance steps, just like when she danced with Tao Jin.
She said that this dance is to commemorate her late lover Tao Jin. In her heart, Tao Jin is the "sun" that guides her, whether in the past or now, being able to continue to engage in the career that Tao Jin loves is also a fulfillment in another sense for her.
Resources:
Huayi Publishing House, October 2000 "Tao Jin My Love"
"Lu Yu has an appointment" October 23, 2015 "Dancer Zhao Liping tells "My beloved"
Author: Yu Deidei
Editor: Gangneung