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"Shoes are broken, hats are broken, and the robe on the body is broken" These lyrics have been popular all over the country, although almost 40 years have passed, but the broken and crazy, compassionate "Jigong" is still a classic film and television role, and his actor You Benchang is also well-known to the audience.
However, few people know that during the filming of "Jigong", a lot of "strange things" happened to You Benchang, which cannot be explained by science so far, is this a coincidence, or is it an arrangement in the dark?
Today, let's talk about how You Benchang entered the showbiz and what "mysterious" stories happened behind it.
You Benchang was born in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province in 1933, he is the only male in the family, he was born with a weak physique, and he gets sick from time to time.
Others say that You Benchang lived to be less than 13 years old, but fortunately he met a Yunyou master who said that You Benchang had a relationship with the Buddha.
When his parents heard that there was a way to crack it, they sent the six-year-old You Benchang to the temple to be a lay disciple.
However, although he worshipped the master, You Benchang still continued to go to school, he was smart and clever, with excellent grades, and he liked to listen to commentaries for a while, especially "The Biography of Jigong", and when he went home, he would dance and perform for his parents, and after a long time, the seeds of art were planted in his heart.
When he was 15 years old, his parents saw that the prophecy of "not living to live to 13" was broken, so they asked him to return to the vulgar and become an ordinary person.
In 1951, You Benchang graduated from high school and was admitted to the Nanjing Arts and Crafts Troupe, and was later sent to the Shanghai Theater Academy, and after graduation, he was assigned to the Central Theater.
There are many talents in the unit, the competition is fierce, although You Benchang is hard-working, but he has an ordinary appearance and a "Buddhist" personality, so he has been playing small roles.
Beginning in 1966, due to historical reasons, literary and artistic activities were basically stopped, and You Benchang was also decentralized, he smelted steel, farmed land, although he could no longer appear on the stage, but You Benchang was still optimistic about life.
When he returned to the stage, You Benchang was in his forties, this age was really embarrassing, he had never been a starring actor, nor was he a leader, and he had to work with younger generations, if it was an ordinary person, he really couldn't stand it, but You Benchang was very open.
A director occasionally saw his pantomime performance, so he invited him to the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, this is an opportunity for "pie in the sky", on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala in 1984, this little actor finally ushered in the highlight moment.
Director Zhang Ge also saw his performance, so he invited him to play the role of "Jigong", which may be his own arrangement in the dark, the child who liked to listen to "The Legend of Jigong" back then has the opportunity to play "Jigong".
This is the first time that the 52-year-old You Benchang has been a starring role, and the accumulation of performance experience in the previous decades is no longer a ten-year sharpening of a sword.
In the 80s, the shooting conditions were far from being compared with today's, and there was neither cutouts nor indoor scenes, they were all real shots.
If you shoot some field scenes, the director feels very painful, and there are always unexpected things, such as some small animals suddenly breaking into the camera, thus ruining the picture.
For example, You Benchang has already entered the performance state, and he is shooting well, when suddenly a butterfly flies over, and the staff is afraid that the butterflies will fly around and destroy the picture, and they are afraid that it will affect You Benchang's mood.
Unexpectedly, unbelievable things happened, You Benchang followed the rhythm of the performance, and naturally stretched out his hand to catch the butterfly.
And the butterfly, as if it had "spirituality", obediently flew over and landed in his fan.
This stunned the staff, the picture of You Benchang talking to the butterfly is really like a real enlightened monk purifying all sentient beings, and the butterfly is like a devout believer.
Maybe it was a coincidence, but what happened next was even more "magical".
At that time, it was not like now, where you could "make rain" and "snow" at a low cost, so you usually had to wait for the "heavenly opportunity", and in a plot in "Jigong", you need to shoot it in a rainy day.
But after waiting for a week, the sun was still shining, and the staff was very anxious, thinking that if they delayed for one day, they would have one more day of funds, and there were so many people up and down the crew, it was all money.
So the other staff suggested going to other scenic spots to shoot first, although the director didn't want to toss, but looking at the immobile sky, he had to agree.
Just as everyone was about to leave, You Benchang staggered in a space, his hands folded, and his mouth kept chanting words. The director asked curiously what he was doing, and You Benchang replied that he was begging for rain, hoping that it would rain quickly.
Everyone laughed, because they had been waiting for days, and it was still very hot, so how could it rain? But unexpectedly, after waiting for a while, the sky was really overcast, and then the wind began to blow.
People couldn't believe it, and then the sky in the distance flashed and thundered, and then the raindrops the size of beans fell, and the director was very happy, so that everyone should stop packing up their things, and quickly turn on the camera, and the actors began to perform, until the director shouted to stop, and the rain basically stopped. It seems that this rain god seems to have really "Jigong" appeared.
In addition to this "prayer for rain", the next step is the need for "wind".
Now that the information is developed, when I see the heroes in the film and television dramas, I know that the later blowers are going to be turned on, and several machines increase their horsepower to create a strong "sense of atmosphere" for the appearance of the characters.
It was also the case in that era, when it was time to shoot Jigong casting a spell, stretching out a fan and fanning it gently, and then the wind was blowing, the staff prepared a few electric fans, but the wind effect was very weak, and it could not meet the director's expectations at all.
Just when everyone was at a loss, You Benchang rushed over, and after a while, the branches that had not been moving at all began to shake violently.
This is the "wind masterpiece" and "flying sand and rocks", everyone hurried to catch up with the progress and used the camera to leave this "wind".
"Jigong" was loved by all audiences, Jigong was compassionate, punished evil and promoted good, humorous and witty, and very wise, so that You Benchang's interpretation was vivid, after the TV series was broadcast, because of its positive ideological education, there were many fewer criminal cases in society.
You Benchang's career reached its peak at this time, and then misfortune struck, his wife had cancer, You Benchang did not hesitate to give up the stage he loved, and concentrated on accompanying his wife and taking her to see a doctor.
When the savings were spent, You Benchang had to continue to work, but due to the cruelty of the market, his acting career was full of difficulties, and he borrowed money to make movies and suffered heavy losses.
Under his care, his wife's condition was controlled, and later he occasionally starred in some film and television dramas, such as "Flowers" directed by Wong Kar-wai a few years ago.
Despite the ups and downs in his life and career, Yu Ben Changdu smiled at the situation, and now he is over 90 years old, and he also attended the Beijing Film Festival, hoping to bring new works to everyone in the future.
Information sources:
1. Baidu Encyclopedia
2. China Youth Network: "Uncle" You Benchang: "I will live until I am old, learn from the old, and work until I am old" https://baike.baidu.com/reference/4619962/533aYdO6cr3_z3kATPGJyq7xOnvAN4mv7LeHALBzzqIP0XOpTpvrFJE99cM3sPRpWwzFqoAtMoZHwrj7FQ9H7vUUcew0QNojmHb-WzPAyKC-u4Q
3. Tell your story (Lu Yu has an appointment): Jigong and I travel to Benchang
https://www.blibli.com/video/PV1S4411J7DG/?cbm_it_from=333.788.videocard.11&vd_source=CF002044330939DT84APK7PDA5K767
4, China News Network: Zhongxin Figures|You Benchang: After "Flowers", Jigong is no longer just a Jigong http://ttt.tibet.cn/cn/Instant/expo/202401/t20240117_7558482.html
5. Phoenix Network Entertainment: Real experience! After he played Jigong, 3 strange things happened one after another, and the answer has not yet been found!
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