"Yun wants to dress and flowers to think of appearance" was written by the great poet Li Bai to praise the beauty of Yang Guifei, and twelve hundred years later, this poem was derived from a beautiful name - Chen Yunsheng.
In the 1930s and 1940s, Chen Yunsheng was one of China's most influential film stars. In her less than ten years of film career, from Hong Kong to Shanghai, she has starred in 34 Cantonese films and 23 Chinese films, achieving extraordinary artistic achievements and being known as "China's generation of film queens".
Liu Yifei has attracted much attention for starring in the Hollywood Disney blockbuster "Mulan", and as early as 80 years ago in Shanghai Beach, Chen Yunsheng broke the box office record with "Mulan From the Army", and became red and purple.
On August 10, 1919, Chen Yunsheng was born in Guangzhou, his ancestral home was Taishan, Guangdong, and his original name was Chen Minqiang. The patriotic father pinned his daughter's name on the hope of a prosperous country and a strong country.
His father, Chen Zuyao, sought a position in politics, and his mother's surname was Jin, and he was born in Shuxiangmendi.
Chen Yunsheng has been strictly educated by her parents since she was a child, and after entering school, she can sing and dance well, and she has become a "little star" at the school entertainment party, and has been appreciated by the musician Yi Jianquan, and has become Yi Jianquan's disciple.
Yi Jianquan treated her like her own daughter, carefully taught her various skills, and took her to learn painting from Xu Beihong and poetry with the playwright Ouyang Yuqian.
Under the careful cultivation of Yi Jianquan, Chen Yunsheng grew into a beautiful woman with a superb temperament, good at Chinese, Kunqu opera, Beijing opera, Cantonese opera, singing, dancing, swimming, horseback riding, calligraphy and painting, which is admirable for her artistic talent.
At the Spring Lantern Festival of the "Su She" in 1933, Chen Yunsheng took the stage to perform the Peking opera "Farewell to the King", the Kun opera "Fei Zhen'e Lahu" and the dance drama "ChunSi", which made the applause from the audience thunderous, and Chen Yunsheng thanked him several times before stepping down.
Yi Jianquan looked at her like a heavenly immortal, and suddenly remembered the poem of Li Bai, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty: "The cloud wants to dress and flowers, and the spring breeze blows Revlon." So he gave her the stage name "Chen Yunsheng".
In 1935, Chen Yunsheng entered the film industry, playing Yang Guifei in the Cantonese film "Tang Palace Qi Dream" and Xi Shi in "Crushing Gu Sutai", performing well and embarking on the Avenue of Stars.
Su Yi, the director of Hong Kong's Lianhua Company, appreciated Chen Yunsheng's artistic talent and invited her to Hong Kong to serve as the heroine of the movie "New Youth". After the release of the film, the response was good.
16-year-old Chen Yunsheng is tall and handsome, and the film company rushed to ask her to be the protagonist. From 1935 to 1938, Chan made 34 Cantonese films in Hong Kong in three years and became a film star.
She made many patriotic films that publicized the War of Resistance, and in "Blood Splash baoshan City", China's first film directed by Situ Huimin, which publicly publicized the anti-Japanese resistance, Chen Yunsheng created the image of a heroine, which was praised and encouraged by Xia Yan.
In 1938, the Shanghai Xinhua Company began to shoot the movie "Mulan Congjun", written by the famous dramatist Ouyang Yuqian and directed by the famous director Bu Wancang, but the actress who played Mulan had not yet been found.
After Zhang Shankun, the manager of Shanghai Xinhua Company, went to Hong Kong to see the Cantonese film "Blood Splashed Baoshan City" starring Chen Yunsheng, he decided that the role of Hua Mulan was none other than her, and invited her to shoot "Mulan Joins the Army", and declared: "As long as Miss Chen is willing to go to Shanghai to shoot a drama, any conditions are easy to talk about!" ”
Chen Yunsheng's only condition was that his mother should accompany him, and this condition was certainly not a problem for Zhang Shankun. In this way, The Guangdong girl Chen Yunsheng signed a contract with Xinhua Film Company and came to Shanghai Beach in The Ten Mile Ocean Field.
Although Chen Yunsheng has made many films in Hong Kong, he has little popularity in Shanghai. Choosing Chen Yunsheng to play the heroine has a certain risk for the box office.
A month before Chen Yunsheng went to Shanghai, Zhang Shankun began to plan how to make her popular.
In order to let the people of Shanghai know about her, Zhang Shankun published a photo of Chen Yunsheng in the newspaper and sent a demagogic fake news: "According to authoritative sources, a major Hollywood film company in the United States has discovered a bright and healthy Chinese film star Chen Yunsheng in Hong Kong and will go to Hollywood in the United States to shoot a film." ”
Although mainland film fans do not know Chen Yunsheng, they believe that Hong Kong actress Chen Yunsheng can be favored by American film companies and must be a big star.
Since then, Chen Yunsheng's photos and news have increased, and after a month of fierce speculation, Chen Yunsheng has not yet arrived in Shanghai, and has become a well-known news figure in Shanghai.
In the Spring Festival of 1939, the movie "Mulan Congjun" starring Chen Yunsheng was released at the Shanghai Huguang Grand Theater in Shanghai, which sensationalized the isolated island of Shanghai and filled the scene for three consecutive months. It was then re-screened at the Shin Kong Grand Theatre, breaking the box office record of 84 consecutive days of "Fisherman's Song". The film was released nationwide, even in Chongqing and Yan'an.
When "Mulan From the Army" was released in Chongqing, there was an uproar.
"Mulan's Military Service"
There is an episode in the film that sings: "As soon as the sun comes out of the world, practice kung fu quickly, the robbers are not afraid to come, and send them back to their hometown." Some people believed that "sun" represented Japan, so they encouraged the audience to rush into the theater's screening room, burn the copy in demonstration, and demand that the film be banned.
When the news reached Shanghai, Zhang Shankun had a clever move, changing the lyrics of the film "The sun is full of the world" to "the sky is full of blue sky and day and day", so he turned the danger into a disaster, re-released in Chongqing, and achieved an unexpected record of selling out.
Chen Yunsheng's "Mulan From the Army" episode is also popular: "The moon is there, the moon is in that box." He took a picture of my room, and he took a picture of my bed..."
"Mulan From the Army" made Chen Yunsheng a blockbuster in the Shanghai film industry, becoming an idol worshipped by film fans, and then filmed "Cloud Fairy", which became popular in Hong Kong and Shanghai, and was known as "Southern Beauty".
In the past 5 years in Shanghai, Chen Yunsheng has filmed more than 20 films such as "One Night Queen", "Song Girl White Peony", "Jasper Hairpin", "Broken Hong Zero Goose", etc., several of which are historical films borrowed from ancient metaphors, such as "Qin Liangyu", "Fei Zhen'e Thorn Tiger", "Su Wu Muyang", "Gone with the Wind", etc., successfully shaping different beautiful women who can sing and cry.
Chen Yunsheng once said: "I used to perform a "Mulan From the Army", and later I acted in "Qin Liangyu" and "Fei Zhen'e Thorny Tiger", and I seemed to have read three books, three books with a sense of justice, and I sang three songs of righteousness. ”
Chen Yunsheng also made films such as "Wild Rose" and "Seeing the Light Again" that reflected reality, played the cousin of the qin in the giant film "Home" adapted from Ba Jin's famous works, and performed on the same stage with popular actresses such as Yuan Meiyun, Gu Lanjun, and Chen Yanyan.
Chen Yunsheng became the most popular actress at that time, and in 1939, The Qingqing Film, the largest film magazine in Shanghai, selected the top ten movie stars of the year, and Chen Yunsheng won 2769 votes from 2781 voters, and was elected as the new film queen.
Chen Yunsheng Film Fan Clubs have been established one after another across the country, and even if they are far away in Gulangyu Island, there are as many as 483 chen Yunsheng Film Fan Club members.
Overnight on the beach, there appeared yunsheng fashion companies, yunsheng dance halls, yunsheng cafes, and "yuncao" neon signs flashing dazzling lights in the night in Shanghai.
Some well-known brands have invited Chen Yunsheng to serve as an image spokesperson, the most famous of which is the Yin Dan Shilin advertisement.
In the 1930s and 1940s, the colorful qipao became the most moving flowing scenery on the streets of the metropolis, and the main fabric of the qipao was the blue-based YinDanshilin cloth.
As the image spokesperson of Yin Dan Shilin, Chen Yunsheng's allure style has entered thousands of households with the Yin Dan Shilin advertising and painting month card.
In the well-known "Miss Happy" advertising painting, Chen Yunsheng wears the cheongsam of Yin Dan Shilin, Qianying Yuli, generous manners, feminine and gentle, beautiful and calm, highlighting the charming oriental feminine charm, people can't help but want to chant "Yun wants to dress and flowers, and the spring breeze blows Revlon." ”
Chen Yunsheng's father had been bedridden for a long time, and she hoped that her father's illness would be cured as soon as possible, so she had a dream when she was a teenager: "It would be good to marry a doctor in the future!" ”
Chen Yunsheng, who likes sports, met Mrs. Lu when she played tennis, And Mrs. Lu's husband is a doctor, and when she knew that Chen Yunsheng wanted to find a doctor as a lifelong partner, she became a red bride.
The opportunity finally came, Mrs. Lu held a birthday party at a famous restaurant in Shanghai, and the young man sitting next to Chen Yunsheng was a little shy, and he handed Chen Yunsheng a business card with the inscription: "Tang Yuhan, president of Shanghai Zhongbi Lei Ingot Hospital."
Known as "China's first young cancer expert" and enjoying an international reputation, Dr. Tang Yuhan fell in love with Chen Yunsheng at first sight.
Mrs. Tang Yuhan tolu called Chen Yunsheng to come out to dinner, and at the beginning there were four people having dinner together: Tang Yuhan, Chen Yunsheng, and Mrs. Lu. Later, Mrs. and Mrs. Lu said goodbye first, and the dinner for four people turned into a two-person party.
The next thing is logical, as long as Chen Yunsheng is filming on the set, Tang Yuhan drives a car to pick her up and drop her up day and night, rain or shine.
Tang Yuhan waited at the door of the set for hours, and if someone came out of the set, he would be shy and pretend that the car was broken, and he would bow his head to repair the car.
In fact, everyone knows that they are dragging, and someone jokingly told Chen Yunsheng: "Miss Chen, the person who repaired the car is here again!" ”
One day, Tang Yuhan took Chen Yunsheng home, and when he arrived at the door, Tang Yuhan looked at the tired Chen Yunsheng, plucked up enough courage to hold her hand, and said: "Over the years, you have worked too hard to make movies. From now on, let me work hard, you don't have to run around! ”
Tang Yuhan's words moved Chen Yunsheng to tears and accepted his marriage proposal.
The film circle has always been a complicated place where fish and dragons are mixed, and Zhang Shankun's younger brother covets Chen Yunsheng's beauty and often harasses her.
In 1941, there was a sensational Meile Pharmacy Xiaokai Xu Daquan brother murder case in Shanghai, Xu Daquan fell in love with Chen Yunsheng, and his brother also took a fancy to Chen Yunsheng, and the two fought as soon as they were excited, causing a human life. Some gossip tabloids accused Chen Yunsheng of indirectly killing people, and finally Zhang Shankun launched a superb crisis public relations, saying that "the Chen Yunsheng is paramount dancer of the same name", and finally calmed the storm.
In 1942, Chen Yunsheng and Li Xianglan starred in the controversial "Wanshi Liufang", which was angrily denounced.
Chen Yunsheng Li Xianglan
Confined to the delicate political situation, the 24-year-old Chen Yunsheng decisively made the decision to marry and retire at the peak of his career.
In 1943, Chen Yunsheng and Tang Yuhan held a grand wedding ceremony at the French Association in Shanghai (now the Garden Hotel), and immediately announced their farewell to the film industry. Chen Yunsheng's rapids and courage made fans sigh, and the Shanghai newspaper published a cartoon, borrowing the mouth of a college student film fan and saying: "Really angry, Chen Yunsheng will marry Tang Yuhan with four eyes." alas! I had to kill myself. ”
Chen Yunsheng Tang Yuhan
Chen Yunsheng's concept of marriage is very traditional, she said:
"One cannot have everything, both a career and a family. When I was an actor, I tried to be a good actor; after marriage, I wanted to do my best to be a good wife; after having children, I had to do my best to be a good mother.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chen Yunsheng was included in the list of "people with rebellious shadows" and was summoned by the "Supreme People's Procuratorate." Tang Yuhan was accused of medical malpractice, and the couple had to avoid Hong Kong and stay away from the whirlpool of public opinion.
Chen Yunsheng washed away the lead and entered the family life, avoiding the difficulties and tribulations commonly encountered by Chinese filmmakers in that era, and also obtained a successful marriage that was rare for female stars in that era.
In 1951, Zhang Shankun founded the Great Wall Film Company in Hong Kong, invited Chen Yunsheng to return to the film world, and starred in films such as "Moon Bending and Bending to Illuminate Kyushu" and "Spring In the Garden". She then returned to her family, taught her husband and children, and only occasionally came out to make films, and her last film was "Dream of the Red Chamber" starring Lottie in 1962.
When Tang Yuhan and Chen Yunsheng were married, he said on the stage: "From now on, I will live for you." At that time, Chen Yunsheng stood next to him and smiled, thinking that if he listened to such a good word, he would just listen to it. Unexpectedly, Tang Yuhan did what he said, and they had never quarreled once in their lives.
Tang Yuhan said that in addition to the work of the hospital, everything else was left to Chen Yunsheng.
From 1943 to 2014, Chen Yunsheng and Tang Yuhan experienced a long married life of 71 years, always loving as ever, like a drum and a qinser.
Their three children have gone abroad to break into the world when they reach adulthood, and the old couple lives in a villa by the mountains and the sea, living a simple and orderly diet.
They adhered to the ancient adage of "a porridge and a meal, when thinking is not easy to come by", after eating, there will never be a single grain of rice left in the rice bowl.
After Chen Yunsheng was 40 years old, he did yoga for two and a half hours a day, insisted on it for decades, and at the age of 80, he could bend his body into a circle and maintain his figure very well.
In 1997, the couple donated a huge amount of money to establish the Ningbo University Medical School and Tang Yuhan Medical Center in their hometown of Ningbo.
In his later years, Chen Yunsheng was in front of a portrait of himself at home
Chen Yunsheng, who is nearly eighty years old, also served as a judge in the 1997 Hong Kong Sisters Competition, and she is still charming and dazzling. The most famous Hong Kong sister in that session was the runner-up She Shiman.
In 2014, Tang Yuhan died at the age of 101, and on the evening of June 29, 2016, Chen Yunsheng, known as the "last shadow queen of the Republic of China", left the world in his sleep at the age of 97.
A woman's greatest happiness is to do what she loves and be deeply loved by the person she loves.
Chen Yunsheng is such a woman with a double cultivation of happiness and wisdom, with impressive achievements in her career and a happy marriage in love. She summed up her life by saying:
"When I'm not happy? I think I'm really thankful to God that I didn't meet it at all. Acting in Hong Kong is smooth sailing, to Shanghai has become a household name, during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression lived in the French Concession where there was no trouble, is worried about how to avoid Japan's united front and want to retire, and then encountered this heavenly relationship with Dr. Tang, after coming to Hong Kong is more smooth, you say I can still say that this life is not perfect? ”
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