Tang Hede's life is full of various labels, but the only thing that remains unchanged is his deep love for Leslie Cheung.
It is curious how their feelings came about.
Why did Tang choose to bear the pressure of being ridiculed for homosexuality instead of getting married and having children?
In the 1950s, a large family of 10 siblings was very large.
Leslie Cheung is the eldest son born in 1956, and although the family is not poor, the lack of father's love is necessary.
In order to support this big family, his father Zhang Huohai had to devote himself to work.
Therefore, Leslie Cheung lived at his grandmother's house for a long time.
Zhang Huohai's son co-founded a business with Tang Hede.
When Leslie Cheung was a child, he and Tang Hede met in the compound of his grandmother's house, although Leslie Cheung was three years older than Tang Hede, Tang Hede has always taken care of him like an older brother.
The two played together in childhood, and this deep friendship even transcended the relationship between brothers.
However, this good time didn't last long.
In 1969, Leslie Cheung, who was only 10 years old, was forced to study abroad because of his father's decision and left Tang Hede.
Faced with this unexpected decision, Leslie Cheung said goodbye to Tang Hede with a heartache.
That day, he got on the bus and walked away, and Tang Hede watched him disappear.
Both of them may be looking forward to "meeting again as soon as possible, and that day will come as soon as possible".
Young Leslie Cheung, when he was 21 years old, faced with a huge singing competition, he was fearless and full of youthful vitality.
In the Asian Singing Competition, Leslie Cheung stepped onto the stage with a relaxed attitude, but he won the love of the audience, and his unique voice became a treasure in people's hearts.
Leslie Cheung won the runner-up, he was so excited that he decided that from that moment on, in order to pursue his dreams, he no longer lived only for his family.
He had long since forgotten about his father's life and death.
Leslie Cheung is not only talented, but also beautiful, how can he only spread his wings and fly in one place?
At the moment of sudden change in the wind and clouds, he is like a dragon, spreading his wings and soaring in the sky.
Since 1985, Leslie Cheung has been a regular visitor to the Red Pavilion, and every 10 consecutive concerts every year are full, and there are also crowds outside the venue.
Leslie Cheung's songs are being hotly discussed throughout Hong Kong, and people have praised his beautiful singing voice, and his handsomeness has caused widespread heated discussions.
The surging outside tide could not stop Leslie Cheung's pace, and he even brought the concert craze to the United States, Canada and other places, and his avid fans all over the world.
In 1997, at the "Crossing 97" concert that year, he wore a solemn black suit and expressed his deep feelings for Tang Hede with "The Moon Represents My Heart", and officially disclosed their relationship to fans.
Whether it was when the valley was low or at the peak of his career, Tang Hede always accompanied Leslie Cheung.
However, when Leslie Cheung made his relationship with Tang Hede public, this love immediately caused an uproar.
Journalists have been conducting ** for a long time, and the criticism has been escalating.
Some people even have the audacity to install three cameras in front of their homes, monitoring everything around them 24 hours a day.
This excessive attention and invasion of privacy has had a huge impact on the lives of Leslie Cheung and Tang Hede.
This historical event is thought-provoking, revealing the issue of society's respect for individual privacy, and also reflecting the society's incomprehension and prejudice against homosexual relations at that time.
The experience of Leslie Cheung and Tang Hede has become a high-profile topic in China's entertainment industry and society.
Under the trick of fate, Leslie Cheung regrettably encountered a tragedy in his life.
Since March 2002, Leslie Cheung has found that his body has some unusual symptoms, on the one hand, he frequently feels stomach discomfort and often has acid reflux; On the other hand, he suffers from insomnia and wakes up almost every night in nightmares, occasionally hallucinating and auditory hallucinations.
On April 1, 2003, April Fool's Day, when his career was in full swing and his future was bright, he resolutely gave up everything, left his beloved Tang Hede, and jumped from the 24th floor of the Mandarin Hotel in Hong Kong, ending his young life.
After Leslie Cheung passed away, Tang Hede, the love of his life, with the help of relatives and friends, painfully took care of Leslie Cheung's funeral, and has been in deep pain of losing his lover since then.
It can be said that Leslie Cheung's departure is an eternal pain in Tang Hede's heart.
He will participate in activities related to his brother and share group photos on special occasions to express his thoughts about his brother.
At the scene of "Continue to Pamper for Ten Years", he expressed his eternal love for his brother and hoped that everyone could understand and accept same-sex love.
Tang Hede lived a quiet life, and in the long river of time, he became a lonely traveler who guarded the memories of the past. For the past two decades, he has not chosen to start a new family or pursue any other love.
He regarded Leslie Cheung's family as his own family and his friends as his friends.
Some people persuaded him to change his life and start a new life, but he insisted on guarding the place where the two had lived together, indulging in that deeply remembered memory.
Tang Hede's heart has drifted away with time, leaving only an empty shell, waiting for the day when he will be completely reunited with the love of his heart.
Some people may not understand why he only loves one person in his life, and this person is still of the same sex.
But Tang Hede believes that love does not care about the gender of the other party. Now he wants to get rid of this deeply painful love, but he finds that he can't.
The familiar streets and alleys are full of the shadows of him and Leslie Cheung all the time.
Once someone walks into his heart, that person leaves an eternal mark there.
Tang Hede is not afraid of human and ghost love, he just hopes to meet Leslie Cheung again in his lifetime.
However, his expectations were often accompanied by disappointment. On certain days every year, he would stay at Leslie Cheung's grave, without eating or drinking, and tell their stories and memories.
Maybe one day in the future, there will be an extra tomb next to Leslie Cheung's tomb, which belongs to Tang Hede.
Twenty years ago, Tang Hede proudly said that he would protect Leslie Cheung and let him never marry.
Now, let's look back at that time and see if Tang Hede has fulfilled his promise.
In the past two decades, he has kept a low profile, rarely giving interviews and no news of being married to others.
This low-key lifestyle seems to be in keeping with his original vows.
Although people's understanding of personal life is limited, Tang Hede's private emotions are not fully displayed in front of the world.
Some have speculated that he may have lived a single life in private, sticking to his vows.
To sum up, to this day, whether Tang Hede has truly fulfilled his promise remains an unsolved mystery.
His private life has always been a secret that he protects, and the outside world still raises speculation about whether Leslie Cheung's vow not to marry is truly followed.