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Written by Kao Kami
Edited by Mo Shang Huayang
In the 80s of the 20th century, the "five golden flowers" of Huangmei Opera were Wu Qiong, Ma Lan, Wu Yaling, Yuan Mei, Yang Jun and other well-known opera artists.
Like the well-known "Female Horse" and "Tianxian Pei" and other classic "Huangmei Opera" works, they are all the five of them are good at it.
However, the "Five Golden Flowers", which are talked about by theater fans, have a very "delicate" relationship with each other.
It is even rumored that they once "fell apart", and finally left Anhui Huangmei Theater one after another to find a way out.
Now, the glory of these "five golden flowers" is long gone, and their current situation is even more regrettable!
1. Wu Qiong
Wu Qiong is considered by the industry to be one of the most talented Huangmei Opera performance artists in addition to Yan Fengying, which is enough to see that her strength is outstanding even in the "Five Golden Flowers".
In 1987, Wu Qiong won the first place in the Anhui Young Opera Performers Grand Prix, and in the following two years, she also won many awards in opera.
It stands to reason that such a very powerful opera artist should be the focus of training in any troupe.
However, Wu Qiong did not get the treatment she deserved because of the sentence "not beautiful enough", not only could she not appear on stage all year round, but she also had to play a supporting role all the time.
Until receiving an olive branch from the China Broadcasting Art Troupe in Beijing, Wu Qiong, who could no longer tolerate the long-term suppression, finally made up her mind to leave the Anhui Huangmei Drama Theater in 1992.
At this time, Wu Qiong also changed the traditional opera singing method before, and after studying with Professor Jin Tielin, she changed to singing "Huangmei Song" and joined the ranks of pop music.
Talented people can be particularly popular anywhere, and at that time, Wu Qiong wrote and sang songs such as "One Heart" and "All Wishes Come True", which were well received by the majority of fans.
One of them, "One Heart", also won the Silver Award of China Music Television at that time, which also gave her career a second new year.
Later, she also stepped into the entertainment industry with half a foot and filmed many TV series about Huangmei Opera, and she also met her "true love".
In 2004, 42-year-old Wu Qiong and actor Ruan Xun, who was 15 years younger than him, entered the palace of marriage together.
This still didn't stop the two from equally firmly "loving each other", and two years after marriage, Wu Qiong found that she had a baby.
It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, Wu Qiong was busy rehearsing "The Noble Lady Returns Home" in the theater during the period, so she accidentally suffered from a severe cold and took a lot of antibiotics.
Eventually, during the fetal examination, it was found that the child was likely to be disabled and could only be aborted.
Since then, Wu Qiong and her husband have never been able to have a child, which has become the most regrettable thing in her life!
Second, Ma Lan
Back then, Ma Lan was a "leader" in the Huangmei opera industry, and in 1982, she also played the role of "Tang Seng's mother" in "Journey to the West" and was well-known.
Moreover, because of her beautiful appearance, even if her singing skills are not as good as those of the other golden flowers, she still appeared on the CCTV stage in 1984 with "The Female Horse" and became popular overnight.
In 1988, after the TV series "Yan Fengying" starring her was broadcast, it was not only well received by the audience, but also won the Golden Eagle Award and the Feitian Award, which made her famous to a new high.
Since Ma Lan's fame can be said to be far ahead of the other four golden flowers, this also caused several people to start to have gaps, and the relationship was once in jeopardy.
Even later, Ma Lan was "faintly excluded" by the theater, and at that time, she was depressed and became fascinated by the world of books, so she met the famous scholar Yu Qiuyu.
Because Ma Lan admires Yu Qiuyu's writings very much, and the two gradually have different feelings in their daily interactions.
However, Yu Qiuyu was already married and had children at that time, but he still had close contact with Ma Lan without any scruples, and the two frequently exchanged letters.
Later, Yu Qiuyu's original wife, Li Hong, finally divorced him completely because she found her husband's letters with him, and chose to raise her daughter alone.
At this time, Ma Lan and Yu Qiuyu also entered the official announcement together, so their marriage was also questioned and spurned by the outside world.
Today, Ma Lan and her husband have been married for 30 years, but the two have never had children after marriage.
3. Wu Yaling
Wu Yaling is the only opera artist in the "Five Golden Flowers" who still remains in the Anhui Huangmei Drama Theater.
Once, when she first joined the troupe and went to Hong Kong to perform, her wonderful performances in Huangmei Opera "Tianxian Pei" and "The Female Concubine" were unanimously praised by fans.
Subsequently, Wu Yaling also amazed everyone with an affectionate and graceful song "Funeral Flowers" in the first national Huangmei Opera Grand Prix, and was ranked one of the "Top Ten Huangmei Opera".
Later, four of the five golden flowers left, and the only remaining Wu Yaling became the "fragrant bait" in the troupe, and she also had more opportunities to perform on stage.
Since then, Wu Yaling has had a smooth ride in Huangmei Opera, and in 2002, she also won the 19th Plum Blossom Award, China's highest opera, for the role of "Li Qianjin" in Huangmei Opera "Horse on the Wall".
Therefore, she is also the only one among the "five golden flowers" with sweet love and smooth career, and she and her husband Jiang Jianguo also gave birth to a daughter.
Jiang Jianguo is also an excellent actor in Anhui Huangmei Drama Theater, so the two are naturally together.
Moreover, the careers of both husband and wife are surprisingly "smooth", Jiang Jianguo was promoted to the director of the theater in 2011, and the two have frequently played major roles in important repertoire, and they have won a lot of achievements in the opera industry.
Even, it was rumored later that Ma Lan's departure from the theater was also related to the exclusion of the husband and wife, so the reputation of Wu Yaling and Jiang Jianguo has been criticized by netizens.
Fourth, Yuan Mei
Although Yuan Mei and four other opera artists are called the "Four Golden Flowers" of Huangmei Opera, although she was born at the Anhui Academy of Arts to study Huangmei Opera, she rarely retains any works about Huangmei Opera.
Moreover, Yuan Mei also left the stage of Huangmei Opera earlier, and in 1983, she was selected by CCTV to play the role of "attacking" in "Dream of Red Mansions", and completely stepped into the entertainment industry to become an actor.
Later, after the release of "Dream of Red Mansions", the ratings exploded instantly, and almost all the actors in this drama became famous because of this, among which Yuan Mei was also well-known to the audience.
That year, Yuan Mei thought that his acting career should be very smooth, but because the crew only had two places to stay in Beijing, Yuan Mei, who did not get the quota, could only go to the south to develop.
So, Yuan Mei stayed in the Guangdong Drama Theater to become an actor, and her acting career began to gradually improve.
The film and television dramas "Love in the Pearl River" and "Miss Public Relations" and "Sun Wu" filmed during this period have been unanimously praised by the audience.
With the explosion of her acting career, Yuan Mei planned to change the track, and in 2004, she served as a producer and filmed "Hometown Clouds", which was officially launched in this year.
Later, her friend Wu Qiong once said in her autobiography that Yuan Mei had a failed marriage when she first came to Guangdong to work hard.
Today, Yuan Mei is not only a well-known producer in the entertainment industry, but also a member of the CPPCC of Guangdong Province, but he really has a successful career and a happy family.
She also entered into marriage with a director in the circle, and the careers of the husband and wife are also very compatible, the only regret is that neither of them has given birth to children.
5. Yang Jun
Back then, Yang Jun was not taken seriously in Anhui Huangmei Drama Theater, and could only play some supporting roles, and the main roles in very important plays were almost not her turn.
At that time, the crew of "Journey to the West" found Yang Jun, so she wanted to get out of the original environment, so she followed her to Huangmei Drama Academy in Hubei Province.
Although Yang Jun only played a "village girl" who was killed by the white bone spirit in "Journey to the West", this opportunity allowed her to jump out of the original "unvalued" unit and usher in a new life in her career.
In 1990, Yang Jun finally ushered in the New Year of his career, but during the filming process, he found out that he was unexpectedly pregnant, and in order not to delay the filming process of the crew, she chose to abort the child.
Unexpectedly, only four years later, Yang Jun became pregnant again, but in order to better rehearse the new play "Unfinished Love", she gave up her child again and chose a career.
Later, Yang Jun's career developed better and better, but his body could no longer get pregnant because of two consecutive abortions.
Today, the 62-year-old Yang Jun has made extraordinary achievements in Huangmei Opera, but her only regret is that she failed to seize the opportunity to be a "mother" twice.
epilogue
Time passed quietly, and the "five golden flowers" of Huangmei Opera have gradually eclipsed in the years, and a new generation of "Five Golden Flowers" of Huangmei Opera has also quietly risen.
Nowadays, the "Five Golden Flowers" are no longer young, but they have all made indelible contributions to the development of Huangmei Opera, and they are also indelible memories of a generation.
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[2] "Huangmei Opera Performing Artist - Ma Lan"
[3] "Huangmei Opera Performing Artist, National First-Class Actor Wu Yaling"
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