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In 2017, it has been 16 years since the death of the famous calisthenics master MCA. On a certain day of the year, Babao Mountain was crowded with people, and it was a solemn and solemn scene.
It turned out that MCA's relatives and friends, colleagues in the industry, and people who had been favored and inspired by her came here to hold a memorial ceremony for the "mother of Chinese aerobics".
The crowd was immediately attracted by a special photo, which was the last photo of Ma Hua before his death. In the photo, MCA's face is full of red light, the corners of his mouth outline a sunny smile, and his posture is vigorous and energetic.
Everyone couldn't help but be deeply moved by this photo, as if MCA was right in front of her, still maintaining her vitality of never admitting defeat.
"Even if I am saying goodbye to this world, I want to meet you in the most energetic and sunny state!" People seem to be able to hear the heroic words that MCA once said, and the photos are telling her persistent pursuit of life.
In the crowd, two young, slightly haggard faces stood out. They are the two young girls who were selflessly rescued by MCA many years ago. At that time, the two suffered from severe arthritis and wandered in the big city to seek medical treatment, but it was MCA who took the initiative to provide free training opportunities for up to three months and pay monthly living allowances to rekindle their hope of rebirth.
Seeing Ma Hua's posthumous photo, the eyes of the two couldn't help but moisten. Their kindness to MCA will never be forgotten, and this time they came to express their highest respect to this former great benefactor.
At this memorial ceremony, people all recalled MCA's glorious life. In everyone's mind, the scene of the Spring Festival Gala in 1998 comes to mind.
That night, MCA joined hands with famous artists Fan Xiaoxuan and Xie Xiaodong to appear on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala and presented a wonderful aerobics performance. She energetically guided the audience to follow the rhythm, with clean movements and beautiful melodies, and the audience resounded with bursts of long-lasting applause and cheers.
This performance not only won MCA the second prize in the "My Favorite Spring Festival Gala Program", but also allowed her to reach the peak of her career.
People also remembered that in the past, every morning when they turned on the TV, they would hear MCA's sonorous voice resounding in the room: "Follow my lead, it only takes five minutes to embrace health and beauty, and live longer!" It was the popular CCTV fitness program "Bodybuilding 5 Minutes" hosted by her, which was all the rage back then.
Yes, driven by MCA, the "MCA Fitness Club" she founded quickly spread to large and small cities in China. Countless students in purple sportswear followed her rhythm in the park and sweated and enjoyed the fun of fitness together.
However, no one thought that this "bodybuilding queen", who had high hopes back then, would eventually die at the age of 41, making countless people sigh and lose an excellent fitness promoter.
Tracing MCA's upbringing, she was born into a military family. His father, Ma Xiaoxian, joined the 29th Army Military Training Corps in 1936 and fought bravely during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and officially joined the Communist Party of China in 1942.
During the years of the revolutionary war, Ma Xiaoxian grew step by step from an ordinary soldier to a company commander and battalion commander, and finally served as the political commissar of the Military and Political University.
MCA's childhood was not easy. At that time, she was in weak health and often fell ill. As a father, Ma Xiaoxian saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart.
He decided to raise his daughter into a healthy child with the power of sports from an early age. Since then, every day at dawn, Ma Xiaoxian will personally wake up Ma Hua and accompany her to do sports and exercise.
Although MCA abandoned his writing homework several times when he was young, the foundation of sports laid at home since he was a child is unusually solid. She was born with an extraordinary passion for dance, and with her unique skills, she soon became an important force in the "Zhongzi Dance" propaganda team, and gradually emerged.
It's no wonder that in the future, they will have a soft spot for bodybuilding.
Although MCA has loved sports since she was a child, her path to a bodybuilding career has not been smooth. When she first started, she could only lease a basement space to start the "MCA Fitness Club", and her only income was the teaching fees collected from the students.
In order to promote the event, MCA and the people in the club had to move some of the fitness equipment to the streets, hang the banner of "Mass Fitness Promotion Center", and sincerely invite passers-by to come and experience it for free.
Even so, there have been physical attacks and equipment damage from some people who are new to fitness. But MCA was not discouraged, and with her perseverance, she finally won the second place in the 1987 National Family Bodybuilding Competition, laying the foundation for her future fame.
MCA's fanatical pursuit of bodybuilding once made his family oppose it. The reason is that she was working in the troupe at that time, with a considerable salary, and it was an enviable good job. But MCA resolutely quit the job, determined to devote herself to the promotion of mass bodybuilding.
This decision was deeply worrying for the mother. The mother was worried that her daughter would be too risky to engage in such a profession that required frequent public appearances. As a mother, she naturally hopes that MCA can keep to herself and live a stable life peacefully.
But contrary to her mother's point of view, MCA's father, Ma Xiaoxian, gave his daughter great support and encouragement. "Now that we're in a new era, why can't women enjoy the joy of calisthenics? Times are changing, and we can't rest on our laurels anymore.
Bodybuilding is just a way to promote national fitness, not so much to show up, but to spread the concept of health.
With the support of his family, especially his father, and the encouragement of his own runner-up in national competitions, MCA resigned from his job in the troupe without hesitation and devoted himself to the promotion of bodybuilding.
Although the fitness market environment was still very immature and full of some chaos at that time, MCA did not give up halfway. On the contrary, she became more and more enthusiastic about this independent and confident career.
In 1999, she obtained the qualification certification of national bodybuilding referee.
Under the vigorous promotion of MCA, "MCA Fitness Clubs" have sprung up all over the country, benefiting countless people.
Just when MCA's career was taking off and fitness clubs were spreading all over the country, a sudden bad news broke her like a thunderbolt from the blue. In 1998, when MCA was recording a TV show called "Weight Loss Documentary Tracking", he fainted in front of all the staff, and the situation was extremely urgent and he was rushed to the hospital for treatment.
In the process of examination and treatment in the hospital, Ma Hua and her relatives accepted the cruelest truth -- she actually suffered from acute leukemia! For a while, the whole family seemed to be shrouded in thick dark clouds and fell into a boundless sea of suffering.
Faced with this bad news, MCA's first reaction was to hide the truth from relatives and friends. She only temporarily suspended the health club classes on the grounds that she was slightly ill and had skin allergies.
MCA fears that once the news of his serious illness is known to his elderly parents, it will be difficult for them to bear the blow.
At first, MCA still had a glimmer of hope that it would be cured. With all kinds of beautiful plans for her future career, she is eagerly looking forward to regaining a healthy life as soon as possible.
However, after 6 months of treatment, my aunt came to visit MCA who had just finished chemotherapy, only to see her covered in bruises and pain, and tears finally poured down her eyes, unable to control herself.
"Auntie, I'm in so much pain, only when the pain is extreme, the tears will flow so uncontrollably. MCA said helplessly.
During the whole treatment process, in addition to the concern for her elderly parents, MCA was most concerned about a disabled cat adopted by her. Afraid that it would be left unattended, she repeatedly told her sister to take good care of the cat.
Although her condition improved for a while, MCA was lucky, but the disease eventually took her young life. On September 22, 2001, this legend in the bodybuilding industry passed away like this, leaving countless people lamenting the loss of an excellent sports promoter.
After MCA's death, countless students in the fitness clubs she founded deeply remembered this mentor. They sighed: "In his spare time, Mr. MCA is not only our fitness coach, but also a close friend.
Everyone recalled that MCA always intimately and patiently instructed the students how to reasonably match the nutritious diet and how to choose the sportswear that suits them. She is like a considerate sister, influencing everyone with enthusiasm and patience, and interpreting what it means to "cherish life and embrace health" with practical actions.
In 2017, on the occasion of the 16th anniversary of Ms. MCA's death, in order to commemorate this outstanding calisthenics master, many people in the industry and people who have been helped by her rushed to the memorial garden in Babaoshan to express their condolences and remembrance to MCA.
At that solemn ceremony, everyone saw a special photo: a posthumous photo of Ma Hua before her death, showing her sunny smile and energetic bodybuilding posture.
This photo is based on respecting MCA's personal wishes, and deliberately allows her to say her final goodbye to the world in a long-awaited way, with great vitality and confidence.
An even more moving scene occurred at the end of the ceremony. Two young girls who had been rescued by MCA also came here to pay the highest respect to their former benefactors.
Seeing Ma Hua's posthumous photos before his death, the two burst into tears, and it was difficult to calm down for a long time.
Today, five years later, we have once again witnessed another figure who has passed away - Ma Xiaoxian, MCA's father. According to reports at the time, Ma Xiaoxian felt so sad and sad about the death of his daughter that he became increasingly haggard since then, and died on this day, five years after his daughter's death, leaving this world.
It is worth mentioning that Mr. Ma Xiao has served the country for outstanding service in the past, and was finally awarded the rank of regular army, which shows that he has made indelible contributions to the country and the people.
Although MCA's life is short, it is not easy for her to lead a new era in her own way to make the bodybuilding industry of her motherland lead a new era.