The most beautiful ruler of Cixi: She was the first ballet dancer in China. Why did her leg break in her later years?
Yu Rongling, born in 1889, was a Manchu aristocrat, and his father Yu Geng was a minister in the late Qing Dynasty, mainly responsible for diplomatic work. 1895, Yu Geng was ordered to go to Japan as the ambassador to Japan, taking his wife and children with him. Once they attended a banquet, and a dancer performed a Japanese classical dance on the stage. After that, Yu Rongling became interested in dancing. When she went back, she asked her servants who could sing and dance to teach her.
Yu Yongling is a talented dancer and learns quickly. The maid in charge of teaching dance praised her again and again. Soon, the wife of a Japanese palace minister visited. Yu Yongling had a brainwave, secretly put on a kimono behind her parents' backs and danced a "crane turtle dance" in front of the minister's wife. The minister's wife was surprised and even boasted that she was born to dance. Yu Yongling's parents praised her on the surface, but they taught her a lesson after the lady left.
Originally, Mr. and Mrs. Yu Geng were not allowed to continue dancing, but they agreed that they could only dance at home and could not perform on stage because of their daughter's pleading. 1899, Yu Geng was transferred to the French Minister, and Yu Rongling moved to France with his family. France is a romantic country, and parents tend to cultivate versatile children. Influenced by the local atmosphere, Yu Rongling can learn dance aboveboard.
1902, with the encouragement of her teacher, Yu Rongling went to the Paris stage to perform a dance drama, dressed in white gauze, barefoot and shirtless, and her dancing was beautiful and amazing. Therefore, she was awarded the title of "Queen of Oriental Butterflies". However, her parents also went to the dance. Originally, they had a problem with Rongling's public performance. When they saw her bold dress, they immediately became angry, and then they locked Yu Rongling up for a whole week.
1903, their family finally returned to China. 1904, Yu Rongling and her sister were called into the palace and became female officials around Empress Dowager Cixi. 1900 Influenced by Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China, Empress Dowager Cixi was often unhappy. In order to relieve boredom, Yu Rongling often dances in front of her, performing Spanish dances, Spanish dances and other dances.
During that time in the palace, Yu Rongling fell in love with a eunuch named Xiao, and they often confided together. Their relationship lasted about four years. Yu Rongling really intends to stay with him all her life, which makes her father Yu Geng angry to death. 1907, he called his daughter home on the grounds of illness, and Yu Rongling never went to the palace to work with Zhang Xiaode again.
19 12 years, Yu Geng was in charge, and Yu Rongling married Tang who stayed in France. Their marriage didn't have many ups and downs. 1958, Tang died of illness, and Yu Rongling still didn't let go of her favorite dance. Later, she entered a turbulent era, suffering from dancing and even losing her legs. This is her love for dancing.