Everyone mentioned that Yang Chunxia may not have much impression on her, but as long as the "white bone essence" is mentioned, it must be a household name.
Yang Chunxia was the actor of the white bone essence in the "Three Dozen White Bone Essences" in the classic 86 edition of "Journey to the West".
At first, the director Yang Jie selected Yang Chunxia at a glance and invited her to play bai bone essence, although Yang Chunxia was not very willing to participate at first, but after several consultations, she finally agreed to Yang Jie's request.
The two finally had a conflict because of this play, and Yang Chunxia, who is now 79 years old, could not reconcile with the director Yang Jie even after the death of director Yang Jie, and did not talk about Journey to the West in her life, what kind of grudge there was in that year, and the two did not interact with each other until death.
Yang Chunxia just entered the crew
The 1986 edition of "Journey to the West" is now the childhood memories of many post-70s, 80s and 90s, and has always been an insurmountable classic, which has been written into textbooks many times.
However, every time the actor recalls the entire shooting process, he says that it is a bitter tear, especially the grudge between Yang Chunxia, the "white bone essence", and the director Yang Jie, even if Yang Jie dies, he cannot get Yang Chunxia's forgiveness.
In the 1980s, when the filming process of "Journey to the West" was in a hurry, Yang Jie suddenly informed the actor of Bai Bonejing that it was not ok and asked for a replacement. The previous "White Bone Essence" actor was too petite and cute to play the snake scorpion of the White Bone Essence.
Yang Jie asked in the program group at that time to go all out to find an actor who can play a white bone essence, and must have the temperament of an innate oriental beauty, full of femininity and queen fan.
Photo by Yang Jie
Director Yang Jie requires excellence in doing things, and the requirements and matching degree of the role are very high, and the whole crew has been worried about finding the right actor at that time.
At the same time, in that era when the mind was not very open, many female goblins in "Journey to the West" not only had to be slightly exposed in dress, but also reflected the characteristics of the characters, especially like white bone spirits, spider spirits, etc. Therefore, at that time, few actors were willing to try this kind of work.
Before this, in fact, Liu Xiaoqing originally promised to play the role of White Bone Essence, but Liu Xiaoqing asked Yang Jie to make a big change in the role of White Bone Essence, Yang Jie definitely could not agree, and finally this matter was not resolved.
Later, by chance, Yang Jie saw Yang Chunxia on the screen, and Yang Jie suddenly remembered that she had previously cooperated with Yang Chunxia in the Peking Opera "Picking Jade Bracelet", when Yang Chunxia immediately decided to ask Yang Chunxia to play the role of Bai Bonejing.
Just when the whole crew thought that the dust had settled, Yang Jie had a problem when inviting Yang Chunxia. Yang Chunxia took into account her reputation, Bai Bonejing is a villain who is unforgiving, if she decisively plays the role of White BoneJing, it will definitely attract a lot of criticism, so yang Chunxia at that time just got the news when she was very rejected by this person.
In fact, at that time, Yang Chunxia was already a little famous, and there was no need to take a small supporting role to destroy her social reputation. However, Yang Chunxia herself is a little unwilling in her heart, after all, being able to participate in one of the four famous works "Journey to the West" is a great honor for her who was born into a working family.
Yang Chunxia's father is an employee of a local machine factory in Shanghai, and her mother is an accountant, and her parents are very happy when they learn that she can participate in "Journey to the West". Because her parents sent Yang Chunxia to the opera school to learn from a young age, in order to let their daughter get ahead.
Her parents asked Yang Chunxia to study under Zhu Chuanming and Fang Chuanyun drama masters, and at the age of 12, she was admitted to the Shanghai Opera School, and when she was in school, Yang Chunxia began to learn Peking Opera performance with her teacher Yan Huizhu.
Immediately after graduation, he was invited to the Shanghai Youth Jingkun Opera Troupe, and performed with the troupe, and Yang Chunxia's Kunqu opera "The Legend of the White Snake" and "Yangmen Female General" also received unanimous praise from the audience, saying that Yang Chunxia behaved vividly in the play, so as not to be loved.
Then it was followed by the Peking Opera model play "Cuckoo Mountain", which became popular all over the country. Yang Chunxia's "Ke Xiang" is not only heroic, but also can suddenly be a woman's heroic wit.
Yang Chunxia, who has gained fame and fortune, is faced with such a role in a dilemma, on the one hand, it is indeed a rare and good opportunity, but on the other hand, the hated role of Bai BoneJing is afraid that he will ruin his performance career.
"I have to play not only the White Bone Spirit, but also the King of the Daughter Kingdom."
Yang Jie persevered to persuade Yang Chunxia at that time, and in the end Yang Chunxia agreed to the role of Bai Bonejing, but there were "additional conditions", that is, the role of the daughter king of the country was also played by herself.
Yang Chunxia thought at that time that although she was a villain in the front, the king of the daughter country in the back was gentle and considerate, dignified and generous, and the impression left in the audience's mind was not only white bone essence, so that the future acting career would not be affected.
After Yang Jie heard that Yang Chunxia agreed to come to the crew to play the white bone essence, she was so happy that she couldn't sleep for a few days, even if there were additional conditions, she agreed to it, as long as she could solve the urgent need, no longer delay the progress, and let the crew continue to shoot, Yang Jie also verbally agreed to Yang Chunxia's "additional conditions".
Yang Chunxia, who received a satisfactory answer, went all out to play the role of Bai Bonejing, and finally it turned out that Yang Chunxia's acting skills were recognized by everyone, not only completing the progress of the shooting to a high standard, but also making the audience very impressed with her.
After completing the scene of "Three Dozen White Bone Essences", Yang Chunxia began to wait for the notice of the start of filming of the "King of the Daughter Country". After learning about the situation, Yang Jie remembered that she had verbally promised Yang Chunxia to play the king of her daughter country.
After repeated consideration, Yang Jie felt that this matter was absolutely impossible, and how could Yang Jie, who demanded excellence, rush to revive the white bone essence that had been killed again. If the face of the white bone essence appears on the screen again, the audience will form a contrast in their hearts, and even end up becoming a big failure of "Journey to the West".
What's more, at that time, Yang Jie was very satisfied with Zhu Lin, the candidate for the king of the daughter country. The king of the daughter country played by Zhu Lin is also very deeply rooted in people's hearts, especially the voice of "Royal Brother Brother!" ”。
In the end, director Yang Jie had to renege on Yang Chunxia and did not agree to let Yang Chunxia play the king of her daughter country. After learning the news, Yang Chunxia packed her bags and left the crew overnight, no longer having any contact with the crew.
"Because I am a 'white bone essence', I have to undergo an organizational examination."
Yang Chunxia once said that she has never been able to forgive Yang Jie, even "Journey to the West" will not go to see, as long as it is related to the white bone essence will not touch.
In 2019, the Central Drama Channel conducted an exclusive interview with the 75-year-old teacher Yang Chunxia, and when discussing "Journey to the West", Teacher Yang Chunxia mentioned this matter, explaining the specific reasons at that time.
At that time, he was young and vigorous, and he had just been invited to perform the Peking Opera "Cuckoo Mountain", and his reputation instantly became famous. In fact, it is understood that at that time, Yang Chunxia was on fire to what extent! Yang Chunxia's hairstyle in "Cuckoo Mountain" is called "Ke Xiangtou".
The young boys and girls were affected, and they all began to leave "Ke Xiang's head", and the streets and alleys of the country were also hung with Ke Xiang's head. At that time, his own image was a positive image, if the image of Bai Bonejing was too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, even Peking Opera would be affected in the future.
Yang Chunxia said that the last two people did not communicate for more than thirty years, director Yang Jie deceived himself only for one reason, on the other hand, the two are aestheticists, in the face of such a grudge has always been unwilling to come to the face to find each other first, so they have not been in contact.
Director Yang Jie also said that the two people are not enemies, but you have not been in touch for many years. That history is a scar that neither person wants to mention. If you go back to the 1980s, you can better understand Yang Chunxia's choice.
In the 1990s, not long after "Journey to the West" was broadcast, but at the end of the year, when the whole country was full of joy, Yang Chunxia was isolated and censored by the Organization Department of the Discipline Inspection Commission.
Yang Chunxia, who did not know why, did not know what mistake she had made, but she also took the initiative to accept the organizational inspection. Later, I learned that it was because my image was disgusted by the audience, so I received reports one after another. Some people even picked out that after performing "Cuckoo Mountain", they were received by the central superior leaders and shook hands with them on stage to take a group photo, just because of this, some people began to spread some rumors related to this.
Yang Chunxia, who knows the truth about this wind and shadow, is naturally furious, and when she thinks of her spicy and vicious and scheming role in "Journey to the West", everyone must think that they are such people.
Fortunately, the organization knew Yang Chunxia's personality and style, and would not have any opinion on Yang Chunxia because of unfounded rumors, but at that time, the public opinion was too big, and in order to avoid suspicion, she had to stop Yang Chunxia's work and let her rest for a while.
So in those three years, Yang Chunxia has not appeared on the stage of drama and performance again, and she has also fallen on the verge of collapse because of her career problems.
Artist's principles
Now "Journey to the West" has been broadcast for more than thirty years, and the original director Yang Jie has been dead for more than four years, and when Director Yang Jie was alive, he also said in an interview with reporters that he had a grudge between himself as a director and an actor.
Director Yang Jie said that at that time, in order to prepare for this TV series, he also tried his best to personally select actors, as the producer of the TV series, in the whole shooting process, the funds were particularly tight, but fortunately, he and the entire crew withstood the pressure and persevered.
The first part of the entire "Journey to the West" took four years to shoot, the ratings were as high as 89.4%, higher than the ratings of the Spring Festival Gala, and the "four masters and apprentices" instantly became popular all over the country, but Yang Jie did not think that this was a good sign, and criticized them, but the actors at that time were basically exhausted and began to have some ideas of their own.
Slowly, everyone no longer conformed to the director, because the praise received at that time was very much, and the "four masters and apprentices" began to receive some advertisements and invitations by themselves, and received some "private work" everywhere.
Over time, Yang Jie naturally found the clues in it, and was very dissatisfied, thinking that as an artist, he should not lose himself in money. Later, Yang Jie also said in her autobiography: "Once the achievement, the mentality began to change, waving the banknote came, and lost myself in the applause and cheers of the audience." ”
The contradictions between the two sides were deadlocked, and the "four masters and apprentices" began to make some small moves to win over the deputy director of the TV station at the time to squeeze Out Yang Jie, and even finally the crew had to go to Singapore to perform, and the three masters and apprentices also said that Yang Jie would not go if Yang Jie went, and finally Chi Chongrui, the actor of Tang Monk, really did not go, because several of the masters and apprentices regarded Yang Jie as an enemy.
After the whole drama was filmed, not only yang Chunxia herself has not been in contact with Yang Jie, but also the "four masters and apprentices" have basically stopped contacting, and there have been nearly ten years of no longer watching "Journey to the West", which is an eternal pain in her heart.
This lasted for nearly eight years, until it was time to shoot the "Journey to the West Sequel", when the four masters and apprentices came to the door to apologize and won Yang Jie's forgiveness.
However, for Yang Chunxia, Yang Jie was deeply sorry, and he had not waited for her forgiveness, but the renegade on Yang Jie's words at that time may really be a helpless move. Regardless of whether Yang Chunxia forgave director Yang Jie in the end, she already had a respectful attitude towards the two artists who were sincere and good.
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