The Surging News reporter Pan Yu Jiang Yu
Yue opera performance artists Zhao Zhigang and Wang Wenjuan were once colleagues of the Shanghai Yue Theatre, and they cooperated in art and work, but in life, the two were in love with mother and son, Zhao Zhigang called Wang Wenjuan "Mu Ma", and Wang Wenjuan has always called Zhao Zhigang "son". The two also formed a "mother-son" relationship due to the filming of the TV art film "Nunnery Recognition mother". Knowing that Wang Wenjuan died, Zhao Zhigang was deeply saddened, and he "cried bitterly" in the circle of friends: "The 100-year-old who said yes, why doesn't talk count." Dear Teacher Wen Juan, you have left silently. You go all the way. There is a Teacher of Love for you waiting for you in Heaven. Waking up early in the morning to see such a nightmare, tears in tears. It's so uncomfortable! ”
In an interview with The Paper, Zhao Zhigang recalled his past with Teacher Wang Wenjuan.
"Nunnery Recognition"
The Paper: You and Teacher Wang Wenjuan have a lot of contacts, can you tell us about what Teacher Wang looks like in life?
Zhao Zhigang: Teacher Wang Wenjuan is a very amiable person, (in getting along) not like the identity of a generation of grandmasters, she always appears next to you like a relative, so I and Teacher Wang Wenjuan did not use Teacher Wang or Xiao Zhao to call her, but I called her The Mother of Shaoxing, that is, the meaning of mother, she calls me son, she always calls me this way.
She and I also originated from an artistic cooperation, and had the honor to shoot the feature film "Antang Recognizing Mother" with Wang Wenjuan's teacher Sun Daolin, in which I played my son Xu Yuanzai, and Teacher Wang Wenjuan played the mother, Shi Tai.
The whole TV shoot was my best learning process, we were shooting in a nunnery in Ningbo, the shooting was very hard because there was no air conditioning. At that time, I remember very clearly, during the shooting, often sweated and soaked the clothes, Teacher Sun Daolin wore a sweatshirt vest, and then a pu fan, Teacher Wang Wenjuan and I because we wanted to play a play, so often the clothes were wet for a while, and they had to be blown dry, and then they continued to shoot. Braving the sweltering heat on a hot day, I was deeply moved by the old artist's dedication to art.
I was very impressed by a few small stories, one is that on the traditional opera stage, the nun's dress is very fancy, but this time it is a live-action shooting. After discussing with Teacher Sun Daolin, Teacher Wang Wenjuan removed all the parts that the actors thought were most beautiful on the stage, wearing plain clothes, which is the costume you can see in the nunnery, and at the same time, an ordinary hairstyle with all the rings removed on the head.
I was thinking in my head at that time, every artist on the stage is desperate to wear more jewelry on their heads, to make themselves beautiful and beautiful, but in this drama let me see Wang Wenjuan, Sun Daolin, two artists, their exploration of this relationship between opera television and opera, at that time gave me a lot of inspiration, I think that in the future, if we make such a TV or movie, we can also learn from such a way.
One of the things that impressed me very deeply was Teacher Wang's tireless efforts, for example, during the interval between rehearsals and shooting, she must have been reading the script back and singing, and discussing with the director how to shoot the next shot, and then constantly thinking about her role. This dedication of a generation of masters to art really touched me.
There is also a small story, the last day to shoot the last shot, the last mother and son recognized, this shot I and Teacher Wang Wenjuan finally had a hug, but the shooting time has reached midnight, close to 3 a.m., and finally when I and Teacher Wang Wenjuan hugged together, she giggled, and then Teacher Sun Daolin felt incomprehensible, how can a big artist of Teacher Wang Wenjuan laugh at this time, and seize the time again.
After the second shooting, Teacher Wang laughed again, then Teacher Sun criticized Teacher Wang at that time, he said Wen Juan, what time do you see it now, everyone is so tired, how do you laugh twice? Teacher Wang said, I only have one daughter, no son, nor have I ever held a son, today I held a son, I was very happy, after saying it and laughing, as a result we were infected by her, we all laughed.
After this scene, she started calling my son, and I called him Mom.
After the shooting, Teacher Wang Wenjuan asked Teacher Sun Daolin to write 4 poems for me on a prop painting, and then Teacher Sun wrote: Wen Juan Zhigang, braved the sweltering heat to shoot in Ningbo to recognize her mother, and her spirit was commendable. There is also a drop, this prop painting I have always treasured.
The filming of "The Mother of the Nunnery" was really impressive, it was 1992, and it was almost 30 years ago, but these scenes are vividly remembered: the pictures of us shooting together and sitting together to cool off.
The opening song of the TV special film "Antang Recognizing Mother" was also specially asked by teacher Wang Wenjuan to sing, so now I sometimes feel particularly kind when I hear this song.
Filming tidbits of "Nunnery Recognition"
The Paper: What does Teacher Wang Wenjuan make you feel the most benefited?
Zhao Zhigang: I should be said to be very close to Wang Pai, I once participated in Teacher Wang Wenjuan's genre concert, and Teacher Wang always hoped that I could participate. The first time I performed with Wang Zhiping in the scene where Dachun and Xi'er met at the end of "White Haired Girl", Teacher Wang Wenjuan also gave me a lot of encouragement and praise.
Later, there was a Wang Pai concert, originally Teacher Wang Wenjuan was ready to cooperate with me to perform a "Wu Zetian" folding play, but then it did not succeed, and I also think it is a particularly regrettable thing.
Like other Yue opera artists of other predecessors, teacher Wang Wenjuan has paid great attention to and loved us young actors in the middle of my entire artistic career, and has helped us all the way, artistically giving us a lot of support and guidance, and giving us a lot of care in life. Especially in 2010, Chen Xiang and I went to Hangzhou to develop, Teacher Wang Wenjuan and other senior artists have been concerned about me behind my back, constantly striving to reflect the desire to return to Shanghai Yue Theater, so that I am also particularly touched outside, especially after participating in the performance of some Shanghai plays such as "Stage Sisterhood", old artists will issue such invitations, Wang Wenjuan, Xu Yulan teachers will say: "Well, you have played outside for a lap, you can come back." "I hope that I will return to the Yue Opera Theater to continue to play a role, so I do feel more guilty, but I think that my heart for Yue Opera will certainly not live up to the expectations of Teacher Wang Wenjuan."
The Paper: In daily life, what kind of stories have Wang Wenjuan and Sun Daolin shared with you?
Zhao Zhigang: In life, it should be said that there are relatively few contacts, because Teacher Wang Wenjuan is mainly in the Red Chamber Regiment, and when she was the leader of the regiment, I was in the Third Regiment, and the interaction was relatively small. But later, after the filming of "Nunnery Recognition", there was a stage where I was more diligent in moving around, and Teacher Wang Wenjuan would often invite me to the house to eat together, and if there was anything delicious, she would say, "Son, come to the house to eat." ”
Every time she always took out the best food in the house, I was particularly touched, as if I had come back to my own home.
Sometimes I will have dinner and chat with the teachers, and then sometimes I will encounter some difficulties, such as the decision-making of a thing, or the creation of a play will have some problems, and sometimes I will think, I will go to Teacher Wang's side and listen to some of Teacher Wang's suggestions to us, then at this time the teacher will always try his best to help me, including what needs are there in creation. At that time, there were some plays that I raised myself, and Teacher Wang would also say, I can go to find entrepreneurs, help you to pull some sponsorship, and so on.
Teacher Wang not only cares about me artistically, but also cares about me in life. Cao Kefan and I actually saw that Teacher Wang was called Mu Ma, and she was also very happy to see the two of us, smiling very brightly and laughing continuously. At this point, I have always had a lot of interaction with Teacher Wang, which also makes me feel particularly pleased.
After the epidemic last year, I went to visit the elderly several times, but I couldn't visit because of the epidemic. After the epidemic started for more than a year, I have never seen Teacher Wang again, so this is a special regret for me.
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