On the afternoon of November 17, Yuan Xiaomu, the daughter of film master Yuan Muzhi, returned to Ningbo to find her roots and went to Tianyi Pavilion to check the Yuan family tree.
Yuan Muzhi, whose original name was Yuan Jialai, was born in Ningbo on March 3, 1909, and was one of the earliest organizers and leaders of the Chinese film industry. In 1946, Yuan Muzhi served as the first director of the Northeast Film Studio and the first director of the Cultural Film Bureau. Yuan Muzhi filmed a classic film in the history of Chinese cinema, "Road Angel", which is still a household name, and the interlude "Tianya Song Girl" is popular. At the same time, he is also the original singer of the national anthem "March of the Volunteer Army", which is enough to see his position in the history of Chinese music and the history of the Chinese revolution. As one of the five leaders of Chinese cinema, a bronze statue of Yuan Muzhi stands in the China Film Museum.
Yuan Muzhi's former residence was on Nanjiao Road (now Nantang Old Street), and after enlightenment, he went to Yuan's Chongzhi Primary School on this street to study. When he was 7 years old, his father died, his family fell in the middle of the road, and when he left home at the age of 12 to go to Shanghai to join his relatives, he gradually broke off contact with his hometown.
This time, Yuan Muzhi's daughter Yuan Xiaomu made a special trip back to Ningbo to find her roots. "The family tree is the evidence of the root, and I heard that Tianyi Pavilion contains the Yuan family tree, so I have always wanted to come to see and touch it with my own eyes." Yuan Xiaomu said, "I didn't expect to have this honor to have such a close contact with the family tree today. With the help of Tianyi Pavilion experts, Yuan Xiaomu opened the yellowed "Yinyi City South Yuan Clan Sanxiu Genealogy", in the genealogy, she found the names of her father and grandfather, and traced the family history back to the Song Dynasty, she was surprised to learn that her family was actually one of the four most prestigious families in the Southern Song Dynasty, and her ancestors had been out of the yuan. At the same time, the ancestral portraits, house maps and family temple maps on the family tree all made her sigh and be excited, "My ancestors are the glory of our Yuan family, and seeing these has made me have a stronger sense of belonging to my family." "
This is the second time Yuan Xiaomu has returned to Ningbo, she said that as soon as she returned, she had a strange sense of intimacy, and when she personally opened the family tree, she was even more excited, "Thank you Tianyi Pavilion for helping me complete my wish and make my root-seeking trip a success!" "
Wang Yijing Wen photo