Tan Jing was born in an ordinary rural family, and her parents both worked in the county's art troupe. Perhaps it is the strong artistic atmosphere at home that she has had a soft spot for music since she was a child.
I remember that when she was 5 years old, several composers came to the county to collect style. It was a sunny day, and Xiao Tan Jing was wearing a pink dress and holding a big rag doll, hiding behind her mother to spy on those uncles.
Tan Jing hugged the doll tightly and shook her head shyly. Her mother smiled and patted her on the head, and said softly, "Jingjing, don't you sing a song to your uncle?" With her mother's encouragement, Tan Jing raised her head and sang "Jasmine" in a sweet children's voice.
The clear timbre aroused a lot of admiration, and the composer couldn't help but take out his notebook to record this moving voice.
Since then, Tan Jing's mother has been cultivating her musical talent. At first, she just taught her some simple folk songs, but as Tan Jing grew up, her mother also put more effort into her vocal skills.
also specially brought back an old piano from the county town and put it at home, so that she could practice Xi at will.
At the age of nine, Tan Jing completed the entire performance alone for the first time in front of an audience of more than 100 people. There was warm applause from the audience, and Tan Jing stood in the center of the stage, extremely excited.
She knows that this is just the beginning and that there is still a long way to go.
At the age of 17, Tan Jing was admitted to the vocal music department of the coveted China Conservatory of Music. On her first day on campus, she was overjoyed and began a new chapter in her music Xi.
However, the reality is not as rosy as imagined. As a child born in the countryside, Tan Jing's family is not wealthy, and she needs to study Xi in school as a self-financed student.
What's more, in the first vocal evaluation, her timbre did not impress the teacher.
"The timbre is mediocre, and the skills are average......" The teacher's comment still echoed in my ears. That night, Tan Jing ran into the woods alone and cried for a long time.
However, after thinking about it, Tan Jing once again strengthened her confidence. She remembered the warm applause from the audience when she was nine years old, and remembered everything her parents had done for her, which were the driving force behind her continuous progress.
From that day on, Tan Jing overcame the difficulties in life and devoted herself to studying Xi. Realizing that her timbre could not be compared to that of others, she decided to work on popular singing and folk song interpretation.
After a semester of hard training, she finally found a unique style that suited her.
In the school newcomer competition in the same year, Tan Jing chose a folk song that she had rearranged to sing. When the clear and moving voice sounded, the audience was in an uproar. No one thought that this kind of singing would have a different flavor, and there was frequent warm applause from the audience.
In the end, Tan Jing won the first place in popular singing. This gave her the confidence to continue working hard, and also made her teachers and classmates look up to her.
In 1998, 20-year-old Tan Jing was admitted to the People's Liberation Army General Political Song and Dance Troupe with excellent results and officially started her military career. When she first entered the barracks, she was a little uncomfortable with the strict style and intensive training.
But thinking of her music dream, Tan Jing quickly adjusted her mentality and actively devoted herself to the new environment.
The days after enlisting in the army passed quickly, and Tan Jing participated in countless performances and Xi. From the coast to the frontier, from the plateau to the plain, her footprints are all over the motherland.
The harsh environment and frequent movement were a great test of her willpower. At first, Tan Jing often accidentally overslept after a long journey and was criticized by the captain for education. Over time, she learns self-discipline and maintains a high morale in a variety of environments.
As time passed, Tan Jing grew from a shy little girl to a calm and serious soldier. In the Spring Festival of 2000, she was fortunate to appear on the stage of CCTV Spring Festival Gala and became a blockbuster.
Nine years later, in 2009, she created an amazing record - holding a personal concert of 10,000 people on the Great Wall! At that moment, Tan Jing stood on the Great Wall and looked back at the road she had come from, and she couldn't help but shed tears of emotion in front of her every bit of the years of hard work.
Yes, from an ordinary rural girl, to a soldier in the People's Liberation Army, to a well-known singer, Tan Jing used her 30 years of youth to interpret what it means to persist and struggle.
Although the journey was difficult, all the pain turned into fertile ground, which made her shine on the road of music.
In 2011, the 36-year-old Tan Jing was invited to perform at a high-end technology forum in Beijing. On the day before the forum, the organizing committee arranged a small-scale networking activity for all the guests.
When Tan Jing was chatting with experts and scholars from all walks of life at the banquet, a middle-aged man walked into her sight.
"Hello, I'm Deng Zhonghan. "The man has thick short hair, a tall build, and a pair of bright eyes that reveal intelligence. It turned out that he was an expert in the research and development of computer chips in mainland China, known as the "father of Chinese chips", and he was also invited to participate in the forum this time.
The two quickly integrated into the chat, and Tan Jing found that Deng Zhonghan had strong work ability and was humorous. And Deng Zhonghan was also deeply attracted by Tan Jing's wit and generosity. From that time on, they kept in touch, making frequent appointments to meet their hearts and eventually confirm their relationship.
In 2013, the two held a simple and heartwarming wedding on the outskirts of Beijing. A year later, 36-year-old Tan Jing gave birth to a pair of lovely twin daughters for 45-year-old Deng Zhonghan.
Stroking the soft little faces of their two daughters, the couple looked at each other, their eyes filled with tears of happiness - this is the most important choice in their common life.
Today, Tan Jing is still active on the stage, and there are two more cute "little flowers" at home. She did not regret the loss of fame, but was grateful for everything that music had brought her in the past ten years.
Achieving a happy family is the most correct choice for her in this life.
It's the season of the Spring Festival Gala again, the golden fireworks bloom on the stage, and thousands of families are reunited off the stage. Tan Jing sat in front of the TV with the two little princesses in her arms, and a wisp of emotion rose in her heart.
I remember going back to my childhood, the little girl who sang after her mother is now a mother of two. Looking back on the past few decades of life, Tan Jing couldn't help but redden.
How hard it was to enlist in the army? It is hard for ordinary people to imagine. However, it was the military life that sharpened her will and made her break through on the road of music.
The flashing Spring Festival Gala stage is a testimony of her courage to chase her dreams.
Now that she has a successful career and a happy family, Tan Jing looks back on the way she came and sincerely wants to thank everyone who appears in her life. They were the ones who gave her hope when she was confused, and they were the ones who didn't encourage her to keep going when she failed.
Use your own story to tell those who come after you that dreams will eventually come true through hard work. She used the youth of an ordinary girl to explain what it means not to give up and what persistence is.
This is the best gift she can give to every music dreamer.