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Teresa Teng is a superstar in the Chinese music scene, but she died young and became a big regret for fans.
May 8 is Teresa Teng's memorial day. Let us remember our goddess and look back on her glory.
Teresa Teng's real name is not 'Jun', but 'Yun' (pronounced "Yun"), a cursive prefix with an 'average equal' underneath.
Teresa Teng is a famous pop music singer in Taiwan and an influential iconic musical figure in Asia.
The first solo album was released in 1967. From the 1970s to the 1980s, she reached the peak of her career in the Chinese-speaking regions, with Japan and Korea.
In the 1990s, she faded out of the music scene; in 1995, her asthma attack died suddenly in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
The world has praised her as "where there are Chinese, there is Teresa Teng's singing."
Taiwan and Hong Kong awarded the Golden Melody Award Special Contribution Award and the Golden Needle Award to commemorate the glorious achievements of the "generation of superstars".
"New China's most influential cultural figure" was selected on the mainland of China.
The Malaysian "Nanyang Commercial Daily" named her as "the most representative Chinese singer in the 20th century".
Teresa Teng's native place is from Hebei Province and Daming County. Her father was formerly an officer of the Kuomintang Army, and later moved to Taiwan.
She was born on January 29, 1953 in Dayi Township, Yunlin, Taiwan. Yun (spell as 'Yun') means "beautiful bamboo".
Therefore, the name Teresa Teng was her stage name after she devoted herself to singing.
Teresa Teng was versatile in elementary school. Often participate in school performances and speech contests, and gradually become interested in singing.
Around the age of 7, Teresa Teng often performed with the Air Force 93 Kang Band, and her singing talent has already emerged since then.
In 1964, the 11-year-old Teresa Teng participated in the Huangmei Diao Singing Competition organized by China Radio and won the championship with a song "Visiting Ying-Tai".
In 1965, she won the championship in the singing competition held by the Golden Horse Record Company with "Pick the Red Ling (Water chestnut)".
Later, Teresa Teng participated in a singing training class organized by Zhengsheng Broadcasting Company, learning singing skills, and finished first.
At the junior high school stage, Teresa Teng participated in the evening performance in her
spare time and was invited to sing in the "Guests of the Country" karaoke hall. At that time, she was positioned as a pure and lively image, and "Laugh When Seeing You" became her signature song.
Suspended school in 1967, full-time singing career. Soon she became a popular singer in karaoke bars, nightclubs and restaurants.
In the same year, Teresa Teng joined Universe Records and released her first album "The Song of Teresa Teng, Episode 1 Fengyang Flower Drum".
In 1968, she began to participate in charity performances and donated 11,000 yuan for the relief of the earthquake disaster in the Philippines.
In 1969, Teresa Teng was invited by China Television Corporation (China Television) to host the evening prime time program "One Star of the Day".
Sing the theme song for China Television's first TV series "Jingjing" (her first film and television theme song).
Also participated in the movie "Thank you, General Manager", and sang ten songs, officially becoming a star of singing, film and TV.
After that, she actively participated in charity activities and went to Singapore to participate in charity performances, where she became famous.
On December 27th, she was invited to Hong Kong to participate in the industrial exhibition to raise funds for the "Study and Poverty Campaign" initiated by the "Overseas Chinese Daily".
In 1970, signed a contract with Hong Kong TVB. Popular in Hong Kong with a fresh image.
1971-73, toured in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan and participated in charity activities.
In 1973, she attended the Charity Gala of the Top Ten Far East Superstars in Singapore. Also starred in the movies "Miss Fan", "Laughs in the World" and so on.
In 1974, she starred in the comedy opera "Tang Bohu choose Qiuixiang", "The Story of the West Chamber" and the stage play "Female Reporter".
In the early 1970s, the Japanese Polaroid Records company was looking for a female singer in Hong Kong to develop in Japan and invited her to sign a contract.
In 1974, Teresa Teng went to Japan to develop, and was named Teresa Teng (transliteration).
On March 1st of the same year, Teresa Teng's first Japanese single "No matter Tonight or Tomorrow" was released, with only a few hundred thousand copies sold.
On July 1, her second Japanese single "Airport" ranked the top 15 in the Japanese pop charts with a total sales of more than 700,000 copies and won the'Newcomer Award'.
In July 1975, Teresa Teng signed a contract to join the Hong Kong Polygram Records Company, and released the album "Island Love Song Episode One" in September.
During the period from 1975 to 1984, she successively released eight episodes of the "Island Love Songs" series of albums,
which included Japanese pop songs, covers adapted from Japanese pop songs, and original Chinese pop songs.
In April 1977, she held his first solo concert in Tokyo, titled "Love You, Where Is My Hometown".
In July 1978, she held a large-scale solo concert in Kawasaki.
On February 14, 1979, Teresa Teng entered Japan with an Indonesian passport and was detained by Japan.
On the 22nd, she was acquitted and released. On the 24th of the same month, the Ministry of Justice of Japan ruled that Teresa Teng could not enter the country again within one year.
Therefore, Teresa Teng went to San Francisco, USA, and then went to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles to study English, Japanese, biology and mathematics.
During this period, the recording of two well-known songs "Sweet Honey" and "Small Town Story" was completed.
In April of the same year, Teresa Teng held concerts in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Vancouver.
In May 1980, she was invited to sing at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and received the "Golden Apple" brooch presented by the Mayor of New York.
In July, the second concert tour was held in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and she sang "Plum Blossom" with the audience (with tears).
In the late 1970s, Teresa Teng's singing voice spread to mainland China and became very popular.
In December 1979, the mainland women's volleyball team defeated Japan in the Asian Volleyball Championship and won the championship.
Teresa Teng was invited by Fok Yingdong to sing two songs for the players at the banquet.
In the early 1980s, in mainland China , "When Will You Came Again" , "Small Town Story",
"Don't Pick Wild Flowers by the Road", and "Wine and Coffee" were sung in the streets and alleys.
On October 4, 1980, Teresa Teng returned to Taiwan for a concert. On October 15th, fundraising for Hong Kong Ren Chai Hospital.
On December 18th, she launched her first Cantonese album "The irreconcilable" in Hong Kong.
On April 29, 1981, she held a charity performance at the Sin Chew Concert; recorded the single "Lover Goddess" with Alan Tam.
On January 8-11, 1982, a concert and charity performance were held in Hong Kong, which was a farewell performance scheduled to withdraw from the entertainment industry.
On February 2nd, 1983, Teresa Teng released the album "Tint Secret Love" with the theme of classical poetry.
In May, Teresa Teng's record set a record for sales of Chinese records. The second Cantonese album "Walking the Road of Life" was released.
In January 1984, the "Billion Applause" concerts were held in Taipei China Stadium for two days.
So far, DVDs of Taiwan and Hong Kong performances from 1982-84 sold by record shops in Greater China are still selling well.
In 1984, at the strong request of Japanese fans, the Japanese government approved Teresa Teng to enter the country.
In the same year, she made her debut in Japan again with the song "Repayment", which was very popular and won the Japan Cable Awards and other awards.
"Lover" was released in 1985. Entered the 36th NHK Red and White Singing Contest and appeared in the form of Concubine Yang.
In December, the "One & Only" personal performance charity concert was held, which was named her personal best live performance.
During the Spring Festival in 1986, she returned to Taiwan from Japan and appeared in the special program "Happy With You" on TV.
The release of "I Only Care About You" was also very popular, and this song once again appeared on the stage of the NHK Red and White Singing Contest.
In 1984-86, she won three consecutive big prizes and gold prizes in the "Japan Cable Awards" and the "All Japan Cable Broadcast Awards".
In June 1987, released the single "Premonition of Parting". In January 1988, released the single "The Myth of Lovers".
In 1991, she was invited to participate in the 42nd NHK Red and White Singing Contest for the third time.
In the late 1980s, Teresa Teng gradually shifted the focus of her work to Britain and France.
She settled in Hong Kong in 1989 and it became Teresa Teng's last home until her death in 1995.
In March 1991, although temporarily living in Paris, Teresa Teng returned to Taiwan. In May, a disaster relief performance was held in Hong Kong.
In December 1994, Teresa Teng's asthma attack became worse and worse, and she went to Chiang Mai to recuperate with her French boyfriend Paul.
On January 1, 1995, Teresa Teng went to the local Lanlang Hospital for medical treatment due to an asthma attack and difficulty breathing.
At the end of April 1995, Teresa Teng and Paul stayed in the presidential suite on the 15th floor of the Mai Ping Hotel in Chiang Mai.
At about 4 pm on May 8th, Thailand time, Teresa Teng's asthma attacked again (Paul was out at the time).
At that time, the medicine bottle was empty, and she sprayed her nose with asthma spray to help her breathing ease down, but it still didn't help.
So, she ran out of the room for help, and finally suffered a myocardial infarction due to asthma and fell down in front of the service desk on the floor.
Hotel staff immediately rushed Teresa Teng to Lanlang Hospital for emergency treatment. On the way, Teresa Teng stopped breathing.
The ambulanceman applied extracardiac compressions and electric shocks for nearly 45 minutes and was pronounced dead at 5:30 in the afternoon. She was 42 years old.
On May 11, the body arrived in Taipei by airplane. The media in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan all sent out messages of mourning for her.
On May 28, many people attended the funeral for her at the No. 1 Funeral Home in Taipei City.
Her body was then watched by many fans and buried in Jinbaoshan Yunyuan Cemetery in Jinshan.
You must be very concerned about Teresa Teng's personal life. Teresa Teng (when she was 18 years old) felt in love with 'Lin Zhenfa', the chairman of the paper mill in Malaysia.
two had a very good relationship, but Lin Zhenfa suddenly died of cardiac palsy, and the two were eventually unmarried.
In 1979, when Teresa Teng was studying in the United States, she had a relationship with Jackie Chan, and later they broke up peacefully.
In 1980, she dated with Kuo Kongcheng, the son of Malaysia's "Sugar King" Guo Henian. They were engaged on October 28, 1981, and
was originally scheduled to be married to Guo Kongcheng in Singapore on March 17, 1982. They broke up because of the obstruction of her man's grandmother.
It is said that she imposes three harsh conditions on Teresa Teng: Detailed personal information must be handed over.
The singing and acting career must be terminated and devoted to being a wife. Must cut off contact with all entertainers and male friends.
Therefore, Teresa Teng considered repeatedly and finally decided to break up.
In 1989, Teresa Teng lived in France and met and fell in love with the French photographer Paul who was 15 years younger than her.
Paul turned out to be a musician and can compose music. Because he particularly likes photography, he went to Paris Chinatown to work as a photographer.
Paul has been in love with Teresa Teng for 5 years. It is said that Teresa Teng was engaged to Paul before her death and plans to get married in August.
After Teresa Teng's death on May 8, 1995, Paul lived alone in a villa in Hong Kong and returned to France in 1998.
At present, there are many facilities built to commemorate Teresa Teng in mainland China and Taiwan, such as
Lijun Town, Music Life Hall, Sky Garden, Museum, Jun Garden, Coffee Shop, Bronze Statue, and Teresa Teng Cemetery.
In addition, the Royal Mae Ping Hotel No. 1502 in Chiang Mai, Thailand was renamed "Teng Lijun Suite".
The suite has photos of Teresa Teng when she visited the hotel and plays Teresa’s songs.
Although Teresa Teng passed away 26 years, people still will not forget her, and her moving voice will accompany us for generations.
Well, today I just gave you a brief review of Teresa Teng's life and her brilliant achievements.
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