There has always been a saying that mainland stars are rustic and temperamental as Hong Kong and Taiwan stars. Why is there such a statement? Let's first take a look at the photos of mainland actresses:
This is Cong Shan, once the school flower of the Central Academy of Drama, but this photo does not seem to be worthy of the title of school flower, and the color and feeling of the whole skin look local. Cong Shan's eyebrows are not much modified, her eyebrow shape itself is very thick, and several eyebrows of the eyebrows are still a little scattered, such a beauty looks simple and natural, but it is not very fashionable.
Zhang Jinling was the same problem, her face was as fiery red as under the illumination of the steel furnace, and her eyes were shining brightly, highlighting her firm will.
Zhang Jinling, like Cong Shan, has a reddish yellow skin on her face, and the overall feeling of her face is shiny and shiny, and she has the same texture as a steelmaker. The makeup looks very casual, just a little eyebrow patch, a little lipstick, which is the feeling of unity of that era, and sometimes it really has little to do with the appearance of the actors.
This is a photo of Zhang Jinling after nearly thirty years, which is much better than when she was young:
The same problem exists in the photographs of the recognized temperament beauty Zhu Lin, which is caused by the photographic technology of the time and the aesthetic and makeup techniques of the mainland. Zhu Ling's eyebrows don't feel much groomed, all because of her natural beauty.
If the color of the skin is slightly whiter, the temperament of the whole person is immediately very different, gentle and intellectual and dignified, and the beauty of the king of the daughter country is really not blown.
Let's take a look at the photos of Hong Kong and Taiwan actresses in the same period:
Michelle, her facial features are actually not as good as any of the mainland actresses put above, but Michelle's makeup and hairstyles have been carefully groomed, including her earrings and dresses, which are reasonable to match according to her temperament and looks, and now it looks like although the makeup is somewhat exaggerated, but it is more fashionable than the mainland actresses of the same period.
The same texture, but it can be seen that the lighting is obviously better than the photos of mainland actresses, and the makeup is more prominent in the three-dimensional sense of the face,
Even black and white photos are also very picture-like, and the intuitive appearance of light use is more layered than that of mainland star photos, and the use of virtual reality is just right. Michelle is actually a bit toothless, but her expression and her makeup make you not feel her shortcomings.
Look at Zhong Chuhong, although the same is a dusky hue, but the overall skin should be lighted where the light, there is no yellow and red feeling, the whole person looks healthy and energetic, not losing sexiness.
And at that time, the film and television industry of Hong Kong and Taiwan had been commercialized, actors had to learn expression management, they had rich experience in photography, their ideology was much more open than that of the mainland, and more importantly, as one of the four asian tigers, Hong Kong stars, because of economic prosperity, life was richer than other regions and invisibly had a self-confidence that mainland stars did not have, and the social environment in which they lived made their expression of beauty more free and bold, and their expressions and actions looked more unrestrained and sexy.
And our actresses, always look either reserved or shy, always have a feeling of being rigid and not natural enough. From the makeup technology to the aesthetic aspects are not as avant-garde and fashionable as Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Take Cong Shan as an example.
She feels like this in the movie pictorial, her expression is shy, except for lipstick, probably no makeup, randomly tie her hair behind her head, the feeling of the whole photo is the level of taking a photo of the ID. The tone of the picture is still yellow and red, which is the most grounded color. In terms of clothing, it is a round neck top, the collar is not positive enough, and the photos of mainland stars in this period are really taken too casually.
This one is more casual, the hair is not much sorted, casually tied a ponytail, the color of the photo is still red. But still Cong Shan, still no makeup, just a lipstick, as long as the light is right, she can be beautiful:
There is also this one, a simple plaid coat, simple shoulder-length short hair, but it can be clearly seen that she has trimmed her eyebrows, looks very moving, the whole person is intellectually gentle, and the temperament and beauty are not worse than Hong Kong Star.
Cong Shan participated in "Jingwumen" starring Zhen Zidan and personally felt that her Qi Qiao in the play was more beautiful than Wan Qiwen:
This is Cong Shan created by a Hong Kong makeup artist, sexy and charming, and there is no sense of rustic at all. I always thought it was some Hong Kong actress, and I didn't know it was her until I saw Cong Shan's introduction two days ago.
Makeup is too important for actresses, and Qi Qiao in "Jingwumen" has made many people like Cong Shan. Her beauty, without a hint of aggression, her beauty is the gentle and lovely beauty of the oriental female beauty.
This hairstyle and makeup, including her costumes, make Cong Shan look like a relict and independent ice and snow beauty, who dares to say that the inner female star is earthy?
As long as you get out of the steel furnace-like hue, no matter how you look at it, it is a beautiful girl!
Old Xu, do you want a wife? Such a shy, timid, well-behaved and gentle girl, Lao Xu had to wake up laughing in the middle of the night!
"Wrangler" is Cong Shan's famous work, because the film was nominated for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Newcomer, she was also favored by Huang Jianzhong to star in "Good Family Women", which won international awards.
But at that time, it was 1983, Cong Shan's going out to shoot was not recognized by the school leaders, and Cong Shan began to suppress her in various ways, and almost all the works she participated in after graduation were dragon set roles, which was undoubtedly a blow to Cong Shan.
In 1987, Cong Shan had to enter the French Higher School of Drama with the support of a French government scholarship, but for various reasons failed to successfully complete her studies.
In 1995, he participated in the 1995 Hong Kong TV series "Jingwumen" starring Zhen Zidan and Wan Qiwen, playing the role of Qi Qiao. In 1996, Cong Shan returned to China with her son to settle down. At this time, Cong Shan was 34 years old, and she had already passed the golden age of an actress. And her experience is exactly what many actors of the same era have had.
Cong Shan has acting skills, has good looks, but in the best professional years encountered pressure, married to director Xiao Feng, but not valued by the director's husband, repeatedly arranged her to play a supporting role or villain in the play, Cong Shan half a life of acting career peaked at the age of twenty to play "Wrangler", and at that time Cong Shan had not yet graduated.
She did not catch up with the good times, like a dusty pearl, with the passage of time, under the wind and rain of the years, people can still see her former style.
There was never a shortage of beautiful women in the mainland, because of the backward economy and culture of that era, makeup, aesthetics and photography technology could not keep up, in fact, many Hong Kong and Taiwan stars were from the mainland, so it is not the mainland actresses who are rustic, but because they have not caught up with the good times.