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Speaking of well-known domestic combinations, different age groups may have different favorite combinations, but all age groups will have a common combination, that is, Phoenix Legend.
Since the debut of the Phoenix Legend, it can be described as "punching the Nanshan Nursing Home and kicking the Beihai Kindergarten", from the post-00s to the post-60s, the Phoenix Legend has attracted people of every age "without difference".
I even saw on a funny joke on the Internet that because my office colleagues couldn't sing the songs of Phoenix Legend, they were reported as suspected spies.
It is enough to prove the popularity of the Phoenix Legend in the mainland.
Yang Wei Linghua
In 1980, Yang Weilinghua was born in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, because Yang Weilinghua is a Mongolian girl from the Ordos steppe.
Yang Weilinghua has been deeply influenced by the songs of the nomads since she was a child, and she loves music very much, so she applied for an art school in order to learn music and dance.
In 1995, Yang Weilinghua graduated from art school, but what she didn't expect was that her parents arranged for her to become a local electrical salesman.
In 1997, under the persuasion of Yang Weilinghua, her parents finally agreed to let her pursue her dream.
However, the road to chasing dreams is often full of thorns and tribulations, Yang Weilinghua has been tossing and turning, and she has failed the exams of art troupes such as Window of the World and Folk Village, and finally came to the place where their group was born, the Golden Age Song and Dance Hall, and became a signed artist.
[Source: Baidu Encyclopedia - Yang Wei Linghua's early experience, Peninsula Morning News released on July 19, 2011]
Zeng Yi
In 1973, Zeng Yi was born in Yiyang, Hunan Province, in a family full of literary and artistic atmosphere, and his parents both worked in the literary and artistic propaganda team in their early years.
His mother likes singing and dancing very much, and Zeng Yi grew up in his mother's singing, so Zeng Yi has been very fond of music since he was a child, and his musical talent is extremely high.
When he was in junior high school, Zeng Yi kept up with the trend and learned a lot of Hong Kong and Taiwan pop songs with a group of classmates with the same hobbies.
However, Zeng Yi did not apply for art colleges, but went to study home appliance maintenance and became a worker in the local radio factory, but this does not mean that Zeng Yi gave up music, on the contrary, he will go to the local performing arts center to sing in his free time, and become a well-known local singer.
In 1998, despite the opposition of his family, Zeng Yi quit his stable job and went to the Shenzhen Golden Age Song and Dance Hall.
When Yang Weilinghua arrived, Zeng Yi had become the music director of the dance hall, and the two became colleagues.
[Information source: Baidu Encyclopedia - Zeng Yi's early experience]
Linghua and Zeng Yi combined
Zeng Yi and Yang Wei Linghua are very fond of the Korean group Cool Dragon, and under their influence, the name of the combination at the beginning of Zeng Yi and Linghua's team was "Cool Fire Combination", and their new combination directly became the pillars of the golden era at that time.
In order to increase their popularity, in 1998, they also participated in the Radio and Television Music Festival Newcomer Award organized by Star Music Channel, and successfully reached the finals.
It was through this competition that the "Cool Fire Group" and the famous music producer He Muyang met, at first He Muyang heard Yang Wei Linghua's voice on the radio, and felt that her voice was very unique, and through multiple relationships, Yang Wei Linghua herself was finally found.
At first, He Muyang didn't know that they were a group, and only recorded a small sample of Yang Weilinghua, and Yang Weilinghua suggested adding some rap to the song, because the "Cool Fire Group" is a rap group.
When he heard this request, He Muyang was very unsure, because he had not made such an innovation, so Yang Weilinghua suggested that Mr. He Muyang go to watch a few of their performances.
Subsequently, Mr. He Muyang created this popular song "On the Moon".
It can be said that it is Mr. He Muyang that the two of them can become popular so quickly.
[Information source: Baidu Encyclopedia - Phoenix Legend's early experience]
The legend of the "Phoenix Legend".
Although the name of the Phoenix Legend was confirmed as early as 2001, it has never been changed.
Until 2005, Peacock Records took a fancy to Yang Wei Linghua's voice characteristics, but only took a fancy to Linghua alone, that is to say, only Yang Wei Linghua was signed, and Zeng Yi was not in their consideration.
Later, under the strong suggestion of Yang Weilinghua, their combination was retained.
In 2005, the fame of the "Cool Fire Group" became more and more famous, and fans proposed to change the name of the group, and then their friends thought of the word "Phoenix", because in traditional Chinese culture, "Phoenix" contains the meaning of auspicious men and women, but the word "Phoenix" alone is not good, at this time, a friend thought of the online game "Legend" that Linghua was obsessed with at the time, and proposed to simply call it "Phoenix Legend", and the name was unanimously praised.
Thus, the Phoenix Legend was born.
[Source: Shenzhen Evening News released on March 25, 2013]
On May 27 of the same year, Phoenix Legend released its first group album "On the Moon", and participated in CCTV's variety show "Avenue of Stars", and won the runner-up in the competition that lasted for nearly a year.
In 2006, in that PHS era, the mobile phone ringtones of "On the Moon" had reached 79 million downloads, which was enough to see the dominance of Phoenix Legend at that time.
In 2008, Phoenix Legend appeared on the most brilliant stage CCTV Spring Festival Gala for the first time in the hearts of the Chinese people, and sang "On the Moon" for everyone.
[Information source: Sina.com-2008 CCTV Spring Festival Gala program list released]
Since then, the legendary journey of the Phoenix Legend has just begun, so far, the Phoenix Legend has participated in the Spring Festival Gala 10 times, and the Phoenix Legend has frequently appeared in many large-scale banquets in China, and is deeply loved by men, women and children across the country.
Not only that, but the Phoenix Legend after becoming famous is also on the front line of charity, and they often appear at the scene of various condolence performances.
Looking back on the past of the Phoenix Legend, netizens ridiculed the song of the Phoenix Legend for being "earthy and vulgar", however, it is this "earthy and vulgar" song that their concert tickets are "hard to find".
Now the two have been working together for 26 years, and Zeng Yi has been the green leaf that foil the red flower for 26 years, and they can come to this day, not only because of their own strength, but also because of the deep friendship they have established.
There is no conjugal relationship between them, only the common and mutual support of music, as they themselves said, what is suitable for being friends may not be suitable for being husband and wife.
It can be said that their success is a collection of "the right time, the right place and the right people", the two joined the Golden Age Song and Dance Hall in the same year, this is the right time and place, the two have supported each other together for 26 years, this is the people.