"The eighteen bends of the mountain road here, the nine links of the waterway here, the mountain songs here are lined up in rows, and the mountain songs here are stringed in strings...”
Presumably many people have heard this song, from the elderly in their sixties and seventies to the children of five or six years old, they will hum a few words.
In the nineties of the last century, Li Qiong became popular all over the country with this song "Eighteen Bends of the Mountain Road". even appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala to sing this song solo.
At that time, her popularity, in the era when Cantonese songs were popular, pushed the national style songs to a climax.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Li Qiong is the leader of national style songs.
Looking back on Li Qiong's road to learning, it was not smooth sailing, but it was an achievement after several setbacks.
When she was popular, how many directors wanted to dig her were turned away by her. Gradually, she disappeared from people's eyes.
Only those few popular songs remained.
When she appeared in front of everyone again, she was so lucky that she couldn't recognize her, and she didn't know if she was married or not.
So what did the "disappeared" Li Qiong do? What kind of life is she living now?
Li Qiong was born in a family of arts, her father was an actor in the Chu Opera Troupe, she followed her father to perform everywhere since she was a child, and she was exposed to the art of opera since she was a child.
Influenced by her father, she often performed on stage when she was in elementary school, and teachers often praised her for her loud voice and clear words.
This made Li Qiong full of confidence since she was a child, and this confidence made her yearn for singing.
His father saw that his daughter was so fond of singing, so he taught her how to sing opera. Let her practice Xi lung capacity and teach her how to sing high notes.
After a few months, I was tired and bitter, I don't know how many times I secretly shed tears, but I still gritted my teeth and persevered, and the stubbornness of the little girl also made her suffer a lot.
At that time, Cantonese songs were popular, and Li Qiong learned to sing on TV, and she learned it well.
The father seemed to have discovered his daughter's shining point, so he sent her to the Hubei Provincial Academy of Arts, he did not receive professional training, and only one song "My Motherland and Me" made the judges' eyes shine.
After successfully entering the college, she became more passionate about singing, and when her classmates were resting, she learned Xi sheet music, and her classmates went out to play during the holidays, and she practiced the piano alone in the classroom Xi.
In this way, after studying hard and Xi, she finally ushered in the graduation exam, and she was admitted to the vocal music department of Wuhan University with excellent results.
Once the radio station came to their school to recruit people, curiosity made her sign up, but who knew that she was admitted, because she was not a professional host, she often broadcast the wrong content.
As a result, he was dismissed in less than half a month. Feeling lost, she found her purpose in life with the help of her father.
She was admitted to the Hubei Armed Police Corps, originally her father just wanted to hone her temperament, but as everyone knows, this time the army and her fate will be forever involved.
She is a member of the art troupe in the army, although she is slightly different from ordinary soldiers, but the rigorous style of the army is always deeply rooted in the hearts of every soldier.
So whether it is a troupe or a soldier, you have to get up early every day and exercise every day, Li Qiong is not suitable at first, but whenever she sings songs to those lovely soldiers.
The respect for the soldiers in her heart was in awe, and soldiers were often moved by their songs.
The first time she appeared in front of the public was the National Young Singer Competition.
At that time, she was still performing in the army, and when she heard that there was a competition, she excitedly signed up for it.
He didn't choose those pop songs, even her favorite Teresa Teng's songs, but chose "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau" with a high-pitch challenge.
She was born in a professional class, and her mastery of high notes is inseparable from the help of her old father, so when she raised her voice, the judges were attracted.
There is no doubt that Li Qiong became the first place in the Hubei Division at that time. Then she represented Hubei in Beijing for the finals.
A song "Three Gorges, My Home", an extremely difficult song, was sung by Li Qiong and received a lot of praise, but the judges said that her singing style is not like bel canto, not like the nation, and can only be a native singing method.
In the end, Li Qiong did not win the first place, which caused dissatisfaction among the audience, and in order to appease the audience and netizens, Li Qiong had to be awarded a special prize.
Li Qiong also became one of the favorite singers of the national audience at that time.
In the Spring Festival Gala in 1999, a Tujia girl with a bamboo basket on her back and red clothes appeared on the stage of CCTV
Since then, Li Qiong has become so famous that fans ask her for autographs wherever she goes, and even when she returns to the army, those soldiers who like to listen to her singing have also asked her for autographs.
People are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong", but Li Qiong did not lose her original intention because of this, let alone lose herself because of the sky-high salary.
is still concentrating on being a singer in his own art troupe. Because of her excellent performance, she was also transferred to the art troupe at the headquarters.
After two years, the Young Singer Contest began to be selected again, and the Art Troupe secretly registered for Li Qiong.
When she learned the news, it was not a few days before the game, and when she came on the field, the host read "Armed Police Art Troupe" as "Cultural Police Art Troupe".
This small mistake made Li Qiong in the audience confused, afraid that people would not pronounce her name, and hesitantly disrupted all her preparations.
It wasn't until someone called her on stage that she realized that it was her name just now.
But her mind was already disrupted, and even though she had prepared the song "Boatman's Trumpet", she threw the prop to the judges' seat by mistake after the performance.
As a result, Li Qiong was eliminated in this game without making it to the knockout round.
But she has always been relatively stubborn, and in the 2000 Spring Festival Gala, she took "The Boatman" on the stage again.
In the following year, when he toured Europe with the ** delegation, he sang "Boatman's Trumpet", which won unanimous praise.
But the former glory is gone, and since then, Li Qiong has been like "disappearing", rarely active on the screen.
Some people say that Li Qiong signed a company and was hidden by the company, others say that she married a foreigner, and even spread rumors that she had a car accident.
and other rumors were denied by Li Qiong herself, and she just spent more time doing military performances. He also often went to the border to comfort the soldiers who were guarding his hometown.
She is silently doing something meaningful where we can't see.
Li Qiong rarely discloses her love life, but Li Qiongjiu has been married a long time ago, and she rarely reveals it just because her husband is an outsider. No one knew anything about her husband.
Presumably Li Qiong and her husband are very affectionate, now in her forties, she rarely shows up, and as soon as she comes out, everyone treats her more unfriendly words such as "body fat" and "greasy aunt".
She also blew herself up and said that she often eats supper, and no one cares, so her figure is naturally out of shape.
Now she is too different from the aura and cuteness of her youth, with big shoulders and a round waist like a middle-aged woman.
It can also be seen from the side that her husband is also quite doting on her.
Some people also said that Li Qiong had already given birth, but she did not come forward to confirm the authenticity of the news.
In 08, when she was in Wenchuan, she arrived in Mianyang as a volunteer, braved the danger of aftershocks to send "light" (more than 500 flashlights and more than 500 emergency lights) to the people of Wenchuan and the soldiers who rescued Wenchuan, leaving more than 200 small electric fans and more than 1,000 cloth dolls.
Along the way, she met many people, she sang for them, encouraged them, believed in the party and believed in our country.
She really did a lot of public welfare in a place that we couldn't see.
In recent years, Li Qiong's commercial performances have decreased, but her performances in the army have increased.
So Li Qiong didn't disappear, she just shone light where we couldn't see it.
Now Li Qiong is the behind-the-scenes director, and it took two years to shoot a military-themed micro-film "Fire Dancing Phoenix". A new band was also organized, and five outstanding dancers were selected from the Dance Academy.
They also formed a band, the PAP Women's Electroacoustic Band.
This work was dedicated to the country as a gift for the founding of the army, and once it was broadcast, it received a strong response.
Although she is forty-five years old this year, she has obviously gained weight and has an amazing double chin, but it does not hinder her love for her singing career.
worked behind the scenes for a long time, neglected the management of her figure, but saw a sense of vicissitudes in her.
Li Qiong has a wide vocal range, and she can sing national style songs, and she can express the beauty of the major mountains and rivers of the motherland in a first-class way.
Like "Zhangjiajie Love Song", "Walking the Yellow River", "Magical Guizhou", etc., people feel as if they are in the mountains and forests bathed in morning mist, on the turbulent Yellow River dam, and in the hometown of the Miao people in Guizhou.
These are all representatives of mountain songs that move people's hearts. As soon as she sang and her voice was bright, the confident, free, and sweet joyful singing voice flowed out.
The wild and naughty girl at the beginning has now become an "aunt".
But it cannot be denied that she is indeed a classic representative of our mountain songs, and she is also the first female singer to bring mountain songs to the screen.
Now she occasionally appears on the judges' bench, her fame is not as good as it was back then, and many people don't know her anymore.
But this did not affect her performance in the army for the border soldiers, on the contrary, she had more love for the army.
She has won awards, attended the Spring Festival Gala, posted **, and was also a smash hit, and has a job she loves.
So, how could Li Qiong disappear? It's just that she is now living an ordinary life like us ordinary people.
The comfort of life has led to Li Qiong's figure, and even former fans can't recognize "Is this the honest and lovely Li Qiong?" ”
But this does not affect her status in the field of singing, and she is still the pioneer of our folk songs.
She was patriotic, so she finally chose to stay in the army, she was full of love, and personally went to Wenchuan to donate materials to the local people.
She is only slowly returning to the normal life of ordinary people now, she has not "disappeared", she is just living her life in a place where we can't see.