In 2005, when "Guanyin with a Thousand Hands" appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, its atmospheric and solemn dance shocked countless people in the world.
Especially when the audience knew that this was actually performed by 21 deaf-mutes, they were even more emotional, and they realized for the first time that the "voice" of the deaf-mute was so majestic and powerful, and their hearts were so vibrant.
As the lead dancer, Tai Lihua has attracted much attention, and her graceful posture and unparalleled appearance have made countless people fall in love with her.
One of them, a wealthy man from Malaysia, waited eight years and pursued twice, but was rejected by Tai Lihua.
So who did Tai Lihua choose in the end? Now that eighteen years have passed, how is she doing?
The source in this article comes from, "Luyu Appointment" 2005-03-3, but in order to improve the readability of the article, the details may be polished, please read sensibly, for reference only!
Tai Lihua: The acquired deaf and mute
The performers of "Guanyin with a Thousand Hands" are all deaf and mute, and Tai Lihua is no exception. But few people know that she was not born deaf and dumb, but was caused by an acquired accident.
In 1976, Tai Lihua was born in Yichang, Hubei.
Because she has been clever and cute since she was a child, and she can speak well, the little Tai Lihua is the treasure of the whole family, whether it is her sister or her parents, they all spoil her.
Although Tai Lihua is loved by her family, how can a child not get sick, and when she was two years old, she unfortunately contracted measles.
In order to prevent her condition from worsening, the whole family hurriedly took her to the hospital, and the doctor gave her a tube of streptomycin injection.
Its effect was indeed immediate, and Tai Lihua did recover quickly. But it didn't take long for Tai Lihua to start crying, yelling, and shouting about a sore ear at night.
But at that time, Tai Lihua's parents didn't care, thinking that it was just Tai Lihua's uncomfortable temper.
Until the teacher of Tai Lihua Kindergarten found out the clue.
At first, the teacher only found that whenever she greeted her with her back to Tai Lihua, she was indifferent.
But the subsequent game of "Identifying Voices" revealed Tai Lihua's difference.
All the children, blindfolded, were able to quickly tell how the sounds they heard came out.
But when it was Tai Lihua's turn, she was stunned and didn't react at all.
At this time, Tai Lihua's parents realized the seriousness of the matter, but they also regretted not doing it at the beginning.
They took Tai Lihua to Wuhan, Nanjing, Shanghai, Beijing and other major hospitals, but the doctors said that there was no way, and even said that her disease was hopeless in the world.
However, when they were frustrated with Tai Lihua's future, Tai Lihua gave them a big surprise.
Soul Dancer
After determining that Tai Lihua was completely deaf, her family sent her to a special school where she was educated.
However, just when Tai Lihua was hopeless for the rest of her life, she once again sensed the existence of the voice.
It was in a rhythm class at school, and through the sound of the teacher's drums, Tai Lihua felt the vibration coming from the soles of her feet.
Tai Lihua slowly raised her arms and danced slowly to the rhythmic beat of the drums.
Since then, Tai Lihua's face has resurfaced with a happy and free look, and she is willing to revel in this silent dance world.
Tai Lihua's sweat and blood have not been disappointed, in 1991, she became the leading dancer of the China Disabled Persons Art Troupe with her excellence.
The following year, Tai Lihua participated in the festival held by La Scala Theater as the only disabled dancer.
In this art festival, her performance of "Dunhuang Colored Sculptures" has aroused people's applause and cheers countless times, which not only allows these foreigners to see China's unique and excellent traditional culture, but also feels the unique tenacity and tenacity of this deaf-mute girl.
Its artistic director directly called Tai Lihua "the messenger of beauty and humanity".
Until the Spring Festival Gala in 05, Tai Lihua finally ushered in her highlight moment.
The stunning "Thousand-armed Guanyin"
Every year, there will always be one or two programs in the Spring Festival Gala that we talk about, such as "Peacock" in 89, "Shun Turn" in 01, and "Not Bad Money" in 09.
But if you talk about the Spring Festival Gala in 05, it must be "Guanyin with a Thousand Hands" that takes the lead.
If no one could speak, who would have thought that these 21 performers would all be deaf and mute.
The unpredictable fingers, beautiful movements, and solemn expressions all aroused the applause and applause of the audience.
Among them, Tai Lihua, as the lead dancer, became popular on the Internet with this dance and became an artist praised by everyone.
But who knows how much sadness Tai Lihua has borne behind this dance.
As a normal person, if you want to practice Xi dance, you still need to practice Xi several times, let alone they are still deaf and mute.
In order to perform this dance well, Tai Lihua and others don't know how many dancing shoes they wore out, and how many times they couldn't lift their arms when they were tired.
Even in order to show the shock of raising their arms one by one on the stage, the 21 of them maintained this action countless times, just to form their own muscle memory.
So this dance is still remembered even now.
In addition to appearing in the Spring Festival Gala, Tai Lihua and others have also performed in the Washington Government and the Beijing Paralympic Games, which not only left a deep impression on the Chinese people, but also made foreigners praise again and again.
Even the stage photo of "Thousand-armed Guanyin" was printed as a stamp by the United Nations for the world's collection.
After Tai Lihua's career was successful, her love also met unexpectedly.
Happy family
In fact, before meeting her fate, Tai Lihua was also pursued by many people, including the son of a wealthy man, but she still firmly refused.
Later, on November 11, 1995, everything was as fate would have been, and Tai Lihua met Li Chun.
Li Chun, who was on the third floor at the time, was about to go out for a walk, when he saw Tai Lihua standing helplessly with a suitcase at the bottom of the building.
It wasn't until he took the initiative to ask Tai Lihua if she needed help that he found that Tai Lihua couldn't hear the sound.
But he didn't change his attitude, and he still had the same attitude towards normal people, which made Tai Lihua quite impressed.
Later, after Li Chun knew that the person Tai Lihua wanted to visit was on the fifth floor, but he was not at home, Li Chun took the initiative to invite Tai Lihua to his home.
In this way, that afternoon, the two communicated for six hours through paper and pen, they knew each other's hobbies and interests, left each other's contact information, and started the road of love between the two.
After seven years of long-distance love, the two finally got married.
Although Li Chun's mother complained that Tai Lihua was a deaf and mute person, she was soon moved by Tai Lihua's tenacity and brightness.
After marriage, the two were also harmonious, and soon gave birth to the crystallization of their love.
status quo
However, even after getting married and having children, Tai Lihua did not give up her career, but went deeper into the world of deaf and mute people to help them.
She knows that there are many cities where there are no special schools, so she will actively raise funds to build schools. He has helped many deaf children embark on the path of dance or other life directions.
In addition, she has led her team to participate in many charity performances, visited more than 60 countries on five continents, donated nearly 3 million yuan to the Sichuan earthquake-stricken area, and donated nearly 400,000 US dollars to international charities.
In addition to charity, Tai Lihua is also developing silently, and in 2005, she also participated in the movie "My Dream" directed by Wang Ou.
With this film, she was nominated for Best Actress at the Macau International Film Festival.
At the opening ceremony of the Fourth Session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 2021, Tai Lihua, as the head of the China Disabled Persons Art Troupe, also "sang" the national anthem in sign language.
Maybe Tai Lihua really can't sing the national anthem, but with a big voice, we all feel her heavy patriotism.
At that time, she was confident and high-spirited, and her heart was full of firmness and pride in the bright future of the motherland.
At the same time, in the face of the development of Tai Lihua's career, her husband is also fully supportive, he believes that there can be thousands of Li Chun in the world, but there is only one Rao Lihua.
epilogue
We may feel sorry for Tai Lihua, because she is not born deaf and mute.
But even if Tai Lihua grew up and became sensible, she never regretted or complained, but still walked her own life path at her own pace.
Even if she is deaf, Tai Lihua also shows us her life trajectory and life value, she tells us that as long as we work hard and work hard, no difficulties will be an obstacle to the progress of life.
After achieving her life goals, she also actively helped others who were struggling, guiding them to stop remembering the past and re-orient themselves.