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introduction
The music began, the face was full of confident smiles, step by step to the stage, to accept the countless cheers of the crowd, Chen Zhou must remember the 13-year-old when he went out wandering, climbed the train and fell down, was crushed and led to high amputation.
Confident, smiling Chen Zhou
His parents divorced at the age of 6, he wandered around at the age of 8, lost both legs at the age of 13, and begged for a living before the age of 18.
After that, selling newspapers, polishing shoes, singing and selling art, until climbing more than 100 peaks, performing more than 3,000 times, finding a beautiful wife, giving birth to a pair of lovely children, becoming an inspirational master of countless Chinese people, and moving towards the peak of life.
He is the legless warrior Chen Zhou.
A tragic childhood
Chen Zhou was born in 1983 in Ermiao Township, Lanling County, Linyi City, Shandong Province. When he was 6 years old, his parents divorced, and he and his grandfather and grandmother were dependent on each other.
Due to his family's difficulties, Chen Zhou did not go to school, and at the age of 11, he relied on a little allegro and hometown drama taught by his grandfather to go out to the world. Beijing, Shenyang, Jiamusi... They have all witnessed the footprints of Chen Zhou's young children.
In 1996, Chen Zhou wandered to Weifang Changle, because he had no money to buy a ticket, he secretly climbed on a train pulling coal, and after the train started, he found himself sitting in the opposite direction, he was anxious, so he jumped.
"I was very awake at that moment, and when I opened my eyes, I found that my legs were missing. I subconsciously went to look for it and found that one of my legs was a few meters away, and the other leg was actually resting under my head. Chen Zhou recalled
In order to save his life, he had to amputate his leg at a high height, and only 10 centimeters were retained from the hip down.
Bedridden Chen Zhou, 13 years old
From being able to jump and jump, to not having legs. Is it possible to lie like this for the rest of your life?
He gritted his teeth, rolled over from the bed, and crawled into the street with his arms propped up in the sun, his former friends avoiding it, as if they had seen a monster. Some even made up a smooth mouth", a small monster, no legs, a mouth on the body, and both hands supported to climb out, like a toad. ”
"I still have to live, I can't eat like this and wait for death, I have to be a person."
After recuperating for a year, Chen Zhou, who felt lonely at home, took advantage of his grandfather's lack of preparation, tied a thick tire skin under his ass, and moved forward little by little with his hands. On the provincial road on the side of the house, he waved a bus and began a wandering career again.
The hardships of wandering
Years later, Chen Zhou still clearly remembered in his speech: On the night of wandering to Jinan again, the wind and snow, thinly dressed, cold and hungry, and when he was sleepy on the street, a kind lady woke him up and gave him a pear. The sweetness of the pear, he can still remember it now.
Starting a career of wandering and begging, being able to eat enough every day is Chen Zhou's greatest wish, but how can it be so easy?
The beggar gang who begged together to bully Chen Zhou and send him to beg every day, so that he could have more to eat, otherwise it would be a severe beating. Chen Zhou was humiliated and escaped, hiding in a ditch by the side of the road, and only then did he hide.
Wandering alone, like a wild cat and wild dog on the side of the road. Many times, Chen Zhou felt that it was not as good as these cats and dogs, at least they still had sound limbs. The money begged for was often robbed, and from time to time it was mixed with being beaten up.
And just like that, time flies.
In the winter of 17 years old, in the streets of Jiaxing, Zhejiang, Chen Zhou saw a beautiful girl in a flowered skirt, walking towards him like an angel, pulling out a coin from his pocket, and just when Chen Zhou was about to reach out to pick it up, the girl stepped back in surprise, threw down the coin and ran away.
This incident deeply stung Chen Zhou, "I can't do this anymore, relying on the sympathy of others to beg, relying on my own mutilated body to win sympathy, not what a person should be, I want to stand up and be a capital person."
At the age of 18, Chen Zhou ushered in his own coming-of-age ceremony.
Selling newspapers, shining shoes, setting up stalls, and even helping people line up to buy train tickets, all the business that can be imagined and done, Chen Zhou gritted his teeth and did it, and finally he was able to support himself, and he could be equal to others.
Climbing the mountain in Chenzhou
At that moment, he found that others looked at him differently. He made up his mind: No more begging.
Years of singing
In 2001, Jiaxing, Chen Zhou saw several disabled people singing stage. The leader was the master, suffering from polio, two apprentices, one with a leg disability and one with dwarfism.
Chen Zhou felt that he could also sing, and when he was a child, he learned allegro from his grandfather, and the allegro that he wanted to eat was still vividly remembered: "Dangli Dang, Dangli Dang." The sister-in-law is really good, take care of the old and the young, give some rice and some salt, and you will make a lot of money in the next year. Give some nests to give some chaff and give more to the young people. ”
He climbed onto the stage and asked the master if I could sing a song?
"He said what is this pain in the wind and rain, don't be afraid, wipe away the tears, at least we still have dreams", a song "Sailor", the crowd under the stage applauded thunderously.
Since then, Chen Zhou has found an organization, turning more than 700 cities, more than 3,000 singing and selling arts, all kinds of heartache, no one can fully understand.
Although some people make trouble, there are also people who cause trouble for no reason, and some people falsely accuse them of being liars in public...
Chen Zhou felt self-sufficient, no longer begging to give him dignity, but singing made him slowly have dreams.
Chen Zhou began to wash his hair in the barbershop, began to take care of himself, and even sometimes put some hairspray on his hair, becoming confident and sunny.
Wandering singing Chen Zhou
A chance encounter
Beautiful, always beckoning to you in the persistence of day after day.
In 2002, when they arrived in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, the "plum rain" allowed Chen Zhou to find his wife Yu Lei, who had worked together all his life.
It was a place called Yanshui Pavilion, and after a few songs, in the crowd, Chen Zhou found a girl in front of him on his right, because her applause was the loudest in the whole crowd.
The next day, she was in the same position, the same applause.
On the third day, she appeared in the same position again, the same applause.
Chen Zhou plucked up the courage to ask, "Why do you wear different clothes every time?" "I'm a clerk at the clothing store opposite, and I have a lot of clothes." Two young hearts, and so slowly came closer.
The master looked in his eyes and asked Chen Zhou if he felt he could be worthy of others?
Chen Zhou suddenly understood, and said to Yu Lei: "Let's break up, you go to the street and grab someone at will, it is better than me." ”
Yu Lei liked Chen Zhou's confidence, smile, and strengthened his determination to be with Chen Zhou.
Chen Zhou's inferiority and the opposition of Yu Lei's family disappeared in front of two hot hearts...
Later, a pair of lovely children came, adding countless joys to them.
Coincidentally, from the moment of the encounter, it rained for 28 days in a row in Jiujiang, and 28 days of plum rain achieved the happiness of Chen Zhou's life.
Climber Chen Zhou
People who have lost their legs, is mountaineering crazy? What perseverance is required!
Yes, Chen Zhou not only climbed Mount Taishan 11 times, but also climbed more than 100 mountains of all sizes, and was known as the "first person in the world to climb the Five Peaks with two hands".
One day in 2012, Chen Zhou came to the foot of Mount Tai and asked a tourist how tall Mount Tai was?
Tourists looked at the "short" Chen Zhou and laughed: "You can't climb up."
Life and death look down, and if you don't obey, you will do it.
For the sake of face, for the sake of that breath in the heart, for all the disobedience to defeat, for the sake of dreams...
Chen Zhou leaned on his hands, moving up step by step, writing here, at this moment I remembered Jay Chou's "Snail"
I'm going to climb up step by step
Wait for the sun to look at its face silently
Little days have big dreams
There are dreams, and everyone is amazing.
As the saying goes, eighteen plates are, tight eighteen, slow eighteen, not tight and not slow and eighteen. Chen Zhou, who had climbed the mountain road for more than ten hours, boarded eighteen plates in the dark of night.
Later, Chen Zhou was interviewed by Lu Yu and joked: Generally, grandpas climb Mount Taishan for 5 hours, I am half a grandpa, and I want more than 10 hours.
The most difficult one was in August of that year, climbing the steep Xiyue Hua Mountain.
Pants worn, palms are blood bubbles, climbing to the middle of the mountain, when Yu Lei changed Chen Zhou's pants, he found that not only the pants were torn, but also the buttocks had worn off a layer of skin, plus the muscles were seriously strained, and his wife cried and persuaded him to "don't climb, let's go home."
Chen Zhou said, "If I give up this time, I will encounter problems later, and I still have countless reasons to give up", a road from Guhua Mountain, forward...
Climb up from the north peak and pass through the narrow and steep ear rubbing rock to reach the upper ladder. The staircase is carved out of steep rocks, facing a vast expanse of steps nearly 90 degrees. Normal visitors have to use both hands and feet. Chen Zhou completed the entire climbing process by himself.
At the moment of reaching the top, the crowd boiled over, and the corners of Chen Zhou's eyes were moist.
Climbing to the top of Mount Hua, Chen Zhou raised his fist
He accomplished the feat of climbing the Five Peaks with his hands, the disability is not afraid, the failure is not terrible, the obstacle in his heart is broken, and of course he can stand out from the crowd. "Will be the top of the mountain, overlooking the mountains."
The media boiled over, and countless Chinese people were touched by Chen Zhou and encouraged by Chen Zhou.
In August 2012, at the top of Mount Taishan, Chen Zhou and his wife had a make-up wedding, becoming the only couple in the world to have a wedding at the top of Mount Taishan, which was called "the coolest wedding in the world" by the Western media.
The top of Mount Tarzan, the wedding of the century
For several consecutive days, CCTV broadcast the story of Chen Zhou, "Chen Zhou: Climbing the Five Peaks is Not a Dream.".
Speaker Chen Zhou
In May 2013, Chen Zhou and Zhou Hongyi, president of 360, participated in the annual ceremony "May Fourth Coming of Age Ceremony: Dialogue Dreams" and began to become an idol for many young people to pursue their dreams.
In July 2013, Chen Zhou participated in the Anhui Satellite TV large-scale speech reality show "Super Speaker", and the four mentors of Le Jia, Lin Zhiying, Li Yong and Lu Yu knelt down to show respect for Chen Zhou.
Chen Zhou asked: Who is handsome me and Huang Xiaoming?
Offstage Lejia, Lu Yu shouted: You.
The tough guy Lejia's words revealed his admiration for Chen Zhou.
Super Speaker
In March 2014, Chen Zhou participated in the CCTV Youth Open Class "Let's Talk" program to share his life experience with youth representatives
Let's talk
More and more enterprises, non-profit organizations, and schools invite Chen Zhou to give a speech. Every time, Chen Zhou had prepared enough homework, and every time he came down, Chen Zhou was also sweating.
Ping An Group of China, China Taiping Life, Eight Group, Wisdom Group and other large companies in China hired Chen Zhou as a motivational speech mentor and began a nationwide lecture tour, and the audience was deeply encouraged and the scene was touching.
He was grateful and began to give back to society continuously. He has sung many times for Hope Primary School and Internet addicted teenagers, donated more than 500,000 yuan, and was rated as "Shandong's Top Ten Mortal Charity Figures", and was selected to move China;
Because of a car accident, Qingdao teenager Gao Zhiyu lost his legs, and he regarded Chen Zhou as an idol, with a sunny mentality. Not only bravely joined the Jimo Badminton Club, but also participated in the national cross-country skiing training for the disabled. After Chen Zhou learned about Gao Zhiyu's deeds, he rushed to Qingdao, held a speech together, and climbed Laoshan Mountain for more than 900 meters.
Chen Zhou and Gao Zhiyu
At the age of 30, he became the most famous disabled singer and inspirational speaker in the country, speaking and performing all over the country, he still did not stop the pace of chasing his dreams, in order to realize his dreams, he signed up for multiple training in singing and dancing, and was admitted to Shandong Provincial Special Education University to continue his studies...
Happy Chen Zhou
Chen Zhou said that meeting his wife was the greatest fortune in his life. He will care for his wife and a pair of children with all his love.
A happy family
Chen Zhou even liked sports, table tennis, badminton and even football, you read that right, yes, football.
Chen Zhou doing push-ups
Many people ask Chen Zhou: Why do you have so much perseverance, so persistence, do you have any magic weapons, do you have any secrets?
Chen Zhou said: "My biggest motivation is that I don't want to die, as long as I live, all my expectations, pursuits, all my dreams can be slowly realized." ”
Life is like a mountain, climbing for dreams, only by climbing to the top of the mountain, you can see the most beautiful scenery.
Eat your own food, and walk the road yourself.
At the end of each speech, Chen Zhou always reminds everyone: don't always complain that the shoes are not beautiful, there are many people without feet.
When you are confused, when you can't go on, when you lose confidence, when you can't stand it..., remember to read the story of Chen Zhou.
Writing here,
I suddenly thought of a lot of words from "Soldier Assault"
"Meaningful is to live well, and to live well is meaningful!"