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Wang Xiaotang is a famous performance artist with both virtue and art, who became very popular in the 1950s and 1960s, starring in many classic films such as "Mysterious Traveling Companion", "Wildfire Spring Wind Fighting Ancient City", "Hero Tiger Courage", "Border Plug Beacon", "Sea Eagle" and so on.
In 1995, Wang Xiaotang won the Actress Award of the "Chinese Film Century Award". In 2005, she was also elected as one of the 100 outstanding actors in Chinese cinema in the past century.
In 2015, Wang Xiaotang also honored the 30th Chinese Film "Golden Rooster Award" Lifetime Achievement Award.
Wang Xiaotang's life was bumpy, after his son died of hepatitis, her husband died tragically, leaving Wang Xiaotang alone. Now that she is 88 years old, the pain of the loss of a loved one has accompanied her all her life...
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Wang Xiaotang was born in 1934 in Kaifeng, Henan Province, and she has a total of 3 brothers and sisters. The situation was turbulent and the parents' lives were turbulent. Wang Xiaotang was born prematurely at just 8 months, and due to her incomplete development, she was born with an eye disease, and her parents once wanted to abandon her.
Wang Xiaotang (later middle) with his mother, sister and sister in Hangzhou (1949)
Wang Xiaotang's mother, Wang Jian, was born into a large family, and his father, Wang Shuhui, was a Former Colonel of the Kuomintang. When Wang Xiaotang was 3 years old, the Yellow River flooded and the family's house was flooded.
At that time, Wang Xiaotang had two servants in his family, and in this case, his parents had to dismiss the servants, and his grandmother and mother took care of Wang Xiaotang at home.
In 1937, when the Japanese invaded the south, Liu Zhi, commander of the Kuomintang Second Army and chairman of the Henan Provincial Government, ordered the organs and their families to retreat, and Wang Xiaotang began a life of displacement with his parents.
The family members were all old and weak women and children, and they followed the troops south along the Pinghan Line. Wang Xiaotang often did not eat a meal a day and cried all the way with hunger. Mom went to the wheat field on the side of the road to grab a few ears of wheat and rub out the grains for Wang Xiaotang to chew to fill his hunger.
More than a month later, Wang Xiaotang and his parents arrived in Yichang, Hubei Province, where his father, Wang Shuhui, was trained. After the fall of Yichang, Wang Xiaotang arrived in Hankou with his mother and grandmother in a refugee boat.
Early years wang Xiaotang
There was also no tranquility in Hankou, and Japanese planes often circled overhead and then dropped bombs. At that time, Nanjing had fallen, japan attacked Wuhan, and the Chinese military and people began a tragic defense of Wuhan.
Later, Wuhan also fell, and Wang Xiaotang migrated to Chongqing with his parents and grandmother. Wang Xiaotang's father, Wang Shuhui, served as deputy director of the Political Department of the Garrison Command, with the rank of colonel. He was a man of letters who liked to paint and compose poetry, and held a painting exhibition in the Sino-Soviet Cultural Association in Chongqing.
Under the influence of his father, Wang Xiaotang read poetry from an early age and read Ba Jin's famous works such as "Home", "Spring", "Autumn", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and "Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness".
Wang Shuhui is a man of integrity, not corrupt, and has no other income except for a meager salary. Occasionally he buys a bottle of red wine, which is an additional household expense.
In order to make up for this expense, Wang Xiaotang's mother went to Mrs. Guan's house to roll cigars.
Wang Xiaotang
Wang Xiaotang's third uncle, Wang Tongchen, came to Chongqing from Henan and said angrily to his sister, "What kind of life are you living when you marry this poor egg?" It turned out that Wang Jian's parents were resolutely opposed to their daughter marrying Wang Shuhui, and Wang Jian eloped with Wang Shuhui behind his parents' backs.
Wang Xiaotang's third uncle also has a great background, he studied in the United Kingdom, worked as a professor at Fudan University in Shanghai, and is also an expert in the study of Oracle.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wang Tongchen and his family were separated, and in 1943, the Japanese bombed Chongqing, and Wang Tongchen was killed.
Wang Shuhui cried and pulled out one of his brother's boxes from the rubble pile, and his brother's bones were gone. Looking at her mother's grief-stricken look, Wang Xiaotang, a young man, felt for the first time that life and death were so close to him.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in 1945, Wang Xiaotang entered the Bashu School. During this period, she was fascinated by the drama "The Flower of Tang Di" starring Zhang Ruifang and Shu Xiuwen and fell in love with acting.
Including Hua Dan, Qing Yi, Dao Ma Dan, Wang Xiaotang will have more than 30 Peking Operas
Wang Xiaotang's mother had a friend named Lang Dingyi, a famous Peking Opera actor, Gongxun Sect Hua Dan. Under the introduction of his mother, Wang Xiaotang paid homage to Lang Dingyi.
Wang Xiaotang was talented and clever, and soon learned the famous Dramas of the Xun Sect such as "Iron Bow Edge" and "Fishing and Killing Families". She also sang the Kunqu opera "Dream in the Garden" in a similar way.
In 1946, Lang Dingyi returned to Beijing and died of illness shortly thereafter. When the bad news came, Wang Xiaotang cried loudly.
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In 1948, Wang Xiaotang and his parents moved to Nanjing, and later settled in Hangzhou. After the liberation of Hangzhou the following year, Wang Shuhui did not have a formal job, and made a living by selling calligraphy and paintings and seal engraving, and the family's economy was very poor.
In 1951, Wang Xiaotang graduated from high school and prepared to apply for the Shanghai Drama College. Unfortunately, the school did not admit new students this year. Under the introduction of a friend of his mother, Wang Xiaotang met the famous film actor Huang Zongying.
In July 1952, the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army decided to set up the Peking Opera Troupe and the Yue Opera Troupe, and sent Huang Zongying's eldest brother, the famous playwright Huang Zongjiang, to Shanghai to enroll students.
In addition to Zhao Dan and others who walked with Huang Zongjiang, there was also a handsome actor named Yan Xiaopeng. Under the introduction of Huang Zongying, Wang Xiaotang rushed from Hangzhou to Shanghai to participate in the interview.
Wang Xiaotang has a good size and image, and there is also a talent for acting, but Huang Zongjiang's task is to recruit famous Peking Opera actors, and Wang Xiaotang's situation obviously does not match.
So Huang Zongjiang returned to Beijing to ask the leaders for instructions, and Chen Yi, minister of the General Political Department and Culture, learned about Wang Xiaotang's situation and recruited her in out of the ordinary. In August of that year, Wang Xiaotang left Hangzhou and came to beijing to work in the Beijing Opera Troupe.
She was not a Peking Opera actress, and she was older to study from scratch, and soon Wang Xiaotang was transferred to the General Political Drama Troupe.
Wang Xiaotang and Yan Xiaopeng
Since Yan Xiaopeng met Wang Xiaotang, he could no longer let go of this beautiful, generous, and spicy girl.
At that time, because Wang Xiaotang was young, Yan Xiaopeng did not confess his heart and silently loved Wang Xiaotang in his heart.
In January 1954, after Wang Xiaotang's 20th birthday, Yan Xiaopeng confessed his admiration to her.
To be fair, Wang Xiaotang has already fallen in love with this handsome and talented warm-hearted boy in his heart and accepted Yan Xiaopeng's feelings.
Yan Xiaopeng was born in Beijing in 1925, is an ethnic Mongolian, and his father is Yan Jupeng, the founder of the famous Peking Opera Yan School. Yan Jupeng is equally famous with Yu Shuyan, Gao Qingkui, and Ma Lianliang, and is called the "Four Great Su sheng".
From left: Yan Shaopeng, Gao Yi'an and Yan Huizhu
Yan Xiaopeng's older brother Yan Shaopeng was a famous Peking Opera Ma Pai old student, his sister Yan Huizhu was Mei Lanfang's proud disciple, and Yan Xiaopeng was a Yang Pai Wusheng. He became famous at a young age and formed the "Xiaoyan Family Class" with his brothers and sisters, which had a great influence in the Peking Opera circle.
After Wang Xiaotang was transferred from the Peking Opera Troupe to the Drama Troupe, in order to follow the love, Yan Xiaopeng also took the initiative to request to be transferred to the Drama Troupe.
In 1955, Changchun Film Studio prepared to shoot the anti-special film "Mysterious Traveling Companion", and the directors Lin Nong and Zhu Wenshun selected actresses nationwide.
They tried more than 20 actresses and were not satisfied. So the two directors asked Li Nonglin of the General Political Repertory Theater to help find actors, and Li Nonglin recommended Wang Xiaotang to the other party.
Soon Wang Xiaotang rushed from Beijing by train to Changchun Film Studio to audition, and the two directors saw each other and made a decision on the spot to let Wang Xiaotang play the female number one in the film, the Yi girl "Little Li Ying".
Young Wang Xiaotang
Stills from Wang Xiaotang and Liu Zengqing's "Mysterious Traveling Companion"
With his talent and unique understanding of the role, Wang Xiaotang successfully created the simple, somewhat wild and proud "Little Li Ying".
In the autumn of that year, "The Mysterious Traveling Companion" was completed, and 21-year-old Wang Xiaotang and 30-year-old Yan Xiaopeng were married in Beijing.
In the Spring Festival of 1956, "The Mysterious Traveling Companion" was released nationwide, causing a huge response, and Wang Xiaotang's name flew all over the country overnight. The film's interlude , "Burmese Osmanthus Blossoms Ten Miles of Fragrance", was also sung throughout the country.
In just over a month, Wang Xiaotang received a sack of letters from the audience, and groups of fans often poured into the General Political Drama Troupe to see Wang Xiaotang's style.
Various newspapers and magazines also carried out long-form reports on Wang Xiaotang, and she became one of the most popular actresses at that time.
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Poster of "Side Plug Beacon"
In 1957, Wang Xiaotang starred in the first color feature film made by Changying, "Biansai Beacon", in which she played the jingpo young woman "Mano".
In 1958, the film was released nationwide, which also brought Wang Xiaotang a huge reputation. She won the Young Actor Award at the 11th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for her wonderful appearance in the film.
In the same year, Wang Xiaotang was transferred to the Bayi Film Studio actors troupe. In the winter of the same year, Wang Xiaotang gave birth to his son Yan Qun in Beijing.
In 1959, Yan Xiaopeng was also transferred from the General Political Drama Troupe to the Actors Troupe of the Bayi Film Studio, and the couple became colleagues again.
Wang Xiaotang and Yan Xiaopeng are like-minded, raising eyebrows and feelings are quite harmonious. The couple is both partners in life and artistic confidants.
Stills from Wang Xiaotang's "Sea Eagle"
Wang Xiaotang played the "Golden Ring" and "Silver Ring" in "Wildfire Spring Wind Fighting Ancient City"
When Wang Xiaotang went out to shoot a drama, Yan Xiaopeng did a good job of logistical support for his wife, and never distracted Wang Xiaotang because of family chores.
When Yan Xiaopeng went out to shoot a scene, Wang Xiaotang wrote a letter to her husband, encouraging him to shoot well and not worry about the family.
The happy marriage has nourished the couple's career, followed by Wang Xiaotang starring in many classic films such as "Sea Eagle", "Wildfire Spring Wind Fighting Ancient City", "Hero Tiger Bile", "Blue Sky Lion", "Ordos Storm" and so on.
She played the roles of "Golden Ring" and "Silver Ring" in "Wildfire Spring Wind Fighting Ancient City". There are obvious differences in the personality, demeanor and voice of these two characters, and Wang Xiaotang can freely switch between the two roles and show superb acting skills.
The "Golden Ring" and "Silver Ring" played by Wang Xiaotang have become the classic images of the screen.
In "Hero Tiger Guts", wang Xiaotang played the Kuomintang female agent "Alan", which also makes the audience remember it vividly.
Yan Xiaopeng plays a big worker in "Lei Feng" (right)
Yan Xiaopeng is the first mate of the South Vietnamese Navy in "The South China Sea Storm"
Yan Xiaopeng also followed the footsteps of his wife's career, and successively played an important role in films such as "Watershed", "Battle of Shanghai", "Lei Feng", "Capture the Seal", "South China Sea Storm", "Surprise Attack", "Breaking Through the Darkness Before Dawn", "Brothers Are Good" and so on.
Wang Xiaotang is the red flower on the screen, Yan Xiaopeng is the green leaf on the screen, and Yan Xiaopeng also cares for his wife everywhere in life. Wang Xiaotang felt that marrying Yan Xiaopeng was the most correct choice.
The son Yan Qun inherited the excellent genes of his parents, and he was a beautiful teenager in middle school, and he was both good at character and learning. Wang Xiaotang's family of three is excellent and is praised.
However, in 1966, a special era began, and Wang Xiaotang's father was implicated by his father because he had been a Kuomintang colonel.
All of Wang Xiaotang's films have been denied, and someone has ulterior motives to weave various crimes against her. In February 1968, Wang Xiaotang was asked to expose his colleagues. Colleagues did not commit evil deeds, Wang Xiaotang was reluctant to tell lies, and as a result, she was beaten and bruised.
At that time, Wang Xiaotang lived in a 9-square-meter duck shed, and when it was raining outside, the house was leaking rain, the bed was all wet, and she didn't even have a place to sleep.
In November 1969, Wang Xiaotang and her husband were forcibly demobilized and were assigned to work as forestry workers at the Beitai Forest farm in Huairou County, Beijing, where their son Xiaoqun was sent to school by relatives in the city.
Every day Wang Xiaotang and her husband went to the mountains to work, so tired that they didn't even have the strength to walk.
During the period, the Pearl River Film Studio looked for Wang Xiaotang and wanted to transfer her and her lover, but Wang Xiaotang still wanted to return to bayi Factory, so she politely refused the other party's kindness.
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In 1974, Yan Qun suffered from hepatitis due to malnutrition and irregular life. Wang Xiaotang and her husband could not take care of their son around, and as a result, their son's illness became more and more serious.
Wang Xiaotang's family portrait (taken in the 1970s)
When his son could not afford to come, Wang Xiaotang and her husband sent their son to the hospital. She went to the relevant unit to open a medical certificate, but the other party did not prescribe it to her, and the son went to the hospital because there was no certificate, and the hospital refused to accept it.
As a result, Wang Xiaotang went back to the relevant departments again to ask for a certificate, and after such a toss, Yan Qun's illness became more serious. In the last three days, Wang Xiaotang kept shedding tears in front of his son's hospital bed.
She felt that she was dragging her son down, and if his son could be treated in time, his condition would not deteriorate to this point at all. When his son was leaving, he tearfully said to Wang Xiaotang: "Mother, you can eat something, we will win, but how much price will we pay." ”
Yan Qun was only 17 and a half years old when he died, and this was their only son, Wang Xiaotang and her husband.
The son is smart and sensible, well-written, and has the talent to paint oil paintings, and the teachers like him very much. Unexpectedly, his son's life was frozen at the age of 17 and a half, which was the pain of Wang Xiaotang's life.
Xiang poster
Wang Xiaotang played Cai Pinping in "Xiang" in 1982
When her son was gone, Wang Xiaotang seemed to have died several times, and her husband comforted her while shedding tears. Often just after a few words of comfort, Wang Xiaotang hugged her husband tightly, and the couple cried loudly. After experiencing life and death, Wang Xiaotang became stronger, and she and her husband healed each other's wounds and moved forward in pain.
In March 1975, Wang Xiaotang and her husband returned to the Bayi Film Studio, and all the pain and tears turned into the motivation for Wang Xiaotang's work.
At this time, Wang Xiaotang was 37 years old, and she had no advantage in filming in middle age, so she changed her career to directing. Yan Xiaopeng has always hoped that his wife will have another baby, but he saw that Wang Xiaotang was busy at work and often did not go home, so he suppressed this idea in his heart.
In 1982, Wang Xiaotang's self-written, self-directed and self-acting film "Xiang" was released, which caused a wide impact.
In 1988, Wang Xiaotang served as the deputy director of the Bayi Film Studio, and in 1992, he became the director of the factory.
Yan Xiaopeng
Wang Xiaotang and Lin Chuan
In the same year, Yan Xiaopeng fell ill due to overwork and long-term depression. In the days when her husband was hospitalized, Wang Xiaotang stayed by his side to accompany him, and she said to her husband with tears: "The small group has left me, you must be well." ”
Emaciated and haggard Yan Xiaopeng, a drop of cloudy tears welled up in his eyes. However, Wang Xiaotang's love failed to keep her husband's life, and soon her husband was gone, only 67 years old.
Bidding farewell to his beloved son and husband, Wang Xiaotang felt that the whole person was hollowed out. Due to excessive grief, she lost more than ten pounds in 1 month, and people became very haggard.
However, she warned herself not to fall, because there were many things waiting for her to do in the Bayi Factory.
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Wang Xiaotang dried his tears and turned his love for his husband and son into a driving force for his work. She worked day and night, leading all the staff of Bayi Factory to launch a series of high-quality masterpieces such as "The Great Turn", "The Great Armageddon", "The Great March", "Sweeping the Great Southwest", and "The Great Pursuit of the Southern Front".
Wang Xiaotang at work (left)
She usually commutes on a bicycle, and there is a basin in the back seat of the car, on which is a bowl, which contains a steamed bun and half a piece of pickles, which is Wang Xiaotang's working meal.
When making a budget for filming in the factory, Wang Xiaotang calculated carefully: what kind of wood costs a cube, what kind of cloth costs a meter, how small as how much is an eyebrow pencil, and how much is a powder, she calculates clearly.
Sometimes the staff budget to shoot the scene to use 1200 towels, 1500 pairs of rubber shoes, Wang Xiaotang believes that it is not necessary to use so much, let the staff re-do the budget. Although some people criticize Wang Xiaotang behind her back, she adheres to principles and never cares.
When Wang Xiaotang was just the director of the Bayi Factory, the factory lost more than 8 million yuan. When she left office in 1998, the factory had more than 60 million yuan of liquidity, and she also purchased 713 acres of film and television bases for the factory, which can be described as a remarkable contribution.
After stepping down as factory director, Wang Xiaotang remained idle, and in 2001, her self-written and directed film "Fragrant Oath" caused great repercussions.
Wang Xiaotang also won the Best Screenwriter Award at the 21st Chinese Film "Golden Rooster Awards".
In the following 20 years, Wang Xiaotang was often invited to participate in various social activities and won various awards. In 2005, she was named one of the 100 Outstanding Actors in Chinese Cinema in the Past Century.
In 2009, the 12th China Film Performing Arts Society "Golden Phoenix Award" was awarded in Qingdao, and Wang Xiaotang won the Lifetime Achievement Award.
In 2012, she won the Huading Award for Lifetime Achievement. In 2015, Wang Xiaotang won the Lifetime Achievement Award of the "Golden Rooster Award" of Chinese cinema. At this time, Wang Xiaotang was 81 years old.
After her husband left, Wang Xiaotang remained alone. The beloved son and husband died early, Wang Xiaotang has not come out of the pain for decades, she seems calm in front of people, but the dull pain in her heart often comes up.
For countless dark nights, she would dream of her husband and son in her dreams, and then wake up crying in her dreams.
She said to herself over and over again: If her son died prematurely, he would have already married and started a family, and she would have been a grandmother. The more I thought about Wang Xiaotang, the more heartache I felt.
Strong, she knows that her son and husband in heaven want her to be well, and she must live every day strongly, so that her husband and son are not concerned.
In 2020, Wang Xiaotang won the National Top Ten Film Actress Award at the New Era International Film Festival to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.
Wang Xiaotang and actor Han Yueqiao
In January 2022, Wang Xiaotang also attended the Spring Festival Gala of Hundred Flowers, and co-told "To Hundred Flowers" with Wu Jing, Jin Dong and other stars.
Now Wang Xiaotang is 88 years old, she is full of spirits, clear speech, active thinking, in her later years she is alone, but her pension is enough for her own life.
The organization also cares about her, and Wang Xiaotang is often invited to participate in various activities. As long as she has a headache and brain fever, the organization will arrange for a doctor to come to her door for diagnosis, and Wang Xiaotang is grateful for the care of the organization.
Her old age was stable and peaceful, but the pain of the premature death of her son and husband has always hovered in her heart, and Wang Xiaotang has moved forward with pain in the years!
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