As you get older, have you ever lamented the relentlessness of the years? When the beautiful youth is gone, have you ever feared that aging is gradually approaching? Yes, we are always unable to seize time and years, always powerless in the face of time. But we can still live a different wonderful life with the highest posture of life, and tell the world loudly: I am young!
Yes, if every day we can fill it with happiness, every inch of time, we can irrigate it with love, then we will find that the days will become exceptionally beautiful, life will become more fulfilling, and our hearts will always be in a young state. That's easy to say, but it's not hard to do. For example, the actor we are going to talk about today, who is 86 years old, but confidently announces to us who are younger: I am still very young. She is the famous actor Zhou Xianzhen, who played Jia Baoyu's mother, Madame Wang, in the 87 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber".
Zhou Xianzhen was born in Qingdao, Shandong in 1932, and it was purely accidental that she embarked on the road of literature and art. At that time, there was no one in her family engaged in literary and artistic work, but Zhou Xianzhen had been very serious since she was a child, and she actively demanded progress. When she was in school, she actively participated in various literary and artistic activities, singing and dancing, playing waist drums, twisting and singing, and everything came. So in 1949, when she was less than 18 years old, she had already embarked on a job and came to Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, to become a glorious member of the cultural and industrial troupe.
Later, Zhou Xianzhen's literary troupe was reorganized and established the Zhejiang Yue Opera Troupe and the Zhejiang Provincial Drama Troupe. Originally, Zhou Xianzhen was assigned to the Yue Opera Troupe, but she was born in Qingdao, Shandong Province, and did not speak Wu Nong soft language, so there was always a feeling that heroes were useless. However, later the repertory theater wanted to rehearse a drama, and Zhou Xianzhen became the heroine of the drama with a good temperament and image, and then naturally became a drama actor.
But at that time, Zhou Xianzhen never thought that she would one day become a film and television actor. Although she has been very fond of watching movies since she was a child, and there are also movie stars she likes, such as Liu Qiong, Wang Danfeng, etc., she always carefully collects the photos of her favorite stars and puts them in a special box to treasure. At that time, in her heart, those stars were too far away from her.
And Zhou Xianzhen's time on the silver screen is indeed relatively late, and in 1983, Zhou Xianzhen, who was already 51 years old, got the opportunity to participate in the TV series for the first time, playing the role of Zhao Yajun in "Girl's Tears". And it is precisely because of this role that Wang Fulin, the director of the 87th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber", recognizes her. Therefore, at the beginning of the establishment of the 87 version of the "Dream of the Red Chamber" crew, director Wang Fulin contacted Zhou Xianzhen and let her enter the "actor training class" held in the Yuanmingyuan.
However, the role originally assigned to Zhou Xianzhen was not Lady Wang, who had a heavier role, but Feng Shi, who had few scenes in the opening chapter, that is, the mother of Yinglian (Xiangling). But later the role of Feng Shi was handed over to another actor of the Hangzhou Repertory Theatre, and Zhou Xianzhen felt very sorry for this. However, when Zhou Xianzhen felt lost for not being able to participate in "Dream of the Red Chamber", another surprise fell from the sky. Director Wang Fulin personally wrote a letter to Zhou Xianzhen, saying: The role of Madame Wang, please come out of the mountain.
In this way, Zhou Xianzhen successfully entered the "Dream of the Red Chamber" actor training class, not only becoming the actor of Madame Wang in the play, but also as the captain of the actor team, undertaking the performance counseling work for the younger generation of actors such as Chen Xiaoxu, Deng Jie, Zhang Li, Ouyang Fenqiang and others.
After the 87th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber" was broadcast, the grand event was unprecedented, and it caused great repercussions at home and abroad. The roles portrayed by the actors in the play are very successful, not only Lin Daiyu played by Chen Xiaoxu, Jia Baoyu played by Ouyang Fenqiang, wang Xifeng played by Deng Jie, etc. have become classics that are difficult to surpass, including Madame Wang played by Zhou Xianzhen, which is also widely praised. Everyone agreed that Zhou Xianzhen not only performed Madame Wang's "hypocrisy", but also vividly interpreted Madame Wang's identity, status and love for Baoyu, and the character image and its fullness left a very deep impression on everyone.
After that, Zhou Xianzhen received many film contracts, and successively participated in a series of film and television dramas such as "Yang Jiajiang", "Hui'an Girl", "Young Daqincha", "Early Spring and February", "Great Song Ti Criminal Officer", "Legend of Jigong", "Wind and Rain Old Garden", "Partner" and so on, successfully shaping a variety of character images with different personalities. And the professionalism that Zhou Xianzhen showed as an actor also left a very unforgettable memory for every member of the crew.
And in the process of filming, Zhou Xianzhen also had the experience of escaping from death! That was in 1991, when I was shooting the TV series "Yang Jiajun". At that time, Zhou Xianzhen was nearly 60 years old, and she played Empress Xiao Yinzong in "Yang Jiajun". According to the needs of the plot, many of Empress Xiao's scenes must be completed on horseback.
And one day, when filming the heavy scene of the battle between the two armies, the empress Xiao, who was originally played by Zhou Xianzhen, did not need to enter the battlefield. However, when the director gave an order to "start shooting", the war horses of the two armies rushed towards the other camp like a storm, and the horses under Zhou Xianzhen's seat also ran towards the melee team as if they had heard the order. This can frighten Zhou Xianzhen, who could not ride a horse in the first place, and desperately tightening the reins does not work. Zhou Xianzhen thought to herself, "This is the end", because the horse had obviously lost control and was rampaged in the melee, and Zhou Xianzhen could be thrown off the horse seat at any time and trampled by random horses... Fortunately, at the time of the thousand guns, the director's "stop" made Zhou Xianzhen rescued. At this time, Zhou Xianzhen's hair was also messed up, the head cover on his body was also lost, and the soul of the whole person also flew out of nowhere.
Zhou Xianzhen later recalled that being an actor is really not as easy and fun as everyone thinks, and many dangerous things can be experienced. But because of the love of performing arts in her heart, she was unwilling to give up, even if it was dangerous, she gritted her teeth and insisted. After Zhou Xianzhen left in 1987, she did not enjoy her old age at home, but actively established the Zhejiang Children's Theater Troupe and became the first director. Until now, it is still struggling for the development of children's dramas in Zhejiang Province.
Many netizens are asking, is Xi Meijuan the daughter of Teacher Zhou Xianzhen? The two people are too similar in appearance and temperament. In fact, Xi Meijuan is not Zhou Xianzhen's daughter. However, Zhou Xianzhen's daughter is also an actor, and also a very famous star, called Gu Yan, graduated from the Shanghai Theater Academy, has starred in film and television dramas such as "In That Distant Place" and "Mother-in-law Is Coming", and is also 60 years old this year.
Today's teacher Zhou Xianzhen, although she is 86 years old, looks really young and has a very temperament. In her words, if you keep a happy mood every day and do more meaningful things every day, then no matter how old you are, you are young. So Teacher Zhou has always said that he is an "86-year-old young man". Yeah, a lot of times, age isn't the only criterion for whether a person is young or not, is it really young, or is it a psychological state?
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