Singing superstar Wei Wei’s real name is Zhang Juxia. Speaking of the origin of her name, Wei Wei once introduced in an interview with a program that she was born in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on September 28, 1963. Her father’s surname is Zhang is a Han nationality, and her mother is from the Zhuang nationality in Guangxi. Her surname is Wei. Wei is the surname of her mother. Wei is the surname of the Zhuang minority in Guangxi. Her mother is the eldest son. There are relatively few people with the surname Wei in the family. Wei Wei's grandmother often talks about it. , saying that there was no one named Wei in the third generation of the family. Wei Wei was 9 years old at that time. After family discussions, Wei Wei decided to change his surname to Wei.
As for the origin of "Wei", Wei Wei herself explained that when she entered puberty, her weight had reached more than 120 kilograms, and her voice began to change, becoming thicker than that of ordinary little girls. , almost no one looked up to her. In order to give herself self-confidence and self-esteem, she named her "Wei". She was also the only Wei. She said that although her physical condition at that time was not what she dreamed of, she was the only one in the world, maybe. It was precisely after changing this name that her stardom began to look different from ordinary people.
In 1986, Wei Wei participated in the CCTV Young Singer Television Grand Prix and won the second prize in the popular category. Mao Amin was her defeat at the time and won the third place. The following year later, Wei Wei was selected by the country to participate in the 24th Sopot International Music Festival in Poland, and won the Special Singing Award and the Most Photogenic Miss Award. In December of the same year, Wei Wei participated in the recording of "Let the World Be Full of Love" The tape won the 1986-1987 National Cassette Tape Gold Award. In 1988, Wei Wei participated in the Yugoslav Metsum International Music Festival competition and won the gold medal for singing "Love Search".
In 1989, he sang "Devotion of Love" at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, which introduced audiences across the country to this talented singer. In 1990, Wei Wei and Liu Huan sang the Beijing Asian Games promotional song " "Asian Heroes" and "Asian Heroes" have had a profound impact on China and Asia. It was with this song that she entered the international stage. Do you know of any other celebrities who found success by changing their names?