In 1987, a 17-year-old Peking Opera actor auditioned for CCTV's "Dream of Red Mansions" TV series. This is Zhang Jinglin, who was later called "the most beautiful Qingwen".
At that time, director Wang Fulin was facing a difficult problem - how to find the right actor to interpret Lin Daiyu's somewhat mysterious and complex role. After seeing countless candidates, Director Wang still feels that none of the candidates can fully interpret Daiyu's temperament.
At this time, Zhang Jinglin appeared. She is fresh and beautiful, with a classical demeanor, which makes Director Wang's eyes shine. Although the role of Daiyu was finally given to another actor Chen Xiaoxu, Director Wang still took a fancy to Zhang Jinglin's classical charm and decided to let her play the role of Qingwen.
Zhang Jinglin was born with a pair of big watery eyes, delicate and lovely, lively and clever. She vividly interpreted the image of Qingwen, a little naughty but delicate and loyal maid.
The character of Qingwen originally had a distinct personality, and Zhang Jinglin relied on his talent and opera skills to make this character vivid and vivid on the screen. Every time she blinks and shakes her head, she is naturally in place, without any sense of artificiality, and she is fully engaged in the role, successfully touching the hearts of countless audiences.
As soon as "Dream of Red Mansions" was broadcast, Zhang Jinglin also became a smash hit. Since then, she has taken the character's name "An Wen" as her stage name and carried it forward.
Playing Qingwen has become the masterpiece of her acting career.
In 1989, Li Yongyong played the role of Qingwen in the movie "Dream of Red Mansions". With her beautiful face and rich performance experience, she successfully created a three-dimensional and expressive image of Qingwen.
is different from the impression of Qingwen as a bird in the original book, Li Yongyong's version of Qingwen is more feminine, and there is firmness and stubbornness hidden in the flow of eyes. Especially in the scene where she and the attacker made up for her fur, Li Yongyong showed Qingwen's arrogance and decisiveness vividly with his eyes.
Her every look and every movement reveals the essence of Qingwen's brave personality. Li Yongyong not only has a good appearance, but also integrates rich experience in Yue Opera performances, and interprets Qingwen's demeanor and demeanor just right.
She successfully created a real three-dimensional image of Qingwen - a willful and stubborn Qingwen who is enthusiastic and passionate. Li Yongyong's wonderful performance of Qingwen made the audience look at this role with admiration, and also established her status as the "most beautiful Qingwen".
In 1991, An Wen tied the knot with Su Yue, who was 13 years older than herself, in Japan. The newlywed Yan'er's life did not last long, and Su Yue was arrested and imprisoned for fraud and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
This was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for An Wen, and the blow to her happy life caused her to fall into a trough of despair. An Wen locked herself in her room all day, letting the time pass, her eyes were empty, and the smile on her face had long since faded.
She looked forward to Su Yue's early return day and night, but she also knew that the 15-year wheel-like sentence was as long as a long river for their young couple. An Wen began to run around, participating in all the commercial performances she could participate in to raise savings, hoping to reduce Su Yue's sentence.
In tears, she closed the social accounts shared by the two and deleted all traces of her past life. The wealth and glory of the past are farther away than the clouds in the sky for An Wen now.
The years are quiet, spring goes to autumn, and the seasons change. An Wen gradually entered middle age after a long wait, and Qingsi was unconsciously replaced by gray hair. Finally, on a rainy day in 2018, An Wen received the sad news that Su Yue died in prison.
This bad news was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and An Wen cried bitterly and was overwhelmed with grief. She suddenly realized that the person she had been waiting for all her life would never come back. An Wen seemed to have gray hair overnight, and since then she has faltered, removed all her makeup, no longer set foot in the entertainment industry, and started a low-key writing life.
She hopes to soothe the pain in her heart through words.
Li Yongyong not only successfully played Qingwen, but in 2002, she also played the role of Ruan Xingzhu through the TV series "Dragon Babu". She vividly portrayed Ruan Xingzhu's character that was both enthusiastic and tenacious.
In the play, Li Yongyong not only excels in literary drama, but also interprets Ruan Xingzhu's martial arts movements smoothly. She is not only an excellent literary actor, but also an agile martial arts actor, both singing and acting.
Li Yongyong's rich performance experience has enabled her to successfully create a three-dimensional image of Ruan Xingzhu.
However, the good times did not last long, and several plays that Li Yongyong participated in could not be broadcast for various reasons, which was a huge blow to her acting career. Li Yongyong has always had the dream of becoming a versatile artist like Qin Yi in her heart, and she is not willing to be just regarded as a good-looking vase actress.
In order to realize his dream, Li Yongyong silently honed his acting skills behind the scenes, hoping to successfully transform and perform more profound literary and artistic works. However, opportunities are always so spiritual that she keeps waiting.
Today, Li Yongyong has settled in Beijing and lives a prosperous and decent life. Although she is still waiting for the opportunity to transform, she is no longer anxious. We believe that new opportunities will come, and she will devote all her efforts to perform more wonderful works.
An Wen and Li Yongyong, two hibiscus flowers that bloomed in the 80s, have both successfully interpreted the role of Qingwen in their respective versions of "Dream of Red Mansions". One of them is lively and naughty, and the other is stubborn and decisive, and they all interpret the image of this young lady-like maid vividly.
However, they have encountered a lot of ups and downs on the road to acting. An Wen has experienced a huge emotional blow and has lived in seclusion since then; Li Yongyong's acting skills are perfect, but he never waits for the opportunity to transform into a deeper role.
We can't help but sigh for the ups and downs in their acting and life paths.
However, no matter where fate takes them, their passion and pursuit of art in their most beautiful years are eternal. In that ignorant girlhood, they poured all their youthful blood into their ideals, and that shining appearance will become the halo of their lives.
We sincerely wish An Wen and Li Yongyong and hope that they will continue to carry out their dreams and perform more moving and profound works. No matter how their fate changes, the fire of youth that they once burned for art is always worth remembering.