In 1992, coinciding with the 30th anniversary of Taiwan Television, several high-level executives planned to shoot a classic work as a celebration ceremony for Taiwan.
Among the many themes, "The Legend of the White Snake" was selected with the exquisite conception of peking opera excerpts and Huangmei tune singing sections, so the TV station artistically adapted the story of one of the four major folk legends in China into the TV series "The Legend of the New White Lady".
The drama became popular in Taiwan as soon as it was broadcast that year, becoming the 1992 Taiwan ratings champion, so the TV station immediately expanded the original 30-episode drama to 50 episodes.
The filming of the TV series also began from the official filming in June to november, during which five screenwriters were changed.
In February 1993, "The Legend of the New White Lady" was introduced to the mainland, which also opened up a spectacular situation of thousands of people watching in empty alleys, not only becoming the annual rating champion of CCTV 3 sets that year, but also winning the annual ratings champion of these two channels in 2004 for replay of CCTV 1 set and 8 sets.
Since its broadcast in 1992, "The Legend of the New White Lady" has been broadcast by major television stations in turn, becoming the most replayed Hong Kong and Taiwan TV drama in China, affecting generations of viewers.
Although "The Legend of the White Snake" has been filmed in many versions, "The Legend of the New White Lady" is considered to be the most classic version.
Whether it is Zhao Yazhi's dignified and generous image of the White Lady, Ye Tong's anti-string Xu Xian or the interludes of "Waiting for a Thousand Years" and "Crossing Love", they have all been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and have become indelible memories in everyone's hearts.
To this day, "The Legend of the New White Lady" on Douban has been scored a high score of 9.1 by netizens, and many scene paragraphs in the play still appear in the original videos of major websites, becoming an important source of materials taken from many UP.
Unconsciously, 29 years have passed since the premiere of this classic TV series, so what happened to the actors in those past times?
Today, Xiaobian will talk to you about the 10 main actors of "The Legend of the New White Lady" and see how they are doing now?
01. Zhao Yazhi (as Bai Suzhen / Hu Meiniang)
There are many actors who play the white lady in film and television dramas, such as Wang Zuxian, Liu Tao, Huang Shengyi and other stars, but in many versions, Bai Suzhen, played by Zhao Yazhi, is the most classic.
When preparing for the filming of the play, the producers let the audience vote for the actor who was most suitable to play the white lady in their minds, and Zhao Yazhi received the highest number of votes.
However, when the producer contacted Zhao Yazhi to play the role, he was rejected by Zhao Yazhi, because Zhao Yazhi is a Hong Kong actor and has always spoken Cantonese, "The Legend of the New White Lady" is a Taiwanese drama, and his Chinese is not good, so he refused the producer's invitation.
After Zhao Yazhi refused, the producer found Pan Yingzi again, but due to the schedule of Pan Yingzi and did not participate, the producer contacted Zhao Yazhi again, but Zhao Yazhi still had no heart and refused again.
In the end, the producer solved Zhao Yazhi's concern about Chinese and Huang Mei's singing section, and Zhao Yazhi finally agreed to play the role of White Lady.
As it turns out, the producer's vision is correct.
In the play, she interpreted the white lady's dignified and virtuous, beautiful and elegant interpretation to the fullest, and her eyes and smiles were classics.
According to the script, Zhao Yazhi did not have too many scenes after "The White Lady was pressed against the Leifeng Pagoda", but Zhao Yazhi was too popular, and the production team let her play Hu Meiniang again through "changing her face".
Different from Bai Suzhen's beauty and stability, Hu Meiniang is more lively and clever, and under the interpretation of Zhao Yazhi, the two roles are equally divided, and each is wonderful.
With the wonderful performance of "The Legend of the New White Lady", Zhao Yazhi ushered in a new peak in her career, and this drama has also become Zhao Yazhi's classic masterpiece.
Since winning the fourth place in the first "Miss Hong Kong" beauty pageant in 1973 and entering the show business circle, in addition to Bai Suzhen Zhao Yazhi has also starred in many classic film and television dramas, such as "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang", "Jinghua Smoke Cloud", "Joke about Qianlong" and so on.
In particular, she and Zhou Runfa starred in "Shanghai Beach" swept the country, and the heroine Feng Chengcheng, played by Zhao Yazhi, was beautiful and gentle, dared to love and dare to hate, and was selected as one of the five most memorable heroines of TVB in the 20th century.
Then Zhao Yazhi began to slowly fade out of the screen, taking care of her husband and sons with peace of mind, compared with other actors in the play, Zhao Yazhi should be the most successful one.
Now over 60 years old, Zhao Yazhi is still beautiful and elegant, called the immortal goddess of the entertainment industry, sweet and loving with her husband, and her son is even more handsome and talented.
Now she is also active in everyone's sight, doing public welfare, attending events and programs, and acting with suitable scripts.
02. Maggie Chen (as Xiao Qing)
Bai Suzhen mentioned earlier, naturally there is no small Qing who accompanies her around the clever ghosts.
Although Chen Meiqi was more than thirty years old when she played Xiaoqing, she still showed Xiaoqing's agility and delicacy and heavy love and righteousness, and a green coat became an insurmountable classic.
In particular, in the play, her daily fights with Xu Xian, Li Gongfu, the Five Ghosts and other people often make people can't help but be funny.
It is reported that in the second half of "The Legend of the New White Lady", the role of "Caiyin" was originally played by Chen Meiqi, but unfortunately it was missed because there was no schedule.
Before starring in Xiaoqing, Chen Meiqi was already one of the well-known Hua Dan of TVB, and during TVB, she starred in dramas such as "Peerless Double Pride", "Lian Cheng Tips", "Forensic Record" and so on, and after 1998, Chen Meiqi gradually faded out of the show business circle.
In real life, she is a veritable talented woman, who is not only proficient in five foreign languages but also writes lyrics and songs.
Compared with Zhao Yazhi's happy marriage, Chen Meiqi's emotional road is more bumpy.
In 1979, Chen Meiqi married the wealthy businessman Ma Qingwei, and after marriage, Chen Meiqi faded out of the entertainment circle and focused all her energy on the family.
But the good times did not last long, just when her husband cheated on Guan Zhilin during her pregnancy, Chen Meiqi miscarried, so that Chen Meiqi was infertile for life.
In the end, she chose divorce to end this short marriage, and it took a long time to get out of the shadows.
After many years, Guan Zhilin publicly apologized at the scene of Lu Yu's appointment, admitting that she was too young and hurt others emotionally.
In the face of the other party's apology, Chen Meiqi, who has long been relieved, responded: There is remorse, that means that it is not bad!
After the divorce, Chen Meiqi met her current husband in 1999, and in 2008, Chen Meiqi adopted her adopted daughter and treated her as if she were her own.
Today's Chen Meiqi has basically faded out of the entertainment circle, the family is happy, committed to public welfare, many people call her "angel mother".
Occasionally, she also participates in some programs and dramas, and in the new version of "The Legend of the New White Lady", she made a cameo appearance as Xiaoqing's mother, which is also a dream linkage.
03. Ye Tong (as Xu Xian / Xu Shilin)
After talking about Bai Suzhen's good sister Xiaoqing, let's talk about Bai Suzhen's official Xu Xian in the play.
At that time, the production team auditioned for many male actors, but none of them showed the characteristics of Xu Xian's character, and finally the production team tried to find a woman to play.
At that time, the production team first looked at Lin Qingxia, who dressed as a man in "Dao Ma Dan", but Lin Qingxia had already taken over Xu Ke's "Laughing Pride of the East Undefeated", so the production team had to give up.
When he was in trouble, he happened to see Ye Tong dressed as a man in "Blue Sea Love", and the production team eliminated the audition and directly invited Ye Tong to reverse Xu Xian.
Ye Tong incarnated in men's clothing in the play, one person played two roles, which is also a big challenge for Ye Tong, Ye Tong also lived up to expectations, whether it was the kind and pedantic Xu Xian or the full-fledged Xu Shilin were all played by her into the wood three points.
Moreover, Xu Xian, played by Ye Tong, has deceived many people, and many viewers have not seen that she is anti-string starring, and her acting skills can be seen.
Before playing Xu Xian, Ye Tong was already a post-film level actor.
In 1982, Ye Tong was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award at the Academy Awards for "Burning Youth", which was noticed by many directors and producers, and then won two Academy Awards for "Seven Days of Wrong Love" and "Marriage Don't Talk", becoming the first double film queen at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
In terms of seniority, the earlier Ye Tong overshadowed Maggie Cheung, but later her star path became more and more bleak.
After 2000, Ye Tong's works have decreased significantly, and there are even no more works that can be handed, and Ye Tong without works has gradually been forgotten by the audience.
In recent years, Ye Tong has occasionally appeared on a show by relying on the audience's feelings for Xu Xian, and most of the news reports related to her have stayed in her private life.
The outside world rumored that she was married and her husband was worried, and she fought back with "love photos".
Recently, the 58-year-old Ye Tong posted a video of walking by the sea on the social platform, the wrinkles on her thin face in the video are obvious, the whole person looks a little old, and sure enough, mortals can't bear the years.
04. Qian Demen (as Fahai)
For Fahai in "The Legend of the New White Lady", many people hate him so much that they grit their teeth and tear apart Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian alive for their own selfish desires.
Fahai originally chose Qiao Hong, the industry big coffee at that time, but Qiao Hong's film remuneration was too high, and the final production team chose Qian Demen, who had partnered with Ye Tong in "Blue Sea Love Sky".
Qian Demen officially entered the show business circle in 1971 when filming "Yuanyuan Qu", and has since starred in many film and television dramas, but basically all of them are small supporting roles.
When he was almost 50 years old, he finally let the audience know him with the role of Fahai, and Fahai became one of his most famous characters.
In 2014, Qian Demen appeared on Zhejiang Satellite TV 'I Am Not a Star' to help his two daughters.
At the scene, he reappeared as a classic Fahai costume after a gap of 21 years, and recreated a TV drama plot with his daughter.
Compared with the unknown on the road of acting, QianDemen's real life is more bumpy.
His first marriage was divorced very early, his son was sentenced to his ex-wife, and his son was not angry when he became an adult, and was later convicted of piracy.
Later, Qian Demen met his current wife because he participated in the TV program, but then Qian Demen began to experience various changes in his life.
Opening a restaurant and going bankrupt, his mother falling ill, in order to repay the debt of Qiandemen, who is more than 60 years old, drove a car to rent a car, and went on a dangerous variety show in the sky, although he later successfully repaid his debts but his body was exhausted.
On February 5, 2018, Qian Demen died of lung cancer at the age of 75.
After the news of his death came out, Zhao Yazhi and Chen Meiqi of the same crew all sent articles of mourning, "Good seniors, good actors." Miss Daddy! All the way to go".
Although Old Mr. Qian Demen has left us, the image of "Fahai" will always remain in the hearts of movie fans.
05. Yin Baolian (as Xu Jiaorong)
A good drama, in addition to the wonderful performance of the protagonist, other roles also play a great role, just like Xu Xian's sister Xu Jiaorong in the play.
Due to the early death of Xu Xian's parents, Xu Jiaorong actually played the role of Xu Xian's mother.
In the play, Xu Jiaorong represents the image of a traditional Chinese woman, kind and virtuous, and impatient, especially for Bai Suzhen, an outlier, who does not mind at all.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Yin Baolian was already a first-line actor in Taiwan, and had starred in countless classic film and television dramas, but what really made Yin Baolian still remembered was the role of her sister in "The Legend of the New White Lady".
Before becoming an actress, Yin Baolian was engaged in accounting work, because of her excellent image temperament, Chinese and said well, so she was discovered and began to host programs and shoot advertisements, and joined the Taiwan Television Company in 1973 to start acting as an actor.
After 2000, Yin Baolian began to fade out of the screen and teach her husband and children at home.
Now Yin Baolian settled in Los Angeles, the United States, the family is happy, although she is more than 60 years old, but the recent photos are still beautiful and dignified.
06. Jiang Ming (as Li Gongfu)
The role of brother-in-law Li Gongfu is played by Jiang Ming, and this role can be described as a funny role in the play.
Whether it is the daily mixing between the husband and wife with the sister or the various fights between Xiaoqing, people can't help but be funny, adding a lot of funny atmosphere to the whole drama.
Before cooperating in "The Legend of the New White Lady", Jiang Ming and his sister's actor Yin Baolian have already cooperated in many dramas, such as "The Legend of double printing" and "The Wind Is Full of Love" and other dramas.
Therefore, the two people in the play are natural and emotional.
When he starred in "The Legend of the New White Lady", Jiang Ming was already 51 years old, and Jiang Ming was also quite handsome when he was young, and he starred in many Qiong Yao dramas, and was an out-and-out "Qiong Yao Xiaosheng".
In addition to Li Gongfu, Jiang Ming's most well-known roles are Song Yuanqiao in Ma Jingtao's version of "Yitian Slaughtering Dragons" and Hua Wufeng in the 1977 Taiwanese version of "Absolute Double Glory", it is said that Jiang Ming was personally selected by the original author Gu Long to play the role of Hua Wufeng.
In 1996, Jiang Ming faded out of the entertainment circle after cooperating with Jia Jingwen and Yue Ling on "Four Thousand Gold".
According to insiders, Li Gongfu immigrated to the United States more than 10 years ago, and then moved to Shanghai to learn Chinese medicine and acupuncture there.
The daughter is also married, has a good mental state, and lives a mediocre life.
07. Xia Guangli (as Li Bi-Lian)
Li Bi-Lian is a character made up by the screenwriters, she is the daughter of Li Gongfu and Xu Jiaorong, the cousin of Xu Shilin, she and Xu Shilin are green plum bamboo horses, and they have been accused of marriage since childhood.
In the next 20 episodes, her role is very heavy, so the actors who play her were also selected by the directors that year.
At that time, the director looked for Xia Guangli to let her play Xiaoqing, but the discord of the schedule finally let her play Li Bi-Lian.
As the daughter of the head catcher, Li Bi-Lian knows some martial arts, so she has both the small family jasper in the boudoir and the heroic battle righteousness in the jianghu, and these qualities are vividly interpreted by the actor Xia Guangli.
Xia Guangli's acting career can be said to be smooth at the beginning.
Since his debut, he has always met nobles, and in 1978, he was discovered by Li Zuonan, a master director of old kung fu films, and won the popularity with one hand.
Since then, he has continued to appear in film and television dramas such as "The King of The North and South Legs", "Master Sister Out of the Horse", "New Shu Mountain", "Lian Cheng Tips" and so on.
The role of the holy princess played in "The Legend of Xiang Shuai" starring with Zheng Shaoqiu made more people remember her.
However, Xia Guangli's luck was not very good, and she unfortunately broke her leg during a filming and gradually faded out of the film and television circle.
Living with her boyfriend for 28 years without getting married, and finally rumored that she was cheated by her boyfriend to take 6.74 million, and found that her boyfriend cheated on the woman outside and had 3 children, and finally the two chose to break up.
Xia Guangli, who has been 62 years old in recent years, is determined to make a comeback, not only appearing on camera to record a new variety show, but also saying on Weibo that she wants to participate in "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves".
Anyway, still wish her all the best.
08. Shi Naiwen (as Qi Baoshan)
Qi Baoshan was born in poverty, and was born in the same month and day of the same year as Xu Shilin and Li Bi-Lian, so the three of them became brothers and sisters.
In the play, Qi Baoshan is kind and kind, strong in martial arts, and has a crush on Bi-Lian, but Bi-Lian likes Xu Shilin, and Qi Baoshan chooses to be perfect, leaving a deep impression on the audience.
Qi Baoshan is played by Shi Naiwen, who is not from a science class, but a famous Taiwanese host and model teacher.
By chance, he starred in "The Legend of the New White Lady", at first he had no acting experience and was not optimistic about the director, but Shi Naiwen was very talented in acting and successfully completed the role requirements.
After the fire of "The Legend of the New White Lady", Shi Naiwen also received everyone's attention, but he did not follow the trend, but continued to choose to be the host, and then starred in a "Qiannu You Soul".
In 2004, Shi Naiwen died of cancer at the age of 46, and died young, which is regrettable.
09. Lee Min-lang (as King Kim Cymbal)
King Jin Cymbal is the great king of the Phoenix Mountain, holding a golden cymbal as a weapon, in order to avenge Bai Suzhen's killing of his son, he used Hu Meiniang to assassinate Xu Shilin, the son of Bai Suzhen.
In the end, he slapped and killed the beautiful woman who was protecting Shilin, after which Guanyin Bodhisattva appeared and sucked the Golden Cymbal King into the purification bottle.
The Golden Cymbal King should be a nightmare for many people watching this drama, as long as they hear that cymbal sound, it is frightening.
Playing king Kim Cymbal is Lee Min Lang, although many viewers are familiar with him from "The Legend of the New White Lady", but before that he has already starred in many film and television dramas.
Born in 1930, Li Minlang can be described as a real old drama bone, from the film for more than fifty years to act in more than a hundred plays, such as "Evil Life", "Foreign Prostitutes", "Female Concentration Camp", etc., and most of the dramas are villains, so there is the nickname of "bad guy professional household".
Li Minlang died in 2013 at the age of 83.
The Golden Bell Awards Organizing Committee addressed him: Li Minlang, maybe you don't remember this person's name, but you must be familiar with this bad face. From more than 50 years in the film, the image of the perennial villain is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and he is the most successful eternal rogue in the theater industry.
10. Nguyen Phu Chiu (as Guanyin)
The Guanyin Master in "The Legend of the New White Lady" is played by Ruan Qianzhi, who has mastered the role of Guan Shiyin of the Xianfeng Dao Bone very well, often saving the Qingbai Two Snakes from danger.
Although there are not many scenes, the audience is deeply impressed by the "Guanyin Bodhisattva" who saves people from danger with his kind eyebrows and good eyes.
It is said that Ruan Qianzhi was not paid when she starred in the role of Guanyin Bodhisattva in "The Legend of the New White Lady", because the cameo producer gave her a low salary, so she simply did not want it.
And this zero-paid "Guan Bodhisattva" just happened to become Ruan Qianzhi's representative work, which is also a loss and a gain.
Ruan Qianzhi made her debut in 1975 and signed a contract with Taiwan Television, creating many impressive characters on the screen, such as Yu Zhongfang in "Dumb Wife", Guo Yuling in "The Stars Know My Heart", and Hua Langyue in "Little Hero Dragon Whirlwind".
But she did not go all the way down the road of an actress, but chose to become a producer, serving as the producer of "Broken Palm Shun Niang" and "Who Knows the Woman's Heart".
"Qinghe Singing" with her as a producer won three awards at the Taiwan Golden Bell Awards for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenwriter, which won her the reputation of a gold medal producer.
In addition, she is also an excellent agent, and she founded Taiwan Yachen Communication Company in 1996, Qiu Xinzhi, Yue Ling, Maya Shu, Liu Kaiwei and other artists.
Today, Nguyen Phu Thieu's family is harmonious and happy, and she is often engaged in charitable activities.
The above is the latest situation of the 10 main actors of "The Legend of the New White Lady", and it has been 29 years since this classic TV series was broadcast unconsciously.
The actors in the play have also undergone many changes, some have become immortal goddesses, some have retired from filming, and the most regrettable thing is that many actors have passed away.
But no matter how long it has been, when the prelude to the song "Millennium Waits" sounded together, it instantly pulled us back into the plot, and this is the infinite charm of the classic!
Which of your favorite characters in The Legend of the New White Lady is your favorite?
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