Dong Wenhua enlisted in the army at the age of 15, became famous at the age of 23, and appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala 13 times in 15 years, and sang "The Fifteenth Moon", "Happy Tonight", "The Great Wall", "The Story of Spring", which was deeply loved by the audience.
But since 2000, Dong Wenhua suddenly disappeared from the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, and not only that, but she was also absent from other mainstream **
A generation of "flowers in the army" fell in this way.
Now 23 years later, Dong Wenhua and his wife, are they doing well?
Dong Wenhua was born in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, and there is a large jar of pickled vegetables in his yard, which parents never thought would become a place for Dong Wenhua to Xi songs.
Dong Wenhua's younger brother and sister are two brothers, her younger sister Dong Shuangqiu loves to sing since she was a child, and often comes to the Children's Palace to sing, Dong Wenhua often plays behind her sister, over time, she also has a strong interest in singing, and often entangles her sister to teach singing.
My sister told her that it is not easy to learn to sing, and she gets up early every day to practice her voice in the dark, and she can't be lazy, will it?
Dong Wenhua was afraid that his sister would not agree, so he patted his chest and comforted his sister:
As long as you are willing to teach, I will get up. ”
Originally, my sister just felt that Dong Wenhua was impulsive and couldn't last a few days, but surprisingly Dong Wenhua not only held on, but also developed a good Xi of going out early and returning late every day, no matter how cold or hot she would get up on time to practice her voice.
Over time, everyone in the neighborhood knew that they had two larks.
The winter in the Northeast is cold, the temperature can reach more than minus 20 degrees, my mother is worried that Dong Wenhua is freezing, and opposes going to the river in the morning to practice her voice, and if you want to practice Xi you can do it at home, but within a few days, the neighbors all came to the door, saying that Dong Wenhua had too many troubles and affected his rest.
Dong Wenhua really had nothing to do, so he had to squat in his own tank and sing, so every morning, their house was filled with a burst of blood, which made the two younger brothers who loved to sleep very hard.
Dong Wenhua entered the primary school in a flash, and Dong Wenhua, who was the class leader and member of the literary and art committee, had to lead the whole class to sing together before class every morning, and everyone was convinced.
At that time, there were two disabled classmates in their class, and Dong Wenhua, as the class leader, mobilized the whole class and carried them to and from school with several people every day, never stopping.
Dong Wenhua is an excellent student, when she was in primary school, she was admitted to a key middle school at that time - Shenyang No. 4 Middle School, her parents had high hopes, thinking that there would be college students in their family.
During this time, there was a very unfortunate thing in the family, her sister Dong Shuangqiu graduated from high school, and she was going to art school to learn to sing
But Dad stubbornly thought that these things were not productive, and the girls had to go to school well, and those who did not want to study should go to work in factories and marry early.
My sister cried so much, and finally couldn't hold my father and became a worker, my sister told Dong Wenhua:
You learn better than your sister, and your voice is better, you must stick to your ideals, and your sister works to earn money for you to eat. ”
Dong Wenhua was full of emotion after hearing the news, and he was even more firm in his ideals.
When I was in junior high school, the 39th Army of the Shenyang Military Region came to the school to recruit literary and artistic soldiers, Dong Wenhua realized that this was a good opportunity, and her father was against her singing, but she couldn't object to being a soldier, right?
In the end, Dong Wenhua, who was only 15 years old, was successfully admitted to the army's amateur propaganda team, and two years later, because of her excellent performance, she entered the Shenyang Military Region's Advance Song and Dance Troupe.
Dong Wenhua learned vocal music from a teacher named Lu Menglan in the song and dance troupe, and then the teacher recalled that Dong Wenhua was what she saw
Talented, the most diligent, and at the same time respectful of teachers.
At that time, a considerable number of students came from cadre families or parents working in public institutions, and these children were accustomed to Xi since childhood and could not afford to suffer from studying at all.
But Dong Wenhua is different, she comes from an ordinary family, her love for singing comes from her bones, teachers require students to copy the words and memorize them in advance before teaching singing, many people can't memorize them in a week, but Dong Wenhua can memorize them all night.
Not only that, Dong Wenhua also has great respect for the teacher, every time before the meal, she always has to wait for the teacher to move the chopsticks first, and sometimes she has to improve the food and add some meat, so she sandwiched the meat in the teacher's dishes.
Dong Wenhua's hard-working and simple personality has made her very popular, and the people around her have a good impression of her, but they have a soft spot for her, or a boy, he is Zhang Nan.
Zhang Nan was born in a cadre family, and like other children, he was pampered by his parents since he was a child and never suffered hardships.
Once the performance team went to the plateau area to mourn, because the oxygen is very thin, the team leader stipulated that each person could only sing a song to avoid altitude sickness.
But when she got to Dong Wenhua, the warriors in the audience were retained, shouting for her to sing again, Dong Wenhua was moved by their passion, and sang 3 songs in one breath, when she sang the third song, she obviously felt that her chest was very tight, and her head was a little faint, but in order to live up to the expectations of the warriors in the audience, she gritted her teeth and walked tenaciously.
When she walked on stage, Dong Wenhua faltered and stood a little unsteadily, and the teachers who led the team anxiously criticized her
How can I explain it, don't you want to die?”
Dong Wenhua rested for a long time before he came to his senses, and said disapprerovingly
These soldiers have been living here for a long time, and I don't want to spoil them, so I can sing more. ”
Speaking of this, Dong Wenhua's eyes were a little red, many of the warriors here were younger than herself, without them, how could she learn vocal music and singing with confidence?
Zhang Nan next to him was moved, looked at Dong Wenhua again, and felt more and more that he was different from other girls.
After returning to the team, Zhang Nan tried to start pursuing Dong Wenhua, and learned that Dong Wenhua loved to read, so he gave Dong Wenhua part of the collection of books at home, and asked Dong Wenhua how often he studied late and went to bed late, so he bought her some snacks and asked her to make supper.
Dong Wenhua didn't enjoy such treatment, and he didn't dare to agree, but Zhang Nan just stuffed it into his mouth:
Don't worry, I bought these with my own money, you can taste them. ”
In the final analysis, Dong Wenhua is just a little girl who is just beginning to fall in love and has a delicate mind, and this meticulous care still makes her feel very useful, but she is a little shaken when she thinks of her singing career.
Zhang Nan saw her hesitating, but he didn't say much, and treated her as always.
In 1980, when Dong Wenhua was 18 years old, Zhang Nan couldn't suppress the love in his heart and resolutely confessed to Dong Wenhua
In my heart, singing is always the first priority, and I didn't think about getting married at all, and getting along with myself may delay you. ”
Zhang Nan didn't force Dong Wenhua but said to her:
It doesn't matter, I can wait for you, and if in five years, you are willing to marry me, I will marry you. ”
Zhang Nan is 8 years older than Dong Wenhua, he was 26 years old at that time, at that time, he was already an older youth, based on the situation of their family, many people told him to match, but he tried to resist the pressure of his parents and had to wait for Dong Wenhua for five years.
Dong Wenhua was deeply moved and agreed to chase Zhang Nan and be his girlfriend.
Although both of them are in the song and dance troupe, sometimes they do not perform in one place, and every time they go to a performance place, they will try their best to get in touch, report their safety and tell each other to care about themselves.
The relationship between the two made the colleagues around them envious, and sometimes the two performed together, and the next person coaxed Zhang Nan:
The beloved girl is about to grow up, when will she get married?”
Zhang Nan glanced at Dong Wenhua and said generously
When she was willing to marry me, I immediately married her. ”
Dong Wenhua always knew that Zhang Nan was under great pressure to wait for him, so he also made up his mind to wait for the right time to marry Zhang Nan as his wife, and he would never be allowed to wait for a long time.
And this opportunity will not be long in coming.
In 1983, when Dong Wenhua participated in the art show, he sang the song "When I Became a Soldier", and the composer Tie Yuan sat in the audience, and he was deeply moved after listening to it, and felt that Dong Wenhua was very suitable for singing lyrical songs, not only with a good voice, but also with good emotions when singing, so Tie Yuan engraved Dong Wenhua's name in his heart.
At the beginning of the second year, Tie Yuan completed the composition of the song "Fifteenth Moon", he was very satisfied with this song, but he couldn't find someone suitable for him, he thought about it, and finally thought of Mr. Dong Wenhua.
At that time, the conditions were restricted, it was very troublesome to record songs, and she gave up halfway, and if she made a slight mistake, she had to start all over again, when Dong Wenhua entered the recording studio, Tie Yuan also comforted her a few words:
Don't be nervous, just record it in 3 days. ”
But Dong Wenhua only used it once, and after recording the song, Tie Yuan was hit hard in his heart, and asked Dong Wenhua to record one more song, but Dong Wenhua had to record 5 songs every day.
Tieyuan was full of praise for it, calling it naturally beautiful.
Soon, the song was broadcast by Liaoning Radio and became the first song in the on-demand rate, the name Dong Wenhua spread all over the north and south of Liaoning, just when Dong Wenhua's career was rising, Zhang Nan, who had always revolved around her, also disappeared.
In the past, Zhang Nan went to Dong Wenhua to stay for a while if he had nothing to do, and if he went out to perform, he had to contact **, but since Dong Wenhua became famous, Zhang Nan seemed to have deliberately distanced himself from him.
Dong Wenhua knows Zhang Nan too well, and it is easy to guess what Zhang Nan is thinking, and she always takes her career very seriously, and now she has the opportunity to march to the whole country, and Zhang Nan at this time is not willing to drag herself back.
So far, Zhang Nan has been waiting for Dong Wenhua for 4 years, Dong Wenhua thinks that it is time to marry Zhang Nan, so she found out that Zhang Nan, who has been hiding from herself, told him:
Remember if we made an appointment?Now I'm going to marry you, are you married?”
Zhang Nan was so excited that he couldn't speak incoherently:
Get married, get married immediately. ”
Dong Wenhua was silent, glanced at him with a smile, and after a long time, Zhang Nan came back to his senses and said while running:
I immediately hit a ** home and immediately proposed to you. ”
Zhang Nan's parents are also fans of Dong Wenhua and recognize their daughter-in-law very much, Dong Wenhua and Zhang Nan held a wedding at the end of that year, after all, she did not let Zhang Nan wait for her for five years.
Dong Wenhua did not have the joy of being married, and got good news, the Spring Festival Gala sent her an invitation, in 1985 Spring Festival Gala, Dong Wenhua became completely famous with "The Fifteenth Moon" and became a well-known singer.
In this year, Dong Wenhua's years of study Xi also paid off, she was admitted to the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts, and began her four-year college life, which means that she and Zhang Nan will be separated.
Zhang Nan comforted her and said: "You can read at ease, there is still me at home, at this time, okay, my daughter-in-law is going to become a college student." ”
When reading Dong Wenhua, Zhang Nan was not idle, he was still trying his best to improve himself, he never thought of surpassing Dong Wenhua, and always thought in his heart that at least, he must follow Dong Wenhua closely and not be too far away from her.
Dong Wenhua was admitted to the General Political Song and Dance Troupe after graduating from university in 1989, and Zhang Nan followed the pace and transferred here, and the two not only met again in Beijing, but also worked in the same unit as in the past.
In 1992, Dong Wenhua appeared on the Spring Festival Gala again with "Happy Tonight", when she was 30 years old, it was a great time to develop her career, but this time Dong Wenhua retracted her steps in time and resolutely went home to be a mother temporarily.
Friends are very puzzled by her behavior, because she is young and has the opportunity to have children, she should put her career first, Dong Wenhua told friends:
You don't understand, I have been married to Zhang Nan for 8 years, he has always wanted to be a father, and now that he is 38 years old, I can't let him continue to wait. ”
In 1993, Dong Wenhua sang "The Sun Rises from Your Hands" at the Spring Festival Gala with her pregnancy, and gave birth to a son to Zhang Nan five months later.
After the child was full moon, Zhang Nan encouraged Dong Wenhua:
I know that singing will always be your dream, the stage is the way you should go, and my friends will take care of me. ”
Since then, Zhang Nan has become a "housewife", caring about his son, Dong Wenhua, and elders, in fact, he is still a good tenor, but for Dong Wenhua, he is willing to restrain his light and become the most powerful backer behind her.
In the following years, Dong Wenhua was always at the peak of his career with the songs "The Great Wall", "The Story of Spring" and "Voyage", and became a frequent visitor to the Spring Festival Gala.
In the 90s of the 20th century, Dong Wenhua became famous, probably because her reputation was too loud, and she had an accident after going to the Spring Festival Gala in 2000.
That year, the Xiamen Yuanhua case shocked the whole country, and the culprit Lai fled to Canada, and then, Dong Wenhua, who bore the brunt of Dong Wenhua and Lai, became the target of public criticism.
The famous composer Gu Jianfen thought that Dong Wenhua was not this kind of person, and he also deliberately went to the task force to learn about the case, and confirmed that Dong Wenhua did have nothing to do with Lai, but it was too late, and Dong Wenhua still had a catastrophe in his career.
Since then, Dong Wenhua has disappeared from the Spring Festival Gala, and she has not been invited to participate in many large-scale galas and activities
Those who are pure and self-purifying, as long as they are people with a clear conscience, are not afraid of their evaluation. ”
After her career fell to a low point, Dong Wenhua devoted all her time and energy to her creation and family, and launched "Harbor", she has never given up exploring the road.
In 2008, Dong Wenhua, who had been dormant for many years, returned, and in 2009, he was awarded the "People's Beloved Artist" together with Yu Kuizhi, Jackie Chan and Zhang Yimou.
In the following years, there was often news that Dong Wenhua appeared at some commercial performances, so some netizens speculated that Dong Wenhua was not happy, otherwise, why would he surrender his identity to fish?
However, in recent years, I have also taken pictures of Dong Wenhua attending a friend's party, and it can be seen from the picture that although Dong Wenhua is over half a hundred years old, he is very well maintained, his short hair is neat, but her husband Zhang Nan is chubby, and he has been giggling and laughing.
This shows that Dong Wenhua's life in her later years is quite passable, and there are no people who say that she is so poor that she has to make money through commercial performances, maybe for Dong Wenhua, the favorite is just the feeling of standing on the stage and singing loudly.
May the old artists be able to live a happy old age.
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