The girl's dream falls in Beijing and her heart is about performance
On a cold winter day in 1996, Yan Danchen, who had just turned 18, stepped on a train to Beijing with an inconspicuous suitcase on his back.
There were only two or three sets of clothes in the box, as well as the 300 yuan of tuition fees that my mother had worked so hard to find.
She clutched the ticket tightly and stared out the window into the distance.
Beijing, such an unfamiliar place, will be a stepping stone for her future. In order to realize her dream of becoming a great actress, she left her hometown where she had lived for 18 years and came to the distant capital alone.
The uncertainty of the future made her a little nervous, but the passion for struggle overcame it all. It was as if she saw herself standing in the center of the glorious stage, dressed in costumes, bowing deeply to the audience.
In the bumps of the train, her mind went back in time. At the age of 13, she was recognized and encouraged by her teacher to enter the Hunan Provincial Art School to learn Xi performance.
In the course of three years, she not only learned Xi music systematically, but also improved her dance and drama performance skills. Her rigorous training gave her a great passion for the performing arts and the idea of further study.
On the eve of graduation, the mother noticed that her daughter was confused about the future, so she made a suggestion: "You should go to a broader stage to shine, and don't be satisfied." This sentence ignited her inner fighting spirit, and she decided to challenge the acting major of Beijing Film Academy.
To achieve this goal, she began to exercise her physical fitness and prepare for professional classes. Xi dance during the day and rehearsing dramas at night, and the hard work of the days did not break her will.
She smiled excitedly as the train pulled into Beijing Station. In the face of many selections, she is confident that she will be a blockbuster. This is the first step towards her dream, and she will continue to live up to her heart.
Experience the film industry and rise step by step
The four years of study and Xi life in college are both fulfilling and colorful for Yan Danchen. In acting class, she was always engrossed and didn't get complacent about her first success.
On the contrary, he maintains a modest and cautious mentality, eager to improve himself in every work. During this period, she successfully starred in a number of campus movies, successfully shaped the youthful personality of college students, and won the Best Newcomer Award consecutively.
This fully demonstrates her solid fundamentals, and also increases her opportunities to exercise.
After graduating in 2000, Yan Danchen successfully joined Beijing Film Studio and officially became a professional actor. Here, she is no longer a student, but has to take charge of herself and win the role through her own strength.
In order to let the audience see a richer version of herself, she began to choose film and television works with different themes. For example, she portrayed a hard-working war nurse in a war drama, played a clever and brave female agent in an action movie, and played a smart palace maid in a costume drama.
These different roles show her solid acting skills and also make her take her performance to the next level.
In 2005, 27-year-old Yan Danchen ushered in the peak of his career. She successfully created the image of a smart and elegant strong woman in the urban business war drama, showing the charm of a mature woman.
Later, the role of the gentle and demure fairy was interpreted in the mythological drama, which made the audience look at the "fairy" Yan Danchen with admiration. With these two works, she has established her status in the film and television industry and is loved by many audiences.
Over the years, she has always maintained a humble and enterprising mentality, constantly choosing meaningful works to enrich herself. Master every role with strict requirements and face every challenge with a positive spirit.
Her experience has gradually grown into an actor with a very keen vision and depth. This kind of imaginary dream finally slowly became a reality with her unremitting efforts.
Love and hate, love and hatred, all kinds of life
For Yan Danchen, love is a journey of reincarnation that allows her to go through all kinds of flavors. In her early 20s, she is rising step by step in her career, but she is always alone on the emotional road.
At a party, she met a handsome and wealthy returnee man, and the two hit it off. The man was gentle and sincere in his words, and soon won her affection.
On the spur of the moment, she accepted the other party's marriage proposal, and hastily married under the man's soft grinding and hard soaking.
The sweetness of the newlywed lasted in her heart for a while, until one day, she suddenly received a call from the bank and the creditor, saying that she was in debt and owed a huge loan.
Shocked, she realized that all this was a pretense made by her ex-husband in her name. When she found her ex-husband to question, the other party had long since disappeared, and he didn't even leave a word of explanation.
This sudden change made her sign the divorce with red eyes, and the sweet love of the past came to naught overnight.
This failed marriage caused her great trauma, and she completely despaired of humanity and marriage, and no longer believed that sincere love could befall her. In the years that followed, she chose to put herself into work and stay alone.
Until 2016, he cooperated with Meng Haoqiang in a difficult environment, and in the face of a sudden sandstorm, Meng Haoqiang disregarded his own safety and used his body to shield her from the wind and sand.
Such subtleties warmed her scarred heart and gave her hope for love.
In 2019, the two officially registered as husband and wife. The painful marriage once made her lose confidence in happiness, but Meng Haoqiang healed her wounds little by little with tolerance and warmth.
In 2022, she became pregnant and gave birth to a child in her forties. Although the process was arduous, it was worth all the pain when she was holding the adorable baby. The two who cherished love in adversity eventually became married.
The ups and downs of life, she is glad that God has favored her again, allowing her to find happiness again in despair.
Family warmth and stable career
After giving birth, Yan Danchen decided to take a break from filming and concentrate on being a full-time mother. Every day, she looks at the little life in the baby room with fascination, and her heart is only full of happiness.
These days, she and Meng Haoqiang have learned Xi parenting knowledge together and recorded every small detail of the baby's growth. Both husband and wife cherish this hard-won new life very much.
In order to let Yan Danchen concentrate on breastfeeding, her husband Meng Haoqiang happily cooks every day. Although his skills are rusty, and he is often burned or his fingers are cut by knives, he never complains, just so that his lover can eat hot meals.
He kept his wife's emotional stability very important for the growth of his newborn. The warm picture of the husband and wife also made Yan Danchen's parents let go of their hearts and welcome the arrival of their first little grandson.
After many years of traveling, Yan Danchen finally found a balance between career and family. In 2022, she chose a campus youth movie as her comeback.
This time she is no longer a student, but plays the role of a kind teacher. Integrating her life experience into the performance, she hopes to infect more confused young people through the film, encouraging them not to give up their dreams and strive for an extraordinary life.
Now she still retains the heart of chasing her dreams, but with more family care. Every time she shoots in other places, she will communicate with her husband and son.
When she lived in other places, she often took out her wedding photos and put them on her son's family photo to feel the warmth and power of home. Life is changeable, but there are some things that never change, and that is the watchfulness of love.
This strength has made her more solid in her multiple roles.
Thanksgiving, forge ahead, live up to the glory
The years are unforgiving, and the past has passed like flowing water, but the picture of memories is still vivid. From an ordinary girl to a successful actress, to a wife and a mother, Yan Danchen has experienced the transformation of multiple roles in life.
All kinds of encounters made her see the light and shadow of the world clearly, and also made her more mature and stable.
Every time she thinks of her mother's words at a critical moment, she will be full of emotion. The simple encouragement of "you should go to a broader stage to shine" lit up the strength of struggle when she was confused and allowed her to find the direction of her life.
I am grateful for the power of mother's love and my mother's trust and support for her.
Thanks to Meng Haoqiang, it was he who gradually melted her frozen heart with gentleness and tolerance. In the eight years of getting along, no matter how big or small, he took care of her, making her re-convinced of the possibility of happiness.
The strength that accompanies adversity makes the two hearts truly compatible. For the hard-won love in front of her, she will always cherish her lover with gratitude.
Huangliang is a dream, and life is delicate. Today, she still retains the heart of chasing her dreams, and she will return to her alma mater every year to share her story, hoping to inspire more students to chase their dreams bravely.
She often admonishes herself not to be complacent and to remain humble, because success is the easiest to lose, and failure is the hardest to pick up. On the road ahead, there are more challenges waiting ahead, and she will definitely live up to her mission, smile at life, and live up to her own beauty.
Happiness is marrying the right person
Walking leisurely in the sunset, Yan Danchen couldn't help but miss the bits and pieces he had walked with his lover in the past eight years. In her memory, Meng Haoqiang's meticulous care made him the warmest existence in her heart.
For this belated love, she suffered morning sickness in her forties, even though the process was extremely difficult, but every time she saw her son's sweet smiling face, she felt that all the hard work was worth it.
Her husband never mentioned his sacrifice, only asked her if she was comfortable. The supplements and hot meals he prepared with care were all his thoughts. Such selfless love transcends all material conditions and goes straight to the soul.
A friend said, how good it is to marry a rich second generation, why bother to marry an 18th-tier actor? She replied with a smile that true happiness is based on the fit of two hearts.
Her husband warmed her with all sorts of small details that were more precious than anything else. She used to be disheartened by love, but now she sincerely thanks God for her grace again to let her meet such a confidant.
Life is not going to be satisfactory nine times out of ten, and she has also experienced confusion and despair. But her husband's company gave her strength and rekindled her hope for life. After years of wandering, she finally found a shoulder to lean on.
This warmth, this confidant, is the happiest thing in her life.
How can there be a perfect marriage in this world, but in the face of her lover's shortcomings, she learned to be tolerant and understanding. Because she knows that he is also loving and caring for her in his own way.
Love, what is needed is tolerance and compromise, not demanding and picky. After going through the wind and rain, the love of husband and wife can last for a long time. Living to be old and learning is her perception of marriage.