When it came to the Spring Festival again, the stars rehearsed the Spring Festival Gala again and again, and Deng Chao, Shen Teng, Ma Li, Jia Bing, Jackie Chan, Zhang Ruoyun, Sha Yi, Xu Juncong, Chang Yuan, etc. all appeared.
But seeing this lineup, netizens said that they were not looking forward to it at all.
I don't know when the Spring Festival Gala gradually became less beautiful, and the only value was the loss of the taste of the New Year.
Zhao Benshan once said: "The biggest theme of the Spring Festival Gala sketch is happiness. ”
But today's sketch, happiness is no more, only embarrassment.
Those hilarious golden sketch combinations: Zhao Benshan, Gao Xiumin, Fan Wei; Huang Hong, Song Dandan; Zhu Shimao, Chen Peisi; Zhao Lirong, Gong Hanlin, and others have all withdrawn from the Spring Festival Gala stage.
Some people enjoy the joy of life at home, and some people have passed away for many years and are deeply missed by the audience.
Among them, Zhao Lirong appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala at the age of 60, creating a unique miracle in the sketch world.
It is no exaggeration to say that every post-80s and 90s friend has "Teacher Zhao Lirong" hidden in their hearts.
The classic line blurted out: Court jade liquor wine, one hundred and eighteen glasses, how about this wine, listen to me blow it to you...
On the stage, Zhao Lirong dedicated one classic comedy sketch after another, but under the stage, her life was not happy.
Zhao Lirong married a pair of brothers successively, but was widowed twice; After giving birth to three sons, it was hard to look forward to a daughter, but the daughter died at the age of 7; She herself suffered from cancer in her later years and died of pain at the age of 72.
She has been too bitter in this life!
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In 1928, Zhao Lirong was born in Baodi County, Hebei Province (now Baodi District, Tianjin), she had 5 older sisters and 2 older brothers, and her mother named her "Lao Ai", hoping that this little daughter would be surrounded by love all her life.
But not long after he was born, his father Zhao Bingzhong fled to Shenyang with his family to escape the war.
In order to feed this big son, Zhao Bingzhong took out all his savings to do business with others, who knew that he was deceived.
He was very angry and sick, but he didn't expect that after recovering from his illness, he actually wanted to rely on gambling to turn over the book, and as you can imagine, everything worth a little money in the family was lost by him, and even eating became a problem.
The mother had to endure the pain of leaving Zhao Lirong, who was still breastfeeding, to earn money as a nanny for someone else's family.
Zhao Lirong thrives by drinking soy milk.
Fortunately, my father slowly came out of the frustration of failure, and was introduced to the theater to braid the actors and tie their heads, although he did not earn much, it was not a problem for the family to fill their stomachs.
Zhao Bingzhong is honest and has good craftsmanship, and the popular flower "Hibiscus Flower" in the theater designated him to comb his hair, and also took care of Zhao Bingzhong's family, allowing him to bring children to play.
Unexpectedly, several children like to watch the play very much, Zhao Lirong's second brother and three older sisters have learned from teachers in the theater, and Zhao Lirong, who is still in infancy, lies quietly beside her father, feeling the beauty of opera.
In 1929, Zhao Lirong, who was only 1 year old, was carried on the stage by Furong Hua and became a "colorful baby".
Zhao Bingzhong's nervous palms sweated, for fear that her daughter would make a noise and affect the performance, but unexpectedly, Zhao Lirong did not cry or make trouble, and stretched out her little hand to greet the audience.
This is Zhao Lirong's first performance in her life, perhaps, she was born destined to eat the bowl of rice of actors.
Since then, Zhao Lirong often followed her father to watch plays in the theater, and gradually, she became interested in acting, and took the initiative to ask to learn opera.
At the age of 12, Zhao Lirong was introduced by Furong Hua to be a teacher of the famous drama Horn Ma Jingui, and three years later, she performed as a starring actor in the "Qingfeng Theater" in Zhangjiakou.
At the age of 17, Zhao Lirong joined the "Youth Drama Club" in Mentougou and was the protagonist as usual.
In that era, Zhao Lirong was able to survive from many actors, in addition to talent, the rest was extra hard work.
She clears all distractions and exudes her youth on stage.
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In 1953, 25-year-old Zhao Lirong was transferred to the China Appraisal Theater and met her partner Xin Fengxia.
The theater arranged for her and Xin Fengxia to take turns as the role of "Hua Dan", but Zhao Lirong shook her head and refused: "Her appearance and voice are better than mine, I can't play the same as her." ”
In this way, Zhao Lirong became the "Cai Dan" in the troupe, and was willing to give Xin Fengxia a supporting role in order to better present her works.
And she also formed a deep friendship with Xin Fengxia.
Xin Fengxia saw that Zhao Lirong had not yet talked about the object, so she introduced Sheng Qiang, who was a secretary in the theater, to her.
Soon, the two young people sparked love.
Zhao Lirong will make a love bento for Sheng Qiang, and Sheng Qiang will read love poems to Zhao Lirong, strong affection, and envy others.
But this relationship was strongly opposed by Zhao Lirong's mother: "He is a college student and very knowledgeable. What about you? I don't know a few big words, just a singing person, it's not a good match at all, if you want to marry him, we will break off the mother-daughter relationship, all without your daughter. ”
Although the mother's words are cruel, but she is really worried about her daughter, in that era, college students were "fragrant and fruitful", what kind of object could not be found, but fancy Zhao Lirong, what if he has a second heart in the future?
But Zhao Lirong firmly believes that Sheng Qiang will be good to her for the rest of her life.
Soon, Zhao Lirong and Sheng Qiang entered the palace of marriage, and the next year, she gave birth to her eldest son.
The mother saw that her in-laws did not feel sorry for Zhao Lirong, and Sheng Qiang was indeed very good to her, so she let go of her heart and accepted this son-in-law.
But the happy days did not last long, when Zhao Lirong was pregnant with her second child, Sheng Qiang was pulled to transform, but I didn't expect that this trip would become a farewell.
In 1960, Sheng Qiang died, Zhao Lirong cried loudly, she was only 32 years old, widowed at a young age, and with two young children, life was difficult, you can imagine.
However, Zhao Lirong does not have much time to grieve, must dry her tears, and work hard to earn money to support her family.
On stage, she still laughs at the audience, and in her own words, no matter how sad she is, she can't fool the audience.
After the performance, Zhao Lirong had to rush home non-stop, washing and cooking for her two sons, and at the end of the day, she was exhausted.
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The eldest sister saw that Zhao Lirong was too difficult, so she proposed: "You marry my third brother Sheng Hong, he will definitely treat you well." ”
Zhao Lirong was anxious: "Aren't you ruining my reputation?" Since ancient times, where has a sister-in-law married a young uncle? I disagree. ”
Sheng Hong is also a college student, as reasonable as his brother, he feels sorry for his sister-in-law and two nephews, and is willing to marry his sister-in-law.
But Zhao Lirong was afraid of worldly eyes and prejudices, and just when she hesitated, the second brother Zhao Lianxi heard about this and hurriedly came, and he decided to take his sister and two nephews to live in his house, and then slowly plan for his future life.
Zhao Lianxi has four children and her life is not rich, if Zhao Lirong goes, she will only add a burden to her brother and sister-in-law, and she is not willing to make trouble for her second brother.
Zhao Lirong thought that if she married again in the future, it would be better to marry her little uncle, at least he was really good to his two nephews, and the children did not have to change their surnames.
In this way, Zhao Lirong rejected the second brother's proposal and promised to marry Sheng Hong and continue to be the daughter-in-law of the Sheng family, and the angry second brother ignored her for many years.
In Zhao Lianxi's opinion, Zhao Lirong was too cold to marry her younger uncle, and he couldn't forgive his sister for this behavior, and he didn't see Zhao Lirong until death.
After remarrying Shenghong, Zhao Lirong gave birth to a son and a daughter for him, and the life of a family of six was prosperous.
However, this seemingly happy ending is the beginning of another tragedy.
Not long after her daughter was born, she was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, and although Zhao Lirong and Sheng Hong traveled around to treat her, her daughter died at the age of 7.
The departure of her daughter made Zhao Lirong grief-stricken, and Sheng Hong accompanied her through the most difficult time.
I thought that this was the last blow in Zhao Lirong's life, but as a result, in 1984, Sheng Hong died of a sudden heart attack, and at that time, Zhao Lirong was performing abroad.
Faced with her husband's death, she blamed herself very much, if she was by Sheng Hong's side, perhaps, Sheng Hong would not have died.
This year, Zhao Lirong was 56 years old, she was seriously ill, and she didn't understand why God was so cruel to her.
After experiencing the pain of losing her husband twice and losing her daughter once, Zhao Lirong no longer wants to mention her feelings, and her three sons have grown up and do not need her to bother to take care of them.
Since then, Zhao Lirong has devoted herself to acting and created many classic roles, such as Queen Che Chi in the 86th version of "Journey to the West", Grandma Liu in Liu Xiaoqing's version of "Dream of Red Mansions", Aunt Tian in "Cangsheng" and so on.
Zhao Lirong performs each role wholeheartedly, and she hopes to bring the best performance to the audience.
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In 1988, Zhao Lirong, who had been singing all her life to comment, turned around and took the sketch "Emergency" to the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, thinking that this was the curtain call performance of her retirement, but unexpectedly, she ushered in a new peak in her acting career.
The famous screenwriter Shi Lin found Zhao Lirong and tailored the sketch "A Day in the Life of a Heroic Mother" for her.
In 1989, Zhao Lirong's partner Hou Yaowen, appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala again, and the phrase "Sima cylinder smashed out" instantly made the name "Zhao Lirong" popular all over the country, and this old lady who spoke with a strong Tangshan accent has since become a frequent guest of the Spring Festival Gala.
Zhao Benshan once personally came to the door and invited Zhao Lirong to cooperate with him on sketches, but Zhao Lirong refused, just because she felt that it was not a way to go with Zhao Benshan.
But Gong Hanlin was very popular with Zhao Lirong, and with her east wind, she became famous, and the two collaborated together on many sketches such as "So Packaged", "Working Adventures" and "Kung Fu Order".
In 1995's "So Packaged", Zhao Lirong's classic kneeling brought countless joy to the audience, but only Gong Hanlin knew that this was a "mistake".
There was no such thing at all during the rehearsal, and on the day of the Spring Festival Gala, Zhao Lirong "knelt" because of lack of physical strength.
After the performance, Zhao Lirong was so painful that she couldn't walk at all, and Gong Hanlin helped her to rest backstage, her knees were already swollen as high as steamed buns.
But Zhao Lirong didn't care at all, and even told Gong Hanlin: "Pain is left to yourself, and joy can be sprinkled to the world." ”
This sentence made Gong Hanlin use for a lifetime.
In 1999, it was the last time Zhao Lirong appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, and she performed "Veteran Out of the Horse" with Gong Hanlin and Jin Zhu.
When she tried her best to create joy for the audience on stage, her three sons in front of the TV were worried, just because not long ago, Zhao Lirong was diagnosed with cancer.
In order to allow Zhao Lirong to prepare for the Spring Festival Gala with peace of mind, the three sons discussed with Gong Hanlin and his wife and decided to hide it from her for the time being.
After the New Year, the children told Zhao Lirong the truth.
After knowing the condition, Zhao Lirong was very calm, she proposed to go to the hospital for another examination, if it is a misdiagnosis, it is best, if it is diagnosed, then treat it well, it is not a big deal.
When she arrived at the hospital, Zhao Lirong said to the doctor: "I know what kind of disease it is, so you can help me take a good picture." ”
As a result, after the film came out, the doctor cried, and he did not expect that Zhao Lirong, who was performing a show on the Spring Festival Gala not long ago, was already a terminal cancer patient.
Zhao Lirong looked at it, but comforted the doctor: "What are you crying, what are you anxious about?" If you are sick, you are afraid of death, I, ah, I have lived more than 70 years old, I have seen everything, tasted everything, it's no big deal. ”
She said so and did so, while cooperating with the doctor for chemotherapy, while personally arranging the aftermath, her birthday clothes and posthumous photos were all selected by herself.
Zhao Lirong, who was originally 140 pounds, gradually lost weight, and by the time she left, there were only 70 pounds left.
On July 17, 2000, Zhao Lirong died at the age of 72.
On the day of the funeral, countless celebrities in the entertainment industry came to worship, and more than 30,000 fans spontaneously came to send her the last ride.
Zhao Lirong is gone, but she has left a huge happy fortune to the audience.
Throughout Zhao Lirong's life, losing two husbands and a daughter, and raising three sons is painful and bitter.
Her sketches, never tired of watching, are classics.
Her life, sweet and bitter, is really not easy.