China's number one "giantess" Yao Defen, 2.36 meters tall, how is she doing now?

The ancients said: "Filial piety comes first among all good deeds." Filial piety is the heart of respect for parents and elders. It is the core of traditional Chinese filial piety culture and the cultural connotation of ancestor worship. Yao Defen is 2.36 meters tall and is known as Asia's "first female giant". However, this girl has experienced ups and downs and hardships. Due to family constraints, she has to raise medical expenses to take care of her sick parents. She works everywhere with a passionate filial piety. Just so that I can fulfill my filial piety during my parents' lifetime.

01 Go out to work to earn money and see doctors for your parents

Photos of Yao Defen's performance

Yao Defen was born in 1972 in Shitang, Shucha Town, Shucheng County, Lu'an City, Anhui Province In the village, there are five brothers and sisters in the family, and Yao Defen ranks as the fourth. When Yao Defen was 5 years old, her height was different from that of ordinary people. When she went to school at the age of 7, she was as tall as an adult. The other four siblings were all of normal height. When she was in school, Yao Defen was ostracized by her classmates because of her height. From then on, she was unwilling to go to school, and her parents had no choice but to keep her at home. However, his height did not stop growing with age. At the age of 15, he reached an astonishing 2.05 meters.

Due to his height, Yao Defen became the focus of people and was recommended to the women's basketball team of Anhui Sports School. However, the good times did not last long. He accidentally fell during a training and was later diagnosed by a doctor as having "giant syndrome". "Syndrome" is caused by the pituitary gland secreting too much growth hormone and forming a brain tumor, which requires surgery to remove it. Considering that the cost of surgery is too high and her parents are not in good health, this sensible girl packed her bags and returned home.

Yao Defen

Yao Defen, whose family was already poor, wanted to go out to work to support her family. In 1993, by chance, she signed a contract to become a special performer in an acrobatic troupe. The contract was for 5 years, with a monthly salary of 220 yuan. From then on, Yao Defen traveled around with the acrobatic troupe to perform. She was happiest when her salary was paid. Although her income was very small, she still saved and saved, and sent most of it home for her parents to see doctors and buy medicines. When the five-year contract expired, it was also the first time Yao Defen came home. When her mother saw her skinny daughter, she shed tears of distress.

A car accident occurred during the performance in 02

Seeing her elderly parents and impoverished home, Yao Defen embarked on the acrobatic troupe tour again. At that time, she was 26 years old and her height had reached 2.36 rice. Due to her special height, she became the center of attention wherever she went. Later, due to media reports, a hospital performed surgery to remove her brain tumor free of charge. Although the operation was very successful, due to lack of money for more than ten years of delayed medical treatment, the bones were affected and walking became inconvenient.

Yao Defen and her neighbors

Before the Spring Festival in 2003, Yao Defen returned to her hometown to celebrate the New Year. She saw that her father had serious stomach problems and her mother also had a bad heart due to years of hard work. Suffered from high blood pressure. The filial Yao Defen saw this and felt pain in her heart, so she started working again to earn money for her parents' medical treatment. Later, a well-intentioned person recommended me to learn massage. After several months of unremitting efforts and hard study, I mastered the massage technique and was able to work independently. Due to his height, when there were many customers, his back pain became unbearable, so Yao Defen had no choice but to resign.

After returning home and seeing her seriously ill father, Yao Defen signed a contract with a folk singing group. She has been passionate about singing since she was a child. Her rich and heavy bass is very unique. She especially likes songs about vicissitudes of life, such as "Wandering Song". This is Yao Defen's favorite song. It is a reflection of her longing for her parents who have been wandering away all year round, and a true portrayal of her career in the acrobatic troupe. When she was paid her first salary at the folk singing troupe, she received 2,600 yuan. She only kept a fraction of it and sent the rest home.

Died of illness in 03

Yao Defen

One day in April 2006, Yao Defen was on the way to a performance when the driver overturned due to fatigue while driving, causing injuries to the base of his skull. Broken bones and injuries. Yao Defen, who never reported good news to his parents but not bad news, asked his colleagues not to tell his family about the incident. In order not to hinder the folk singing group, he insisted on being discharged from the hospital after half a month after his injury improved and devoted himself to work. But unfortunately, her father passed away due to illness. She received a call from her mother while she was performing in another place. After asking for leave from the group, she hurried back to her hometown. When she returned home, her father had been laid to rest. Yao Defen cried several times and fainted. In front of the grave.

Her father is gone, and she still has her mother. She knows that she must be strong. Because she was in a car accident last time, she insisted on performing before she recovered. As a result, her old injury relapsed and her physical condition was poor. It was obviously impossible to perform. This time, in order not to drag down the folk singing group, she took the initiative to terminate the contract. The mother's condition was also not optimistic due to lack of medical treatment and medicine. Seeing her mother suffering from the disease, Yao Defen said to her mother: "I have to make money to treat you." Looking at her daughter who had difficulty walking, her mother was so distressed that she burst into tears. .

Yao Defen

After that, Yao Defen worked all over the country, working as a restaurant greeter, floor salesperson, etc. Every time he received his salary, Yao Defen would immediately send the money to his mother to use it for her medical treatment. In April 2010, while cooking for her mother at home, she accidentally fell and caused intracranial hemorrhage. After surgery, her condition was stabilized. After learning about this, kind-hearted people donated money and materials to encourage her to be strong. Two years later, this "giant" girl who had gone through ups and downs and had a filial heart completed her 41-year-old life.

Conclusion

No matter how many difficulties life and fate have given Yao Defen, this strong girl always cherishes a filial piety and travels around to work to earn money to treat her parents. Her filial piety is moved by heaven. land.