Preface
The scenery in front of the people, the loneliness behind the people. Today's Song Chunli lives a "double heaven before and after". On stage, she is a unique national first-class actor, who has created countless classic roles and won the love of countless fans and audiences. Off the stage, she lived a rather lonely life. At the age of 61, she is still unmarried, has never had children of her own, and even has few relatives and friends left.
You see her mother-in-law and thoughtfulness on the screen, but no one can really regard her as a mother; You see her swaying freely and charming on the set, but when she returns home, the emptiness and loneliness will inevitably swallow her completely. Art is indeed a heavy price. For today's achievements, Song Chunli has given up too much, and she doesn't even have the opportunity to be an ordinary mother.
Red dust ups and downs, ups and downs in life
In fact, Song Chunli's growth path is not much smoother than ordinary people. She was born in an ordinary working family, and when she was 13 years old, she only accidentally entered the Guangzhou Military Region Song and Dance Troupe to start her acting career. At that time, the family was so poor that they couldn't open the pot, and my mother always proudly said with the meager income she earned in the group that year: "If Chunli hadn't joined this group, our family would have nothing." "
Fortunately, Song Chunli naturally likes to act, and imitating the movements and demeanors of the actors in the movie is her greatest pleasure. After entering the song and dance troupe, she immediately showed extraordinary talent, whether it was singing, dancing or sketch performances, she was good at everything. "You were born to be an actor!" Her mentors often praised her as a "little prodigy of art". Song Chunli is also going further and further on the career path she likes.
However, fate didn't treat her too well. When she was in her early 20s, Song Chunli was forced to travel with the troupe to various places, and her artistic career once fell into a low period. By chance, she and an elderly musician met, knew and fell in love, and finally entered the palace of marriage. Her husband, Sun Weixi, is a highly respected music educator, and after Song Chunli married him, the trajectory of her life began to take a big turn.
Entering the filming industry, the dream begins
After marriage, Song Chunli entered Beijing Bayi Film Studio and officially started her film career. As soon as her debut film "The Heart of Suffering" was released, she won her first big praise for her outstanding acting skills.
The role of nurse Xiao Qiao portrayed in this movie is like a copy of Song Chunli herself. Experienced but still gentle and simple, strong on the outside but delicate and fragile on the inside, he has a persistent pursuit of life and career.
As soon as the film was released, Song Chunli was immediately regarded as a "powerful actor" by the audience and film critics. In the following years, she starred in a series of famous film and television dramas such as "Spy", "Entrepreneurship", "Red Sorghum", etc., which can be described as a chess game in the world and won to the peak. Many people commented: "Song Chunli is an ordinary actor, she is clearly a model of an artist!"
Give up childbearing, career first
However, just when her career was in full swing, Song Chunli made a decision that she regretted and blamed herself later - she chose to give up childbearing for the sake of her career. It all started in 1980. That year, Song Chunli had just completed the filming of "The Spy", which had a huge impact in the mainland, and she also received countless praises for it. Just when she was complacent, a bad news made her bittersweet.
It turned out that in the last period of time on the set, Song Chunli found out that she was pregnant! For an actress who is on the rise in her career, this is simply a slap in the face. Her husband Sun Weixi was also kind at that time. He suggested that Song Chunli get rid of the child first and wait for her career to stabilize before considering having children.
"You're in your prime now, and once you have children, it will definitely affect a lot. When you've achieved more, it's not too late for us to plan to have a baby. After thousands of struggles and entanglements, Song Chunli finally chose to give up this child. She knew that this might be her last chance to have children, but she still made this difficult decision without regrets.
In this way, Song Chunli put her whole mind and energy into her career. Her wonderful works are the best proof of her - "Sunrise", "Tales of a Small Town", "Dear", ...... Her amazing acting skills dominated almost the entire '80s.
It wasn't until her career finally reached the pinnacle and won the highest honor of "National First-Class Actor" that Song Chunli woke up from a dream and realized that she had missed the best opportunity to be a mother. By the time she began to desire children, she was already past the age of sixteen and could not have children at all. Although Sun Weixi has always supported her to adopt, she always feels that such a child is "not her own flesh and blood".
The stakes of life
In this way, Song Chunli won a "complete victory" in her artistic career, but she completely failed in the bet on life. She devoted all her energy and youth to art, but never had a chance to win back the most precious family life.
Decades have passed. Some people say that she is "destined to be the daughter of art", and some people praise her as "the best of mom-level actors". But Song Chunli knows that she has never been a qualified mother. Just when Song Chunli was completely desperate and ready to grow old like this, an unexpected turn for the better appeared.
In 2020, her 62-year-old friend Kang Shuying, who is also a famous actress, learned that she had been wishing to be a mother for many years, and encouraged her to realize her dream through adoption. "You've been acting like a mother on stage all your life, and now you can finally be a real mother again!"
The road to adoption Mother's love is restored
At first, Song Chunli was a little resistant. Deep down, she always felt that the adopted child was not the same as her own child. But as she got older, she finally made up her mind to use this way to fulfill her dream of motherhood.
In this way, in the spring of 2021, a 5-year-old girl came to Song Chunli's side. From the welfare home to the Song family, this child seems to be a late gift from fate.
Song Chunli gave all her love to this child. Despite her age, she is still like other young mothers, carefully caring for and teaching Xiaokangkang. Watching the child thrive beside her, her motherhood and tenderness were fully unleashed.
"Mom has never regretted adopting you, you are the most beautiful gift from God. Song Chunli often said this to her children. And the daughter also repaid her mother's affection with her actions - he unconditionally loved this mother who gave it to his family.
Life returns to the ordinary and gains happiness
In this way, in the last years of her life, Song Chunli finally found her own family happiness. She is no longer a "mother actor" who only lives on the stage, but a real mother in the world.
Although she has gone through too many detours and experienced too many regrets, Song Chunli still said with a smile: "I don't regret my dedication to my career at all, because it allows me to live the way I like." "
Yes, for an actor, art is the meaning of her whole life. And mother's love and family are not her only sustenance and comfort?
Let's all wish Song Chunli a dull and happy rest of her life. In the remaining years, she can finally shine brightly and be her own mother again.