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TRENDS HEALTH March Issue

Han Geng Exclusive Interview

Six Stories on Han Geng

Foreword:

On February 9, Han Geng had his 28th birthday. Twenty-eight is a sort of awkward age. (I) asked him what kind of person he would like to be? He was silent for quite a while, and said that he hoped not to set a supposed-to-be image of himself. Meanwhile, he would not want to omit (skip) all the human feelings, all the ups and downs a person should experience. No distress, of course does not mean you don't care. As the happy representative of 2012 anti-depressant movement of Trends Health, Han Geng was invited to go to Italy for the photo shooting and shared six stories of himself, about giving up, facing things, self-expression, growing up, pursuing happiness and the secret of life.

Story I Luo Fa Zhi Yi(Hair cut and Clothes Change???)

In the Buddhist Scriptures, there is a story about Shakyamuni before he became a Buddha, called "Luo Fa Zhi Yi". When he was still prince Siddhartha, he cut his hair with a sword in order to make a determination, saying, "Today I shave and hope to cut all the distress, bad habits and karma. I shall concentrate on the transcendental meditation and hope to learn the truth soon."

Cut hair to Ming (make people palpable), one must cut the hair relentlessly, which needs a little bit courage. So when knowing that the first thing to do of the schedule is to cut hair, I felt a little bit uneasy, as I hadn't done that for years.

To appear with a totally new image, will it leave more space for others and myself to grow?

During the trip to Italy, many fans went to visit us.Some are Chinese students studying abroad,some are Chinese Italians who can not speak Chinese,there were native Italian girls as well. They were waiting outside the hotels from morning until night, just waiting there---My first reaction is, in such freezing cold weather, if their parents knew it, how much their hearts might ache. Then I will think, who am I，or what shall I do without disappointing so many people of the world, for their love to me. This might be a question for many artists and stars to face with.

Of all the awards I have been achieved, the ones related to fame took the majority part. I wondered sometimes,for I did not know what to do to fulfill the image of "Han Geng" in their hearts---every time I denied or changed a little,they would be more determined and said, "No no you should be like that" At some moments, I even found it was quite funny: who on earth is Han Geng? You or me? Although I am an idol,that does not mean that I should be unreal,the truth is I smoke,drink,sometimes lose my temper.I hope that what other people see and feel about is the real me, but not a skin of an idol.

Actually the more you care, the more careful you will become and then you might lose yourself and the result might turn out to be the opposite. Then I just stood back simply and asked for the peace of mind. There was a certain time, I was eager to play in a play,almost crazy about it, any roles will be OK.But for some reason, I couldn't.I would feel it was such a pity and be entangled about it,keep asking why it's not me. When I did not think about it and accepted the fate, there were about seventy or eighty plays sent to me---it looks like a joke(of life). And the fact is the state of mind later was much more abundant than before---people can see what you've got.

So what I'd like to talk about in the first story is not hair cut, but giving up,knowing when and where to give up.

Story II The Little Snail

There is a song "Tourbillon", witten by Huang Weiwen for Eason Chan: "Without any expectation, the Autumn is there. Looking around I've got everything people longing for: wine, sports car, camera, and gold watch." It might be tacky on the use of words, but it do reflects kind of different feelings.

When I am on the stage as a singer, all the spotlights are shone on me, the harsh lights make me barely could open my eyes. It is such a light world beyond your imagination. Even myself will be very excited, with all the blood pumping and quite a high spirit. But after three minutes when you get off the stage and walked to the corner, it's such a dark place also beyond your imagination. In fact my real life is just like the moment of getting off the stage, that is what my life is like. All the glamorousity and cries of the crowds come from the shining image (mask) on the stage. But when I went home alone, maybe I just have a bowl of fried rice noodles or a hometown meat pie, nothing different from all of the other people.

I have passed the most entangling time of my life before the termination from SJ. Most of the time, I dared not to look at myself in the mirror, just muddling along and kept escaping, hoping that situation might become well and things might turn for the better, until the bottom-line had been crossed. In fact, my mind was already full of holes during the escaping.

I had read a small story before: a little snail asked his mom, " Mom, why are we born with this hard and heavy shell?" Mom said, "Because we don't have skeleton to support our body, we can only creep and can't creep fast." The little snail asked, " Sister caterpillar also don't have skeleton and can not creep fast, why doesn't she have the hard and heavy shell?" Mom said, "Because sister caterpillar will become butterfly and the sky will protect her." The little snail asked again, "But little brother earthworm also has no skeleton and can't creep fast, can't become butterfly, why doesn't he need to carry the hard and heavy shell on his back?" Mom said, "That is because little brother earthworm can drill soil and the land will protect him." The little snail cried and said, "How pitiful we are! the sky won't protect us and the land won't protect us either." Mom snail comforted him, "So we have our shells! We neither depend on the sky nor the land, we depend on ourselves."

So, nothing is a big deal. If anyone liked me, I would try my best to fufill the wonderful performance of the few minutes. Some day when no one likes it, I am left alone, that's OK. If I felt lonely and boring, I just go to find some friends for a dinner or a drink, or playing table tennis together. If I was lovelorn, I