Zheng Xulan's upbringing
In 1958, a girl was born in a military family in Beijing. She is the famous singer Zheng Xulan in the future. Zheng Xulan is talented and intelligent, and her grades have been among the best since she was a child.
What's even more rare is that she has a heart that is intoxicated by music.
Whenever Zheng Xulan's mother hummed a song at home, little Zheng Xulan always listened and learned to hum Xi with her mother. She feels that music is her soul and can bring her endless joy.
Zheng Xulan hopes that one day, she can be like her mother and infect everyone who listens with her singing.
Due to the change of her parents' work, Zheng Xulan's family moved from Beijing to live in Tianjin. In order to encourage their daughter to pursue her musical dreams, Zheng Xulan's parents specially hired teachers to systematically teach her singing skills.
Zheng Xulan devoted herself to every study Xi, and finally laid a solid foundation.
In 1977, 19-year-old Zheng Xulan participated in the Tianjin Singing Competition, and relied on her strength and talent to pass all the way, and finally won the championship. The outstanding performance in the competition also allowed Zheng Xulan to enter the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe in one fell swoop and officially become a professional singer.
For Zheng Xulan, this is undoubtedly the most significant moment in her life. Since then, she has to fight for her musical dreams.
Debuted in the song and dance troupe
After entering the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe, Zheng Xulan immediately showed outstanding learning ability and professionalism Xi. She consciously consulted with the seniors of the older generation and learned from their valuable singing experience.
Coupled with his unremitting Xi practice, Zheng Xulan's strength has quickly improved by leaps and bounds.
The Oriental Song and Dance Troupe appreciated Zheng Xulan's talent and arranged for her to participate in many song and dance dramas. Zheng Xulan went all out to complete every role, whether singing or dancing, she completed it to the fullest.
This allowed her to gradually accumulate popularity in the group.
In 1978, Zheng Xulan was selected to go to many countries in Southeast Asia with his colleagues to learn Xi local folk songs. This is a rare experience for Zheng Xulan, who has absorbed the essence of Southeast Asian music and enriched her singing style.
After returning to China, Zheng Xulan performed in more song and dance dramas, such as "The Wave of Gulangyu" and "The Sea and the Sun", and her popularity gradually increased. In 1980, the song "Sun Island" she sang was selected as one of the 15 outstanding radio songs in the country.
This is undoubtedly a great affirmation of Zheng Xulan's talent.
In the past few years in the song and dance troupe, Zheng Xulan has worked tirelessly and finally grown from a small role to a singer who can take charge of himself. She devotes herself wholeheartedly to her career, just to be able to realize her musical dreams.
In the process, Zheng Xulan gained valuable stage experience and popularity, laying a solid foundation for her future success.
"Shepherd's Song" made her famous
In 1981, Zheng Xulan ushered in a turning point in her life. She was selected to sing the theme song "Shepherd Song" for the movie "Shaolin Temple". This opportunity completely changed Zheng Xulan's fate.
"Shepherd's Song" was composed by the famous composer Wang Liping, who skillfully blended Chinese style with pop elements to create a melody that is easy to sing.
Zheng Xulan's voice is clear and beautiful, and the infectious power of the song is perfectly interpreted.
In 1982, "Shaolin Temple" became a sensation all over the country after its release, and "Shepherd's Song" also spread all over the country like wildfire. Countless people hummed the classic melody of "Sunrise Songshan Pass, Morning Bell Frightened Birds".
With this song, Zheng Xulan became famous and famous in one fell swoop.
Zheng Xulan keenly seized the opportunity and successively launched many hit songs such as "Mom Left Me a Song" and "The Sea, My Hometown". Her live singing was full, and everyone flocked to see the queen's style.
In just one or two years, Zheng Xulan has become a popular singer who has become a household name, and her career has reached its peak.
In 1983, Zheng Xulan appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala and sang "Shepherd Song", "Sun Island" and the new single "The Sea, Hometown". Her singing voice has entered thousands of households through television, and her fame is skyrocketing.
This period was the pinnacle of Zheng Xulan's singing career, and she relied on her strength and hard work in exchange for glory and praise.
Love made her give up her career
However, when Zheng Xulan's career was in full swing, her life took a dramatic turn. In 1987, 29-year-old Zheng Xulan fell in love with an American man and gambled all her life for this relationship.
She decided to leave the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe and marry away from the United States to pursue a happy marriage.
This is undoubtedly a major choice in Zheng Xulan's life. Will she give up everything she has worked so hard to accumulate in the music world, or follow her heart's desire for love? After a difficult ideological struggle, Zheng Xulan finally chose the latter.
She believes that as long as she is with her lover, even if she goes to the edge of the world, she will feel extremely happy.
So, Zheng Xulan resolutely quit her job in the song and dance troupe and married her American boyfriend. But what she didn't expect was that life in a foreign country was far from being as good as she imagined. The two are accustomed to living in different Xi and face serious cultural barriers.
Zheng Xulan found herself like a flat boat, swaying in the bitter wind and rain.
One day 6 years later, Zheng Xulan finally announced her divorce from her American husband. She returned to China alone with her children, only to find that the former superstar of the music industry had become a thing of the past.
Zheng Xulan regretted it, but understood that it was too late. She can only bravely face the new starting point of her life and start anew.
Lonely old age
After returning to China, Zheng Xulan still loves music, but she can no longer regain the glory of the past. Her popularity is no longer there, and the competition in the music industry is becoming more and more fierce. Zheng Xulan tried her best to release new songs in an attempt to regain control of her career, but with little success.
At this time, Zheng Xulan's life and emotions also fell into a trough. In 2003, she was diagnosed with severe intestinal obstruction. Just when Zheng Xulan was sick and sleepy, a caring new boyfriend appeared, silently taking care of her and encouraging her.
However, the good times did not last long, and Zheng Xulan's boyfriend was also diagnosed with cancer and passed away in 2005. This blow to Zheng Xulan was violent and heavy, and she fell into despair for life for a while.
"His death hit me so hard that I was really crushed and felt like my life was coming to an end. Zheng Xulan recalled that period of sleepiness and said.
At the darkest and desperate time of Zheng Xulan's life, her son and family became her only spiritual sustenance. With the love and encouragement of her family, Zheng Xulan gradually walked out of her grief and found herself again.
Today, the 64-year-old Zheng Xulan is no longer obsessed with the past. She lives a low-key life and occasionally makes appearances at events. For her, a peaceful family life is the most precious.
Zheng Xulan has learned to cherish the present and be content with simple happiness.
Life insights
Looking back on Zheng Xulan's life, it is not difficult for us to find that success and failure, happiness and pain, are intertwined.
Back then, Zheng Xulan was successful in her career, but she failed on the emotional road. She could have continued to develop in the music industry and enjoy the life of a superstar, but she chose love and lost everything because of it.
This illustrates how painful it is for a woman to choose between career and relationship.
But on the other hand, Zheng Xulan also experienced the pain of failure emotionally, which made her understand that success cannot be equated with happiness. The simple life she wants is the real satisfaction.
Life is like sailing on the sea, and it is impossible to be calm forever. Zheng Xulan's experience shows that a smart person will accumulate experience and grow in various storms.
When Zheng Xulan let go of fame and fortune, her mood also became broader. Her happiness is very simple, that is, a warm family surrounded by children.
Zheng Xulan's story tells us that living in the present and cherishing the present is the life principle that we should all follow. The past is no longer important, the future is difficult to predict, and the present is the most valuable.