Beijing, May 17 (Reporter Zhang Xi Shangguanyun) "The stars in the sky do not speak, the dolls on the ground think of their mothers, they think of their mothers at night, and the shining tears Lu Binghua ..."
Remember the classic song "Lu Binghua"? Comprehensive Taiwan media reported that the famous Taiwan writer Zhong Zhaozheng died in his sleep on the 16th at the age of 96.
And the first novel he wrote was "Lu Binghua". The book was later adapted into a movie, and the theme song became popular across the taiwan strait and three places, and once appeared on CCTV Spring Festival Gala, becoming a classic that praises maternal love.
He worked as a primary school teacher all his life
Zhong Zhaozheng is a Taiwanese novel writer, born in Longtan, Taoyuan in 1925, and enrolled in Tamkang Middle School and Changhua Youth Normal School in his early years. When he was in college, he dropped out of school due to hearing impairment.
Zhong Zhaozheng. Image source: Video screenshot
Through his efforts, he read many masterpieces of classical Chinese literature and new literary works since May Fourth, and slowly developed the idea of trying to write.
In 1951, Zhong Zhaozheng wrote his first novel, "After Marriage", which was quickly published. Through this incident, Zhong Zhaozheng was greatly encouraged and has been working hard ever since.
In his lifetime, Zhong Zhaozheng has served as a primary school teacher, a lecturer in the Department of Oriental Languages at Soochow University, the chairman of the Taiwan Hakka Public Affairs Association, etc., and is considered to be the most powerful and creative writer in Taiwan's literary circles for numerous awards.
For writing, Zhong Zhaozheng once said that farmers work in agriculture to make a living, but he himself learns the pen cultivation of the ancients and writes articles on manuscript paper all his life.
The story of "Lu Binghua"
According to media reports, Zhong Zhaozheng wrote more than 20 million words in his lifetime, but the most popular was the first novel "Lu Binghua" published in 1960.
When Lu Binghua was in full bloom, Guo Yuntian came from a big city to a primary school to work as an art teacher, and he found that the student in the class, Gu Aming, was a talent for painting, although mischievous.
Amin's family was poor and his academic performance was not very good, but he was very talented in painting. Guo Yuntian is determined to train Amin, but when selecting representatives to participate in the competition, other teachers at the school, for various reasons, recommend a child from a wealthy family. Angered, Guo Yuntian himself sent Amin's work to the International Children's Exhibition.
Amin's painting eventually won the international prize, and Guo Yuntian rushed to tell the Amin family the good news, but found that the teenager had already died of a serious illness.
Zhen Ni sang the song of the same name in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. Image source: Video screenshot
After the publication of this work, it caused a great response. Later, "Lu Binghua" was adapted into a movie of the same name, and the song of the same name "Lu Binghua" became a hit, and Zhen Ni sang this song on the spring evening of CCTV, which became the common memory of generations of compatriots on both sides of the strait.
Today, thinking of the melody of "Lu Binghua" and the story in the book, many people still can't help but cry.
Spare no effort to promote future generations of writers to be humorous
After writing "Lu Binghua", Zhong Zhaozheng has created many works. In Taiwan's literary circles, he and Ye Shitao are equally famous, and the two are known as the "North Bell South Leaf"; in 2015, for his long-term contribution to society, he was awarded the Outstanding Alumni Medal in the Humanities and Arts category by National Taiwan University, and was revered as the "Mother of Taiwanese Literature" in Taiwan.
Zhong Zhaozheng once explained with a smile: "The 'Mother of Taiwanese Literature' will have various interpretations, and the real meaning is because the Hakka Cultural Center already has a 'Father of Taiwanese Literature', who is LaiHe of Changhua." ”
He respected Lai He very much, saying, "I am an old man, but I have also cultivated many disciples in literary activities, and my works have some influence, and I am said to be the 'mother of literature', it doesn't matter, I also want to thank, this is a compliment to me." ”
The novel "Lu Binghua". Author: Zhong Zhaozheng
Zhong Zhaozheng spared no effort to encourage and promote future generations of writers, and after the opening of the Taiwan Literature Museum, he donated nearly a thousand manuscripts, books, and ink treasures of his life, and was an important supporter of the opening of the Literature Museum.
When he was a literary award judge, he was very demanding, once said, "Reading novels, I pay special attention to the impression of the whole, so in the process of judging, I especially prefer novels with spiritual exploration and adventure." And its expression form should be relatively thick and not frivolous, but the technique should be novel and not conventional. ”
In life, Zhong Zhaozheng has a humorous personality, and he must smoke a few cigarettes and drink a little wine every day before he dies. Because he liked music, he taught himself piano and sometimes hummed songs. He even said that if he did not re-listen, he might have developed on the road of music.
Over the years, Zhong Zhaozheng's happiest is that his old friends come to visit, and occasionally he hears that old friends are gradually withering away, and he is always sad for a long time. Usually life is also relatively simple, get up at 7 or 8 o'clock every day to eat breakfast, flip through the newspaper, watch TV, like to watch baseball.
In literature, Zhong Zhaozheng was very famous, but he always remained modest, "never feeling that there was anything remarkable about him." (End)