In 2020, when her last ray of life was extinguished, the 95-year-old Huang Zongying finally closed her eyes that had experienced ups and downs.
As a famous contemporary artist, she used her brilliant life to interpret the unremitting persistence in the persistent pursuit of love.
Looking back on Huang Zongying's long and legendary life, it is not difficult to find that her desire for love seems to have never stopped. Until the last moment of his life, this attachment was never extinguished.
Let's go back to the early 90s of the 20th century, when the 68-year-old Huang Zongying and the eighty-year-old literary hero Mr. Feng Yidai reunited in the beautiful Shanghai.
In fact, the two formed an indissoluble bond decades ago. At that time, Huang Zongying's husband Zhao Dan even respectfully asked her to call Mr. Feng "second brother".
In the era when Zhao Dan and Mrs. Feng's parents were alive, the two families often visited each other.
Until the time of reunion, a trace of warmth ignited in the hearts of both of them. However, due to secular concepts and age restrictions, they could only greet each other with affectionate titles such as "second brother" and "little sister" at first.
Gradually, through the constant correspondence, the love between the two began to become deeper and more intense.
In the letters, Huang Zongying often uses intimate titles such as "a partner who never loves enough" and "second brother who loves deeply" to reveal his sincere emotions directly.
These passionate letters spread like wildfire across the country, touching countless readers, and their heartfelt stories were even published in newspapers by the media, under the title "Pure Love."
In this way, in the shuttle of letters between you and me, the love of the two old men for each other became deeper and deeper. It wasn't until 1993 that Huang Zongying finally moved Mr. Feng Yidai with an affectionate letter entitled "Smart Silly Second Brother, Do You Understand?"
In this loving letter, she confided to him the most fervent love in her heart without reservation.
The road is rugged and inspirational
To trace the root of Huang Zongying's bumpy fate, we must start with her difficult childhood.
Born in 1925, she is the fifth in a thriving family of eight.
His father, Huang Zengming, studied in Japan and had expertise, but after his unfortunate untimely death, the family's life fell into difficulty.
When he was 9 years old, Huang Zongying could only follow his mother to seek closeness and go to Tianjin to seek refuge with relatives and friends. In order to alleviate the burden of her mother's protection, she resolutely interrupted her studies and dropped out of school to do nothing at home.
It wasn't until she was 15 years old that Huang Zongying, a poor but proud girl, came to Shanghai alone and took refuge with Huang Zongjiang, a popular playwright and theater conductor.
With his extraordinary talent and the influence of his brother, Huang Zongying soon made a name for himself in the Shanghai Drama Art Society and officially embarked on his own acting career. In 1941, she became an instant hit in the movie "Sweet Sister", and from an unknown poor girl to a hot new star in the film industry, she was widely favored and loved by the audience.
At the same time, Huang Zongying also met her short-lived first love, the conductor Guo Yuantong. The two hit it off at first sight, hated each other late, and soon entered the palace of marriage like stress.
Who would have expected that the honeymoon period of the newlywed would die, and Guo Yuantong suddenly died of a congenital heart attack on the wedding night. What makes people feel even more angry and betrayed is that the Guo family deliberately concealed this great fact before marriage.
This sudden blow undoubtedly brought huge trauma to Huang Zongying's heart. For half a year after Guo Yuantong's death, she was immersed in painful self-torture and on the verge of despair.
Fortunately, the kind-hearted Cheng Shuyao rescued her in time, not only inviting her to join her drama club, but also allowing her to regain her fighting spirit and embark on the road of art again.
Under Cheng Shuyao's enthusiastic care, Huang Zongying quickly got rid of the haze, and the two entered the palace of marriage soon after. However, due to the huge difference in living habits, they eventually chose to separate.
Despite this, Cheng Shuyao's care and concern for Huang Zongying has always been consistent, and this warm love has touched her deeply.
The turning point came in 1947.
Pure love
In 1993, the 77-year-old Huang Zongying and the famous writer Feng Yidai, who was over eighty years old, fell in love and started a touching romance in his later years.
Their friendship can be traced back to the lifetime of Huang Zongying's third husband, Zhao Dan, when they were already close friends and had great respect for each other.
The years flew by, and as they entered the last journey of their lives, the reserved and restrained shell finally could not hide the long-standing love in their hearts.
Yes, this pair of old men, who were once bound by the world, finally mustered up the courage to confide in each other after a warm exchange of letters.
In the letters, they call each other affectionately with affectionate titles such as "never tired dear" and "my most devout beloved", telling them of their endless affection for their lovers.
This heartfelt, pure and flawless love has an eternal meaning that transcends birth, old age, sickness and death, and everyone is moved by it.
One day in 1993, the old man who was in love with each other walked into the palace of love and began their happy cohabitation life.
In the years that followed, Huang Zongying served Feng Yidai, who was suffering from illness, wholeheartedly, and took care of his daily life and diet with the most sincere love. As Feng Yidai's eldest son said: "It is precisely because of her that my father was able to go through those difficult days and continue his life."
The growth mark of the girl Huang Zongying
Huang Zongying was born in Beijing in 1925 and grew up in a scholarly family. She is fifth in the family, with four brothers and three sisters, for a total of eight children.
His father, Huang Zengming, studied in Japan, has a profound education, and has outstanding professional skills, bringing a decent and stable life to the whole family.
Under the care and care of his parents and the company of his siblings, Huang Zongying spent the first nine years of his carefree childhood. But the good times did not last long, and in 1932, she had to leave Beijing with her parents and settle in Qingdao.
Soon after, a sudden change shrouded the family in a dark cloud - the pillar of the family, Mr. Huang Zengming, passed away suddenly, leaving only a strong wife and several young children.
Faced with the situation of being surrounded by four walls, Huang Zongying's mother shouldered the burden of the family. However, in those days, the power of a woman was so small that she could not take on the burden of raising so many children on her own.
In desperation, the mother and daughter could only support the young Huang Zongying again and go to Tianjin to seek refuge with relatives and friends.
In order to avoid increasing her mother's burden, Huang Zongying immediately interrupted her studies shortly after arriving in Tianjin, giving up her longing and expectations for the university. Despite her excellent academic performance, the reality of the moment forced her to make this painful choice.
Great regret gripped the poor girl, but her father's teachings made her reverent and reverent for knowledge, and strengthened her determination to strive for her ideals.
In 1940, 15-year-old Huang Zongying set off for Shanghai with 40 silver dollars given by his mother, and began to look for his brother Huang Zongjiang, who was working hard there. This seemingly simple decision completely changed the course of her life.
After joining the troupe, Huang Zongying worked hard and quickly won everyone's love and appreciation. A temporary substitute opportunity allowed her to brilliantly play a vulgar and rude aunt's wife, which kicked off her acting career.
The separation of four marriages is painful
However, the tricks of fate often come too cruelly. During the honeymoon period of the newlywed, a family secret was ruthlessly revealed - Guo Yuantong suffered from congenital heart disease, and this fictional wedding was just to give him joy.
Faced with the sudden death of her husband, the young Huang Zongying was heartbroken and grief-stricken. She silently guarded her lover's side until Guo Yuantong spit out his last breath and watched him drift away.
In order to get out of the haze, Huang Zongying joined the drama club of his brother and friend Cheng Shuyao. Here, she regained her confidence and hope in life. Gradually, Cheng Shuyao's gentle and considerate, mature and steady personality touched her young, and the two knew and fell in love with each other, and they got married in 1946.
But the good times didn't last long, and the huge differences in living habits made it difficult for them to help each other together. In the end, in order to let Huang Zongying live a comfortable and comfortable life, Cheng Shuyao made a difficult choice - to move out of the apartment and live alone.
Despite this, he still cared for his wife wholeheartedly as before.
However, Huang Zongying's heart has long been tired of this loveless marriage. In 1947, when working with the film master Zhao Dan, Huang Zongying was impressed by his extraordinary talent and unfortunate circumstances, and the two fell in love with each other.
Although he knew that Zhao Dan had been painfully betrayed by his wife Hongxing, Huang Zongying still married him firmly and willingly became the stepmother of Zhao Dan's two children.
As a stepmother, Huang Zongying is considerate and gives Zhao Dan's ex-wife and two children meticulous care. She worked hard to take care of the children's daily life, understood their preferences for music and dance, and accompanied them through that lonely time.
As Zhao Dan's daughter confessed emotionally in a letter: "I will always remember the person who loves me like a mother - Huang Zongying's mother."
However, all the good things can't cover up the rifts in this marriage. Zhao Dan's ethereal and strange jealousy and unreasonable violence made Huang Zongying feel endless pain from the bottom of his heart.
Once at a signing party, Zhao Dan went crazy in public and threw Huang Zongying's wine glass to the ground, although she was humiliated, she still silently endured her husband's violence with great tolerance and tenacity.
In 1980, Zhao Dan finally died of illness, and Huang Zongying was alone again and fell into a long and painful torment.
The screen stage is famous
Since becoming an instant hit in the movie "Sweet Sister" in 1941, Huang Zongying has shown her extraordinary acting talent on the screen. She brilliantly portrayed the image of a rich lady, charming and gentle, intellectual and generous, and won unanimous praise from the audience.
Since then, Huang Zongying has frequently appeared on the screen, and every time he plays a new role, he will be meticulously crafted and dramatized like life, perfectly presenting the inner world of the characters.
Her comprehension and control of lines, and her use of body language all show the professional qualities of an outstanding actor. With the increasing fame, Huang Zongying quickly became the focus of attention in the entertainment industry.
In addition to his outstanding acting skills, Huang Zongying is also a talented writer. Her pictorial words tell the ups and downs of the world, depicting the various forms of human nature, which is fascinating.
Her dedication to knowledge and the persistent pursuit of art finally achieved great success in her later years.
As the famous film master Zhao Dan commented on her: "If there is no Feng Yidai, how can there be a new life in drama?" It can be seen that Zhao Dan is a person who truly knows how to appreciate and comprehend Huang Zongying's artistic attainments.
The two worked closely together, and Huang Zongying regarded Zhao Dan as a mentor and enlightenment teacher for his career.
Huang Zongying rose step by step on the road of art, and his reputation spread far and wide, and he naturally became the darling of social occasions. She often entertains and feasts, never ends. However, due to Zhao Dan's limited income, the family's expenses mainly rely on Huang Zongying's gains in the art world.
This busy and busy life pattern made Zhao Dan's love for his wife begin to be suspicious and jealous.
Once at the signing party, Zhao Dan saw Huang Zongying talking intimately with the organizer, and he seemed very relaxed, his jealousy exploded in an instant, and he angrily stepped forward and slammed the wine glass in Huang Zongying's hand to the ground.
Despite being so humiliated, Huang Zongying still endured her husband's violence silently with great tolerance and tenacity as before, which is really suffocating.
The dispute over the adopted son sparked a crusade
After Zhao Dan's death, an outrageous inheritance dispute lawsuit occurred between Huang Zongying and his adopted son Zhou Wei. Huang Zongying once adopted Zhou Wei out of kindness, but Zhou Wei eventually fought back and hurt him in a ruthless way.
It turned out that Zhao Dan's ex-wife Zhou Xuan was extremely depressed physically and mentally for a period of time and was overwhelmed. In that hazy day, Zhou Xuan was sexually assaulted by Tang, the husband of a nanny at home, and finally gave birth to a son, Zhou Wei.
Until his death, Zhou Xuan could not completely get rid of the trauma caused by the shadow of that year.
For this half-son, Zhou Xuan's eldest son Zhou Min has always been suspicious and has great unhappiness and disgust. Therefore, when the court finally ruled that Huang Zongying lost the lawsuit and needed to pay more than 50,000 yuan to Zhou Wei, Zhou Min did not hesitate to stand up and turn the tide with a clear banner.
He angrily retorted that he had never learned from his mother, who was too ill to make a rational decision.
Therefore, Zhou Wei's identity is doubtful, and his reason for asking Huang Zongying for the inheritance is far-fetched, which is completely unreasonable and unreasonable.
Although the presiding judge fully affirmed Huang Zongying, as an adoptive mother, she had paid a lot of hard work and sweat for Zhou Wei's growth. However, the ownership of inheritance is still an unresolved legal issue, which is still difficult to figure out.
This boiling lawsuit became a major pain and shame in Huang Zongying's later life. It is truly sad that a once brilliant artist should be so humiliated and hurt in the last years of his life.
Ups and downs clutch collection
Looking at Huang Zongying's ups and downs in her life, her emotional experience can be described as ups and downs and heart-wrenching. The sudden death of her first love, Guo Yuantong, gave her a huge trauma, which made her laugh at herself many years later, "That's knowledge, I missed the opportunity to learn."
The loveless marriage with Cheng Shuyao was destined to be difficult to last, and she finally reneged on her marriage vows and threw herself into Zhao Dan's arms. However, this seemingly happy marriage was also broken by Zhao Dan's jealousy and violence.
It wasn't until Huang Zongying, who was over seventy years old, that she finally found her inner home - the innocent love with Feng Yidai, a master in the literary world. Through a warm exchange of letters, the two completely liberated the long-suppressed love in their hearts, and finally walked into the palace of love hand in hand.
With their wise words, they have written a moving chapter spanning half a century.
On the road of art, Huang Zongying has also made proud achievements, which can be described as full of treasures. From obscurity to instant hit, she showed outstanding acting talent on the film and television stage and won the applause of countless audiences.
What's even more commendable is that she depicts the world with sincere words and has become an important member of the literary world.
Film master Zhao Dan praised her, "If there is no Feng Yidai, how can there be a new life in drama?" It can be seen that she has reached the pinnacle of literary creation. And it was the pious pursuit of knowledge and the persistent study of art that finally made Huang Zongying reap the fulfillment in the later years of his life.
There is no doubt that Huang Zongying is not only a giant in the art world, but also a legendary woman. She has experienced four turbulent marriages and the humiliation of an inheritance dispute, but she is still persistent in love and devout in knowledge.
The ups and downs of her life have created her glittering and unforgettable life legend.