Wan Shalang, a generation of singers, left us forever on June 18, 2023.
His life can only be summed up by the word legend.
When he was young, Wan Shalang was a high-profile "mountain singer", but as he grew older, he turned out to be an elderly "mentally retarded" person who couldn't even pay the rent!
There was even news that they had taken sleeping pills with their lover and died ......
What happened to cause a generation of singers to be so downcast? And why did Wan Shalang choose to go to "martyrdom" with his lover?
In 2004, Wan Shalang attempted suicide by taking 80 sleeping pills at a time in an extremely difficult living environment. And his first love made the same choice in order to be with him forever.
I thought that the situation of the two of them might get worse this time, but maybe the god of luck favored them.
Soon after the two took their medication, they were discovered by a landlord who suddenly came to ask for rent, and the landlord realized that something was wrong and immediately sent them to the hospital.
After Wan Shalang and his first love woke up, they felt as if they had experienced an incredible change, and they didn't expect that someone would be willing to help.
Although a life was successfully saved, the days of poverty were still a burden on the hearts of the two men. However, while they were struggling for their livelihoods, someone volunteered to lend a helping hand.
However, some people began to wonder: why did the once beautiful "Mountain Singer" fall into such a miserable situation?
Wan Shalang asked ** for help with living expenses, but ** refused his request for a subsistence allowance on the grounds that his children live in the United States.
Wan Shalang was desperate, and applying for subsistence allowance became his last resort, but **'s refusal completely crushed him, making him feel desperate, and finally decided to die with his first love.
News reports said that Wan Shalang was hospitalized due to suicide, and the incident attracted widespread attention. ** then learned his true situation, and with the help of well-wishers and **, Wan Shalang received a monthly subsidy of 1,000 yuan.
Although 1,000 yuan is not much, it is already a huge amount of money for Wan Shalang, who does not have enough money to buy food. With the help of ** and philanthropists, Wan Shalang was able to live until 2023.
However, during these 20 years, his body also suffered considerable damage.
Wan Shalang's body already had old diseases, and he actually experienced two strokes in one month, which made his body even worse and even more overwhelmed.
After the care of his first love, although Wan Shalang's body has improved, he is still very weak. Until 2023, Wan Shalang finally ended his fight against the disease and bid farewell to us forever.
Wan Shalang was the first singer in Taiwan to appear on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, and he has since won a large number of fans in the mainland. However, what is surprising is that when Wan Shalang's career was booming, he suddenly disappeared from public view.
There are different theories about the reason for his disappearance, and it was not discovered until after his death, and the reason behind this is that he was not discovered by everyone.
Associating with bad people causes people around you to leave.
After the Spring Festival Gala, Wan Shalang originally planned to return to Taiwan, but unexpectedly, he was obstructed by Taiwan's reactionary forces. This incident made Wan Shalang instantly popular after participating in the Spring Festival Gala.
can only stay in the mainland first, Wan Shalang cannot change this situation.
Wan Shalang has long since settled in Taiwan, and his parents, wife and siblings rely on him for help. In order to provide a stable life for his family, he sent back to his wife all the money he earned in the mainland.
With the support of his father, the children successfully went to the United States to study, and seeing their remarkable achievements, Wan Shalang felt that his life was gradually getting on the right track.
After becoming popular overseas, many Chinese people knew about this singer from Taiwan Province, and even many singers cooperated with him, which made his income rise.
Wan Shalang's bearing is extraordinary, he is helpful, in addition to supporting his family, he also supports his brother and sister's two families. Originally, the siblings should share the responsibility of taking care of their parents, but Wan Shalang took the initiative to take all the responsibility of supporting the elderly on his own shoulders.
Wan Shalang is undoubtedly a compassionate and righteous person, yet this kind man did not get what he deserved in return, and even suffered betrayal from his loved ones.
Wan Shalang finally overcame many obstacles to return to Taiwan in 1995, but for him, Taiwan was a whole new world at this time.
Wan Shalang, who was full of expectations, thought that he would be able to see his wife and children as soon as he landed, but to his surprise, there was only a divorce lawsuit waiting for him.
Wan Shalang, who hurried home, found that the door was sealed, and after calling his wife, he learned that all his property had been transferred to her name, and even the house was sold by him.
Wan Shalang couldn't believe what he saw, he found his sister and brother, only to find that they were indifferent to him and even turned him away. After many confirmations, Wan Shalang realized that he had been reduced to a destitute person.
He has nothing, everyone betrays his relatives, and suddenly feels that life has lost its meaning, and new people are constantly emerging in the entertainment industry, and he has long lost his original aura.
He lost his interest in creating due to the trauma of his life, and at the same time, he was abandoned by the company due to the loss of economic value. At that time, Wan Shalang thought that those two years would be the darkest days of his life.
However, at this time, Wan Shalang did not expect that his real suffering had just begun and was about to come.
One day in 1997, Wan Shalang, who was devastated, drank with friends all day long. In the evening, he went out drinking with his friends as usual, and when he came home, he accidentally fell down the stairs, and at that time he probably thought that his life was coming to an end.
He was rescued in time, and luckily, the neighbors downstairs found him and took him to the hospital.
However, the results of the hospital's examination further exacerbated Wan Shalang's already miserable life. He is now a demented person with an IQ of seven or eight years old, and more tragically, he has lost most of his memory.
Wan Shalang was penniless and could not afford the huge medical bills, and was eventually forced to stop**.
After he was discharged from the hospital, he became a completely loner, and his friends, who had been drinking with him, stayed away from him when they learned that he was sick, for fear that he would borrow money from them.
Wan Shalang is extremely fragile at the moment, but fate always leaves a glimmer of hope, and a relationship decades ago saved the middle-aged Wan Shalang again.
Wan Shalang's first love is Miss Guo, two young men and women with fiery feelings, they once thought they would make it to the end.
However, they did not expect that this relationship would be strongly opposed by Wan Shalang's family, and they hoped that Wan Shalang would marry a girl from a privileged family. In desperation, these two people had to break up.
Miss Guo has not married for decades since she was separated, because she has never met someone who understands her as deeply as Wan Shalang.
Therefore, when Ms. Kwok learned that Wan Shalang was sick and had no one to take care of her, she resolutely took all the responsibilities and took care of Wan Shalang herself.
Miss Guo once told ** that no matter how Wan Shalang's situation changes, she will always support him, and she has no other requirements for Wan Shalang, only hoping that he will be healthy.
Under Miss Guo's care, Wan Shalang's body had a miracle, he was not only able to speak, but also began to gradually recover some of his memories.
When his long-lost first love appeared in front of him, he was so excited that he couldn't help but cry.
In the past 20 years, Wan Shalang's life has undergone too many changes, and they have not been able to witness everything with their own eyes.
Wan Shalang's once glorious deeds are now embarrassing, from the king of singers to dementia.
Wan Shalang, a member of the Beinan ethnic group in Taiwan Province, has a unique tradition of using songs to express their emotions in daily life and festivals.
If the Beinan people are known for their ability to sing, then Wan Shalang is perhaps the most talented representative of them.
During puberty, many boys will experience a period of voice change when their voices become hoarse, but Wan Shalang maintained a strong voice during this period and did not have a hoarse voice.
The family found out that Wan Shalang had a talent for singing, so they asked the teacher to teach him vocal music. Perhaps he was born a master of this, and his teachers taught him music theory and singing, and he was always quick to comprehend.
With the encouragement of his vocal teacher, Wan Shalang participated in many singing competitions, and no matter what kind of competitors he encountered, he was able to stand out in the competition.
Wan Shalang joined the art troupe after graduating from high school, and after receiving systematic learning, his singing level has improved significantly.
As soon as "The Wind Comes from **" came out, it completely made Wan Shalang's name officially emerge in the singing circle.
Wan Shalang has launched a number of ** in the craze, among which "Love You for 10,000 Years" is the most well-known.
Wan Shalang's growing fame attracted the well-known director Qiong Yao, who hoped that he would record the theme song for her TV series. Qiong Yao's favor made Wan Shalang feel very honored, and it was this favor that made him quickly popular in the entertainment industry.
Since then, Wan Shalang has begun to usher in the best years of his life.
* The era is a beautiful time full of hope and opportunity, and people have experienced many unforgettable things during this time, leaving deep memories.
Wan Shalang has always cherished a deep affection for the motherland, and he was born at the same time as the motherland has always had a patriotic heart, even in the 80s of the last century, many people in Taiwan have an attitude of opposition to the mainland, Wan Shalang still firmly guards his patriotism.
Without hesitation, Wan Shalang agreed to the director's invitation of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and went to the mainland to participate in the performance.
Due to policy reasons, Wan Shalang did not arrive at the Beijing studio until the evening of the 28th lunar calendar, missing the previous rehearsal.
When everyone was nervous about Wan Shalang's stage, Wan Shalang seemed calm, he sorted out his plan and began to rehearse in a hurry.
In order to welcome the Spring Festival Gala in 1988, Wan Shalang specially created "Gathering in the Year of the Dragon", and after the performance, the audience resounded with thunderous applause.
The title of "Mountain Singer" has accumulated a lot of heat for the arrival of Wan Shalang, and many mainlanders want to witness the talent of this singer with their own eyes. When he unleashed his singing voice, everyone was convinced that the title was well deserved.
After the Spring Festival Gala, despite being ** in Taiwan, Wan Shalang's popularity in the mainland is still undiminished, and Wei Wei, Fei Xiang and others have asked him to cooperate. Today, Wan Shalang is in the limelight in the entertainment industry.
However, his ** era did not last long, and his popularity as a generation of singers only lasted for seven years, and in the end he not only became penniless and became a poor egg, but also unable to take care of himself due to illness.
This is truly sad and regrettable.
Wan Shalang has experienced ups and downs in his life, but fortunately he met Miss Guo in his later years, which made his life less miserable.
Hopefully, he has left us and is now living peacefully in heaven.