Author: Shanjia
It is said that where there are Chinese, there is Cantonese opera; where there is Cantonese opera, there is the voice of the red line woman. Red Line Woman, a generation of Cantonese opera masters, has sung on the stage for 70 years with her own "Red School Singing Voice", which can be described as a national treasure-level artist.
But this vivid and radiant generation of celebrities, in the marriage of feelings is not smooth, some are not voluntary, some lack of love, some are art greater than love, and some love you in the heart but trapped by the situation...
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Red Line woman, formerly known as Kwong Jianlian, was born in 1924 to a solid family in Xiguan, Guangzhou. Father Kwong Yiyu, is a well-known local entrepreneur, not only has the famous pharmaceutical factory Kwong Guangji, but also opened a pharmacy, the agent's medicinal liquor is exported to Nanyang.
Red Line female hands and feet twelve, she is old and young. Old Mother Tan Yin is the third concubine room of his father, only because he has given birth to three daughters, so he has no status in the family.
On weekdays, the old mother is a cheerful person, and this red line woman is most like the old mother. But she always likes to say at home that "there are children as concubines, no children as slaves", and there are obviously servants in the family, but the work of cooking rice and boiling water belongs to her, and she is busy all day long. Sometimes, the old mother is angry, simply holding the red line woman to see the play, calling it a terrible wave at home. Who knows, after watching the drama, the wind and waves are calm. In this way, the old mother was happy, and the red line woman also subtly fell in love with listening to the play.
In 1938, the Japanese army invaded Guangzhou. Under the bombardment of enemy aircraft, the Kwong family's pharmaceutical factory was razed to the ground, and the vast assets disappeared. The red line woman fled to Macau with her parents. She was 14 years old.
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Originally, the red line woman should be miss Xiguan's life, the future is unlimited, only because of the war, let everything change. The children of the poor have long been in charge, and the red line woman decided to follow her mother's advice to learn Cantonese opera. In addition, grandpa, uncle, aunt and uncle are all artists in the Cantonese opera industry, and the first to get the moon near the water building platform. But dad resolutely opposed, because the lingren were quite discriminated against at that time, and the drama was not adult, and he would rather the family hug together and starve to death, rather than let Ah Lian learn the drama.
Maybe it is the gene in the bones, the red line woman still chose the pear garden line. She repeatedly assured her father that she would study drama well and be a down-to-earth person.
In Kowloon, Hong Kong, the Red Line woman studied under her aunt Ho Fu Lian and formally studied art. Later, she joined the Taiping Opera Troupe, and under the tutelage of the leader Ma Shizeng, she pulled the cavity and breathed, and her artistic level was greatly improved.
After the fall of Hong Kong, the Taiping Opera Troupe moved to the mainland to tour. In the play of "Diao Man Princess PiAo Ma", Hua Dan Lan Yin, who played the princess, suddenly fell ill and could not play, and the red line woman who played a supporting role temporarily saved the scene, which was a great success and became a positive printing Dan.
In 1944, the Red Line Woman married Ma Shizeng, who was 24 years older than him. After marriage, she gave birth to two sons and a daughter, namely Ma Dingchang, Ma Dingsheng and daughter Honghong.
Many years later, the red line woman confessed to her son that the marriage with Ma Shizeng was "not voluntary", the two personalities and preferences were incompatible, but the two had always been the best partners in their careers. Under the guidance of Ma Shizeng, the Red Line Woman created her own unique "Ma Pai Red Cavity", which was famous.
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After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Taiping Troupe returned to Hong Kong. In the past eight years, she has made more than 90 films, including "Spring", "Every Household", and "Heaven and Earth", which were selected as "100 Hong Kong Movies That Must Be Watched." “
In 1955, Ma Shi settled in Guangzhou with the Red Line Woman and began to serve the new China. At this time, they are still cooperating in their careers, but they are strangers in marriage.
In Hong Kong, the red line woman filmed until late at night, and when she crossed the sea by boat, she saw ma Shi waiting for a boat with a woman. Under investigation, it was found that the two had been together for three years. The red line woman in the dark, unable to bear it, resolutely broke up.
Later, the Red Line woman met the movie star Huang He on the set.
Huang He was born in 1919, tall and calm, and has cooperated with first-line actresses, co-producing "Little Cabbage" with Li Lihua, "A Generation of Demons" with Bai Guang, and "Daughter Heart" with Lin Cui. However, the Yellow River consciously and the red line woman are the most right, and there are endless words between each other, so after the love affair came out, the newspaper called it "red and yellow love".
Art is greater than love, and the Red Line Woman still decided to follow Ma Shi zeng back to Guangzhou. At this point, it is inevitable to divide the gesture with the Yellow River. But Huang He was not reconciled, so he chased him to Guangzhou and urged the red line woman to return to Hong Kong without being able to do so. The Yellow River, which tasted the taste of lost love, took medicine to commit suicide, but fortunately saved his life in time.
Love can not be, Huang He decided to make this love history into a movie, with his own wine glass poured on the block of his heart. After the release of "Infatuation", The Yellow River bid farewell to the film industry and entered the business world.
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Zhao Dan, one of the 22 major stars in the mainland, is extremely prestigious in the film world. In the memoir of the eldest daughter Zhao Qing, "Me and Daddy Zhao Dan", it was mentioned that the father's failure to combine with the red line girl has always been the father's regret.
Zhao Dan's original wife, Ye Luxi, mistakenly believed that Zhao Dan was killed by the Xinjiang warlord Sheng Shicai, so she remarried Du Xuan. In 1947, Zhao Dan and Huang Zongying had a love affair because of the drama and became married.
After liberation, Zhao Dan was repeatedly criticized for his "Biography of Martial Arts" and was depressed. In addition, Huang Zongying had no drama to shoot, so he changed tracks, began to write, and went out for a few months every year. Over time, the relationship between husband and wife has reached an impasse.
In the early sixties, Zhao Dan and the Red Line woman had mutual affection. At this time, the red line woman was single and divorced; and Zhao Dan was a husband with a wife. But the two still loved regardless of it, and at one point the news of living together came out. Zhao Dan plans to divorce Huang Zongying, and the second son of the Red Line Woman even hears rumors that his mother is going to get married again.
Where to go, that's the question. At that time, divorce was not a matter for two people, but required organizational consent. Thousands of thoughts, thousands of considerations, at the critical moment, Zhao Dan stopped his steps. The Red Line Woman has remained silent and never mentioned this past to anyone.
The most evocative thing is that the red line woman and Zhao Dan's ex-wife Ye Lucy are both Guangdong compatriots. Whenever the Red Line Woman went to Shanghai, she would always come to Tai'an Road to meet Ye Lucy, and her husband, Du Xuan (formerly known as Gui Cangling), was also an old friend for many years. The Gui family up and down, very much admire this famous man who wore large sunglasses and was full of light in his later years.
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In 1975, in Beijing, the Red Line Woman met her longtime friend Huashan. Hua Shan, war correspondent and author of the film Chicken Feather Letter.
At that time, it was the late stage of the Cultural Revolution, but Huashan still couldn't help but praise the Red Line Woman: "Kwong Jianlian, Red Line Woman, your two names are so beautiful, I like it, allow me to alternately call you hello?" What I want to tell you is that my children respect you and I will respect you too! ”
The Cultural Revolution has long bound human nature, and now hearing such humane words, the red line woman sincerely longs for love, and the two flash marriage.
The two walked together, discussed the script together, and in the mouth of the red line woman, they also called their wives and wives non-stop. But the happy time was always short, and in 1984, Huashan liver disease recurred, deteriorated sharply, and was admitted to the hospital. Since then, the red line woman has been two points and one line, sending soup and water, and taking care of it meticulously.
The cost of medicine and nutrition for the treatment of liver cancer is a bottomless pit, and the red line woman does not hesitate to work. "Do your best" is her purpose, and the red line woman is beautiful and decent. In 1985, Huashan died of illness.
Years later, when the son dared to ask about his mother's second marriage, the red line woman replied that she lacked love. The son sighed, how many pairs of family members in the world are lovers? Even the average one is better than nothing.
After Hua shan left, the red line woman resumed her life as a person, fortunately, there was Cantonese opera with her, "I live one day, I want to continue to contribute to the southern red beans." For Cantonese opera, I have always been in love with each other, and I have always been a teacher of life and death. ”
In 2009, The Red Line Woman won the first "Chinese Drama Lifetime Achievement Award". On December 8, 2013, the red line woman died of illness in Guangzhou. The memorial service attracted thousands of citizens to brave the torrential rain to come, and then went up the mountain, less than five minutes after the earth, the rain stopped, the sky appeared rainbow, perhaps in the farewell to this brilliant generation of legends...