Many people say that the Republic of China is a turbulent and romantic era, with countless shining figures emerging, although the torrent of history rushes by, but it adds a timeless texture. In the opera industry, the name of the red line woman is very loud, she has made a significant contribution to the development of drama, can be called the elder figure in the industry, and has left a strong memory in history.
But in her life, it seems that only drama has always accompanied her, many times, her side is full of loneliness, and the road to feelings is even more bumpy, she has experienced four marriages, choosing to spend her old age alone.
Born in a family of drama, the Woman of the Red Line, formerly known as Kwong Kin-lien, has been interested in drama since she was a child and has also developed a strong interest in drama. In 1938, the Red Line Woman went to her aunt's house in Hong Kong to begin her career as a teacher, and usually took a stage name after entering the industry, which was called Xiao Yanhong at that time, and it was also at this time that she met Ma Shi Zeng, who was half of the sky.
As early as the red line girl was five years old, Ma Shi Zeng had already become famous and became a popular Cantonese opera red collar in Nanyang, but later his career suffered many setbacks, and he decided to go to Hong Kong to develop, so he became a red line female teacher, under the guidance of Ma Shi Zeng, the red line girl learned a lot of skills, and also joined the Taiping Opera Troupe and began to perform on stage.
After the fall of Hong Kong, she followed the troupe to perform after the war, even if the conditions were difficult, she did not give up, in 1943, the red line girl finally ushered in the opportunity to become famous, when the troupe played the princess Hua Dan when performing the brutal princess Huan Ma suddenly felt uncomfortable, had to be replaced by her, did not expect that the red line woman directly on the stage a blockbuster, since then became the head of the troupe Hua Dan, the stage name of the red line woman was born in this period.
In 1944, Ma Shi and the Red Line Woman married, the two have an age difference of more than 20 years old, when Ma Shi was already 44 years old, the combination of old husband and young wife, let them rise to a lot of fame. But in the heart of the red line woman, she has always regarded Ma Shi as a teacher, and has not touched the feelings of men and women, even after marriage, the topic between the two is mostly about performance and work, coupled with the relatively large personality difference, life is not very complete.
Later, the two gave birth to three children, it seems that there is no gap with ordinary couples, but the cold and warm, I am afraid that only they themselves know, this marriage lasted for ten years, the two sides chose to divorce. In her later years, the red line woman recalled that the marriage was not voluntary, and there was too much helplessness, and finally chose to separate because once she saw her husband and the strange goddess boarding the ship together after filming, and it turned out that the two had been together for three years, and only she was buried in a lie.
Although there is no emotional fate, the two have the same world view, so even after the divorce, they have a lot of cooperation, the same stage performance is also very common, and they are still good partners at work. Later, under the guidance of Ma Shizeng, the Red Line Woman gradually formed the Ma Pai singing voice, and integrated a variety of performance films and television into Cantonese opera, and since then it has risen in the circle and has a very high reputation.
In 1955, the two returned to Guangzhou together, enthusiastically promoted the development of Cantonese opera, and were also welcomed by local audiences, but what many people did not know was that at that time, they had long been divorced, but they were not made public, and later the two sides cooperated many times, co-starring in classic works such as Qu Yuan and Zhaojun.
After the two divorced, Ma Shi once married a beloved, but died of illness at the age of 64, and the emotional life of the red line woman was also quite rich. When she worked on the Hong Kong set, she met the Yellow River again, the two quickly entered the hot love, at that time the Yellow River was tall and handsome and atmospheric, and after the red line woman met, the two seemed to find a perfect match for each other's hearts, after the love affair was announced, the outside media was very optimistic about their feelings.
But it is very regrettable that after the failed marriage, the red line woman's heart is career-oriented, inspiration to carry forward Cantonese opera, she has a full of enthusiasm into the opera industry, so in Ma Shi and the troupe ready to return to Guangzhou to develop, she also resolutely decided to go along, so she proposed to the Yellow River to break up, so as not to affect the career.
Originally in a state of deep affection, he was suddenly forced to break up, which made Huang He feel very depressed, but he did not give up, but chased all the way to Guangzhou, hoping that the red line woman would go to Hong Kong with him, but he never succeeded in persuasion. Hit by the emotional injury, the Yellow River made a move to take his life in Hong Kong, fortunately he was finally rescued, perhaps because of love and hate, depressed mood, since then he also publicly wrote angry insults to the red line woman This matter was boiling at the time, and the contradictions between the two sides seemed to be difficult to reconcile.
Later, huanghe went to Taiwan to develop that deep and warm feeling became his lifelong regret, so he wrote down the story and adapted it into a movie, which is an account of the past. In the heart of the red line woman, the Cantonese opera career is always the most important, although love is romantic and beautiful, but because there are more meaningful things in the heart, so feelings have to become a foil.
After the entanglement with the Yellow River ended, she and Zhao Dan had feelings for each other, and once the news that they had lived together was reported, but at that time, Zhao Dan had a family, and wanted to divorce his wife and bravely follow love, but later considering that the children of both sides were still young, and their situation was very difficult, under the persuasion of his friends around him, he could only dispel the idea of divorce, coupled with various practical reasons, this relationship ended without illness, Zhao Dan also died at the age of 65, and failed to stay with his beloved.
His daughter recalled that not being able to marry the red line woman has become a lifelong regret of the father, fate has always been time-sensitive, if it is doomed to wait for the end, it is better to let go as soon as possible, this is also the attitude of the red line woman to life, until the end of her life, she will hide this feeling in her heart, unwilling to mention to the outside world.
When ma shi had divorced, the red line woman was only more than 30 years old, in the busy work, she did not lose confidence in the feelings, still hope to find the right person for herself, and later someone told his son Ma Dingsheng said that the red line woman is about to get married, which makes Ma Dingsheng feel difficult to accept, and quickly wrote to his mother to pour out his inner thoughts. In the family letter, he said that after asking his mother not to get married and having a new family, he would be as miserable as his eldest brother.
In fact, for so many years, she dedicated her enthusiasm to Cantonese opera, for several children in the family usually take care of not much, rarely will have such a frank heart, so after this, she has always remained single, no idea of getting married again, has been with the children, even in the turbulent years, she is also alone under pressure, doing the responsibility of the mother.
In 1975, the red line woman was over 50 years old, but still running east and west for the cause of Cantonese opera, once at a cultural exchange meeting in Beijing, she met her former friend Huashan, after most of her life and found someone who understood herself, the two quickly chose to flash marriage, even the relatives around them did not expect that they would get married so quickly.
Finally enjoying the red line of married life, there is no other idea in her heart, only hope to live happily with Huashan, accompany each other in the twilight years, and give each other care and consideration for work. When they came down, the two would go out for a walk, sometimes discuss the script, life is quite comfortable, but Huashan itself suffers from liver disease, who wants to suddenly deteriorate, can only be sent to the hospital for treatment, during the hospital treatment, the red line woman has always been inseparable, the care of Huashan, only hope that his illness can recover. At that time, her salary was only a few hundred yuan, all used to treat her husband's illness, but unfortunately, in the end, she could not exchange Huashan's life for death in the hospital.
Emotionally repeatedly hit, so that only 60 years past the red line woman has been full of silver hair, children are married and scattered everywhere, she returned to a lonely life again, the rest of the time, the red line women live in Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Village, lonely figure and wide house compared to, it seems so pitiful and sad, people do not understand the importance of companionship until old age.
Ma Dingsheng said in his memoirs that it was not until after his mother's death that he suddenly understood that it was not easy to survive more than 40 years of single time, and in 2013, the red line woman left the world forever with her dedication to art, and those lonely and helpless lives were gradually forgotten by everyone with the passage of time.
In fact, before his death, Ma Dingsheng returned to Hong Kong to hold a lecture, when the red line woman dragged her waddling pace, sitting nearest to her son, listening carefully from beginning to end, unwilling to miss any words. After the lecture, she pushed off the meal with the apprentice, insisted on eating lunch with Ma Dingsheng, and disregarded her body, personally sent her son to the train, her eyes were full of reluctance, that reunion became the last memory of the mother and son, originally after a period of time to go to the Red Line Girls' Day, the child also agreed to return to Guangzhou together to wish her a happy birthday, but never wait.
In the history of Cantonese opera, the Red Line Woman was once the leader of the glorious era, and her dedication to art has long become a spirit, touching countless artificial arts that pursue their dreams. The red thread woman who dedicated her life to the end, as she expected, created her own dawn and always maintained the integrity of the artist.
However, leaving aside the vision, leaving aside the wonderful and colorful artistic career, in most of her life, the red line woman is lonely, and the stage after the loneliness does not live up to the hilarity and dazzling, and what remains is probably the background of life. Well, today's sharing is here, if you like Yu Jie's sharing, welcome to like and follow!