All along, the drama of Miss Qianjin and the drama eloping often only appears in novels and opera scripts.
Unexpectedly, during the Republic of China period in 1928, Qiu Lilin, who was known as the first lady of Shanghai from a famous family, actually took advantage of the fact that her family did not pay attention to wearing pajamas and slippers to take the train alone and went straight to her sweetheart.
Jollyn was going to elope, but also with a drama with a wife, why did she do it?
Qiu Lilin's elopement began her legendary life and caused a shock in the high society and opera circles at that time, including the Peking Opera master Mr. Mei Lanfang.
What was the ending of Jolielyn and the play, and did they come together?
Qiu Lilin came from a large family, and in the turbulent Era of the Republic of China, ideas at home and abroad and old and new ideas swept through the entire society. Qiu Lilin's father opened a tea house and a money house, and these two industries accumulated huge wealth. But her father died when she was eight years old, but this did not affect her material life, and their family's wealth was enough for her to squander.
Jolielyn attended a church school and learned French and English. After graduation, she officially entered the Shanghai social circle. Her family background and beauty have touched many men and passionately pursued it. Jollyn initially enjoyed this emotional life of being surrounded and pursued by everyone, and she was immersed in love.
Although it was a turbulent and difficult time for the country, girls like Qiu Lilin did not have the concept of home and country. Therefore, when she first saw Zhou Xinfang, her heart fluttered and jumped, and she felt love.
When Qiu Lilin met Zhou Xinfang, Zhou Xinfang was standing on the stage performing "Hongmen Banquet", before liberation, people called the person who sang the opera "drama", and after the liberation, people called Zhou Xinfang a master of Peking Opera.
Zhou Xinfang and Mei Lanfang were equally famous at that time, and the two people had a good friendship, and the industry gatherings were bound to meet.
Zhou Xinfang and Mei Lanfang
Zhou Xinfang followed his family to learn to sing Peking Opera, and his father was a famous character in Qingyi. Zhou Xinfang learned art from her father from a young age and began to perform on stage at the age of seven. In 1908, Zhou Xinfang turned 13 years old, and he was already performing on the same stage as Mei Lanfang in Beijing.
In 1912, Zhou Xinfang moved to Shanghai. He is young, but he has already performed and studied on the same stage with Tan Xinpei and other masters. Zhou Xinfang was promoted by the big guys in the industry and recognized by her peers, and soon became famous.
But Zhou Xinfang was not satisfied with this, he created the "Qipai" singing method, and mixed the performance techniques of drama into the performance of Peking Opera. In China, he was the first opera artist to do so. Fame grew, and celebrities rushed to see his performances.
In 1923, Zhou Xinfang performed on stage, and offstage, Qiu Lilin took a look at Zhou Xinfang. Before liberation, it was crazy for rich people to watch dramas. Their pursuit of drama is no different from the pursuit of stars by many rich people today.
Men pay a lot of generous tips for watching dramas, and women are not weak. Qiu Lilin sat next to a group of Mrs. Kuo's wives, and when Zhou Xinfang came out, the wives were crazy enough to throw their jewelry on the stage as a bounty and a reward.
Qiu Lilin did not understand these rules, this was the first time she had enjoyed a Peking Opera performance, and she was fascinated by the singers at a glance.
Qiu Lilin took a fancy to Zhou Xinfang, but Zhou Xinfang did not know anything about it until she received many courtship letters from this big lady. Zhou Xinfang was indifferent when he saw the confession letter, he had seen too many women who liked to see him because they liked to watch his performances and had a good feeling for him, such as Mrs. Kuo, Mrs. Guan, miss Qianjin and so on.
He believes that these likes are only temporary, and it is not really like him as a person, let alone produce any real intersection. Therefore, Zhou Xinfang has always ignored Qiu Lilin's confession letter, and he estimates that after a while, the first lady in Shanghai will have no interest in him.
Zhou Xinfang did not answer, and Qiu Lilin did not retreat, but became more and more frustrated. She wrote letters every day, and every time Zhou Xinfang's performance would not be missed, she also offered to meet Zhou Xinfang privately. Zhou Xinfang was reluctant to pay attention, but after Qiu Lilin insisted for more than a month, Zhou Xinfang agreed to meet the two people.
Qiu Lilin was very excited to see Zhou Xinfang, and at first met in the background, after meeting, the two of them increased the frequency of meeting. But at this time, Zhou Xinfang already had a wife. Although polygamy was common in those days, the concept of monogamy abroad also spread to China. The behavior of the two of them will still be pointed out by some people.
The photo of Zhou Xinfang and Qiu Lilin's date was published in the newspaper by reporters, and Qiu Lilin's mother was angry when she saw the news of her daughter's love affair being made public.
From the perspective of the time, it was disgraceful for a miss of a thousand golds to fall in love with a drama. Analyzed by the rules of Qiu Lilin's family, they will not allow their daughters to fall in love and marry with the drama, and it is inevitable to find a partner.
A celebrity hooks up with a drama, which is equivalent to throwing away the face of their family. What's more, this drama has an arranged marriage wife in his hometown.
So Julielyn's mother forbade her to go out and let her think about it behind closed doors. Then, very quickly, they found a fiancé for Jollyn, who came to the house to meet Jollyn. Qiu Lilin was furious, what age, actually forced her to marry a stranger who did not understand herself, marriage is not a child's play!
Qiu Lilin is the kind of woman who can give her all for the love between men and women, she wrote a letter to Zhou Xinfang and decided to elope. Then, taking advantage of the fact that the family was not paying attention, he sneaked away. When she left the house, she was wearing pajamas and slippers on her feet, and her urgency was overflowing.
Qiu Lilin and Zhou Xinfang eloped, which not only made the family angry, but also felt ashamed. They issued a statement to sever ties with Jollyn unless Jollyn came home herself. Qiu Lilin's brother wanted to send someone to kill Zhou Xinfang, and she had to come forward to issue a statement to deal with the problem.
But in the days that followed, Qiu Lilin was like a bird of fright, carrying a pistol with her every day, not knowing whether to protect herself or to protect Zhou Xinfang. The two of them left Suzhou to perform in various places, but they did not return to Shanghai.
Qiu Lilin gave birth to their child for Zhou Xinfang and became Zhou Xinfang's agent. Zhou Xinfang only needs to perform with her heart, she takes care of everything. Qiu Lilin was generous and negotiated money with the performance, and the account was "seven three split accounts".
After a few years, they saved a lot of money. Qiu Lilin bought a house on Changle Road, and the family lived in it. After the birth of her youngest daughter, Qiu Lilin wanted to improve her living environment and bought a garden house.
Qiu Lilin seems to be a petite lady, but after being with Zhou Xinfang, Zhou Xinfang suddenly found that Qiu Lilin was a strong woman. She is concerned about how to deal with people from all walks of life, deal with the troubles of the police station, find the best school to send children in, these real life problems, as long as Qiu Lilin takes over, can be solved smoothly.
You know, Zhou Xinfang's salary in the theater before was a monthly salary, and he couldn't get any dividends. When the two of them eloped, Zhou Xinfang was actually bankrupt. Although Zhou Xinfang spent money to save money, his mother was addicted to gambling and gambled his money out.
Zhou Xinfang
Although some noble wives threw the jewelry on the stage, Zhou Xinfang did not want to accept it and returned it. I have to say that Zhou Xinfang has his own wind bone, and he chose the industry of Peking Opera entirely for money.
After Qiu Lilin was with him, she learned that Zhou Xinfang had no money in her hands, but Zhou Xinfang did not want Qiu Lilin to suffer with her, so she took her costume to the pawnshop for money. Zhou Xinfang's behavior made Qiu Lilin very touched but also felt sad. Qiu Lilin thought to herself that she must take care of Zhou Xinfang's finances, otherwise his financial management ability and style of not receiving tips will definitely not be able to support the family.
After Qiu Lilin got out of the horse, she proposed to the owner of the theater "Seven Three Split Accounts". The theater owner was unheard of and angry at this request. But Qiu Lilin told the theater owner: "Zhou Xinfang's name to go to any theater is a cash cow, if you do not agree, there will be other theaters agree, then the loss is you." ”
What Qiu Lilin said, the theater owner understands, seeing that Qiu Lilin is so strong and smart, there is no way, can only agree.
Although Zhou Xinfang is famous, he has no real power or social status, and he has been harassed by the theater owner, who also found gang hooligans to threaten him. After Qiu Lilin knew, she immediately picked up a pistol and fought with this group of people, and the other party was speechless when she saw Qiu Lilin's posture. Zhou Xinfang was rescued by Qiu Lilin and returned home, after that, Qiu Lilin accompanied Zhou Xinfang to the theater every day like a private bodyguard. Zhou Xinfang never expected that Qiu Lilin was so bold, courageous and strategic.
After the War of Resistance Against Japan began, the Japanese and traitors invited Zhou Xinfang to perform Peking Opera to them, but Zhou Xinfang refused. But how could this group of people give up, Zhou Xinfang's colleague Mr. Mei Lanfang was also invited, but also refused. They're all in trouble.
The Japanese wanted to listen to Peking Opera, and the traitors ran more actively than anyone else, and they did not accept Zhou Xinfang's refusal and went to their house to rob people. Qiu Lilin heard the wind beforehand, asked Zhou Xinfang to go to hide somewhere else, and then took out the money to take care of it, and then settled down.
Although Zhou Xinfang did not go to the front line to fight with Japanese devils, he performed patriotic Peking Opera in the theater, such as "Wen Tianxiang", "Shi Kefa", "Dead Shu Hate", "Dong Xiaowan", awakening the national consciousness of the Chinese and calling on everyone to resist Japan and protect our nation and country.
In 1940, there was a natural disaster, and many ordinary people had no harvest and no food. Zhou Xinfang and industry insiders performed "Thunderstorm", and they donated all the funds raised to the victims.
Not only that, Zhou Xinfang got in touch with the underground organization of the Communist Party by chance and made many contributions to the party organization. But many people are unaware of this past. Most of the people remember are the elopement stories of Zhou Xinfang and Qiu Lilin.
In 1947, Qiu Lilin sent her children to study abroad. She and Zhou Xinfang stayed in China. Some people think that Qiu Lilin sent her children to study abroad because of the sublime beauty, in fact, Qiu Lilin also has unspeakable bitterness.
Although Zhou Xinfang made her own contributions to the anti-Japanese resistance and also helped the victims of the disaster, Zhou Xinfang did her best for the nation and the country. But Zhou Xinfang was always called a drama, anyway, it was disrespectful, before liberation, she called the opera "the lower nine streams".
Qiu Lilin herself can't say that she doesn't care about the voices of the outside world at all, and if she really cares about the so-called drama, she won't elope with Zhou Xinfang. With Qiu Lilin's family lineage, it is easy to find a second-generation official of a famous and noble prince. But she didn't, she valued fate.
However, after giving birth to a child, she, as the mother of the child, has felt aggrieved and unfair many times. Although Qiu Lilin and Zhou Xinfang have money and live in a mansion, others always ridicule their children as "children of drama".
Dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and children of mice can punch holes. I think many Chinese have heard of this saying. It means that if there is a parent, what child will be raised, the father and mother will not be out, and the child will not be out.
Qiu Lilin's children are looked down upon, Qiu Lilin does not believe in evil, she has to educate her children to become talents and show them to everyone.
Therefore, Qiu Lilin is very willing to invest in the education of children, according to today's fashionable saying is "chicken baby". She sent her children abroad to be gilded so that they could succeed in their studies.
Why do you have to send it abroad?
Because that era included the eighties and nineties of the last century, many people thought that going to school abroad was the only way to have real talent and real learning, and only then could they be gilded. Qiu Lilin will inevitably be affected by the times, which is beyond reproach.
But Zhou Xinfang and Qiu Lilin told the children:
"No matter where you go to study, don't forget, you will always be Chinese, always remember."
After liberation, Zhou Xinfang participated in the Political Consultative Conference and also served as vice chairman of the Chinese Dramatists Association. In 1953, during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Zhou Xinfang led a theater troupe to pay tribute to the Chinese Volunteer Army. He also led a theater troupe to perform in the Soviet Union. In 1959, he officially joined the Communist Party.
Zhou Xinfang and Qiu Lilin's children lived up to expectations and were all talented. The eldest son inherited his father's "Qipai Peking Opera" and became the inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage.
The third daughter, Zhou Caiqin, won the Emmy Award for Lifetime Achievement abroad and returned to the Central Academy of Drama in 1980 as a professor. Qiu Lilin and Zhou Xinfang have created a real giant with their own strength, a thousand times more than the legend of Macau's gambling king!