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Preface
"Guanyin Bodhisattva" has always been the embodiment of "compassion and kindness" in Chinese Buddhist culture, and for thousands of years, countless poems and quatrains praising "Guanyin Bodhisattva" have been circulated.
As an image with such a high national popularity, it is inevitable to be filmed. So far, there have been more than a dozen artists who have played "Guanyin Bodhisattva" in different dramas.
Some have become the "real Guanyin" in the hearts of the people by virtue of their appearance; some are known as the "most beautiful Guanyin" because they are as beautiful as flowers; of course, some people not only do not have the dignified compassion of Guanyin, but also completely become "jokes on the screen".
Guanyin is alive and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people
Who is the most figurative interpreter of "Guanyin Bodhisattva"? For this question, the most answer must be - Teacher Zuo Daxue of "Journey to the West" in 1986.
Teacher Zuo Dajun once played Guanyin Bodhisattva in "Chasing Fish", which was widely praised as soon as it was broadcast, and Yang Jie immediately found Zuo Dajun and said: "Dajun, if I shoot Guanyin Bodhisattva in the future, you have to come and play it for me." ”
For his friend's request, Zuo Daxue agreed without hesitation. Subsequently, when Mr. Zuo Dajun was 38 years old, "Journey to the West" directed by Yang Jie was officially prepared for filming, and Zuo Dajue, who kept his promise, immediately came to the scene to try on makeup.
According to the staff's recollection, "the first time I tried on makeup, I stunned everyone, and the peace and grace of the 38-year-old teacher Zuo Dajue, coupled with his charitable gaze, was exactly the same as the compassionate and dignified Guanyin Bodhisattva in the portrait." Some staff members even asked directly, 'Teacher Zuo, are you really not Guanyin Bodhisattva?'"
During the filming of "Journey to the West", there were even a large number of residents walking the rugged and long road just to see "Guanyin Bodhisattva is alive". After the broadcast of "Journey to the West" in 1986, many hanging statues of Guanyin Bodhisattva sold on the market were replaced with stills of Teacher Zuo Dajue.
Why can Zuo Dajun become the "real Guanyin Bodhisattva" in the hearts of the people?
In addition to the fact that after experiencing many life experiences, the 38-year-old Zuo Daxue has precipitated a unique temperament, and it is inseparable from her own efforts. Before the official shooting, Zuo Dajun often studied Buddhist books about Guanyin, and often went to the temple to observe the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva and the appearance of the monks in the temple in his daily life.
It is precisely because of the accumulation of imitation and learning that Zuo Daxue has successfully shaped the most classic "Guanyin Master".
Classical elegance, the most beautiful Bodhisattva
It is said that "the Buddha has no appearance", but if you have to say what is the "most beautiful Guanyin"? I think it should be the version performed by "Zhao Yazhi".
For a long time, everyone's impression of Zhao Yazhi is "Bai Suzhen under Qingcheng Mountain", but everyone knows that Zhao Yazhi has also starred in "Guanyin Niangniang" many times.
Bai Suzhen played by her once had a section of "incarnating Guanyin Bodhisattva to save people", and the Guanyin Bodhisattva played by Zhao Yazhi in the play is gentle, beautiful, kind and solemn. Although it was only a short cameo, this highlight performance still amazed many audiences, and its unique temperament was not even inferior to the original Guanyin in the play.
It is said that the entertainment industry has never lacked eyes to discover beauty. Soon after, "Guanyin" was ready to start filming, and the director and producer found Zhao Yazhi's agent.
With excellent acting skills and a dignified and calm temperament, Zhao Yazhi vividly interprets a god who is "dedicated to goodness and purifying all beings". That year, this drama became the ratings champion for a time and won the gold medal at the American Film and Television Festival that year.
The slots are full of slots, and they are full of infamy
In recent years, fantasy fairy tale dramas have occupied a large number of film and television drama markets, and the gods in traditional Buddhism have rarely appeared in everyone's field of vision. Counting the latest film and television version of "Guanyin Bodhisattva", it should be the "nonsensical Guanyin Niangniang" played by Michelle Yeoh in "Journey to the West ABC".
The work has Michelle Yeoh, Wu Yanzu and other powerful factions, but no one expected that starring in this "Guanyin Master" would completely discredit the first Chinese Oscar that Michelle Yeoh had just won that caused a sensation in the world.
In this drama, Michelle Yeoh's skin is dull, her eyes are sharp, and she is wearing a classical gauze skirt but stepping on a pair of modern sandals, which has nothing to do with the compassion and dignity of "Guanyin Bodhisattva".
What's even more outrageous is that as a god who cares about the world, the "Guanyin" played by Michelle Yeoh in the play will only blindly favor and protect the male protagonist, completely losing Guanyin Bodhisattva's overall view of the world.
It can be said that this drama can be regarded as Michelle Yeoh's black history. And this version of Guanyin can also be called one of the most failed film and television.
The male version of Guanyin, thunderous and spicy
In fact, according to the legend, Guanyin was originally a "merciful prince" who abandoned his rich life and chose to go out of the palace to help the world. However, with the passage of time and the evolution of legends, directors and producers have all chosen women with charitable faces, gentle and intellectual women for the actors of Guanyin Bodhisattva in film and television dramas without exception.
It wasn't until 2011 that the director of the TV series "Blue Wave Fairy" became "the first person to eat crabs". Among the many male artists, directors and producers have set their sights on Li Yugang, who once became popular all over the Internet with the song "The Drunken Concubine". As soon as the news that "the most beautiful male version of Yang Guifei" was about to play the first male Guanyin, the popularity of the play was pushed to a new height.
However, it is a pity that the high expectations of the audience have not been satisfactorily answered. Li Yugang on the stage can use lighting and makeup to create a bright and moving "Yang Guifei", but when the colorful special effects are lost in the play, his hard-to-change male characteristics such as the Adam's apple and beard are very obvious.
Coincidentally, this drama does not use "male appearance" to portray Guanyin Bodhisattva, but follows the previous white gauze skirt and gentle character. As a result, a bad situation of "nondescript and suffocating" has been formed.
epilogue
As the saying goes, "each flower enters its own eyes", everyone must have their favorite Guanyin Bodhisattva in their hearts. Some people like to be dignified and compassionate, and some people like to be gentle and beautiful. But no matter what kind of beautiful characteristics it is, it is the light of Guanyin Bodhisattva in one.
I think that as the belief of the Chinese people for thousands of years, Guanyin Niangniang must have both an elegant and calm temperament, a soft and charitable appearance, and more importantly, a heart of "helping the world".