In those years, the beauty of costumed beauties had their own styles, and their fates were not all similar.
For the tragic fate of the characters, Chen Chong felt sighing, and also externalized that despair and madness without reservation. Regarding the pain of her life, she can already laugh it off:
"It's all right, it's not so important."
Those costumed beauties and the memories of the times are gradually replaced by new film languages and new faces, and their mysteries have never been answered.
The long road, the joy is always short and difficult to return, this is the trick of fate, but also their life script.
The costumed beauties they interpret are frozen by time, not overnight brilliance, people's memories are closed, and they are not ready to accept any new xiaoqian.
In the winter of 1922, in the Forbidden City, the cold wind whistled in.
On this day, Puyi married two wives, married Wanrong as empress, and Wen Xiu became a lady concubine, which was the beginning of some kind of misfortune.
Wanrong's actor Chen Chong is only 26 years old, and every smile is a style. When Wanrong was born, Daqing was already crumbling, with a bleak appearance of the western mountains.
Stills from the 1987 movie "The Last Emperor" Wan Rong (Played by Chen Chong).
As Puyi's orthodox empress, Wanrong has aristocratic blood and has received Western education since she was a child, but she did not think that Puyi randomly drew a circle on her own photos, thus imprisoning her life.
Wen Xiushu, played by 21-year-old Wu Junmei, is also a new woman in the harem, she is proud and brave, becoming the first concubine who dares to divorce the emperor, "I am nothing, I am nothing, I want to divorce." ”
Since entering the Forbidden City, loneliness and loss have become the norm for these two women.
They grew jealous of each other, held hands and danced together, and finally withered like flowers together.
In the 1987 movie "The Last Emperor", Wen Xiu (played by Wu Junmei) and Wan Rong (played by Chen Chong) are fragmented
In the empty Forbidden City in the evening, the footsteps on the stone slabs reverberated leisurely, and the sunset arrogantly hid behind the Taihe Hall, and the sky gradually darkened.
More than thirty years later, Chen Chong and Wu Junmei reunited in the vast Forbidden City as empresses and imperial concubines in the costume drama "Ruyi Zhuan", which made people feel a lot of emotions.
TV series "Ruyi Zhuan"
A fragment of Ullanara Yixiu (Chen Chong) and Niu Hulu (Wu Junmei).
In those years, the beauties in costume dramas have stunned the lives of several generations, standing in the context of the current era to look back at those long-lost faces, their faces are no longer young, but in the same new world, they have their own taste and style.
Stories that have been left too long have fallen into the dust, and someone wants to learn about their golden age.
On July 3, 1982, the TV series "Journey to the West" was launched, which brought happiness to generations under the condition of limited technical and artistic expression, and became a collective childhood memory of Chinese.
"Mandarin ducks and amphibian butterflies fly double, and the spring color of the garden is intoxicating." Quietly asked the holy monk, the daughter is not beautiful, the daughter is not beautiful. ”
Stills of the 1986 TV series "Journey to the West" from the daughter king (played by Zhu Lin).
When you hear "Daughter Love", you will think of the story of episode 16 "Taking the Daughter Country".
At that time, the protagonists of "Journey to the West" had been finalized, and director Yang Jie was still worried about the selection of a role - the king of the daughter country.
In his mind, the king of his daughter country should be beautiful and charming, dignified and elegant. Yang Jie asked her friend Li Chengru to help find this person, and by chance, one evening, he saw Zhu Lin, who was also studying in the acting training class at the Beijing Film Academy, and it turned out that she had been looking for someone right in front of her.
Li Chengru was in the "Journey to the West" crew as a producer, and Zhu Lin successfully entered the crew with her outstanding appearance and oriental femininity.
This classic also put an indelible label on Zhu Lin - the king of the daughter country.
When the Tang monks came to the daughter country, the king of the daughter country fell in love with him at first sight, and he was full of admiration and wanted to trust the country and people and let him stay.
In the 1986 TV series "Journey to the West", the daughter king of the kingdom (played by Zhu Lin) and the Tang monk (Chen Shaohua) stills
That boudoir scene, filmed nine times before it passed, when filming began, Zhu Lin and Chen Shaohua could not enter the state because of nervousness, and director Yang Jie let everyone in the crew go out.
The king of the daughter kingdom looked at Tang Monk with affection, only to see that his forehead was sweating, and the whole person was cramped.
The two stared at each other for a long time, maybe this was the only emotional moment in Tang Monk's life, he was not a saint, he also had seven passions and six desires, but he was carrying the heavy responsibility of taking the scriptures, he had to give up his little love, and finally slowly spoke: "Please let the poor monk Go west to take the scriptures, if there is a fate in the next life..."
The king of the daughter kingdom was not reconciled: "I only talk about this life, and I don't want to live in the next life." ”
Finally, the king of the daughter country watched the Tang monk's fading back, and alone helped Sang to cry, and who knew what was going on in his daughter's heart.
When I was a child watching "Journey to the West", many people felt that the easiest thing to do was the daughter country, and later when I grew up, I learned that this level was the most difficult.
"Say what is the king's power and wealth, afraid of what precepts and rules, only wish that the heavens and the earth last forever, and follow the people I love."
In the 1986 TV series "Journey to the West", the daughter king of the kingdom (played by Zhu Lin) was fragmented
The classic "Daughter Love" still echoes in the ears, and many people are unhappy, but the years never spare people.
In 2005, Zhu Lin and Xu Shaohua reunited at the scene of the "Art Life" program.
The host asked: "If this drama is replayed, will you still watch it?" ”
Zhu Lin said, "My eyes have been locked, that is, the royal brother." ”
Suddenly, the applause from the audience was thunderous.
The 53-year-old Zhu Lin stood up and faced Chen Shaohua, who was sitting under the stage, and said: "It has been twenty years since her daughter's departure from the country. ”
Zhu Lin
Xu Shaohua, 47, also had red circles under his eyes.
These few words made people feel a thousand emotions for a while, in Zhu Lin's view, it was a love story with no end, and it was also a good story in the world.
There are many seven passions and six desires in a person's life, and there will also be many temptations, like the king of the daughter country who understands the general righteousness and finally regards love as a vision.
The king of the daughter country did it, and Zhu Lin hoped that she could do it herself.
After "Journey to the West", the daughter king played by Zhu Lin was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and became a popular goddess in the hearts of many people.
After that, Zhu Lin filmed a number of high-quality film and television works such as "Dramatic Life", "Six Groups of Serious Cases", "Great Qin Cavity" and so on, but the image of the "King of the Daughter Country" in "Journey to the West" was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and she showed it very calmly:
"A person has to play countless roles in a lifetime, and it is good for everyone to remember a classic image."
Now 69 years old, Zhu Lin has long faded out of the show business circle and lived a comfortable life with her lover, the only constant is her elegant and idyllic temperament.
After thirty-five years of separation from the "King of the Daughter Kingdom", Zhu Lin did not have to say goodbye to her again.
Zhu Lin in "Journey to the West" became the dream lover in the hearts of countless people because of the "king of the daughter country", and a year later, Xu Ke's costume love movie "Qiannu Ghost" made Wang Zuxian famous in one fell swoop, and was even called "the most beautiful ghost".
Pu Songling's mortals and female ghosts meet at Lan ruo Temple, and a poignant love story begins.
This film is adapted from Li Hanxiang's film, Xu Ke, a new wave man who returned from abroad, makes the meaning of love reflected to the extreme.
1987 film Ghost of a Woman
Stills of Nie Xiaoqian (Wang Zuxian) and Ning Caichen (Zhang Guorong).
In 1987, Wang Zuxian met Nie Xiaoqian, and she staged a ghostly love affair with Ning Caichen, played by Zhang Guorong.
At the beginning of filming, Wang Zuxian, who was only 20 years old, had a jerky acting skill, and Xu Ke felt that her walking manners were not right, so he asked her to go to a Chinese folk dance training class to study.
Zhang Guorong, who is experienced in acting, taught her the details of the performance in the process of filming, and Wang Zuxian called his brother affectionately.
Initially, Wang Zuxian, who took the initiative to audition, was rejected by Xu Ke's wife Shi Nansheng because he was too tall. She did not give up, insisted on finding Xu Ke himself, on the day of the audition, Wang Zuxian appeared on camera, and the whole crew was shocked by her beauty.
Nie Xiaoqian (Wang Zuxian) audition makeup photo
After putting on the costume, Wang Zuxian's temperament of being both immortal and demon, and not eating human fireworks was impressive, and the height problem had long been forgotten.
"Before I could say anything, seventeen or eight women came, as if they were absolutely gorgeous."
Fragment of Nie Xiaoqian (Wang Zuxian).
This is Pu Songling's description of Nie Xiaoqian's appearance at Lan Ruo Temple, wang Zuxian floating in a long white robe in the dark mountain forest, giving the audience the illusion of standing outside of time.
Xiao Qian, played by Wang Zuxian, is beyond people's imagination of the appearance of female ghosts in the 1980s, without any carving, and her beauty is natural, which is her first sight.
"Ten Liping Lake is full of greenery, and the jade hairpin secretly regrets the Chinese year."
If you have to protect the appearance of the rain cover, only envy the Mandarin duck and not envy the immortals. ”
Even if it was a demon, she was sad and emotional, and after being emotional about Ning Caichen, Nie Xiaoqian became timid and shy, and the girl's heart was all written on her face. Helpless people have different paths, and in the end they can't see each other when they die.
This love, which is destined to be tragic, does not hinder the short-lived wish in their hearts that "only envy the Mandarin Duck and not the Immortal".
Stills of Nie Xiaoqian (Wang Zuxian).
The role of Nie Xiaoqian made Wang Zuxian famous, she broke people's stereotype of female ghosts ugly and terrible, Xu Ke said: "Her beauty is simply overwhelming. Without any makeup, it is as beautiful as a photo, and it is unbearable to look at. ”
The characters under Xu Ke's lens are dressed in ancient costumes, but the emotions are modern, and in the hearts of Nie Xiaoqian and Ning Caichen, only love is always young.
When Wang Zuxian met Nie Xiaoqian, she seemed to see the most moving version of herself. In the beautiful Hong Kong showbiz circle, she is not an ordinary woman, which seems to be doomed to the ups and downs of her love road and her own sorrow.
After playing Nie Xiaoqian for many years, facing the camera, Wang Zuxian said: "People can have love, but when they love, they can't have feelings." ”
In those years, with Qi Qin, the love between Caizi and The Beauty came fiercely and was also full of dangers. Affectionately difficult to resist time with others, for the boyfriend's new song MV, barefoot running five gong feet grinding blood Wang Zuxian, was let down.
In 1989, Wang Zuxian, who had curly hair and a sweet smile on his face, told Huang Xia that girls always wanted to get married.
More than ten years passed, her hair changed to simple black straight hair, and she frowned and said, "In my dictionary, there is no marriage." ”
One day in the autumn of 2001, Wang Zuxian suddenly appeared at the press conference of the movie "Dream in the Garden" to announce the end of the film, a sudden decision that shocked the crew and reporters.
Perhaps, this is a parting that Wang Zuxian has been brewing for a long time:
"These days I have seen all the tragic accidents in the world, and suddenly I feel that I don't have enough time, so I decided to quit the film industry, live a life without cosmetics, and do something I want to do." Now I most hope to study abroad, and I believe that leaving is another beginning. ”
She said that she had been playing others before, and now she could finally live her own life.
In "The Ghost of Qiannu", Nie Xiaoqian and Ning Caichen love but can't, in real life, Wang Zuxian and Qi Qin's love for more than ten years cannot be settled.
The long road, the joy is always short and difficult to return, this is the trick of fate, but also her life script.
Later, everything about Wang Zuxian became a story that spread through the legend, and when she was young, she experienced the highlight moments brought about by the spotlight, and eventually she chose to disappear into the legend.
Wang Zuxian is 54 years old, she no longer dwells on past love affairs, and lives alone abroad.
Her interpretation of Nie Xiaoqian is frozen by time, not overnight brilliant, people's memories are closed, not ready to accept any new Nie Xiaoqian.
Compared with Wang Zuxian's heroism, Jiang Qinqin's face was soft and beautiful.
When jiang qinqin is mentioned, the first thing that people think of is still her ancient costume, which is beautiful and classical.
Bright eyes and teeth, face like peach blossoms.
In 1994, Jiang Qinqin was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy with the first place in the national art examination, and a year later, he was selected by director Yang Jie to star in the TV series "Xi Shi".
She was dressed in a pale robe, with a pink satin ribbon tied around her waist, slightly powdered, in line with the ancient poem "one point is too long, one point is too short, powder is too white, shi zhu is too red".
1995 TV series "Xi Shi"
Stills of Xi Shi (Jiang Qinqin).
Jiang Qinqin's eyebrows fluttered, and he looked down like a smile, making people see pity, like a person who came out of a painting, a pair of delicate eyes contained too much emotion.
She was 19 years old.
In June 1997, Qiong Yao was preparing to shoot "There Are Tears in the Sky", and was worried about the casting of the heroine Xiao Yufeng.
One day, she was walking at a newsstand on the street of Beijing, and she saw a photo of Jiang Qinqin in the magazine "Popular Movie" at a glance, and immediately asked her daughter-in-law He Xiuqiong to find the girl.
"We are the Qiong Yao crew, and we want to see you."
"Gentle as water, compelling." Qiong Yao has seen countless beautiful women, but still can't help but express such feelings, and even gave Jiang Qinqin the stage name "Water Spirit".
Later, this face that appeared in the magazine undoubtedly also appeared in Qiong Yao's TV series "There Are Tears in the Sky", which was very moving, and the actor on the subtitle was named "Water Spirit".
The supporting role for her is the actress Zhu Yin, who has become famous with Stephen Chow's movie "Journey to the West".
1998 TV series "There Are Tears in the Sky"
Stills of Xiao Yufeng (Jiang Qinqin) and Xiao Yujuan (Zhu Yin).
This Qiong Yao drama made 23-year-old Jiang Qinqin popular all over the country.
For many years since her debut, she has starred in many classic costume roles, Xi Shi, Yu Jiaolong, Second Dream...
But charming, but pure affection, as soon as she appeared, the people next to her were eclipsed.
After several costume dramas were filmed, Jiang Qinqin was called "the first classical beauty of the people" by the public.
Jiang Qinqin, who is always praised for his beauty, never thinks this is a good thing:
"I was really disgusted by people saying I was beautiful, and I wondered why people didn't see my acting skills. Then I must have a problem with the performance. ”
Stills of Xiao Yufeng (Jiang Qinqin).
In order to let his acting skills be seen, Jiang Qinqin hardly gave himself time to rest on the set, and it was snowing heavily in Beijing in the deep winter, and before dawn, he wrapped himself in a military coat and rushed to rehearsal, and his hands and feet were frozen and numb.
Her notebook is full of dense records, and she summarizes herself after each act, just to give herself a deeper understanding of the role.
At the same time, Jiang Qinqin became more and more resistant to other people's remarks about her beauty, and in 2002, the crew of "Half Life" found her to play a gentle and lovely sister Gu Manzhen, she did not hesitate to refuse, choosing the unpleasant sister Gu Manlu.
2002 TV series "Half Life"
Stills of Gu Manlu (Jiang Qinqin).
Jiang Qinqin's move fulfilled Lin Xinru, who played Gu Manzhen, and also fulfilled herself, and she used her superb acting skills to break the established impression of the audience on her for so many years.
"Half Life" is the original work of Zhang Ailing, as early as before, Wu Qianlian, Dawn, Mei Yanfang and many other movie coffees have starred in the movie version.
For Gu Manlu in the TV series "Half Life", Jiang Qinqin called this choice "an adventure to herself", and she vividly showed the thin coolness of Zhang Ailing's characters and the established fatalistic meaning.
After becoming an actor, Jiang Qinqin remembered his earlier years of singing drama: "I didn't have to talk to people when I was performing, my face was covered with heavy makeup, and no one could see that I was blushing and shy." ”
She is not good at words, and she often nostalgically misses those pure days.
Such Jiang Qinqin is paranoid, talking about her own difference, she said that she is not adapted to the lively atmosphere of the entertainment industry, in many interviews, she never hides that she is probably the most unsociable person in this circle.
Nowadays, after Jiang Qinqin and Chen Jianbin are together, she has put more time and energy into her life, which is the result of her active choice.
Jiang Qinqin and Chen Jianbin
Some time ago, on a variety show, everyone mentioned Jiang Qinqin, and the unified evaluation given was two words: "Beauty." ”
She herself was very disappointed, and Jiang Qinqin said that sentence almost the same as more than a decade ago:
"I think after all these years, people talk about me, still saying that she is beautiful, or not old, I feel like a failure... I have too few adjectives and too single, which is not what I like. I've been shooting scenes for so many years, and I hope that others will say that diligent acting has improved and changed..."
These words came out of her mouth, and it made people's hearts flutter.
Jiang Qinqin is 46 years old, and she is still stubbornly fighting against her beauty, which may be her fate.
The height she longed to reach was still out of reach.
Standing in this era, Li Ruotong is a distant name.
In 1995, the little dragon girl she played fell from the sky in a white dress, a lady's sword in her hand, punishing evil and promoting good, beautiful in the world, the original author Jin Yong said bluntly: "This is the little dragon girl in my mind." ”
She was 29 years old.
The 95 version of "Divine Eagle Hero" makes up for many regrets of the 83rd version of "Divine Eagle Hero", and the appearance of Li Ruotong and Gu Tianle makes people find the temperament of Xiaolongnü and Yang In jin's original pen.
1995 TV series "Condor Heroes"
Clips of Xiaolongnü (played by Li Ruotong) and Yang Guo (played by Gu Tianle).
For many people born in the 80s, a little dragon girl in a long white robe, holding a lady's sword, stands in the crowd, clearly distinguishing herself from anyone around her.
Li Ruotong's eyebrows are indifferent and cold, he does not eat the temperament of human fireworks, and he cannot produce a trace of heat and desire, which makes people can't help but stop and look at it a few times.
She herself was very desperate, motion sickness when filming TV series, she had to vomit several times a day, shooting martial arts scenes caused bruises and swelling, and the bones were injured and never rested and cried bitterly.
In order to maintain a good state, Li Ruotong lived in isolation during filming, asking friends not to look for her, and she could not sleep well at night.
Stills of Xiaolongnü (Li Ruotong).
Behind the use of life to interpret the work is the unpaid loss of one's own inner.
Due to the deep entry into the play as a little dragon girl, for a long time after the end of filming, Li Ruotong was still trapped in the play and could not get out.
She would stay out of the house for days, sitting alone on the balcony in a daze, and tears would flow out of nowhere.
After the broadcast of "Divine Eagle Hero", Jin Yong praised Li Ruotong:
"All her life, she loves to wear white clothes, and when she is really like the wind blowing on the jade tree, the snow wrapped in qiong buds, and the nature of the cold, it really deserves the description of 'cold soaking and dissolving the moon', and it can be said that it is very appropriate to give it with the three words of 'no vulgar thoughts'."
The beauty of the little dragon girl and the love of the little dragon girl have become the eternal nostalgia in the hearts of a generation.
Everyone says that "once you see Yang mistakenly for life", Li Ruotong's version of the little dragon girl is not haunting. To this day, "The Condor Hero" has been remade countless times, and it is still impossible to break free from the perspective of the fluttering clothes.
A smile of eternal spring, a cry of eternal sorrow, or so it seems.
Of course, the times will have their own nostalgic filters, time is also a magical filter, thousands of sails are exhausted, and real beauties and good works will naturally be left and remembered.
The tide dissipated, and Li Ruotong was a trace of mosquito blood left on his heart, which people could not forget for a long time.
In real life, Li Ruotong is very emotional and longs for a wholehearted love, but everything is wrong after all, and she did not wait for her own Yang.
The time is approaching the millennium, because she fell in love with a man she should not love, she said goodbye to showbiz, gave up herself, and finally waited for a breakup.
A piece of obsession, and finally let yourself have nothing. After the loss of love, fate did not want to let her go, Li Ruotong's father had a stroke, she stayed at her father's bed day and night, taking good care of her, but in the end she still could not stop the god of death from taking away her relatives.
The wind and rain all hit, Li Ruotong was depressed to the point of suicide, and finally she forced herself to exercise, up to two and a half years of treatment, finally let her gradually out of the gray past.
In 2011, the sixteenth year after the broadcast of "Condor Heroes". Li Ruotong and Gu Tianle met on the plane, and the first thing he blurted out was: "Aunt." ”
For a while, people can't help but feel a lot of emotions.
Looking back, almost all around the turn of the millennium, Li Ruotong, Wang Zuxian, Lin Qingxia... They have announced their retirement or retirement, and disappeared with them is the golden age of Hong Kong cinema.
For costumed characters, perhaps joy and sorrow have returned to dust. But for Li Ruotong, the sorrow and joy in the world are related to them.
Stills of Xiaolongnü (played by Li Ruotong) and Yang Guo (played by Gu Tianle).
In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, Wanrong did not think that she would become the last hostess of the Forbidden City, ending the noble personality that had been inherited for thousands of years - the empress.
The towering and thick walls, the bright yellow glazed tiles highlight the wealth of the past, but also isolate the outside world, and every red tile is coldly staring at the hurried passers-by in the cracks of history.
In 1932, the puppet state of Manchukuo was established, and the relationship between Puyi and Empress Wanrong reached the point of complete rupture.
Wanrong began to smoke opium to survive, had an affair with the guards, and gave birth to a daughter who died in less than half an hour, and the once elegant Wanrong went crazy and obeyed the mercy of fate.
The last empress dowager
On June 20, 1946, the last Empress Wanrong died at the age of 42.
There was no ceremony, no relatives to keep around, not even bones to be found, and the last empress turned into a bunch of loess at the turn of the new and old centuries, which was blown flat by the wind for a long time.
Chen Chong, the actor of the last empress Wanrong, recalled the days of filming "The Last Emperor", like an eight-month wedding, huge and lively and chaotic, she was an eight-month bride, waiting every day for director Bertolucci to lift the hijab and fall in love with her again.
"What I give her is my emotion, what I give her is this memory of myself."
In the most classic scene, Wanrong was disappointed and depressed, pulled down the petals, and stuffed them into her mouth piece by piece, and the pain that was suppressed under Mu Ran suddenly expanded.
1987 movie "The Last Emperor" Wan Rong (played by Chen Chong) clip
Chen Chong's face did not show a hysterical look, and when a string of tears rolled down, the vitality and pride of the last empress also disappeared.
For Wanrong's tragic fate, Chen Chong sighed and unreservedly externalized that despair and madness. For the pain of her life, she can already laugh it off:
Those costumed beauties and the memories of the times were gradually replaced by new film languages and new faces, and finally disappeared.
All that remains is a moment's recollection.