"After playing more than 20 roles in 'Journey to the West', he didn't want a penny, he was obsessed with art, as long as he could act, he was willing to do anything."
This is the evaluation of him by Chi Chongrui, the actor of "Tang Monk", who is the Yan Huaili we are going to talk about today - the "sand monk" in the 86th edition of "Journey to the West".
Yan Huaili
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As we all know, the 1986 version of the TV series "Journey to the West" can be said to be a classic legend in the streets and alleys, especially an exclusive memory and beautiful youth memories of friends after the 80s and 90s.
In those festive and lively Spring Festival, "Journey to the West" is a must-play TV program in this special festival, even if it is repeatedly looped, but people still enjoy watching it, never tire of watching it, and enjoy it.
The four roles of the master and apprentice in "Journey to the West", "Tang Monk", "Sun Wukong", "Sand Monk", and "Eight Precepts of pigs" are all familiar to us, and when it comes to the actors of "Sand Monk", I believe many people are not strangers.
When it comes to other characters in the play, such as Taishang Laojun, The Dragon King of the West Sea, bull demon king and clairvoyant, we may also be familiar with it, but it is little known who these roles are played.
In fact, the "sand monk" actor in "Journey to the West" has also played many roles in the play, such as Taishang Laojun, West Sea Dragon King, Imperial Horse Supervisor, Old Man, Bull Demon King and Clairvoyant.
This person is Yan Huaili.
Yan Huaili was admitted to the Beijing People's Art Theater in 1958 and has embarked on an artistic career ever since, initially engaged in drama research and has his own unique insights.
Later, in 1982, he entered the stage of TV drama and began to study the film and television industry.
And "Journey to the West" has a special emotion for Yan Huaili, this is the first TV series he participated in after entering the TV series stage, and it is also the role of "Sand Monk" in this TV series that is familiar and loved by the audience.
Yan Huaili with superb acting skills and the spirit of not being afraid of hardship and tiredness, as well as the love for "Journey to the West" itself, coupled with the limited funds for the production and filming of "Journey to the West" at that time, Yan Huaili played multiple roles alone.
The love that comes from the depths of the heart only collects the cost of one role, not only plays a loyal and simple, hard-working, diligent and sincere, hard-working, and righteous execution of the "sand monk".
His words and deeds, and his temperament have become breathed with life.
At the same time, the other roles played by each other are also unique, almost blindfolding most people's eyes across the screen, and it is not at all obvious that the multiple roles are played by the same person.
He showed each role vividly and brilliantly, paying special attention to the consideration of each role, which is a classic and set an acting record.
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The actor of the role of "sand monk" not only needs to play the potential and explicit meaning of the role itself, but also has higher requirements in physical strength.
The character of "Sand Monk" carries that heavy burden in each episode, and it is impossible to do without healthy physical fitness.
The people in the "Journey to the West" crew also unanimously commented that Teacher Yan Huaili was one of them with a better body.
But in this case, why was Yan Huaili diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis?
First of all, what exactly is pulmonary fibrosis?
Actually made Elder Yan's health worse and worse?
Some people have described pulmonary fibrosis as a cancer that is not cancer, which shows the horror of pulmonary fibrosis and its severity.
Secondly, the reason why Yan Huaili is associated with pulmonary fibrosis needs to start from 1993.
At that time, during the filming of the crew, because it was summer and the local climate environment, mosquitoes and flies were a bit unscrupulous.
The people in the crew use enemy fear to drive away these hateful mosquitoes, which is understandable, although Elder Yan has good physical fitness, but his olfactory organs are very poor.
According to Ma Dehua, who plays the role of "Eight Commandments of Pigs":
When they were together, whether it was about the aroma of the meal or other smells, it was the same for Yan Huaili, his sense of smell was not good, and he always had no special feeling for the smell.
He prefers to read in his room, and he can read it for a day, that is, during that time, he is hurt by the enemy.
Ma Dehua introduced yan Huaili at that time and told him that he did not feel anything after smelling the enemy's fear, but later he felt very suffocated and panicked.
Later, Yan Huaili suddenly fainted while swimming, was sent to the hospital, and was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis.
Finally, some unscrupulous media made false reports - when the photos of the four masters and apprentices in "Journey to the West" were played, only Yan Huaili's photo was in black and white, and there was a dialogue next to it that said, "Yan Huaili, the actor of the sand monk, is paralyzing his home." ”
What's more, the photos of Elder Yan are played together with the photos of those who have passed away.
In this regard, Yan Huaili personally clarified this false rumor for everyone, and his friend Ma Dehua also added:
Teacher Yan is the best of the four of us, he was still my swimming teacher, I am a dry duck can not water, but the pig eight precepts a lot of play in the water.
Because Teacher Yan's nose is not good, when he was filming outside, there were many flies and mosquitoes, and people sprinkled a lot of enemy fear, so he didn't smell it, and he was still reading in the room, and he buried the patients for a long time.
He is in a wheelchair because of his pulmonary fibrosis, which makes it difficult to breathe and wheezes when walking, so he must use a wheelchair.
In fact, such reports have caused indelible harm to Yan Huaili's physical and mental health to a certain extent.
If the media could have been kinder and more considerate to a sick old man at that time, even if they had a further and true understanding of Elder Yan or his family, perhaps the damage caused to Elder Yan's body and mind would not have been so stinging!
In fact, everything happened not by accident, Yan Huaili's beginning of the disease is also traceable, and various comprehensive factors directly or indirectly lead to the results of pulmonary fibrosis.
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After all, Yan Huaili's body still did not resist the damage of pulmonary fibrosis disease, as well as overwork at work, and his body gradually became weaker and weaker.
Before he died, he had been talking about meeting his friends in "Journey to the West".
On April 12, 2009, "sand monk" Yan Huaili died of lung infection in Beijing at the age of 73.
Elder Yan's life will forever be frozen on this day, and his life will come to an end.
On the morning of April 16, 2009, the farewell memorial service for the body of Yan Huaili, the actor of "Sand Monk", was held in the auditorium of Babaoshan Funeral Home in Beijing, which lasted two hours.
In "Journey to the West", the three masters and apprentices gathered at the funeral site of Yan Huaili, the "sand monk", which was also an encounter many years later.
According to Ma Dehua, when Yan Huaili was ill, the six young children, Chi Chongrui, and Ma Dehua had already made an appointment to visit Yan Huaili, but yan Huaili's wife refused.
Whether it was because Yan Huaili knew that everyone was busy and didn't want to bother them, or because Yan Huaili didn't want his friends to see his painful and haggard appearance.
But the feelings between their teachers and apprentices are innocent, and their concern for their friends is beyond the reach of others.
At the scene of Yan Huaili's memorial service, Chi Chongrui, six young children, and Ma Dehua, who played the three masters and apprentices in "Journey to the West", gathered to attend the funeral, and personally sent off the "sand monk" with a wreath in hand to express their sorrow.
"Tang Monk" Chi Chongrui frowned, his expression of grief and his hands folded to thank everyone, and he choked up several times when interviewed by the media.
His feelings for Yan Huaili are complicated, not only with deep pity, but also with admiration.
His evaluation of Yan Huaili's acting skills is his obsession and love for art.
According to Chi Chongrui, a "Tang monk", he also played "Sand Monk" for Yan Huaili:
"There was a scene in Guangxi, he went back to Beijing for glaucoma surgery, but the play could not stop, so I temporarily played a sand monk, which is the fate of the two of us, and I hope he will go all the way."
The relationship between the six-year-old child of the master brother "Sun Wukong" and the "sand monk" Yan Huaili is also very deep.
Because the day of Yan Huaili's death also happened to be the birthday of the six-year-old child, the six-year-old child decided not to celebrate his birthday in order to commemorate Sha's disciple Yan Huaili.
At the scene of the memorial service, he also endured the sad emotions in his heart and said to the crowd: "Sha Monk went to the Western Paradise World alone, hoping to cultivate into a true golden arhat." ”
In addition, Yu Zhenhuan, known as "China's first hairy child", also attended the memorial service of Elder Yan and presented gifts to him.
Wang Bozhao, who played the "White Dragon Horse" in "Journey to the West", personally wrote down the farewell ceremony of Yan Huaili, and Zhu Lin, who played the "King of the Daughter Country", attended the farewell ceremony of the remains under the escort of bodyguards.
Actor Yang Lixin, many friends of Yan Huaili and his fans came to the memorial service site with a heavy heart to send off "sand monk" Yan Huaili.
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In the "Journey to the West" crew, the feelings between Ma Dehua and Yan Huaili are relatively deep, and when they received a phone call from a six-year-old child and learned that Yan Huaili was critically ill, they immediately drove out to the hospital where Yan Huaili was located.
Because the home is a certain distance from the hospital, the traffic jam on the way is delayed by more than twenty minutes.
For Ma Dehua, during the time when he rushed to the hospital to meet the "sand monk" Yan Huaili, on the one hand, the six-year-old child called over and over again, asking where he was, and Yan Huaili had been waiting to meet him;
On the other hand, Ma Dehua himself was also anxious, and he rushed to the hospital, and then rushed to the specific ward.
When Ma Dehua rushed to the ward, he still did not see the last side of Elder Yan.
At that time, the six-year-old child told Ma Dehua that Yan Huaili had been waiting to see you, but he missed it after all.
It was only a few minutes late, but it became a regret that Ma Dehua could never make up for.
Madhua
When Ma Dehua mentioned Yan Huaili, he was full of memories and hid pain and regret that could not be soothed.
Ma Dehua introduced that when Yan Huaili died, he opened his mouth, opened his eyes, and looked at the place at the door, he knew that yan Huaili finally wanted to see him, and finally Ma Dehua helped him close his mouth, cover his eyes, and let Lao Yan go with peace of mind.
At the last moment of Yan Huaili's life, many colleagues or friends arrived, but Ma Dehua did not see the last side of Yan Huaili due to some uncontrollable factors.
Recall that in the "Journey to the West" crew, according to the introduction of the six-year-old child, the relationship between Elder Yan and Ma Dehua was the best at that time, and coupled with the fact that the two of them appeared almost at the same time, they naturally went closer.
The crew's funds and living conditions are limited, and sometimes even eating has become tense, and Yan Huaili and Ma Dehua have eaten a box lunch together for a period of time, so the friendship of sharing happiness and hardship is also a praiseworthy story.
Therefore, at the memorial service on the morning of April 16, 2009 about the "sand monk" Yan Huaili, Ma Dehua was even more sad.
One is the revolutionary friendship between him and Elder Yan, and the other is that he and Elder Yan have irreparable regrets, and they can't help but cover their faces and cry goodbye to Yan Huaili.
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Compared with the TV series "Journey to the West", the most classic and most well-known is the 1986 version.
Among them, Chi Chongrui, who plays "Tang Monk", the six-year-old child of "Sun Wukong", Ma Dehua of "Eight Precepts of Pigs", and Yan Huaili, the "Sand Monk", are the four masters and apprentices starring, not only acting online, but also the accurate grasp of the role, and the vivid interpretation of each character image.
In particular, it is worth mentioning that Yan Huaili, the actor who plays the "sand monk", because of his love and obsession with performance, in the case of insufficient funds and personnel in the crew, he can also voluntarily invite Miao to participate in other roles, just get a reward.
This kind of selflessness is not something that everyone can do.
More importantly, Elder Yan has not lived up to the interpretation of these roles, whether it is the role of "Sand Monk", or the role of "Dragon King of the West Sea", "Clairvoyance", "Taishang Laojun" and other roles, all of which have their own unique characteristics, and the performance is excellent and vivid.
Yan Huaili not only played the role of "sand monk", but at the same time, the unique spirit of the role of "sand monk" is also carried by Yan Huaili himself, and they are one with each other.
Therefore, Yan Lao's superb acting skills have no careful consideration and life experience, which is a good example for many young generation actors now that are worthy of in-depth study!
To this day, although the "sand monk" Yan Huaili has left us for 12 years, whenever it comes to "Journey to the West", the four-person role of master and apprentice in it still appears vividly in the minds of the generation 80 and 90 years later, and even the classic film and drama of today's new generation.
Today, even though Journey to the West has been remade in different versions and in different forms, it still cannot surpass the 1986 version.
This is both a valuable asset for us and an example for a new generation of entertainers to learn!