Preface: October 10, 2021 is Mei Yanfang's 58th birthday, just after midnight, Yuan Yongyi posted Mei Yanfang's photo on Weibo to celebrate. Yuan Yongyi caption: "Sister Mei, happy birthday." It is reported that this is the 12th consecutive year that Yuan Yongyi has celebrated Mei Yanfang's birthday.
Mui Yanfang was born on October 10, 1963, died on December 30, 2003, and since October 10, 2004, Yuan Yongyi has celebrated her birthday for 12 consecutive years. At the same time, on December 30 every year, Yuan Yongyi also commemorates Mei Yanfang on Weibo. Born in 1971, 8 years younger than Mui Yanfang, Yuan Yongyi is the descendant of Mui Yanfang, and they have collaborated on the movie "Golden Branches and Jade Leaves 2".
In 1982, Mui Yanfang won the "First Rookie Singing Competition", and from 1985 to 1986, Mui Yanfang held her first New Year's Eve concert, opening 15 consecutive performances, breaking the record for the number of Hong Kong singers singing for the first time. Since 1985, Mui Yanfang has won the Most Popular Female Singer Award in Hong Kong's Top Ten Golden Songs for five consecutive years.
Mui Yanfang is not only an excellent singer, but also an excellent actress, and won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards in 1985 for "Fate". From 1987 to 1988, Mui Yanfang won the Academy Awards, Golden Horse Award, Golden Dragon Award and the Asia Pacific Film Festival with "Rouge Buckle"; in 1998, Mui Yanfang won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards for "Half Life".
On December 30, 2003, Mei Yanfang died of cervical cancer at the age of 40. On April 1 of the same year, a generation of superstar Zhang Guorong committed suicide due to depression. Zhang Guorong was born on September 12, 1956, and since September 12, 2004, Yuan Yongyi has also celebrated Zhang Guorong's birthday for 12 consecutive years. Every year on April 1, Yuan Yongyi also sends a document to commemorate Zhang Guorong, which is really too long-term.
Yuan Yongyi and Zhang Guorong have cooperated in a total of 6 plays and played lovers 4 times. The 6 dramas are: "The House of the Rich", "Golden Branches and Jade Leaves", "Golden Jade Full Hall", "Great Three Yuan", "Golden Branches and Jade Leaves 2", and "Anna Madeleine". Wu Qinggong, a non-famous entertainment critic, pointed out: "So Yuan Yongyi and Zhang Guorong have a better personal relationship, she is 15 years younger than him, and she is also a junior.
Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang are too similar: both are double superstars in the music and film worlds, and both have temporarily retired from the entertainment industry, announcing that they will no longer accept awards in the music category, and died in the same year. In 1990, Mui Yanfang announced that she would withdraw from competing for music awards; in 1991, Mei Yanfang released her first Mandarin album "Intimate Lover", and then temporarily left the stage.
At the end of 1989, Cheung Kwok Wing announced his farewell to the music scene and opened 33 consecutive "Farewell Concerts" in the Red Pavilion in Hong Kong, followed by a number of world tour concerts in Singapore, Malaysia, the United States, Canada and other countries. In 1995, Zhang Guorong announced his comeback and signed with Rolling Stone Records, announcing that he would no longer receive any competitive awards.
Discussion: Is Yuan Yongyi too affectionate?