On August 6, 2021, the famous 95-year-old Yue opera performance artist Wang Wenjuan died of illness in Shanghai, and people said that the most beautiful "Lin sister" was the "treasure brother" who went to heaven to find her.
Regarding the 46-year-long happy marriage between Wang Wenjuan and Sun Daolin, Sun Daolin's good friend Huang Zongjiang has a summary, saying: The marriage of Sun Daolin and his wife is the union of Lin Sister and Schubert.
Good food is not afraid of late, introverted Sun Daolin did not meet and fall in love with the 32-year-old Wang Wenjuan until the age of 37, these two elderly young people fell in love at first sight, loved sincerely and deeply, but because of the obstruction encountered when applying for marriage, they had to break up with tears.
After the breakup, Wang Wenjuan has been hard to forget this relationship, even when she went out on a tour, she constantly flashed sun Daolin's tearful departure in her mind.
In 1962, due to the care and guidance of Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao, Wang Wenjuan took the initiative to return to Sun Daolin's side and fulfilled this good story in the art world, and Sun Daolin was 41 years old at this time.
1. Ran all over Shanghai to find "Sister Lin" for the 37-year-old Sun Daolin
In 1958, 37-year-old Shanghai Film Factory actor Sun Daolin walked on the streets of Shanghai, saw young men and women in pairs, sweet and sweet, and then look at himself, although he is a world-famous movie star, the photo hangs in the major cinemas with Qin Yi, Zhao Dan, Yu Lan and others, and the following is written "New China's 22 movie stars", but he is still single and hanging from each other.
Thinking of this, Sun Daolin's sense of loneliness suddenly arose, and he hoped to find his confidant as soon as possible, but he did not know how to find it, so he asked his college classmate and close friend Huang Zongjiang, who had cooperated for many years.
Hearing that his friend wanted to start a family, Huang Zongjiang was very happy, and he also asked his sister Huang Zongying to help Sun Daolin introduce the object.
Sun Daolin embarked on the road of acting, it can be said that Huang Zongjiang single-handedly promoted, in 1939, Sun Daolin was still a freshman in the Philosophy Department of Yenching University, Huang Zongjiang of the English Department translated a drama script "Outside the Window", is looking for someone to play the male protagonist everywhere, he saw Sun Daolin on the road, he thought that Sun Daolin's appearance and temperament were very suitable, and also specially "tracked" for a period of time, later, Sun Daolin was invited to play the male lead in the play, did not expect that this drama was a sensation in Yanda, Huang Zongjiang and Sun Daolin also took advantage of the hot iron to establish the Yanjing Opera Club.
Sun Daolin when he was young
When the Huang brothers and sisters asked Sun Daolin for advice, Sun Daolin said that he was in the type of Zhou Xiaoyan, a teacher at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and a famous opera singer, who was deeply artistically accomplished, had a beautiful appearance, and appeared to be very intellectual and outstanding.
Zhou Xiaoyan was 41 years old at that time, had long been married and started a family, and had two children, but the enthusiastic Huang Zongjiang brothers and sisters heard that she still had two younger sisters, so they went straight to Zhou Xiaoyan's house, planning to match Sun Daolin and Zhou Xiaoyan's sister, and when they arrived at the Zhou family, they learned that Zhou Xiaoyan's two younger sisters had also married early, and the brothers and sisters could not help but be disappointed.
Mr. and Mrs. Zhou Xiaoyan
Sun Daolin and Huang Zongjiang were friends when they were studying in college, Huang Zongjiang knew Sun Daolin very well, knew that he was introverted, rational, not easy to move feelings, both a learned person, but also a person who was extremely devoted to the performing arts, but over the years, Sun Daolin was immersed in film performances, life was simple and lonely, he looked like he was about to be 40 years old, he still had not talked about love, this was the first time he moved "mortal heart", therefore, Huang Zongjiang always looked forward to helping his friends get on the red line as soon as possible.
Sun Daolin was born in Jiashan, Zhejiang Province, a scholar, his grandfather was a former Qingju, his father Sun Wenyao, with the ambition to save the country, went to Belgium to study railway and road and bridge construction, and served as a technician (equivalent to chief engineer) in the Ministry of Communications of the Beiyang Government.
Born in Beijing, Sun Daolin loved literature from an early age, published novels in newspapers at the age of 15, and in 1938, he was admitted to Yenching University, joined the Yenching Opera Club, and has since embarked on the road of acting.
Although he has starred in classic movies such as "The Crow and the Sparrow", "Reconnaissance of the River Crossing", "The Eternal Radio Wave" and has become a big star in the eyes of everyone, Sun Daolin's personality is very introverted, and he will be nervous when talking to others, only on the screen, he will swing freely, and because of this, he has not been able to wait for his fate.
"Reconnaissance of Crossing the River"
In order to help Sun Daolin establish a family, the good brother Huang Zongjiang worked hard, he ran all over Shanghai, to various art colleges and troupes to match Sun Daolin, but all of them failed.
At that time, Huang Zongjiang was the artistic director of the Shanghai Yue Opera Troupe, and one day, he saw Wang Wenjuan, the big Flower Dan in the troupe, and suddenly found an opportunity.
Wang Wenjuan was 32 years old at the time, singing Yue opera in Shanghai for 20 years, because of the persistent study of Yue opera performing arts, she has not been in love and married, over thirty years old still waiting for the word boudoir, she looks handsome, serious and rigorous, introverted and rare, and Sun Daolin is simply a natural pair.
Wang Wenjuan
The more Huang Zongjiang thought about it, the happier he became, so he said to Sun Daolin: "Wang Wenjuan in our group is still single, not yet married, she looks quite beautiful, and she sings well, what do you think?"
In this way, Sun Daolin and Wang Wenjuan met under the mediation of Huang Zongjiang.
2. Distinguish foreign visitors in front of you, but your heart is like an old friend
Before they met, Sun Daolin and Wang Wenjuan had a bit of a good feeling for each other.
Both of them are native to Zhejiang, Sun Daolin's mother is a yue opera fan, which makes Sun Daolin also be influenced by drama from childhood, from Beijing opera fans to Shaoxing opera, Peking opera, I heard that the other party is often on the stage to play "Lin sister" Yue opera troupe pillar Wang Wenjuan, once single-handedly created yue opera "Wang Pai" Hua Dan, Sun Daolin is very moved.
At that time, the movie "The Eternal Electric Wave" starring Sun Daolin was being released in major movie theaters, and Wang Wenjuan was very appreciative of Sun Daolin's image and acting skills.
"The Eternal Wave"
In this way, the two of them, accompanied by their respective friends, came to the Writers' Association Guest House where Huang Zongjiang lived, and after meeting, they had a meal together.
The funny thing is that in this dinner, Huang Zongjiang, Huang Zongying and Xu Yulan, the three matchmakers, talked and laughed, and Sun Daolin and Wang Wenjuan, who were the objects of blind dates, could not speak because they were too shy.
Although Sun Daolin was silent, she left a good impression on Wang Wenjuan, and she felt that he seemed to be stable and generous and very reliable.
Moreover, Wang Wenjuan's personality is very similar to Sun Daolin, she came to Shanghai at the age of 12 to learn drama with her cousin Zhu Su'e, usually practiced hard, did not like to laugh, did not go out to play, and was once called "little old woman" by her peers.
Like Sun Daolin, under the handsome and outstanding appearance, Wang Wenjuan has a very serious personality and a persistent pursuit of art, so she can understand that Sun Daolin has not been in love and married for the sake of her acting career.
"Chasing Fish"
After the meal, Sun Daolin was responsible for sending Wang Wenjuan home, the two walked along the Huaihai Road, Sun Daolin first broke the silence, said: "I have seen you play "Liang Zhu" and "West Chamber"..." He also said that nearly ten years ago, at the Shanghai Calden Grand Theater, he had seen Wang Wenjuan, when he performed an afternoon drama, Wang Wenjuan played a night scene, he had seen her backstage, Sun Daolin's careful and beautiful voice made Wang Wenjuan have a good feeling for him.
Wang Wenjuan (last person) performing on the Korean battlefield
Talking about the performing arts, Sun Daolin suddenly opened the conversation box, the head of the tao, he is a high-caliber student of Yenching University, in the Yanjing Opera Club, he has starred in dramas such as "Thunderstorm" on the stage many times, can perform Shakespeare opera in authentic English, and has dubbed the movie "Revenge of the Prince", has a deep knowledge of stage art, speaking of Yue opera, it is also like several family treasures, is an all-round artist. The more the two talked, the more speculative they became, and the distance suddenly became closer.
In the autobiography "A "Lin Sister" Fell from the Sky", recalling the first meeting between the two, Wang Wenjuan wrote:
"I didn't expect him to do his homework and be prepared, and I didn't expect that his views on art and performance often coincided with my heart." I stopped, looked at the person in front of me, who was not a stranger, and suddenly felt as if I had reacquainted myself with him. This unusually familiar feeling is not the usual song of 'the foreign guest in front of the eyes, but the heart is like an old friend'?"
In this way, Wang Wenjuan's heart has sustenance.
Since then, Sun Daolin often went to see Wang Wenjuan's performances, and he was even more fascinated to see his girlfriend's glorious image on the stage.
Sun Daolin, who is not very good at words, often writes letters to Wang Wenjuan, his letters talk about art, but also talk about their feelings and future, often a letter is sent, Wang Wenjuan has not had time to reply, he wrote a new letter, signed is the kind "Sun" word, so that Wang Wenjuan's heart feels sweet.
At that time, Wang Wenjuan's mother was worried about her daughter's marriage, and when she heard that her daughter had an object, she still played the movie star of Li Chunlin, the reconnaissance company commander in "Reconnaissance of Crossing the River", and the old man was very happy, and silently caught up with this son-in-law in his heart, urging his daughter to bring Sun Dao to the door.
Somehow, on the day that the "hairy-footed son-in-law" came to the door, Wang Wenjuan's mother's cooking skills were greatly out of standard, and the hometown rice cooked by "chicken squeezed noodles" was difficult to swallow, even Wang Wenjuan could not eat it, and Sun Daolin ate a full bowl of noodles, and also praised Wang Wenjuan's mother's craftsmanship as "quite good and good", and won the approval of the mother-in-law.-in-law. Later, Wang Wenjuan asked him whether the noodles of that day were hard or not, and Sun Daolin smiled and said, "Your noodles are delicious no matter how hard they are." ”
When Wang Wenjuan came to Sun Daolin's home, she saw that Sun's mother was full of four plates of eight plates of exquisite dim sum on the coffee table, and there was a large cake that she had bought in many places, and she could see that the Sun family was very satisfied with themselves and treated them like guests.
Although the age of the two when they fell in love was not small, but the two have not put the marriage on the agenda, but as always busy acting, filming, in 1958, Wang Wenjuan and Xu Yulan in the stage cooperation of the Yue opera "Lin Daiyu" 54 consecutive performances, a sensation, and Sun Daolin successively invested in the shooting of several movies, too busy to meet, the two of them are not in a hurry, but their friends are anxious.
In 1960, when Zhang Ruifang and Sun Daolin went to Beijing to meet Premier Zhou, Zhang Ruifang specifically mentioned Sun Daolin's marriage, and the premier heard that Sun Daolin was almost 40 years old, and he was also anxious for him. ”
In this way, under the prime minister's "urging marriage", Sun Daolin and Wang Wenjuan began to arrange marriage, but the accident appeared.
Before liberation, Sun Daolin was arrested and imprisoned in Beijing for participating in the student movement, because of this incident, some people insisted that he had "historical problems", Sun Daolin wrote appeal materials again and again, but the reply was to let him wait, but waiting and waiting without results, leaving a "hard wound" in his file.
After they submitted their marriage application to the unit, during the political trial stage, a small leader talked to Wang Wenjuan and said that Sun Daolin had "historical problems."Wang Wenjuan said that Sun Daolin had told her earlier, but the leader was very dissatisfied with her statement and asked her to "stand firm."
3. After the breakup, I will never forget the back of the tears
Because the marriage application was not approved, the marriage between the two became far away, and Wang Wenjuan was 35 years old, and the age made it impossible for her to wait any longer.
Finally, one day, she made up her mind to cut off this hopeless love affair, and Wang Wenjuan took the letters that Sun Daolin had written to her before, and found him and said, "These letters are returned to you." Sun Daolin was stunned for a moment, he understood what Wang Wenjuan's words meant, he silently took the letter, leaned against the plane tree on the side of the road, and raised his face, not wanting Wang Wenjuan to see the tears that kept falling in his eyes.
Seeing Sun Daolin's sad appearance, Wang Wenjuan was also very distressed in her heart, but neither of them was a person who could speak the Tao, so Sun Daolin accepted her proposed breakup and silently turned away.
But Wang Wenjuan did not really put it down, in her heart, always thinking about Sun Daolin's "tearful back" over and over again, in order to get rid of the sadness of lost love, she specially went to a foreign country to tour, but during the outing, she did not miss Sun Daolin for a day.
At this time, the Yue opera movie "Dream of the Red Chamber" starring Wang Wenjuan was officially launched, and in the movie, she shed her own tears of lovesickness through the role of "Sister Lin", and her performance was three points.
After the news of her breakup with Sun Daolin spread, her friends were very sorry for her, and Zhang Ruifang also relayed the matter to Deng Yingchao's elder sister.
Once, when Wang Wenjuan went to Beijing to perform, Deng Yingchao had someone call her and invite her to the West Flower Hall as a guest.
In the West Flower Hall, Deng Yingchao specifically said to Wang Wenjuan: "The problem of DaoLin is well understood organizationally. When you go back, you tell Dao Lin, don't worry, continue to work well for the people. ”
Then, Sister Deng patted Wang Wenjuan's hand kindly, smiled and said, "Dao Lin is a good comrade, and Enlai and I think you two are quite suitable." ”
In this way, under the care of Zhou Enlai and his wife again and again, Wang Wenjuan plucked up the courage to love.
Back in Shanghai, she took the initiative to go to Sun Daolin's home, knocked on the door, Sun Daolin saw that it was Wang Wenjuan, suddenly stunned, a little helpless, half a day before he said: "Are you coming?" I...... I'll go buy you a cake..."
When Sun Daolin rushed out of the house quickly, Wang Wenjuan went into his study and sat down, she saw on the desk that she had written to Sun Daolin before, after opening the letter, she saw That Sun Daolin carefully drew lines with red pens under important sentences, and it was not difficult to imagine how much he missed her in the days of separation... Wang Wenjuan couldn't help but shed tears.
In 1962, under the escort of Premier Zhou and Sister Deng, 41-year-old Sun Daolin and 36-year-old Wang Wenjuan held a wedding.
Sun Daolin's wedding photo with Wang Wenjuan
In 1964, when their daughter was born, it coincided with the explosion of China's first atomic bomb, so she named Sun Qingyuan. Sun Qingyuan did not take the mantle of his parents, graduated from a prestigious school and went to Germany to study, and later returned to Shanghai to take care of his parents.
After marriage, the marriage of the two was particularly happy, and Sun Daolin, who did not talk much outside, always gushed in front of Wang Wenjuan.
Wang Wenjuan recalled:
"He knows a lot of things, and he can talk about one thing for half a day." I played from elementary school, my education level is not high, and Dao Lin always encouraged me to read more. After getting married, he gave me a detailed list of books, and also put the books suitable for me to read and put them on a bookshelf for me to read. ”
The husband and wife admired each other, and when people asked Sun Daolin, "What do you love about Teacher Wang Wenjuan?" The first point Sun Daolin said was that "she works very seriously."
He himself is more serious about doing things, although he is proficient in Chinese and English, but no matter where he goes, he always carries a copy of the Xinhua Dictionary with him, and when he encounters words that he does not know, he must check it clearly, even if it is four sounds, he cannot be wrong.
After the daughter went to school, the couple stayed at home together, playing the piano and singing, and their music was harmonious. Whenever relatives and friends came to the family, Sun Daolin would always emphasize: "Wen Juan is not very good at doing housework, you don't let her do it." Wang Wenjuan was deeply moved.
In 1996, in order to realize his wife's dream, Sun Daolin also specially directed the ten-episode Yue opera TV series "Meng Lijun".
In 2005, Sun Daolin was selected as "One Hundred Outstanding Actors in a Hundred Years", because he had starred on the screen in "Reconnaissance of Crossing the River", "Li Lianchang", "The Eternal Radio Wave", "Li Xia", Zhan Tianyou, Li Siguang and other heroic figures, Sun Daolin cherished his image very much, and was extremely cautious about the choice of film scripts.
In 2004, the 83-year-old Sun Daolin's photo was taken by a pharmaceutical company to advertise and appeared in a number of major newspapers, and he angrily fought a portrait rights lawsuit, winning the first instance in 2005.
After the case, the company reluctantly sarcastically said, "Don't think that you are a hero if you play a hero." ”
This gave Sun Daolin a great stimulus, he seriously acted all his life, but was so despised by his coincidental opponents in court.
As a good friend of Sun Daolin said: "He is a loyal and honest person, such a vicious competitive environment, he will certainly not be as successful as a fish." ”
After this incident, coupled with Sun Daolin's advanced age and deteriorating health, at the end of the lawsuit, Sun Daolin was diagnosed with a facial trigeminal nerve problem, his memory was getting worse and worse, he faced the danger of amnesia, and in an interview, he even forgot why he fought the lawsuit.
Sun Daolin, who is trapped in the amnesia dilemma, can not forget the only thing that he has been with his beloved wife for more than 40 years, in 2005, he was hospitalized due to illness, Wang Wenjuan took care of it day and night, and soon became tired, living in the ward of Sun Daolin's upstairs, she was afraid of her husband's worry, let people hide Sun Daolin, and Sun Daolin still found out, 84-year-old Sun Daolin went to buy a large watermelon, carried the melon into his wife's ward, and fed her mouth to eat.
That year, when Wang Wenjuan was still 80 years old, Sun Daolin asked her daughter to choose a large diamond ring and personally wear it for her wife.
On December 28, 2007, the veteran artist Sun Daolin, who had left many classic characters on the screen, passed away, and with the thought of her husband, Wang Wenjuan cast a bronze statue for him in the cemetery, and also approved and authorized the publication of "The Biography of Sun Daolin".
Wang Wenjuan wiped the bronze statue of her husband
On August 6, 2021, Wang Wenjuan, a famous singer who founded the Yue opera "Wang Pai", died of illness, and people said that she went to heaven to reunite with her "treasure brother".
The story of this pair of lovers is plain and moving.