In 1997, the 34-year-old singer Li Na chose to become a monk at the peak of her career, leaving only popular classic songs such as "A Good Man's Life is Safe", "Bitter Fence", "Ode to Sister-in-law", "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau", and at the same time, it also pushed her mother, who was nearly sixty years old, into the abyss of pain.
After Li Na became a monk, many fans expressed their incomprehension of her choice, and many people thought that this passive attitude of avoiding the world was extremely irresponsible.
However, do not persuade others to be kind without suffering others
Li Na's renunciation is not only to save herself, but also to tear off the fig leaf of the entertainment industry.
Although Li Na was only 5 years old, she firmly remembered that scene in her heart and could never forget it, her mother hugged her young sister, sat helplessly on the ground crying, and her dead father was lying on the bed.
The death of her father, like a piece of black cloth, made Li Na's childhood lose its color, as the saying goes, there are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door, after the death of her father, her mother was often pointed at, and all kinds of rumors emerged in endlessly, and some people said that she was Kefu.
But in fact, Li Na's mother was a very virtuous woman, and after her husband died, she was determined to raise her two daughters alone.
But it's not an easy task.
At school, Li Na was often bullied by her classmates, saying that she was a wild child, that her father was killed by her mother, and that even she and her sister were also called "mourning stars".
In such a growing environment, Li Na also became more and more withdrawn, more and more inferior, and talked less and less, she desperately wanted to grow up, and then escape from this place and start a new life.
When she was 12 years old, Li Na finally waited for an opportunity, and the Henan Provincial Opera School happened to enroll students at the school, so Li Na also registered.
The admissions teacher asked her, "Why do you want to learn to sing?" ”
Li Na plucked up the courage and said, "I want to go out to work early, earn money as soon as possible, and let my mother and sister have a good life." ”
At this time, the head teacher introduced Li Na's family situation to the teachers of the drama school, and the admissions teacher was very sympathetic to her plight, so he gave her an admission place.
In the drama school, Li Na studied hard while trying to minimize her own expenses, because she clearly knew that her tuition and living expenses were earned by her mother working several odd jobs a day.
When she came home from vacation, her sister took her hand and happily shared with her:
Sister, do you know, my mother took me to eat braised noodles the day before yesterday, and it was delicious. ”
Looking at her sister, Li Na couldn't help but ask, "Then how many bowls have you eaten?" ”
My sister said, "One bowl, my mother and I asked for a bowl." ”
After listening to her sister's words, Li Na's tears flowed down on the spot, and after returning to the drama school, she studied and practiced even harder, and several times, she fainted in class because of malnutrition.
In 1981, Li Na graduated from the drama school, and because of her excellent grades, she stayed in the school's experimental troupe to work
Mom, you can have a good rest in the future, and I will provide my sister with education in the future. ”
In 1982, 19-year-old Li Na became a sensation in the first young actor rehearsal in Henan Province, and she won the first prize of the show directly with the role of She Taijun in "100-year-old in charge".
However, for some reasons, Li Na did not go down the road of opera, but became a singer by mistake and entered the entertainment industry, and her fate changed.
Perhaps, the thing Li Na regrets the most in her life is to give up singing and sing.
In 1984, Li Na was favored by the Henan Provincial Yu Theater and transferred her to a group, but at that time, there were more and more people watching movies and television, and fewer and fewer people watched dramas.
Under such circumstances, Li Na's salary gradually couldn't keep up with the price of **, and the family's life began to become tight again.
Two years later, a friend who worked in the Henan Provincial Song and Dance Troupe said to Li Na:
Come to our song and dance troupe, you can get some more money when you come here. ”
In this way, Li Na gave up the Henan opera that she had studied for 10 years and became a singer in the song and dance troupe.
At that time, Shenzhen was the most popular place in the country because of its proximity to Hong Kong, so Li Na had the idea of going south to study.
Although her mother didn't understand her decision, she still chose to support her and told her before she left
If not, go home quickly, and your mother can still support you. ”
Li Na's nose was sour, and she plunged into the crowd at the train station
She made up her mind that she must break out of the world, if not for anything else, but for her family.
In Shenzhen, Li Na found an art school, learning vocal music and musical instruments at the same time, and in between studies, she also looked for places to do odd jobs to reduce her mother's burden as much as possible.
In 1988, the national "Ruyi Cup" singer contest was held in Beijing, and after Li Na learned about it, she stepped on the train to the north to Beijing to find an opportunity to develop her career.
In the singer competition, Li Na passed all the way and directly entered the finals, and competed with famous singers such as Guo Gongfang and Zhang Jihong.
With this money, Li Na not only changed a bright and comfortable new house for her mother in Zhengzhou, but also paid for her sister to go to college and study in Canada, she not only became the pride of her mother, but also became the pride of her hometown Zhengzhou.
In 1989, with the popularity of the TV series "Fence, Woman, Dog", the episode "Bitter Fence" sung by Li Na also began to become popular across the country, and since then, she has become a celebrity in the eyes of many film and television drama directors, and she has been asked to sing interludes for TV series and movies.
The next year, Li Na recorded the opening song "A Good Man's Life is Safe" for the TV series "Desire".
This song can be said to be Li Na's famous work, so far
This song is still the most clicked and longest-popping song.
In the following years, Li Na successively launched songs such as "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau", "Into the **", "A Woman is a Tiger", "Ode to a Sister-in-law" and other songs, which became one of the most popular female singers at that time and became a mountain difficult to climb in the music scene.
Many people think that Li Na can achieve such results entirely because she has a good voice, but in fact, this sentence is very wrong.
Because even Li Na herself often said that her voice did not have an innate advantage, which was completely "self-destructive" by her.
When there are no performances, Li Na will not go out to travel or go out to spend, but locks herself at home to practice singing, and has to practice two ** meetings every afternoon.
Every time she goes into the recording studio to record a song for a film and television drama, she will prepare for several days in advance, picking out word by word.
Everyone who has worked with her will say:
Working with Li Na is really worth it. ”
Before she knew it, Li Na had already crossed the age of 30, and her mother began to worry about her marriage, often saying to her: "When you get married, I will be able to meet your father." ”
At the urging of her mother, Li Na also began to pay attention to her life's events, as a top singer, there are not a few people who pursue her, but in the end, she fell in love with a man who was 10 years older than her and had been divorced.
The two met in a concert, the man is mature and steady, knows cold and hot, and takes care of Li Na like a little girl, and Li Na, who has lacked father's love since she was a child, also eats this set and soon falls in love.
Although her mother disliked that this man had been divorced and was 10 years older than Li Na, she did not force Li Na to break up, because her mother felt that it was better than nothing, and she frequently urged her to marry and hugged her grandson in a hurry.
However, Li Na has been a person who is not good at words since she was a child and hides all her thoughts in her heart, she promised her mother with a smile on the surface, but secretly her heart is like frying, because as time goes by, she has more and more conflicts with her boyfriend.
In 1996, Li Na broke up with her boyfriend, and this relationship hurt her a lot, and at the same time, there were some problems in her career.
For a long time, Li Na has been obsessed with first-class creation and constantly committed to improving her singing level, but interpersonal communication has always been her shortcoming, and it is also where she has been tired of coping.
As her fame grows, her own time is getting less and less, she wants to calm down and do what she likes, but the company is for the purpose of making money, she always has endless songs to record, endless activities to participate in, and over time, this makes her state worse and worse.
In 1997, a close friend came to visit Li Na, but she was startled by her haggard appearance, with big dark circles under her eyes, thin skin and bones, erratic eyes, and very trance, so her friend took her to Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province to relax.
In this life, Li Na neither likes to wear, nor does she like to eat, and she has no vanity, the only motivation for her to get to where she is today is that she wants her mother and sister to live a good life, and the love for ** in her heart.
But as she made more and more money, her heart began to become more and more empty, coupled with the experience of childhood, and the pain after falling out of love, she began to doubt her life, she kept asking herself, is this really what she wants?
Together with her friends, Li Na climbed Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, where the masses and the local cultural and tourism department put up a long banner on Tianmen Mountain to welcome Li Na's arrival.
At the request of the fans, Li Na also sang a few songs, and after singing, the local farmers kept stuffing her with fruits and water, and an old grandmother also grabbed her hand and said very distressedly:
Child, why are you so thin, come and live at grandma's house, and make sure you eat and sleep well. ”
Looking at the strange peaks in front of her and feeling the simple folk customs here, Li Na was a little reluctant to leave, and at the invitation of the locals, Li Na finally decided to move here to settle down.
After returning home, Li Na not only moved her hukou here, but also built several wooden houses on Tianmen Mountain, which is rarely populated all year round except for the scattered tourists.
But fortunately, there lived on the mountain the forest ranger uncle and his wife, every day, Li Na planted vegetables behind her house, and went into the mountains with the forest ranger uncle to pick wild vegetables, if she was tired, she read and wrote in the wooden house, and sang to the clouds.
This kind of life of sunrise and sunset made Li Na feel the freedom and happiness that she had not seen for a long time, and her whole complexion was getting better and better.
On an evening when the clouds had cleared and a red sun had dyed the entire mountain peaks red
Li Na watched the birds return to the forest, and the strange scene of the forest was dyed
A sense of happiness that made her unable to hold back tears arose
So she made a decision to completely say goodbye to the past, that is, to go to Wutai Mountain Pushou Temple to become a monk and practice.
At that time, Li Na's sister had already married and had children in Canada, and she had a stable job, and her mother, who was almost 60 years old, was also there to help her sister take care of the children.
So she hid from her mother and sister and donated her house in Tianmen Mountain to the scenic spot, which was later renovated and became the current "Li Na Villa".
The news that Li Na became a monk in Wutai Mountain spread far and wide, and immediately caused a sensation, and countless ** reporters carried cameras and surrounded Wutai Mountain.
Li Na's arrival made it no longer quiet, so Li Na flew to Los Angeles alone under the introduction of a friend, and found a temple there to live.
It was only at this time that her mother, who was far away in Canada, knew that she had become a monk, and a few days later, the mother, accompanied by her youngest daughter, finally met Li Na in Los Angeles.
At this time, Li Na was wearing a wide monk's robe, stepping on cloth shoes, her face was radiant and calm, but her mother still stepped forward to hug her, crying heartbreakingly:
Go, go back with your mother, this is not where you should be, go home with your mother. ”
But Li Na cried and shook her head, and she said to her mother
Mom, this is my home, I'm home. ”
Li Na explained to her sister again
You have grown up, and your mother will be handed over to you to take care of in the future, and it is your sister who can't stand you. ”
My sister also cried, she asked Li Na not to say that, if it weren't for her sister Li Na's funding, she wouldn't have the happy life she has now.
In 1999, after two years of practice, Li Na was given a legal name by the presiding officer of the temple, called "Shi Changsheng", and her mother did not return to Canada with her youngest daughter, but stayed in the temple to take care of Li Na.
Since then, Li Na has completely disappeared from the domestic music scene, but her singing has not ended, she later released works such as "Sing the Sutra to You" and "Li Na Tells the Story of Buddhist Sutras", which are deeply liked by domestic fans and sold out as soon as they were released.
In 2022, Li Na's mother will be 80 years old, and her youngest daughter persuaded her to go back with her to support her for the elderly, but her mother still couldn't let go of Li Na, and told her youngest daughter that when she left, she must take care of Li Na for herself, and the youngest daughter tearfully agreed.
In the temple, Li Na and her mother wore wide clothes and big sleeves, ate coarse tea and light rice, and often worked in the fields by themselves, self-sufficient.
Gradually, her mother also began to understand Li Na and let go of the knot in her heart, perhaps, this is also the reason for Li Na's mother's high life.
After a rough calculation, Li Na won the championship of the singer contest in 1988 to become a monk in 1997, in just 9 years, all her TV series songs, TV film songs, movie songs, plus pop songs, cover songs, and other people's original songs, add up to about 400 songs, which shows how much work she does on weekdays, and it can also be seen that the stars in the entertainment industry are not as glamorous as we think, just like what Daolang sang in "Rakshasa Haishi" Gou Gou Camp", full of upside down.
Li Na may just can't stand this, coupled with her own life experience and the pursuit of **, she finally chose to become a monk.
It's just that Li Na is wearing a monk's robe
But what was ripped off was the fig leaf of the entertainment industry.