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Editor ▏ Chang'an Hometown Love Entertainment
Every year on the eve of the National Day, there is always a grand scene: countless excellent films take advantage of this stall to present the National Day.
However, these films can stand out, and there are only a few that show their strength abroad.
This has to mention the Soviet Union's National Day tribute film "Heroic Tiger Guts", in 1958, this film not only won the unanimous love of the local Soviet audience, but also competed with Hollywood films, and won the highest box office with an absolute advantage.
Wang Xiaotang, the heroine of the "Heroic Tiger Guts" film, played by Alan, is also well known by the people of the whole country.
Wang Xiaotang was born in a small village in Kaifeng, a province with a large population. Influenced by the family environment, he has been familiar with Peking Opera since he was a child.
If it goes well, she will shine in the Peking Opera industry in the future. However, at that time, China was caught in the vortex of the War of Resistance, and in the face of life and death, Wang Xiaotang and his family decisively chose the former.
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Wang Xiaotang's father was an old military officer, and their station was invaded by the Japanese invaders, and their superiors ordered that the authorities and their families must quickly retreat.
Wang Xiaotang, who was only 3 years old, began to live a life of displacement with his parents, and Nanjing and Wuhan fell one after another.
They traveled all the way south to Chongqing to escape the war. Here, Wang Xiaotang met a beautiful mother-in-law. She often hugged Wang Xiaotang and told her that when she heard the siren, she must quickly hide in the bomb shelter, otherwise she would be bombed by Japanese aircraft.
Perhaps it is a saying that on the day of the bombing, this mother-in-law ran into the bomb shelter later than Wang Xiaotang and was unfortunately hit in the abdomen. After suffering for two hours, I finally closed my eyes.
Then the second bombing, and her uncle's residence was inevitable, and she vaguely remembered her mother crying and pulling her brother's belongings out of the rubble.
Looking at his mother's sad appearance, although Wang Xiaotang is still young, the pain of life and death is particularly impressive. At a young age, her heart was deeply shocked again.
It was not until 1948 that Wang Xiaotang's family finally moved to Hangzhou and settled down. The social turmoil made Wang Xiaotang's road to learning Peking Opera also full of ups and downs.
However, these reasons did not make her give up this hobby of study, and she often researched at home and practiced basic skills and singing. Even without systematic and long-term Peking Opera teaching, it can still be seen how solid her basic skills are.
These basic skills laid a solid foundation for her to become an actress later, but she never expected that this day would come so quickly.
At the age of 18, Wang Xiaotang had the idea of joining the army and immediately put it into practice: he became an honorable people's soldier.
Every step of life will not be taken in vain, and Wang Xiaotang's solid foundation in Peking Opera is perfectly suited to the policy of "a hundred flowers blooming" advocated at that time.
In 1952, the higher authorities decided to form a Peking Opera troupe, so they commissioned playwright Huang Zongjiang to lead the recruitment examination office to Shanghai. Among the entourage was Wang Xiaotang's lover, Yan Xiaopeng.
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By chance, Wang Xiaotang was quickly transferred to the General Political Peking Opera Troupe after passing the interview. From the old photos left by Wang Xiaotang, we can see that her beauty is still very eye-catching even under the photographic equipment of that year.
Big eyes and a round face look compelling. Especially her own lively personality, she is serious and reliable, the things entrusted to her are completed very properly, and her popularity in the army is getting better and better.
As long as Wang Xiaotang is performing in the army, the people who come to the scene must be the whole group. Gradually, Wang Xiaotang's name was naturally spread more and more.
Later, Changying Studio came to shoot "Mysterious Travel Companion", and the first person that came to people's minds was Wang Xiaotang.
The theme of this film is about the relevant negotiations with some people in remote areas such as Xinjiang in the early days of the founding of New China, and the story of defending the frontier with ethnic minority compatriots.
The character played by Wang Xiaotang not only has the scene of fighting wits and courage with the enemy, but also the emotional drama that the audience loves to watch. These scenes are naturally small scenes for actors who have learned systematic acting skills today.
But Wang Xiaotang is also making a movie for the first time, and there are the most difficult emotional scenes. When I learned that I had been selected, my feelings were mixed: nervous and excited.
In order to better show the role in front of the camera, she repeatedly performed the same scene to achieve the effect of excellence, until she was satisfied and everyone thought she could get by.
It is this serious interpretation that makes the role of Xiao Liying more cute and moving. Her kind and brave image hit people's hearts, and everyone began to pay attention to this little girl from Hangzhou, Wang Xiaotang.
She was obviously more handy when shooting the film "Hero Die Hard", and she cleverly applied her accumulated shooting experience to this time, and also designed some performances according to the characters.
In the end, an excellent film was presented to the people of the whole country, and this film also made Wang Xiaotang famous.
She is also known as China's most beautiful general, and her success in movies has not made her rest on her laurels. On the contrary, she has developed in various fields, participating in script creation and adaptation.
This is also the key reason why she can successfully transform from an actor to a director, and her directorial debut "Xiang" was loved and supported by the majority of audiences once it came out, and her ability was recognized by more people.
In 1988, he was appointed deputy director of Bayi Factory. This made her feel the responsibility and mission on her shoulders, and also strengthened her determination to take the road of film.
Under her leadership, the quality of films produced by the studio has also reached a higher level. She was also awarded the rank of military in the same year, and for four years she performed with distinction, being promoted to the post of director and party secretary.
The following year, he was promoted to major general, and Wang Xiaotang's personal ability is obviously the main reason why an actor can have today's achievements.
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In "Wildfire Spring Wind Fighting Ancient City", one person plays two roles, these two roles have a huge difference, Wang Xiaotang easily switched the two roles, creating a precedent in the mainland film industry.
But her life is bumpy and bumpy, and she is only a line away from life and death. Being emotionally and affectionately, she will be accompanied by pain for the rest of her life.
Yan Xiaopeng fell in love at first sight since he saw Wang Xiaotang and liked this beautiful and cute girl. The two people who often communicate gradually develop feelings for each other.
On Wang Xiaotang's 20th birthday, Yan Xiaopeng showed her his admiration, and finally waited for this day for Wang Xiaotang to accept it gladly. The two soon entered the palace of marriage in Beijing under the control of the family.
After that, Wang Xiaotang gave birth to his only son, Yanqun, in Beijing. The following year, Yan Xiaopeng also applied to be transferred to Bayi Factory.
Their son Yanqun grew into a handsome boy with excellent grades, and the family of three lived a happy little life, and happiness is self-evident.
All this came to an abrupt end in 1966. The turbulent era began, and Wang Xiaotang and her husband were temporarily arranged to work on a suburban forest farm.
Yanqun was temporarily placed in foster care with relatives because he was about to complete his studies. At a young age, nutrition could not keep up, coupled with the daily fear of the unknown, he suffered from hepatitis.
Wang Xiaotang and his wife, who were in the suburbs, were completely unaware of their son's state at this time. When his son Yanqun's illness became more and more serious and there was no cure, he was notified, and Yanqun was only 17 years old at this time.
Their only son left like this, and Wang Xiaotang and his wife seemed to have lost their souls.
In 1975, the scarred Wang Xiaotang finally returned to Bayi Studio with her husband. All the suffering turned into motivation for her to work hard, and Wang Xiaotang was 37 years old at this time, and they were not having children.
Earlier, Yan Xiaopeng revealed the idea of wanting to have another child, and Wang Xiaotang also said that he fully understood her husband's feelings. At the beginning, all the things of his son Yanqun, including the room, Wang Xiaotang was preserved intact.
Only these can make her feel that her son has been in this world, and she has not forgotten his son over time.
However, she cherishes her few artistic careers, and perhaps only by creating more and better works can Wang Xiaotang feel that it is the best consolation for her son.
Yan Xiaopeng immediately expressed his understanding, and after their personal exchanges, they always felt that in order to let the people watch more good movies, we don't have children if we don't have children.
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Later, many people persuaded Wang Xiaotang to have another child. She said: No, it's not him anymore. This is something that no matter how hard she tries in her life, she can't get it again.
Wang Xiaotang quickly found a new direction and began to write scripts and become a director. In the year she became a Bayi Film Studio, her husband Yan Xiaopeng fell ill.
Yan Xiaopeng, who was depressed all day, suffered from liver cancer. In his last days, Wang Xiaotang put down all the work at hand and accompanied her husband every day.
She hoped that the closest person in the world could accompany her more, but Wang Xiaotang's love failed to save her husband's life. Her son and husband left him one after another, and Wang Xiaotang felt that the whole world was bleak.
In less than a month, he lost more than twenty pounds, and he was haggard and predictable. She can only work day and night to cover up the pain in her heart.
Leading the factory to launch a number of high-quality products, even after retirement, she did not dare to stop. Don't dare and can't stop, stubborn, she is using her work to calm the pain caused by family love.
In the three years from 2012 to 2015, Wang Xiaotang received several lifetime achievement awards. Now 88 years old, Wang Xiaotang still speaks clearly and thinks sharply.
Although she is alone, her life is also rich and elegant. The death of her husband and son is also faintly painful when I think of it by chance.
Wang Xiaotang is an excellent filmmaker and pioneer of that generation, with his beautiful face and superb acting skills, let us witness the beauty of the heart and image, the beauty of the shape and the beauty of art.
That era forged her glory, and we will never forget those unforgettable times. After the loss of her son, her husband died early, and she is still elegant and strong.
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