One early morning in 1937, the old house of the Zhu family in Jinan, Shandong Province was full of joy. Mrs. Zhu gave birth to her first child, named Zhu Fengbo. Zhu's father and mother, who raised their daughter to adulthood, are not wealthy, but the Zhu family has attached great importance to education since ancient times and hired the best local teachers for Zhu Fengbo.
Under the careful care of her family, the girl Zhu Fengbo is extremely precocious. She not only has excellent academic Xi results, but also has a lot of experience in literature and art, especially singing, and her voice is clear and moving.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is 1960. Zhu Fengbo, who has just graduated from the Department of Architecture of Tongji University, is eager to devote himself to the busy construction site Xi, looking forward to participating in the forefront of the construction of the motherland.
However, the goddess of fate has arranged a different path for her. One day at work, Zhu Fengbo overheard several artists at the opera house performing a condolence program for their workers.
The clear and graceful singing voice is like a heavenly sound crashing into the heart. Zhu Fengbo looked at the radiant singers on the stage, and immediately decided to go to the road of music and pursue his own sky in the palace of art.
This is the opportunity for Zhu Fengbo's musical enlightenment. From an architecture student to a girl chasing her music dream, fate gave her a chance, and she resolutely chose to change the trajectory of her life.
This has made Zhu Fengbo's glory and legend in the music world in the future.
On a midsummer night in 1967, the Shanghai Opera House was brightly lit. After the opera performance, the audience walked out of the opera house in twos and threes, and the night was just right.
At this moment, a petite woman in a white dress slipped into the backstage rehearsal hall of the opera house, nervously clutching a letter and looking around for someone.
This woman is Zhu Fengbo, who has been in the opera house for 7 years from an architecture student. In the past 7 years, Zhu Fengbo has continued to work hard to study vocal music knowledge, played the heroine in many operas, and his acting skills have become more and more mature.
What's more, she met the actor Shi Hong'e at the opera house. Shi Hong'e once studied in France, and his vocal attainments are extremely high, and he was sought after by countless girls for a while, and Zhu Fengbo also admired his talent.
It's just that Zhu Fengbo is cowardly and introverted, and he has never dared to reveal his true feelings to Shi Hong'e.
Until this day, Zhu Fengbo, who mustered up his courage, finally chose to confess. She left a message for Shi Hong'e and asked him to meet at 11 p.m. in the rehearsal hall. Zhu Fengbo stood at the dimly lit staircase, nervously arranging his clothes and hairstyle.
At this time, Shi Hong'e walked in. Zhu Fengbo blushed and expressed his willingness to propose in an incoherent manner. Shi Hong'e was surprised and moved by her sincerity.
In the past 30 years, Shi Zhu and the two have walked the long road of singing hand in hand, achieving the legend of "music couple".
One day in 1965, the small theater of the Shanghai Dance School was full. The audience was full of many art school students who came to watch the performance. They are waiting for the grand finale of the concert, the wonderful excerpt from the stage play "The White-Haired Girl".
At this moment, the lights dimmed suddenly, and the curtain quietly opened. A peasant girl in ragged clothes and a withered face slowly walked onto the stage, clutching the rag pocket on her chest, her eyes fluttering with tears, as if she was going to faint in the next second.
There was a whisper of discussion in the audience, and everyone was speculating about what this embarrassed girl was going to perform.
Suddenly, the girl raised her head to the sky and screamed, and a cry of grief and despair pierced her eardrums. She wept silently about her suffering, accusing the landlords of exploitation, and was grateful and sincere.
This girl is Zhu Fengbo, and she vividly interprets the accusation of heaven and earth after the death of Xi'er in the opera "The White-Haired Girl". As a high-pitched tail note fell, Zhu Fengbo fell to his knees and collapsed to death.
There was silence in the audience, and all the audience were deeply shocked by the scene in front of them.
Two seconds later, thunderous applause rang out, and the audience couldn't help but stand up and applaud, and some even had red eyes. Zhu Fengbo couldn't cry anymore, she bowed gratefully for a curtain call.
The song "The White-Haired Girl" made her famous and became a well-deserved queen of folk songs, and she has been brilliant in the music world for a while.
In 2008, it was a rainy summer day. Zhu Fengbo, as always, is ready to go out for a walk with her husband Shi Hong'e. The two have been married for more than 40 years and have long been Xi to being inseparable.
Zhu Fengbo had just put on her shoes, and suddenly heard a loud noise from inside, she ran in in a panic, only to see that Shi Hong'e had fallen to the ground, her face pale.
Zhu Fengbo hugged her husband and yelled, but Shi Hong'e was breathless. It turned out that he died of a heart attack at the age of 72.
The sudden death of her husband hit Zhu Fengbo very hard. She hugged her husband's urn and cried so many times that the tear stains on her face became almost a permanent decoration.
Talking about Shi Hong'e many times, she couldn't suppress her sadness, and could only hold back her tears. In order to commemorate Shi Hong'e, Zhu Fengbo even recorded a special album of mourning songs.
Over the years, Zhu Fengbo has never buried the ashes, but placed them in Shi Hong'e's bedroom before his death, as if her husband was still with him. She poured incense on Shi Hong'e every day before eating a meal.
This kind of deep mourning and watchfulness moved all those who knew the inside story.
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, Zhu Fengbo is 83 years old. After her husband passed away in 2008, she basically withdrew from the music scene and no longer appeared on the silver stage. Today, Zhu Fengbo lives with his son and daughter-in-law, living a plain and regular life in his old age.
Zhu Fengbo used to be a smash hit, but as he grew older, his body was not as tough as before. In recent years, she has undergone several surgeries due to illness, but fortunately she has recovered smoothly. Zhu Fengbo's day is not complicated: get up, eat breakfast, watch TV or listen to old songs, take a nap after lunch, and then plant a few pots of flowers to pass the time.
Occasionally, when the weather is nice, I will take a walk in the neighborhood and chat with my neighbors. Other than that, she barely leaves the house.
For Zhu Fengbo, who has said goodbye to the stage for a long time, TV and old songs are the link with the past. Looking at the entertainment industry with many newcomers on the screen, Zhu Fengbo couldn't help but sigh at the changes of the years.
And every time I hear my previous golden songs, I will see the picture of the record in hand and Shi Hong'e singing passionately in the recording studio.
Although those glories have become clouds, for Zhu Fengbo, the bits and pieces of memories are the most moving stories of her life.