Text: Liang Manyue
Editor: Liang Manyue
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At the Spring Festival Gala in 2005, a woman who was born deaf and mute with her amazing dance skills bloomed in the leading position of "Thousand Hands Guanyin", which became popular overnight and was dubbed the title of "dance miracle".
How did she practice her superb dance skills in all kinds of difficulties, and how did she break onto the stage of the Spring Festival Gala with her outstanding talent? How will she continue her legend? Step into the world of this dance prodigy and uncover the secrets behind her success.
A high fever ruined life
Tai Lihua was born in an ordinary worker family, she is a smart and clever child, often with an innocent tone to make her parents laugh, neighborhood aunts and uncles said that Tai Lihua will grow up beautiful, intelligent and promising.
However, the good times did not last long, and when she was two years old, Tai Lihua suddenly had a high fever that did not subside, worried that her daughter's parents quickly took her to the hospital.
In order to reduce the fever as soon as possible, the doctor decided to give Tai Lihua an injection of streptomycin, and her parents did not know at that time that this seemingly harmless injection of medicine would completely change Tai Lihua's life.
Streptomycin severely damaged Tai Lihua's auditory nerve, and Tai Lihua suddenly did not respond to her parents' calls after the effect of the drug passed, and her parents realized that the situation was serious.
After the doctor's examination, he reluctantly pronounced that this is a common side effect of streptomycin, but it has made Tai Lihua permanently deaf, and his parents took Tai Lihua to seek medical treatment in major hospitals, from Hubei to Shanghai, from Wuhan to Guangdong, but every doctor's answer was "incurable".
The silence of the world made Tai Lihua feel very uncomfortable, she gradually lost the ability to speak, and her parents could no longer hear their daughter's innocent singing and talking.
Tai Lihua can only rely on body language to communicate with her parents, but for a lively and cheerful child, this way of communication is very limited, after going to school at the age of 7, Tai Lihua really realized that she was a "disabled" child.
Other children can understand the teacher's words and integrate into the class circle, but she is isolated and unable to participate in any activities, which makes Tai Lihua's inferiority complex deepen, and a cheerful girl gradually becomes silent.
Worried that her daughter would be depressed in low self-esteem, her parents decided to send Tai Lihua to a school for the deaf and dumb, and the special music class became a turning point in Tai Lihua's life.
The teacher will beat the big drum and play the piano to let the child shake against the floor to feel the music, and then use body language to express their understanding.
When the teacher beat the drum hard, Tai Lihua happily danced to the vibration of the floor, she was deeply attracted by the rhythm of the dance, and hoped that she could dance as beautifully as the teacher.
In order to help Tai Lihua realize her dance dream, her parents often bought back dance teaching materials and went home, and Tai Lihua repeatedly practiced various movements every day by looking at the pictures in the book.
Her father also specially bought her a pair of professional dance shoes, and Tai Lihua was very happy, for fear of soiling the new shoes, she only dared to stand carefully on the bed to practice.
At the age of 15, under the recommendation of her teacher, Tai Lihua entered the Wuhan Song and Dance Troupe as she wished and began formal professional training.
She shines brightly on stage
In 1992, at the age of 17, Tai Lihua made her debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Italy, winning countless applause with her ethereal dancing moves, and the local audience was surprised to find that the dancer turned out to be a deaf and mute person.
Tai Lihua has been passionate about dance since she was a child, often following the TV to learn various dance moves, at the age of 9 she entered the disabled art school to study dance, the teacher found her amazing talent and body language expressive.
At the age of 15, Tai Lihua had mastered many basic skills and was already familiar with dancing, and her first stage work "Song of Youth" was full of vitality and vitality, which received a warm response from the audience.
Tai Lihua has a persistent love for dance, no matter how difficult the dance, she will master it through hard work, Yang Liping's masterpiece "Spirit of the Sparrow" has a total of more than 700 beats, and the requirements for body control are extremely high, and many professional dancers dare not try.
After watching the video of this dance, Tai Lihua was deeply fascinated, she watched the video repeatedly during the day, and gradually memorized the dance steps at night by feeling the vibration of the rhythm on the floor, and practiced for several hours a day.
In order to match the rhythm of the dance, she also created a set of sign language to aid memory, and after two months of hard training, Tai Lihua finally presented this dance perfectly.
Once when Yang Liping personally witnessed Tai Lihua's practice, she saw her light and moving dancing, and it was unbelievable that this was done by a deaf and mute person, and Tai Lihua, as Yang Liping's student, received careful guidance from the teacher to improve her dance level.
In 2000, Tai Lihua performed "The Spirit of the Sparrow" at Carnegie Hall in New York, which was applauded by the audience, and after the performance, the audience did not want to leave for a long time, shouting "Encore" for an encore.
Her photograph became the only photograph of a Chinese dancer on display in the concert hall's history, and this performance earned Tai Lihua international fame, and she was invited to perform in many countries around the world, bringing Chinese dance to the world stage.
In 2002, Tai Lihua became the image ambassador of 600 million disabled people around the world, leading the China Disabled Art Troupe to tour China, no matter where she went, the audience was moved by Tai Lihua's story, and the applause lasted for a long time.
In 2004, her masterpiece "Guanyin with a Thousand Hands" debuted at the closing ceremony of the Athens Paralympic Games, shocking the world, and a deaf girl could dance such a difficult group dance, which impressed everyone.
A year later, "Thousand Hands Guanyin" appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, and Tai Lihua became popular overnight and became a nationally renowned dancer.
From a deaf girl to a dance master, Tai Lihua has walked an extraordinary life path, she does not succumb to fate and changes her destiny with a tenacious spirit, however, while gaining fame and fortune, Tai Lihua also faces various troubles after becoming famous.
Longing for the ordinary dancer Tai Lihua refuses to pursue rich businessmen
Tai Lihua is loved by the public because of her pure and beautiful appearance and beautiful dancing style, and has also attracted countless suitors, including a rich man from Malaysia who has always been in love with her and frankly fell in love at first sight.
This rich man tried his best to pursue Tai Lihua for 8 years, but Tai Lihua refused his overtures again and again, and the rich man did not understand how a man who loved her and spent a lot of money could be rejected by Tai Lihua.
He learned Chinese, accompanied her on tour, and gave expensive gifts, only asking her to marry him, but Tai Lihua was never moved.
It turned out that Tai Lihua already had another man in her heart, and on a hot summer afternoon in 1995, Tai Lihua went alone to her aunt's house that had not been to her for a long time, but she got lost in the community.
Just when she was anxious, a boy in white T-shirt jeans came over and asked if she needed help, this boy was Li Chun, who was leisurely watching TV on the sofa at home, and accidentally glimpsed Tai Lihua with a ponytail on the side of the road, she was like a glowing goddess in the sun, instantly attracting Li Chun's attention.
After Li Chun learned that Tai Lihua was deaf and mute, he did not have the slightest intention of disgust, but was deeply attracted by her character and the qualities revealed between the lines in the conversation, and that day they chatted speculatively, scribbling on 6 large white papers, and they were still reluctant to separate.
After that, the two kept in touch, and the bits and pieces of life were always shared with each other first, and they would also be as sweet as ordinary little couples, and quarrels would occur, but Li Chun later understood that quarrels often caused by misunderstandings, so he learned to tolerate Tai Lihua.
In 2003, after experiencing various obstacles, the two finally registered as husband and wife, and also had a healthy and lovely son, living a dull but happy life.
Tai Lihua chose Li Chun and rejected the pursuit of a wealthy businessman, because what she longed for was not money and status, but sincere love.
Her story and Li Chun's story has inspired many people with disabilities, making them see the hope of life and understand that life will eventually bring good rewards to those who work hard.
She lights up her life with dance
Now that Tai Lihua no longer performs on stage, she is still selfless and uses dance to change the fate of more people with disabilities.
She uses her own advantages to explore the unique dance language of people with disabilities, and creates a large number of novel works that integrate Chinese classical dance and modern dance, showing the inner strength of people with disabilities.
After the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, Tai Lihua generously donated more than 3 million yuan for post-disaster reconstruction.
As a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, she submitted a proposal calling for increasing the number of special teachers, improving special education resources, and ensuring that every child with disabilities enjoys equal rights to education.
In 2021, Tai Lihua sang the national anthem in affectionate sign language to express her love for the country, and also called for the improvement of sign language education so that more deaf and mute people are no longer isolated from the world.
Tai Lihua used her life story to tell the world that disability is not the end of life, stagnation and abandonment are the real despair, dance has lit up her life, but also infected and inspired countless disabled people, dance their own brilliant life.
Today, Tai Lihua is not only a dance master, but also an idol in the hearts of many disabled people, who touches the world with her dance and becomes the hope for disabled people to realize their dreams.
Tai Lihua has spent her life practicing the "power of dancing life", and her story teaches people that disability is not a failure, success lies in whether they strive to find the meaning of life.
She uses dance to light up life, transmit warmth, and also light the light in the hearts of others, which is an inspiring story that everyone should learn from and cherish.
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