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In August 2023, on a sunny morning, Gu Yan, a 64-year-old veteran actor, came to a farm in Japan full of fruit trees. She wore a sunhat, comfortable casual clothes, and grassy shoes, and walked leisurely through the orchard.
Gu Yan stopped under a huge peach tree, looked up at the dense red puffing peaches, and her eyes flashed with joy of playing. She carefully held up a large peach soaked with morning dew, and gently stroked the smooth skin of the fruit with the palm of her hand, and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction on her face.
"This peach is really not bad" Gu Yan muttered to herself, then put her hands together, carefully picked up the peach, inhaled hard, closed her eyes and tasted the mellow aroma of the fruit.
The sun was getting longer and longer, and the warm light sprinkled on Gu Yan's body, gilding her face with a layer of golden brilliance. Although the time of the prime is gone, it is still calm and elegant, and the spirit is flying, exuding a charming charm. Gu Yan is also a vigorous young girl with a sunny face.
When Gu Yan was 23 years old, she made her mark in the well-known TV series "Family Style" and played a relatively minor but popular role.
Although she was still a blank sheet of paper at that time, her beautiful appearance and youthful and beautiful image still won countless loyal fans who sought after her.
It wasn't until later, in a magnificent and deep film "Silent Iceberg" that Gu Yan finally shined. In the film, she brilliantly interprets the image of a penniless, wandering begging wanderer.
The hungry but still stubborn and unyielding look, the homeless but hopeful eyes for life, these delicate emotional portrayals are all shown in Gu Yan's performance.
Her vivid depiction of beggars amazed audiences across the country, and many male fans even fell in love with her at first sight. This outstanding acting attainment is actually due to the fact that Gu Yan has been personally guided by the opera master Zhou Xianzhen since she was a child.
Zhou Xianzhen is not only a national first-class actor, but also praised for her outstanding portrayal of Mrs. Wang in the classic play "Dream of Red Mansions". As a famous teacher and apprentice, she not only led Gu Yan into the mountain of drama, but also paved the ladder for her on the road of art.
With a solid foundation, in 1989, when Gu Yan played the role of the heroine Yaqin in the TV series "Tutor", she won the Feitian Award for Best Supporting Actress that year.
This is undoubtedly an affirmation of her excellent acting skills, and it also strengthens her determination to keep going.
Gu Yan, who is young and beautiful and has superb acting skills, later resolutely went to Japan to study, and her experience in a foreign country may have satisfied her yearning for romance. Unexpectedly, the god of fate made a big joke there.
Although the two are the right match, for the young man and the young and beautiful Gu Yan, the seeds of love have already been sown and rooted in the bottom of their hearts.
When the news of Gu Yan's decision to marry the Japanese young man spread in China, it immediately caused an uproar and strong reactions. Her parents couldn't accept the incredible decision, and memories of the humiliation welled up in their hearts.
For their generation of Chinese who experienced the War of Resistance Against Japan, it is really impossible to imagine that their children will become entangled and married with the former invaders.
That is a great blasphemy and betrayal of the ancestors.
In addition to her family, public opinion in China was also in an uproar at that time, and many people publicly condemned Gu Yan as a "traitor" and "traitor", who pursued Western culture too much and had completely forgotten her motherland and roots.
In that special era when ethnic hatred still existed, the Chinese simply could not understand and accept it, and some compatriots would choose to throw themselves into the arms of the Japanese.
In the face of the pressure of reality and social abuse, Gu Yan never wavered in her determination and bravely moved forward. Soon after marrying a Japanese, she publicly responded to the outside world's doubts: "Although I am married to a Japanese and live in a foreign country, this will not shake my sense of responsibility and belonging as a Chinese citizen."
I also love my motherland and hope that it will become more prosperous and strong in the future.
As Gu Yan's mother, what kind of mood did Zhou Xianzhen, the former opera master, have when she looked at her daughter's "deviant" decision? Thinking about it a few years later, when Gu Yan held a celebration for her mother's 91st birthday, although she was old, she still held the microphone at the scene, her voice was like a bell, and she recited the script without any reserve, showing the old man's infinite vitality.
It can be seen from this scene that the relationship between the mother and daughter is still close, and even if there were estrangements and disputes, in the end, the mother fully accepted and supported her daughter's decision.
After marrying a Japanese and settling in Tokyo, Gu Yan's life gradually slowed down, but her spirit was still high-spirited and never tired. In September 2022, she held a grand book signing session in Tokyo, Japan, which attracted the attention of many local people.
The autograph session that day was quite lively, and many people lined up early in the morning, holding Gu Yan's new work, looking forward to the moment of autographing. The setting is very elegant, with a neat row of signature pens and drinking glasses on the main table.
The hour hand walked unhurriedly to the scheduled time, and Gu Yan finally came slowly, causing a burst of cheers from the scene. The 64-year-old veteran actor has white hair fluttering on his bones, but he is in good spirits and walks steadily.
She waved to her fans and smiled gently.
Gu Yan sat down at the main table, dressed in an elegant robe and a plain knitted hat, dressed like a typical literati. In front of her was a stack of brand-new autographed books, and fans stepped forward in an orderly manner, passing them through their hands while carefully taking pictures with their phones.
Gu Yan lowered her head and focused on reading the pages, sometimes stopping to draw, and sometimes scribbling a few big words on the title page. Her movements are unhurried, just like a veteran master showing off her style.
The entire autograph session lasted for nearly 3 hours, and it was not until the last fan left that Gu Yan left the venue satisfied.
Gu Yan's only son has lived in Japan since he was a child, and naturally received the influence of Japanese education. In Japanese schools, he began learning Japanese from the time he became literate.
As I grew older, the textbooks and textbooks for various subjects were all in Japanese. Over time, this exotic Chinese language became his mother tongue.
However, Japanese textbooks have serious deficiencies and beautification of the history of the war of aggression against China during World War II. The atrocities of the Nanjing Massacre and the notorious Unit 731 are only mentioned in the textbooks.
Even the blame for the war of aggression is attributed to such vague rhetoric as "the will to fight to strike at China."
A memorial hall in Hiroshima displays a large number of relics of children and women, as well as horrific photographs that seem to say, "We are the real victims."
"So far, I've been more respectful and listening to my son's ideas. Gu Yan smiled and said, "His native language is pure Japanese." While I wish he had a better life, anything else is a trivia to me.
It is precisely because of this education that although Gu Yan's son has a strong interest in Chinese culture and even considers taking the Chinese proficiency test, his understanding of the war of aggression against China is still stuck in the one-sided rhetoric of the Japanese side.
In their eyes, the fact that a large number of innocent civilians have been killed and brutally slaughtered has been completely erased, and they think that they are the real victims.