Jiang Ying is the third daughter of Jiang Baili. Qian Junfu, who has only one child, took advantage of his special relationship with Jiang Baili and offered to ask, 5-year-old Jiang Ying, to be his daughter in Qianjia. It is very formal for Jiang Ying to adopt from the Chiang family to the Qian family. The Chiang family and Qian family invited friends and relatives, hosted several banquets, and changed Jiang Ying's name to Qian Xueying.
Jiang Ying recalled that experience and said, "After a while, my parents came to their senses and were very reluctant to part with me. They told the Qian family that they wanted their third child back. Qian Xuesen's mother promised to let me go back, but she had to make a deal: you, the third child, are my goddaughter now and will be my daughter-in-law in the future. "
A good family environment has enabled Qian Xuesen and Jiang Ying to receive a good cultural influence and family education since childhood. Jiang Ying loved singing when he was a child, and he was quite talented in music. In 1935, Jiang Ying visited Europe with his father. In 1937, Jiang Ying was admitted to the Department of Vocal Music of Berlin Conservatory of Music, and she began her long journey of studying music in Europe.
Qian Xuesen not only has excellent academic performance, but also loves art. Calligraphy, painting, writing and sketches show their talents.
in p>1935, Qian Xuesen went to the United States to study. After receiving his doctorate, Qian Xuesen and his tutor Feng? Carmen created the "Carmen-Qian Xuesen Formula" that attracted worldwide attention. Since then, Qian Xuesen's name has spread all over the world.
I wish to hold your hand and grow old with your son
One attacked the theory of aviation machinery in the United States, and the other swam in the ocean of vocal music art in Europe. For more than 1 years, Qian Xuesen and Jiang Ying had no contact with each other, only the seeds of art were bred in their respective hearts.
However, when Jiang Baili visited the United States and showed Qian Xuesen a picture of Jiang Ying in Europe, the touching smile and the beauty that was faintly visible in his childhood in the picture raised a slight ripple in Qian Xuesen's heart.
The seventh day of July in this year's lunar calendar is an auspicious day that Qian Xuesen deliberately chose. Qian Xuesen finally made up his mind to propose to Jiang Ying.
Qian Xuesen came to the Chiang family, walked up to Jiang Ying and said earnestly, "Yingmei, it's been 12 years, and we've lived far apart, alone in a foreign country, and tasted the ups and downs of life. How much we need to be together, support and comfort each other! The cowherd and the weaver girl in the sky still meet every year, but we haven't seen each other for 12 years, which is cruel. I came back this time just to take you to the United States. Do you promise? "
It's true that although two people don't write to each other, the long-term separation has not frozen two loving hearts, on the contrary, it has aggravated their thoughts. They are all waiting for each other in silence.
in 1947, Qian Xuesen and Jiang Ying got married in Shanghai.
On September 26th this year, Qian Xuesen and Jiang Ying went to Boston, USA. They first rented an old building near the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. A big black grand piano was placed in the living room of the new home, which added a bit of elegance to the home. This piano is a gift from Qian Xuesen to his new wife.
Many years later, when Jiang Ying recalled the past, he still said with endless aftertaste: "At that time, we all liked philosophical music. Therefore, we often go to listen to music and watch art exhibitions together. Our spare time life is always full of artistic flavor. I don't know why, I like him and I like him ... "
Being under house arrest
During more than 1 years of working in the United States, Qian Xuesen has made important contributions to the development of American aviation and rocket technology. In August 195, when he learned that Qian Xuesen was going to return to China, the Deputy Secretary of the US Navy immediately called the Ministry of Justice: "Don't let Qian Xuesen return to China under any circumstances, he is too valuable!"
Living under house arrest in the United States for five years did not kill the strong will of Qian Xuesen and Jiang Ying to return to the motherland. In this gloomy day, Qian Xuesen often plays a bamboo flute, Jiang Ying plays a guitar, and both of them play classical chamber music to eliminate loneliness and boredom. Although the sound of bamboo flute and guitar is not so harmonious, it is the emotional sound of Qian Xuesen and his wife. It is a kind of strength, which represents a kind of will and a kind of character of the unyielding couple. What they have learned from this music is a kind of heartfelt confidence and motivation.
Science and art complement each other
On October 8, 1955, under the personal questioning of Premier Zhou Enlai, the US government finally allowed Qian Xuesen and his wife to return to China. However, when Qian Xuesen and Jiang Ying finally boarded the plane at the airport with their 6-year-old son Yong Gang and 5-year-old daughter Yong Zhen, the US government unreasonably detained and confiscated Qian Xuesen's research notes accumulated in the United States for more than 2 years. And their wedding "pledge"-black grand piano, with Jiang Ying's argument, finally returned to the motherland with them. This grand piano has thus become a witness of Qian Xuesen and Jiang Ying's happiness after the storm.
For more than 4 years after returning to China, whenever Jiang Ying performed on the stage or directed a student to give a graduation performance, she always invited Qian Xuesen to listen, watch and comment. Qian Xuesen also likes to invite the scientific and technological personnel he knows to enjoy it, so that everyone can have fun together. Sometimes Qian Xuesen was busy at work, so Jiang Ying recorded it and played it to him. If there is a good symphony orchestra concert, Jiang Ying always pulls Qian Xuesen to listen to it, bringing this scientist and "rocket fan" into the ocean of music and art.
whenever I hear Jiang Ying's singing, Mr. Qian can feel a wonderful gift. So, he proudly said to himself: How blessed I am! He even always wants to shout to people: let science and art marry, it will create miracles!