Preface:
Cai Qin, this is a shining name. Since the 80s of the 20th century, Cai Qin has become a folk song diva famous in the Chinese world with her unique voice and moving singing voice.
However, her emotional road has been bumpy, she has experienced two marriages and a disease attack, but she is still indomitable. Cai Qin has infected and inspired countless people with an optimistic and positive attitude towards life.
Now, at the age of 64, she is still active in the music scene, using practical actions to interpret what "folk songs never end".
One
In 1957, on a cold winter day, a girl was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and her parents named her Cai Qin. Cai Qin is the eldest daughter in the family, with two younger brothers and a younger sister, her father is a civil servant and her mother is a housewife, living on a tight budget.
As the eldest daughter, Cai Qin has taken on the heavy responsibility of taking care of her three younger siblings since she was a child.
She learned how to change her methods to turn limited ingredients into delicious meals to feed her family, and how to save her meagre pocket money to buy small gifts to comfort her younger siblings who feel lonely because their parents are busy.
Cai Qin also understood early on that if you want to change the status quo, you can only change your fate through learning. Therefore, she worked extra hard, and after completing her housework, she always took advantage of the dead of night to light a dim lamp alone to review her homework.
She hopes that she can become a knowledgeable person and support her family in the future. This kind of precocity and responsibility makes Cai Qin, who is still a little girl, look like a little adult.
At the same time, music is her home, and after school, she always likes to run to the grass by the river, humming old songs she has heard while imagining the future to the reflection in the river.
After graduating from primary school, Cai Qin entered the coveted Taipei Municipal Girls' High School. During her time at school, Cai Qin not only studied seriously, but also continued to take care of her younger siblings after school, ensuring that they ate well and slept well and did not fall behind in their homework.
For the sake of the two younger brothers who are growing their bodies, Cai Qin is always reluctant to eat meat to give them it. She understands that children crave the company and love of their parents, so she will read stories to them until they fall asleep on nights when their parents cannot come home after overtime.
Once my sister fell ill and had a high fever, Cai Qin walked several kilometers to find a doctor in the rainstorm. Although exhausted, she enjoys it because it is the only thing she can do for her family as the eldest daughter in the family.
She strives to keep her grades at the top of her grade in order to gain future opportunities to enter college and realize her musical dreams. At the same time, she also continued to learn guitar on her own in her spare time and was interested in singing.
In this way, in the dual busyness of music and family, Cai Qin spent her high school career and was successfully admitted to the Department of Fine Arts of National Taiwan University of the Arts to study painting.
Two
When I was in college, I was in the late 70s of the 20th century when Taiwan's folk song boom was set off. Almost every student in the dormitory plays guitar and composes folk songs, and the air is filled with music.
Cai Qin was also infected by this craze, she diligently attended classes and painted during the day, and at night ran to the bench under the mangrove tree on campus to play, compose music and fill in lyrics with her classmates in the guitar club.
She likes to incorporate her emotions into the lyrics, and her singing is like a clear mountain spring. Her classmates said she was a fairy voice. This overlaps with the scene that Cai Qin imagined against the river when she was a child, and the dream is in front of her.
By chance, Cai Qin saw an advertisement for a singing competition, and the top five would receive an expensive guitar. She thought that her worn-out guitar was no longer enough to play and that this might be a good opportunity to win a guitar of her own.
After careful consideration, Cai Qin plucked up the courage to sign up, and she chose her best original folk song. She was very nervous on the day of the game, afraid that a single tone out of tune would ruin all chances.
But when Cai Qin opened his mouth to sing, the audience was intoxicated. Her voice is like the heart of a person in Chunyu, full of hope and motivation. In the end, Cai Qin won the fourth place and won the first expensive high-quality guitar in his life.
This became an opportunity for her to officially enter the singing industry and realize her dream. Since then, music has become the most important part of her life.
In her sophomore year, Cai Qin composed a song called "Ask What Love Is in the World", describing a simple woman's mood full of yearning and expectation for love.
Cai Qin used her unique voice and emotional interpretation, with a beautiful melody, and the song quickly spread throughout the campus. It didn't take long for it to spread to every corner of Taiwan, and everyone knew about it.
Three
For a while, this college student singer who never thought he would be popular became a blockbuster and became a new star among people. The prosperity of Taiwanese folk songs provided a stage for Cai Qin to display her talents, and she began to sing in various bars, living a life of half-work and half-study.
At this stage, she created many masterpieces of folk songs describing youth love, such as "Just Like Your Tenderness" and "I Used to Come", which are deeply loved by the public. Soon Cai Qin became a well-known folk song diva, which can be called the pride of Taiwan's folk songs.
Just when Cai Qin was in the limelight, in 1984 she received a call from an unknown young director Yang Dechang invited her to star in a new movie.
Cai Qin was hesitant at first, because her personal image was very different from the requirements of mainstream aesthetics at the time. At that time, the divas of the screen were all delicate and elegant delicate beauties with outstanding temperament.
And Cai Qin is not tall, his facial features are not very delicate, and he generally gives people an unpretentious feeling. But she also aspires to expand her influence through film.
Just when Cai Qin hesitated, Yang Dechang gave her an unexpected evaluation - "You are sexy." This sentence seemed to ignite Cai Qin's appreciation and recognition of her charm in her heart, because when she was growing up, few people used "sexy" to describe her.
The director's recognition made Cai Qin instantly cheerful, and decided to accept this new image shaping and challenge and star in this movie called "Terrorist". This became an important turning point in her life.
During the filming, 28-year-old Cai Qin and 38-year-old Yang Dechang fell in love with each other at work. Cai Qin found that this seemingly low-key and introverted man had a deep affection for her.
She speculates that it may be because she has lived a hard life since childhood, and developed an independent and soft hearted personality. She longed for family warmth, and Yang Dechang gave her exactly that feeling.
In between filming, Yang Dechang will carefully ask her feelings and give professional drama guidance; During the conversation, Cai Qin will also tell him about his growth experience and family lineage.
Both hearts are connected professionally and emotionally. When Yang Dechang delayed proposing marriage, Cai Qin, who was direct by nature, chose to take action and issued him an ultimatum: if he could not give a clear answer, he would give up the relationship.
After much deliberation, Yang Dechang finally plucked up the courage to ask Cai Qin if he would like to join his life. Cai Qin gladly accepted this somewhat reluctant marriage proposal. In 1985, Taiwanese folk song diva Cai Qin officially married film director Yang Dechang and became his wife.
Four
After getting married, Cai Qin did not hesitate to give everything for Yang Dechang's career. She has accumulated all the network resources for many years and helped him invest in making movies.
Cai Qin flies to various venues during the day, using her influence to persuade investors; In the evening, he picked up a pen and discussed improving the script with Yang Dechang.
Any small suggestion that can contribute to the film, she will ask. She even pushed off her own performances and went all out to participate in the production of many films, including "The Terrorist", overcoming all difficulties.
Cai Qin knows very well that her identity as a singer can do only a limited amount for films, but Yang Dechang's directing talent can influence the entire Chinese world.
So she just wanted to do everything she could to help him. Running around during the day, he returned to his empty home at night, opening the refrigerator and leaving only scraps leftovers.
Loneliness is often companionship. Her husband is fully engaged in film creation and has no time to take care of family life, but she does not care about this, as long as Yang Dechang's films have good results and can let more people see his talent, she is satisfied.
However, the good times did not last long, in 1994, Yang Dechang met the pianist Peng Kaili at a concert, and the two fell in love at first sight. Yang Dechang filed for divorce from Cai Qin, claiming that he was tired of the marriage and had fallen in love with Peng Kaili.
This news is tantamount to a thunderbolt for Cai Qin, who has supported Yang Dechang wholeheartedly for many years. She couldn't accept that the man who had made a blood pact to her could abandon her so easily.
Five
At first, she was reluctant to divorce, hoping that Yang Dechang would wake up and change her mind. But soon she found that Yang Dechang's love for Peng Kaili was unwavering, and even publicly showed affection in the media.
Various rumors have also speculated about the relationship between the three of them. Under the persuasion of relatives and friends and the pressure of public opinion, the bitter Cai Qin finally divorced Yang Dechang in 1995.
On the day of the divorce, she looked at Yang Dechang's back as he left in a hurry, and suddenly realized that the youth and love she had paid for were just a dispensable episode for him. The 10-year relationship came to an end, and they have been separated from each other ever since.
After the divorce, Cai Qin completely retired from the entertainment industry, and no works have been released for three years. She locked herself in her home and cried all day listening to Yang Dechang's favorite songs, and the lyrics describing the beauty of love were ironic to her at the moment.
Cai Qin didn't feel that she was wrong, but fate was too cruel to her. She no longer believes that true love exists in the world and also has doubts about human nature.
When friends and family came to visit, she always managed to squeeze a smile out of her face and said it was okay, and then watched them leave. Three years was long and tormenting for Cai Qin, and she wanted to give up several times, but in the end, under the healing of music, she slowly came out of the shadows.
She no longer believes in love, but still loves all the good things in life. In 2001 she returned to composing, and soon returned to the music scene. It's just that she no longer dares to invest easily in feelings.
Six
In 2000, Cai Qin was diagnosed with a lump in her breast and immediately worried that she had breast cancer. She remembered that her mother died because of this disease, and did she have to follow the same fate?
She waited for the test results, couldn't sleep at night, and even began to take care of the aftermath. Fortunately, the test results showed that it was only a benign tumor and did not worsen into cancer.
Cai Qin was relieved, and this thrilling scene increased her awe and attachment to life. She is determined to cherish her time and take care of her body even more, because there are still so many moving melodies and lyrics she wants to create for everyone.
After experiencing a benign tumor, Cai Qin's work became more positive and moving. She also often participates in some public welfare performances, hoping to bring positive energy to more people.
Seven
In 2007, Cai Qin learned that her ex-husband Yang Dechang was not as lucky as her. It turned out that Yang Dechang and Peng Kaili also had a son after marriage, but he still could not escape the torment of cancer and died of colon cancer at the age of 59.
Knowing this news, although Cai Qin has already seen it, he can't help but sigh, it is a pity that a senior artist passed away. Today, Cai Qin is 64 years old, but she is still full of vitality and has a quiet life.
Over the years, Cai Qin has won the reputation of "Folk Song Diva" with her own efforts and strength, and has won the support and love of countless fans.
She experienced vicissitudes and sadness, but finally chose to move forward open-mindedly. Cai Qin interprets the independent modern female spirit with practical actions, and her life has also become an inspiration for ordinary people who have experienced pain and betrayal but still choose to move forward bravely.
Today's Cai Qin is still self-sufficient, confident and calm. She will show off her sexy style on stage, sing enthusiastically in рent costumes, and do not look at all like a 64-year-old man.
In interviews, when asked about her views on feelings and marriage, Cai Qin always smiled and said nothing. She no longer believes in so-called true love, but she also does not deny the institution of marriage.
Cai Qin believes that marriage is like a game, if you are lucky and meet a good player, you can fight you to the death; If you are unlucky and encounter a thousand, you can only admit to leaving the scene.
She is hurt, so she is more downlooking at feelings and marriage. Now Cai Qin just wants to devote herself to music creation, so that all that rings in her ears is beautiful melodies, not noise and lamentation.
Eight
Cai Qin's life has had ups and downs, and she has proved in her own way that a woman can live confidently, wonderfully and happily.
What she has experienced has become the resonance of countless women, and it also makes people see the pain and forbearance that a successful woman needs to experience behind the glamor.
We don't know if Cai Qin's heart has been relieved, but judging from her state over the years, she is still the Cai Qin who is full of love for music, positive and open-minded.
This also became one of the sources of her charm. No matter how many ups and downs her life has experienced, her singing will accompany her through all the ups and downs and touch the heart of every listener.
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Epilogue:
Cai Qin has spent her life interpreting what is independent and indomitable female spirit, and her story has become an inspiration for countless people. After all kinds of twists and turns, today she looks down on her feelings and just wants to quietly feel the charm of music.
We cannot predict the ups and downs of life, only with a positive and optimistic attitude to face it, can we be calm.
I believe that in the future, Cai Qin will still touch the world with her natural singing voice. Those touching melodies will continue to inspire us to continue to pursue our dreams.