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Timeless Legends
In 1958, 17-year-old Yang Likun played a challenging role in the movie "Five Golden Flowers" for the first time, showing excellent acting skills and attracting wide attention from the audience.
Director Wang Jiayi accepted the order to return to his hometown urgently, and actively prepared this film that reflects the enthusiasm and unrestrained spirit of the Bai people in Yunnan. Playing a subtle and introverted female character, Yang Likun, who is only 17 years old, perfectly presents the emotions of the protagonist.
After the release of this film, its popularity gradually climbed, and Premier Zhou Enlai personally met with Yang Likun and gave her high praise for her outstanding performance. This makes Yang Likun's position in the entertainment industry more and more stable.
In 1960, the famous director Liu Qiong skillfully adapted the Sani long poem "Ashima" published by Yunnan Publishing House, and successfully selected Yang Likun to play the heroine.
As soon as this movie was released, Yang Likun immediately won the love and recognition of the audience and became the most watched actress at that time. In 1964, the film, which took a lot of effort to make, was finally completed, but it suffered unprecedented setbacks.
Although "Ashima" is as bright as fireworks, it eventually disappears into the night sky like an epiphany. This has not affected Yang Likun's status in the hearts of the audience, and the brave and tenacious Yi woman she plays has been deeply imprinted in the hearts of countless people and has become an indelible classic in Chinese culture.
The sixties were the most brilliant time for Yang Likun, she was known as the "most beautiful woman" and received a steady stream of love letters. But Yang Likun has been focusing on her career and has no time to take care of her personal emotional life.
She once fell in love with Zhao Mao, the son of well-known movie star Zhao Dan, but was soon opposed by her family and had to separate. This may have indirectly influenced her later life path.
Sick and sick
In May 1974, Yang Likun gave birth to a pair of lovely twin sons in the bustling city of Shanghai. This has undoubtedly injected new life into this once lonely family.
During pregnancy, Yang Likun began to have serious psychological problems.
She sometimes hallucinates that there is a "grandfather" around her who manipulates her behavior, and she will mistakenly believe that her husband Tang Fenglou is a brother rather than a husband. This situation made Tang Fenglou, who worked in Shaoguan, Guangzhou, very tormented, and he had to frequently ask for leave from the unit and take turns with his mother to take care of his wife's illness.
After proper treatment and care, Yang Likun was finally transferred from Kunming to Hunan and gradually recovered his health. But just as she was happy to have twin sons, the disease struck her again.
In the face of his wife's increasingly serious mental illness, Tang Fenglou felt extremely painful and helpless. He had to make up his mind to send Yang Likun back to the Binzhou psychiatric hospital for treatment.
Seeing his wife leave, Yang Likun kissed and hugged the children affectionately, and said, "Mom is about to leave, but my heart will always be full of thoughts of you." This scene is unbearable to look at, and Tang Fenglou also witnessed helplessly in pain.
Since then, Yang Likun and her husband Tang Fenglou have been getting together less and less, and the originally warm home has become empty, leaving only endless thoughts and concerns. Although his wife's condition is getting worse day by day, Tang Fenglou has never given up, and he has been silently supporting Yang Likun in his own way.
Regarding Yang Likun's condition, Tang Fenglou felt extremely confused and worried. Although he has achieved great success in the business field, in order to avoid adding to the pressure on his wife, he chooses to hide the fact that he owns luxury goods such as villas and luxury cars.
Tang Fenglou took on the responsibility of taking care of his wife and two children, and on the other hand, he also had to provide a lot of financial support for his wife's treatment. This perennial accumulation of troubles eventually led to his own severe tracheal inflammation.
Career success
Despite the difficulties encountered in life, Tang Fenglou did not give up. He resolutely chose to quit his job and join the business world, hoping to provide more financial support for his wife's treatment through his own efforts.
In the field of business, Tang Fenglou has shown extraordinary talent. In the 90s of the last century, he already owned luxury goods such as luxury villas and high-end cars, and became one of the first practitioners to successfully try to do business in the sea.
But in the face of his lover's illness, he chose to hide his wealth and achievements from Yang Likun, just hoping to avoid aggravating her real pressure.
During these difficult years, Tang Fenglou not only had to take care of his wife, but also took care of the lives of his two children. He always paid attention to Yang Likun's condition, and carefully cooked milk cakes for the children in the early morning of the next day, and got up in the middle of the night to check on his wife's condition.
This perennial accumulation of troubles eventually led to Tang Fenglou himself suffering from severe tracheal inflammation.
On a hot summer day in 2000, 58-year-old Yang Likun unfortunately died suddenly of cerebral infarction. This once incomparable "Ashima" has left this world, leaving endless thoughts.
Although 21 years have passed, her figure and image have always been deeply engraved in the hearts of countless people and have become an eternal classic in Chinese culture.
After Yang Likun's death, Tang Fenglou still politely refused all interview requests, unwilling to recall that painful past again. It wasn't until 2017 that he first publicly told his story on a TV show.
It turned out that the great husband had been hiding his career achievements just to avoid aggravating the stress of his wife's illness.
Even many years after his wife's death, Tang Fenglou still sticks to his career. He has become the chairman of 9 well-known enterprises, the most representative of which is "Shanghai Fenglou International Trade Co., Ltd." and "Yunnan Yang Likun Cultural Industry Investment Co., Ltd."
Under his leadership, these companies have flourished and become leaders in the industry.
Cultural traditions
Although Yang Likun has passed away for 21 years, the image of "Ashima" she plays has always been deeply rooted in the hearts of the public. Not long ago, a writer published a short article titled "The famous movie star Yang Likun suffered from mental illness in his 20s, died at the age of 58, and became the eternal Ashima", which was read more than 1.32 million times in just 13 hours.
This undoubtedly proves once again that Ashima has become an indelible classic in Chinese culture.
At the beginning of 2001, some of Yang Likun's ashes were finally returned to his hometown of Yunnan. Friends from all walks of life have come to offer their blessings to this eternal Ashima.
And Tang Fenglou and his two sons did not choose to appear in public at this important moment, they chose to keep a low profile, unwilling to recall the pain in their hearts again.
It wasn't until 2017 that Tang Fenglou was publicly interviewed on TV for the first time, telling the outside world the moving story between himself and Yang Likun. When talking about the cause of his illness, the old man's voice was hoarse, full of vicissitudes and helplessness: "Every night means that I need to carefully cook milk cakes for my child in the early morning of the next day, and then get up in the middle of the night to care about Yang Likun's condition."
These perennial problems, especially in the cold autumn and winter, often cause my throat to be invaded, which eventually induces tracheal inflammation.
Tang Fenglou's frankness made countless viewers sigh. We seem to be more focused on Yang Likun's health and neglect the dedication and sacrifice of this great husband.
He gave up his job to devote himself to caring for his ailing wife, while also taking on the responsibility of caring for his two children. In the process, he not only suffered both physical and mental torture, but also hid his achievements in the business world, just to prevent his wife's condition from worsening due to the pressure of reality.
Today, this old man full of wisdom and courage has become the chairman of the board of directors across 9 well-known companies. His two sons have also entered the business world and are beginning to follow in their father's footsteps.
The focus of Tang Fenglou's work has been on vigorously promoting and continuing the "Ashima" culture. He hopes that this cultural power, which once swept the country, can be carried forward and spread to the rest of the world.
For more than 40 years, Yang Likun's image has been deeply engraved in the hearts of countless Chinese. The brave and tenacious Yi woman she played has become an indelible classic in Chinese culture.
And now, her husband Tang Fenglou is also using his own way to promote and continue this precious cultural heritage.
"Ashima" has left us for 21 years, but her spirit and image still exist vividly in everyone's hearts. Countless people were pleasantly surprised to see that Yang Likun's family appeared on the TV screen for the first time to tell the story of this timeless classic.
This scene undoubtedly proves once again that Ashima has become an irreplaceable and important symbol of Chinese culture.