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He is a "master of praise" in the cross talk industry, and he has created many popular masterpieces in the Spring Festival Gala. However, while he shines in his career, his life is not as good as he should be.
lost his son in his later years, experienced the pain of a white-haired person sending a black-haired person, and finally died of cancer at the age of 85. Who knows, after he left, his children actually went to court for the family property, causing a lot of chicken feathers.
So, who is this "cross talk master"?
What kind of untold story is hidden behind this?
The statements in this article are based on reliable sources of information and are detailed at the end of the article.
Eternal regrets
When it comes to Tang Jiezhong, many people may feel unfamiliar. But for cross talk fans, this master, who is known as the "Laughing Buddha", is unknown to everyone.
He has partnered with Ma Ji, Jiang Kun and other pillars to create and interpret popular masterpieces such as "Reverie in the Tiger's Mouth" and "Laughing Fetish".
Whenever Tang Jiezhong and his partner perform in one place, the box office will be empty, and the audience is full of praise for his outstanding performance.
With his exquisite artistic attainments, he also won heavyweight awards such as the "Hou Baolin Golden Image Award" and the "China Quyi Peony Award".
However, Tang Jiezhong's wonderful bloom in his career came at the expense of family happiness.
In 1958, he married his wife, Jin Wenlan, and at first, the two were very happy, and Jin Wenlan fully supported her husband in pursuing his artistic dreams.
But the good times didn't last long, and with the birth of three children, Tang Jiezhong began to wander between family and career involuntarily.
In order to entertain performances, he travels all year round and turns a blind eye to the growth of children.
The burden of running the household alone and raising three children all fell on Jin Wenlan's shoulders.
Whenever Jin Wenlan fell into an unsustainable predicament, Tang Jiezhong was always absent.
Even when the child was seriously ill, Tang Jiezhong couldn't rush back to take care of it.
Once, the eldest son suffered from an emergency illness with a high fever that did not go away and almost died.
That night, Jin Wenlan stayed alone in front of the hospital bed, looking at her son's painful appearance with teary eyes, but helplessly praying for a miracle to come.
The doctor said helplessly: "If the child's fever does not subside before dawn the next day, it will be difficult to save his life." ”
Hearing this, Jin Wenlan's tears flowed down, and she felt deep despair.
However, as a mother, she did not dare to relax in the slightest and called the child's name earnestly.
Sometimes I use a cold wet towel to cool my son, and sometimes I pinch the time to take his temperature.
That night, she finally survived the most cruel test in her life, until dawn, her son finally had a fever, and Jin Wenlan seemed to be pulled back from the brink of life and death.
Seeing that her son was safe and sound, Jin Wenlan dared to close her eyes and take a nap, which moved everyone present.
However, Tang Jiezhong was absent in the face of all this, and he didn't even have the opportunity to witness his wife's greatness.
When Jin Wenlan told all this with tears in her eyes and questioned Tang Jiezhong, he could only secretly feel annoyed.
In order to make up for his wife and children, Tang Jiezhong handed over all the income he earned to Jin Wenlan, hoping to fill the emotional gap in a material way.
However, this method is not a cure for the symptoms after all, and as time goes by, the regrets and resentments of the three children towards their father accumulate more and more.
The eldest son got married and his daughter got married, and Tang Jiezhong didn't have the opportunity to appear, which became a permanent pain in the hearts of the children.
Whenever the children asked Tang Jiezhong behind his back why he was so affectionate to the family, Jin Wenlan would try her best to excuse her husband and tell the children that Tang Jiezhong's absence was out of helplessness.
However, such cover-ups and explanations cannot completely restore the children's disappointment in their fathers.
Years of estrangement and resentment were finally completely detonated by a bad news in 2005.
That year, Tang Jiezhong's 39-year-old youngest son died of illness, and Tang Jiezhong was devastated and suffered from severe depression for a time.
That bad news was like a blow to the head, waking up all the regrets and regrets in Tang Jiezhong's life.
He began to reflect on his lack as a father, and the death of his son made matters worse, becoming the most painful pain in his life.
In the face of his wife's persuasion, Tang Jiezhong realized how absent and indifferent he was in the golden age of his children's growth.
So, in his later years, Tang Jiezhong spent as much time as possible with his family and participated in the life events of his children.
Dokan's life
Looking back on the past, Tang Jiezhong's language talent and acting skills have conquered countless audiences, but his life hides too many embarrassing regrets.
In Beijing in 1932, an ordinary peasant family welcomed their son, Tang Jiezhong.
Born in the turbulent era of war, the Tang family soon suffered a heavy blow in their lives.
In order to survive, the family had to travel to the northeast with their families to take root in that barren land.
The family is surrounded by four walls, and Tang's father and Tang's mother have a hard time.
During the day, my father sold socks and shoes on the streets, while my mother worked in the fields, relying on her meager income to support the family.
The embarrassment of life is even reflected in Tang Jiezhong.
As a result of the severe cold, at the age of four, he suffered a severe episode of chilblains, and his fingers began to slowly fester.
Pity the hearts of parents all over the world, Tang's parents watched their blood and bones ruthlessly ravaged by the cruel reality, but they had no money and powerless to save their children from illness.
Until the end, they had to amputate the half of their son's ring finger with their own hands, and Tang Jiezhong was left with a lifelong disability from then on.
Fortunately, fate did not completely abandon the Tang family, and ten years later, the family finally returned to Beijing.
Seeing that his son Tang Jiezhong has an innate talent for literary lyrics, songs, and funny words, Tang's father and Tang's mother hope that their son can make a career out of this in the future and live a good life.
As a result, the teenager Tang Jiezhong joined the army's art troupe as he wished, transforming from an unknown child to a dazzling literary star.
It was on this stage that a senior master named Liu Baorui discovered Tang Jiezhong's potential and accepted him as an apprentice.
Liu Baorui has no reservations about this "good seedling", and he treats him like a parent.
Liu Baorui unreservedly taught his decades of experience in studying cross talk to Tang Jiezhong, and cared for him meticulously.
Tang Jiezhong also studied the art of cross talk wholeheartedly with an attitude of humbly seeking advice, and the friendship between the master and apprentice can be called a good story.
lived up to his teacher's expectations, after several years of painstaking study, Tang Jiezhong finally made his mark in the cross talk industry, and "The Story of Liubao" with his mentor became a blockbuster and became a classic in history.
Since then, Tang Jiezhong's acting career has reached a new peak.
But who would have thought that the shadow of the disease was quietly shrouded, and in 2011, Tang Jiezhong was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Over the next few years, Mr. Tang underwent surgery, radiation and chemotherapy exhausted.
Cancer has brought great suffering to his body, and he used to talk endlessly, but now he is often in a trance, and it has become extremely difficult to speak.
Unfortunately, all efforts were in vain, and the cancer cells spread day by day, and soon reached the stomach.
Finally, after battling cancer for six years, Tang Jiezhong, who was 85 years old, passed away on June 18, 2017.
His death undoubtedly brought great mental trauma to his family, especially his wife Jin Wenlan, whose death was like the light of life suddenly extinguished, and she fell into deep despair and mourning.
Half a year later, Jin Wenlan also passed away because she missed her husband, and the two were still in love in the spirit of heaven and got together.
Ownership of the estate
Faced with the death of their parents, the eldest son Tang Gang and daughter Tang Xiaowen were heartbroken. They thought they could be with their parents in their peaceful old age, but they didn't think that the impermanence of life would be so unexpected.
In addition to the pain, the Tang siblings began to plan for their parents' funeral, and laid them to rest in two adjacent cemeteries on the outskirts of Beijing.
Unexpectedly, in the process of dealing with the aftermath, the brother and sister were estranged over the issue of inheritance.
It is understood that Tang Jiezhong had several properties and considerable savings in his name before his death, and there were serious disagreements between the two sides on how to distribute this inheritance.
As the eldest son, Tang Gang believes that according to tradition, he should inherit most of his parents' inheritance.
But her sister Tang Xiaowen insisted that her parents' inheritance should be divided equally.
Neither side wanted to go to court, but Tang Xiaowen decided to expose the family scandal and entrusted a lawyer to file a lawsuit with the court, asking the court to intervene in mediation and make a fair ruling.
"I knew that by doing so, I would lose my children and leave a bad impression on outsiders. But now that it's over, I can't care about that much. ”
Tang Xiaowen said categorically, "My parents have worked hard all their lives to have today's family background, how can I allow my brother to cover the sky with one hand?" ”
As soon as the lawsuit was launched, it immediately aroused widespread concern in society.
As a well-known artist, Tang Jiezhong's family history has been hotly discussed and questioned by public opinion, and his children's practice of resorting to law in order to compete for the inheritance has also been criticized.
Under the auspices of the court, the two sides faced each other in court several times, and the scene was extremely tense for a time.
Finally, after several months of hard work, the judge mediated, and the brother and sister finally reached an agreement to divide the inheritance equally, thus ending the "civil war".
"We made this decision just to live up to our parents' life's work and to inherit the inheritance with peace of mind." On the last day of the trial, Tang Xiaowen said to the judge.
However, I am afraid that even if I get a share of the inheritance, I will not be able to truly reconcile the regrets of my father's absence as a child.
Although the brothers and sisters of the Tang family shook hands and made peace, the wounds in their hearts are difficult to completely heal, and their father's alienation and absence from them will become a haze that they cannot let go of for the rest of their lives.
epilogue
In the face of the inheritance dispute and the ensuing public opinion turmoil, people can't help but lament that Tang Jiezhong's lifelong artistic achievements have been exchanged for the estrangement between his children. A generation of masters has certainly left a great reputation, but for his children, the so-called fame is not as good as a day's company.
If there is an afterlife, he may be more willing to be a good father than the world-famous "cross talk master".
[References]
1. China News Service-2017.6.22-"Farewell to Tang Jiezhong in the Rain, Jiang Kun Tears and Say Art Lives Forever"
2. Beijing Youth Daily-2018.12.17-"Out-of-court Settlement of Tang Jiezhong's Estate Dispute"