At 3:28 a.m. on December 14, 2020, huang Zongying, a famous film performance artist and writer, died in Shanghai at the age of 95. Huang Zongying once said: "Since I was a child, I did not want to be an actor but became an actor, and I did not want to be a writer but became a writer." "My life is my art, and my art in the past, now, and in the future is my true and unchanging life!"
Teacher Huang Zongying and the Xinmin Evening News supplement "Luminous Cup" have a deep relationship. On July 9, 1951, she published a long poem "Dedicated to You, Motherland!" in the evening magazine of Xinmin Bao. " expresses the deep love for our heroic land. She has opened four columns on the "Luminous Cup", namely "The Book of Peace" (1996), "Feng Yidai Huang Zongying Love Letter" (2005), "Hundred Clothes" (2006); in 2014, at the age of 90, she also opened a column for the Luminous Cup "The World's Dule". She published a total of 155 signed articles. "Readers remember her and want to read her stuff." This is why we implored Huang Zongying to open a personal column. From an excellent artist to an excellent writer, Huang Zongying deserves it. Her unique writing style, writing about people, writing experiences, writing feelings, and describing life, is well received by readers.
Today, we invited writer Jian Ping to write down Huang Zongying's last days and remember this "sweet sister" who loves life, is positive and optimistic.
Stills from the drama "Sweet Sister"
The last days of "Sweet Sister"
Jian Ping
"Sweet Sister" is gone, in the last few years of her life, in our hearts, she is more like an "old cute", full of innocence.
This article is written by Jian Ping and Huang Zongying
When I went to see her after the Spring Festival last year, she took out a book and showed it to me, and I was surprised to find that she was still keeping a diary. Many of her fans think that she is an actress in the film studio, but in fact, her unit, her "hukou" is in the Writers Association, and she is a professional writer of the Shanghai Writers Association. The book records that two days ago, the Writers Association came to visit the retired workers and sent a few apples and a few bananas. After going back, I met the relevant leaders of the Writers Association, and when I talked about this matter, the comrades of the Writers Association said that we also sent other New Year's gifts. I quickly went to the ward again, and explained to Teacher Zongying that it was the nanny Xiaoqin who forgot to talk to her. Teacher Zong Ying took out the book again and said happily, I don't care, as long as everyone comes to see me, I will be happy.
Stills from the movie "Chase" (1946)
When we go to see her, we will say hello to the nanny Xiaoqin beforehand, but there will often be people who come unexpectedly. When encountering uninvited guests, she would quickly let Xiaoqin close the door, change clothes and makeup inside, and often get it for twenty minutes or half an hour. She is to let others see the most spiritual self.
The Crow and the Sparrow (1949)
After living in the hospital for many years, she has long regarded the ward as her home, flowers, stills, and small decorations, beautifully arranged. Her last major operation was because of bowel cancer, which was very harmful to the body, postoperative lung infection, changed rooms, and then her physical condition was very poor, and she no longer had the strength to arrange, only let Xiaoqin put a still at the head of the bed, that is, "The Crow and the Sparrow". Despite this, she has always been optimistic, and the doctor said, "I just want the most ruthless treatment, I want to live a few more days, think more about things, see more things."
The last days of "Sweet Sister" were not confused at all, and she was very sober. Because of the epidemic, she worried about her family and asked them not to come to the hospital. Three or four days ago, she knew that she was not very good, and said to Xiaoqin, who had accompanied her for many years: "Xiaoqin, in the next life, I will change with you and let me take care of you." ”
This morning, like an angel going back to his home, the "Sweet Sister" left the world peacefully in her sleep.
Stills from the film "Blessings for the Children" starring Huang Zongying (1952)
Huang Zongying played Cousin Mei in the movie "Home" (1956)
In 2017, 92-year-old Huang Zongying did not accept the old age and sent "Don't Say You're Old" to the Luminous Cup, which was the last article that the "Sweet Sister" published on the page of the Luminous Cup.
Don't say you're old
Huang Zongying
Don't say you're old! Don't keep saying you're old!! Don't even think about whether you're old or not.
The rhythm of youth is still jumping in my heart, the blueprint for the future is still hovering in my mind, and the childlike curiosity has not thrown me away.
The momentum of pursuing new knowledge is not lost to the students young. Why say you're old?
alas! The troubles that should come to the twilight years found me, and I compared them with people who were worse than me, so I smiled frankly, haha, it's okay! Psychological self-adjustment is the secret.
In fact, as long as a person is positive, optimistic, and balanced, he will never grow old. That's the secret, he'll never get old! (Published in Xinmin Evening News, Luminous Cup, September 1, 2017)
October 2, 2005 "Xinmin Evening News" Sunday Luminous Cup Memory Edition published a full-page article by Huang Zongying "The Person Who Influenced Me The Most in Childhood"
In 2017, at the age of 92, Huang Zongying published a four-volume anthology