As of February 2020, Chen Li is 64 years old. Chen Li, born in 1956, is a female singer in Mainland China and was born in Jilin Province. Chen Li grew up in Peking Opera in elementary school and later worked as a laboratory technician at Changchun FAW. Wang Liping, the composer of the 1987 TV series "Dream of Red Mansions" discovered her and asked her to participate in the recording of the theme song of the show. Chen Li sang the music songs from the 1987 TV series "Dream of Red Mansions" and performed the tragic sounds from nature.
At the same time, Chen Li also played the role of Sister-in-law Liu in the 1987 version of "Dream of Red Mansions" which premiered in 1987. In 2007, Chen Li participated in CCTV's "Art Life - Dream of Red Mansions Reunion" column. This is her public debut.
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Chen Li's early experience: While preparing the songs for the 1987 version of "A Dream of Red Mansions", Chen Li's husband died of cancer, leaving behind a young daughter who practiced singing every time he went home. , her daughter always had to wear big earplugs, so she had to give her daughter to her parents. Many years later, when Chen Li and her daughter arrived in Canada, she realized that her daughter had a deep misunderstanding of her.
In 1987, a song "Wan Ning Mei" made Chen Li successful. At that time, Chen Li was selected by Wang Liping as an ordinary singer to sing "Dream of Red Mansions". The music of "A Dream of Red Mansions" is neither a folk song, nor a foreign song, nor an opera. Wang Liping wrote it as "Thirteen Not Reliable", creating a musical dialect that only belongs to "A Dream of Red Mansions".