What is the origin of the name Valley Ailing?

The origin of the name Gu Ailing: Mom's last name is Gu, and the word "Ling" comes from my sister-in-law Gu Ling.

There's a sad story behind the name Valley Ailing. The "Ling" does represent a very important person to Valley's mom, but it's not Ailing's dad, it's her sister-in-law.

It turns out that Gu Ailing's mom, Gu Yan, had a younger sister named Gu Ling, who was killed in a car accident. In honor of her sister, Gu Yan named her child after the character "Ling" to express her nostalgia.

Personal life

Gu Ailing's father was an American, and her mother, Gu Yan, was a Beijinger and former ski instructor. Her mother was a former ski instructor. Since she was a child, she has been going back to Beijing for vacations with her mother, and Gu Yan has paid special attention to educating Gu Ailing in Chinese language and traditional Chinese culture, so Gu Ailing, who has been hanging out in Beijing's hutongs since she was young, is not only fluent in Chinese, but also has a good command of tongue twisters, and she also refers to herself as a Beijing girl who has grown up in the hutongs.