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Preface
Recently, the 2023 China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival was held in Xiamen, Fujian Province.
Artist He Saifei won the Best Actress crown for her outstanding performance in "Chasing the Moon".
When she delivered her acceptance speech, tears welled up in her eyes, and she couldn't hide the joy and excitement in her heart.
Her moving performance left a deep impression on the audience.
In the movie "Chasing the Moon", He Saifei plays a character full of contradictions - Mr. Qi.
She is both a virtuous wife and a cold and ruthless liar.
She portrays the inner world of the characters deep into the bone marrow, so that the audience seems to be able to see every ripple of emotion.
For this reason, some netizens said that He Saifei was originally a professional Yue Opera actor, and let her play the role of "Teacher Qi", so she was naturally caught.
So, how did He Saifei embark on the road of acting?
In 1951, the Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe was established, which had a huge influence in the opera industry at that time.
He has traveled to all parts of the country to participate in performances, and has been invited many times to perform in Taiwan, Hong Kong and other places.
It has been well received by leaders and audiences, and has brought many classic Yue Opera works to the audience.
In the Xiaobaihua Yue Troupe, there are also "Five Golden Flowers", which are composed of five young and beautiful actresses.
They are: He Saifei, Mao Weitao, Dong Kedi, He Ying and Fang Xuewen.
When it comes to He Saifei, the audience is very familiar with her, and her fame has always been well-known.
Another actress, Mao Weitao, has also been active on the stage of Yue Opera.
For so many years, he has been silently sticking to the inheritance of Yue Opera.
So, how are the other "three golden flowers" doing now?
This has to start from 1982, let's take a look together, how the "Five Golden Flowers" were selected?
1. The origin of the "Five Golden Flowers".
The title of "Five Golden Flowers of Yue Opera" originated in 1982.
At that time, the Yue Opera industry in Zhejiang Province, in order to develop new talents and cultivate new forces, organized and held the "Little Hundred Flowers" performance activities in the province.
The event attracted more than 2,000 participants, and in the end, they selected more than 400 to hold a performance.
After the performance, they carefully selected 40 outstanding seedlings among the award-winning actors, and finally formed the Zhejiang Xiaobaihuayue Opera Troupe.
Among the 40 Yue Opera rookies, 5 girls are very eye-catching.
They are outstanding in terms of image, figure, singing, etc.
They are: 16-year-old Fang Xuewen, 19-year-old He Saifei, 20-year-old Mao Weitao, Dong Kedi, He Ying.
In order to create these new stars of Yue Opera, Gu Xidong, the leader of Zhejiang's drama industry, specially created a new play "Five Women's Birthday", and let five girls play an important role in it.
In 1982, "Five Women's Birthday Greetings" officially began to be performed.
As soon as the play was released, it caused a great sensation.
Through the changes in the Yang family's situation, the play vividly shows the cold and cold world, the warmth and coldness of human nature, and the beauty and ugliness.
The young actors, through their wonderful performances and emotional performances, have added a lot to the play.
In 1984, "Five Women's Birthday" was put on the big screen, and the wonderful performances of "Little Hundred Flowers" were seen by more audiences, and more fans felt the artistic charm of Yue Opera.
Since then, the title of "Five Golden Flowers" has begun to be called by the audience.
Although "Five Women's Birthday Greetings" made "Five Golden Flowers" an instant hit.
But after that, because of their different choices, the life paths of the five began to go their separate ways.
Looking back now, their life trajectories have long been different.
Second, there are two flowers, each beautiful
Since the movie "Five Women's Birthday", He Saifei and Mao Weitao, the two of them have not stopped interpreting.
Especially He Saifei, her acting career can be described as very successful.
After becoming famous, he has countless representative works, including: the movie "The Red Lantern Hangs High", "Fengyue", "Lust Caution", etc., and the TV series "The Secret History of Xiaozhuang", "Mansion Gate", etc.
In 1986, He Saifei participated in the movie "Dream of Red Mansions" directed by Xie Tieli, in which she played the role of Miaoyu and began to officially enter the film and television industry.
In 1991, she won the Golden Phoenix Award for Chinese Film for "Hang the Red Lantern High".
In 1996, she won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress for the movie "Behind Enemy Lines".
With her outstanding performance, she has won the love of many audiences and has also won many honors.
In terms of family, He Saifei's love life is also very happy.
She and her husband, Yang Nan, married in 1988 and had a son after marriage.
Yang Nan is He Saifei's first love, and the two met in Zhejiang Xiaobaihuayue Opera Troupe.
After getting acquainted, Yang Nan has been silently supporting her lover's acting career.
The two supported each other and went through many years of ups and downs together.
However, unlike He Saifei's career focus, Mao Weitao has always worked the stage of opera for so many years and adhered to his beloved Yue Opera career.
Over the years, many crews have thrown olive branches to her, but she has rejected them one by one.
She put all her energy on Yue Opera, saying that she only participated in Yue Opera-related works.
She is persistent in Yue Opera, which should be related to her experience since childhood.
In 1979, after graduating from high school, Mao Weitao was admitted to the Tongxiang County Yue Opera Troupe and studied under Yin Guifang.
In 1982, he entered the Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe.
At the age of 22, she won the "Chinese Drama Award Plum Blossom Award" with her classic masterpiece "Five Women's Birthday".
After that, he went all the way.
In 1989, she won the "First Prize" for her role as Lu You in the Yue Opera "Lu You and Tang Wan".
In 1993 and 94, he won the 3rd and 4th Wenhua Performance Awards respectively.
It can be said that it is soft to win the award.
With her outstanding performance, in 1991, the troupe let her take on the position of deputy head of the Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe.
In 1999, he became the head of the regiment and has held this position ever since.
In her performance and singing, she is always innovating.
Expand the subject matter to the world, and push the art of Yue Opera to a broader platform.
Today, at the age of 61, she is the only actor in the history of Yue Opera who has won the Plum Blossom Award for Chinese Theatre three times in 1985, 1994 and 2007, setting a precedent in the opera industry.
Throughout her life, she has been committed to the inheritance and development of Yue Opera, and has become a legend in the Yue Opera industry with her outstanding performance.
In addition to the famous He Saifei and Mao Weitao, what is the fate of the other three people in the "Five Golden Flowers"?
3. The other three have different fates
In Yue Opera performances, it is not easy for veteran actors to be popular.
But for Dong Kedi, this is not the case.
She is tall and has a naturally good voice, coupled with her calm typhoon, so the performance makes people feel majestic and domineering.
In addition, her personality is like water and very inclusive, which makes her have a magical chemistry when working with different actors.
Although she often plays a supporting role in the play, she has won praise from a large number of audiences with her strong singing voice and vigorous voice.
She also proved to the audience that "small people can shine".
Like Mao Weitao, Dong Kedi has always adhered to the stage of Yue Opera.
He has won many honors, such as the Plum Blossom Award for Chinese Theatre, the "Leading Role Award" for Magnolia Drama, and the "Best Actor Award" for National Yue Opera Youth.
At the same time, she also established a personal art inheritance center to continuously cultivate new talents for Yue Opera and make continuous contributions to the development of Yue Opera.
In recent years, she has put more energy into her family and gradually faded out of the stage.
Although she has left the stage, her influence and status in the Yue Opera industry cannot be ignored.
In contrast, the life trajectory of the other "two flowers" is a little more bumpy.
Back then, He Ying in "Five Golden Flowers" was not inferior to He Saifei in terms of singing or figure.
However, because of her wrong choice, her life took a huge turn.
In the 80s, on the stage of Zhejiang Xiaobaihua, many small flowers competed to open.
Among them, He Saifei and He Ying, the two small flowers, are particularly prominent.
Later, He Saifei began to focus on TV series and movie shooting, and He Ying became the "top flower" of Yue Opera Xiaobaihua.
After that, she successively starred in classic works such as "Grand View Garden" and "The Legend of the West Chamber", and won many awards.
Also in Zhejiang Province, the 5th Drama Performance Festival, won the first prize honor.
With her beautiful singing voice and beautiful appearance, she won the title of "Yue Opera Fairy".
However, when her career was in full swing, in 1989, she resolutely decided to give up her job and accompany her husband to the United States.
This decision changed the fate of her life.
After arriving in the United States, He Ying has changed from a well-known Yue Opera star to a housewife who worries about her livelihood everywhere.
The monthly rent, water, electricity, and food expenses overwhelmed her.
In order to make money, she had no choice but to go to work in the factory.
Who would have thought that during an operation of the machine, one of her fingers was broken by the machine because of her own carelessness.
Not only that, but the marriage that she has always fancied did not usher in a good result in the end.
In 1999, her husband chose to divorce her, and for a while, she became at a loss.
In a foreign country, she is alone, and she has a strong personality.
In order to survive, she gritted her teeth and persevered, went to take the beautician qualification certificate alone, and began to engage in the beauty industry as a source of income.
Years of experience have made her love more and more farther away.
She even thinks that she should never be able to return to the stage of Yue Opera in this life.
When she felt infinite regret, she received a special invitation.
Her master Fu Quanxiang held a special performance in Shanghai, and she especially hoped that her beloved disciple He Ying could come to participate.
In this way, when He Ying was 42 years old, she stood on the stage after a long absence.
At this moment, she burst into tears.
Taking this opportunity, after careful consideration, she decided to return to China to develop and regain her dream of Yue Opera.
Since then, He Ying has rediscovered herself in her artistic career.
He has successively participated in many works such as "The Legend of the West Chamber" and "Li Qingzhao", and is once again active on the stage of Yue Opera.
If He Ying hadn't given up her career because of marriage, would her artistic attainments be higher?
This question is also what Fang Xuewen, the "other golden flower", needs to think about.
Fang Xuewen is handsome and has a clear voice.
She is the youngest of the "Five Golden Flowers".
It is no accident that it can become one of the five flowers.
Her singing voice is very charming, her eyes are delicate and expressive, and her performance is chic and generous.
Since her career, she has sung many excellent Yue opera repertoire such as "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", "Han Palace Resentment", "Little Guxian", "Antang Recognizes Mother" and so on.
He also won many awards such as the "Wenhua Award" of the Ministry of Culture, the National Yue Opera Young Actor TV Grand Prix, and the Outstanding Actor Award.
Perhaps it is because the competition in the talented troupe is too fierce, coupled with the intricate interpersonal relationships in the troupe, she is tired of running.
So, in 2000, she packed her bags and went to the United States.
Since then, he has bid farewell to his Yue Opera career.
It is a pity that a generation of Yue Opera students left the stage she loves like this.
If she hadn't chosen to leave at the beginning, maybe she would have been able to shine on the road of Yue Opera.
epilogue
Time flies, and the years have passed.
The journey of life is full of ups and downs and changes, just like the different fates of the "five golden flowers".
No matter what kind of life we have, we must grasp the moment and cherish every moment we have.
At the same time, learn to let go, with a peaceful mind, to face the ups and downs of life, so that there are no regrets.