Preface
In the 80s of the last century, there was such a song called "Sun Island", after it was released, thousands of people were empty, and even appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala three years later, which attracted many people, and the actor who sang her became popular, she is Zheng Xulan.
She directly relied on this song to become popular all over the country, even to the point that no one knew about it, just when everyone thought that her career would be thriving, she suddenly chose to marry the United States and gave up her good career in China, so what is her situation now?
Leaving China at the peak of his career
Zheng Xulan has been extremely interested in music since she was a child, and she began to show her super high musical talent, and later entered the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe at the age of 19, and gradually developed her own singing style.
In 1979, he became popular all over the country with a song "Sun Island", and became a household name for a while.
This song seems to open the door to Zheng Xulan's music, and since then her road to success has begun to show, in 1980, she participated in the new star concert and won the championship, and in 1983, she was invited by CCTV to sing Sun Island to the people of the whole country on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.
After that, a number of music works were released, such as "Shepherd's Song", "Waves of Gulangyu", "Sea and Sun", etc., these songs can be said to be Zheng Xulan's masterpieces, which have been sought after and welcomed by fans and friends.
In this way, Zheng Xulan has been popular for nearly seven or eight years, and her popularity has not declined, but in 1985, she met the person who turned a turning point in her life, he was an American guy who liked Zheng Xulan's songs very much.
Therefore, he launched a fierce pursuit of her, and Zheng Xulan was also moved by the young man's attitude and wanted to form a family with him, but there was a clear rule within the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe at that time, that is, all singers who were making up could not fall in love.
Not to mention marrying a foreigner, but Zheng Xulan has already gotten into a ghost, and she wants to marry this American guy even if she is killed, so she even submitted her resignation report.
Finally, in the spring of 1987, she completed all the resignation procedures, and resolutely went to the United States to marry and live with an American man, but married life was not as simple as she imagined.
Within a few years, the two often quarreled over big and small things, and although the two had children, they still didn't agree.
After Zheng Xulan arrived in the United States, she became a full-time wife, gave up the opportunity to sing by herself, and concentrated on taking care of her husband and son.
Therefore, the probability of quarreling with her husband is getting higher and higher, and finally in 1994, Zheng Xulan divorced her husband and returned to China with her son.
The second relationship after returning home
After returning to China, Zheng Xulan met his second relationship, he was a university professor Li You, at first Zheng Xulan didn't want to fall into the whirlpool of feelings, he had already failed once, plus he also had children with his ex-husband, and he didn't want to be hurt again.
But Li You said that she could see her son as her own child, and she didn't care about Zheng Xulan's previous relationship, gradually, Zheng Xulan was moved by Li You's sincerity and persistence, and decided to give it a try, and began to fall in love with Li You.
As time went by, the relationship between the two became deeper and deeper, and they were about to enter the palace of marriage, but Zheng Xulan learned from Li You's mother that Li You was suffering from mucosal cancer, and it was at an advanced stage, and there was no cure.
Zheng Xulan, who knew the truth, not only did not leave Li You, but accompanied him until the last moment of his life, in 2005, Li You's cancer worsened and passed away, Zheng Xulan also lost the man he loved the most, and the second relationship also failed.
After Li You's death, Zheng Xulan did not choose to get married, but concentrated all her energy on music, so how is Zheng Xulan doing now?
How's she doing now?
Now her son is her own career, and her son has also been trained by her very well, and later admitted to a university in the United States, although she is thousands of miles away from her mother, she often returns to China to visit her, although her son has repeatedly persuaded her mother to live with him in the United States, but Zheng Xulan refused.
After all, she went to the United States to live for love, and now she has no love at all, so it is better to stay in China than to be displaced and go to a foreign country.
In 2020, Zheng Xulan was invited by CCTV again and asked her to sing her famous song "Shepherd Song" with Huo Zun on the stage of CCTV.
set off a lot of memories of the post-80s, and in 2024, he will participate in a CCTV program again and sing the classic old song "Shepherd Song" again.
Although she once chose to stay away from her hometown and stay away from her career at the peak, after so many years, her real singing strength is still there, every mouth is a slow memory, and a mouth is the embodiment of strength.
Now Zheng Xulan is 66 years old, in the first half of her life, she worked hard for her career and love, and in the second half of her life, she decided to give all her time to herself.
Usually I rarely see her on social platforms, and when I have nothing to do, I will go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables like ordinary people, cook by myself, and enjoy a leisurely life.
As long as she is invited to sing on any TV show, she will agree, and she still wants to exert the remaining strength in her lifetime.
Although her current popularity can no longer be compared with the beginning, she still lives in people's minds and is unforgettable.
She even said that it doesn't matter if she doesn't work for a long time, she can volunteer and participate in more public welfare performances, as long as the audience needs it, she can sing hard, and she will show her truly beautiful and strong self on the stage.
From this passage, it can be seen that Zheng Xulan has an optimistic and positive attitude towards life, and perhaps now she is also regretting why she resolutely went abroad with an American man despite the dissuasion of others?
But now that things have developed to this point, it is useless to say anything, and it is the right way to face it calmly.
I also hope that in the future, Zheng Xulan can enjoy life better, enjoy the present, live the remaining days, put aside all kinds of grievances in the past, and get a real rebirth.
Primary sources
A landscape art documentary sang two songs, "On the Island of the Sun" and "Song of Joy Flying Out of the Waves". Harbin Daily.2022-10-06 [Cited 2024-05-02]
Zheng Xulan: Resigning for love and encountering a ban order The love road is bumpy and the disease takes away the lover. Sina.2010-09-19 [Cited 2024-05-02]