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She is a popular actress who swept the country in the last century, the winner of the first Hundred Flowers Award, and is fortunate to be able to dance with Premier Zhou, just come to your famous writer Guo Moruo wrote an inscription for her at that time, in the eight times when the Internet was not developed, she was the dream lover of many men, women and children.
She is an important influential figure in the history of mainland film and television, and a prestigious performing artist, but when her career was booming, she chose to settle abroad and stayed for more than ten years, but when she was in her old age, she turned around and returned to China.
Her behavior makes people question, is this sure that she is not returning to China to make money, China makes money and the United States spends it? Why can she still be named a "people's artist"?
But once you know about her past and what she did, you might be able to make a big difference!
The career is booming
The actress who became famous in the last century is Zhu Xijuan, she was born in Jiangxi Province, she has been dignified since she was a child, with a pair of big eyes that seem to be able to speak, and later was selected by director Zhao Dan when she was in junior high school to participate in the movie "Blessing for the Children", this time the performance experience opened Zhu Xijuan's film and television acting career.
After 5 years of participating in this movie, she was admitted to the acting department of Shanghai Theater Academy with excellent results, and after 4 years of professional acting courses, Zhu Xijuan's acting skills became more and more mature, and after graduating from university, she became a drama actor.
Of course, what made Zhu Xijuan a goddess in the hearts of the public is a movie called "Red Detachment of Women", when this movie was filmed, Zhu Xijuan was only 23 years old, and he played the brave and tenacious, pungent and simple Wu Qionghua in this movie.
At the beginning, Wu Qionghua was just an ordinary rural girl, and later after a series of hardships and efforts, she became a brave warrior.
In this way, this film with the theme of the Chinese Women's Red Army quickly became popular under Zhu Xijuan's interpretation, and after its release, it set off a wave of enthusiasm across the country, and Wu Qionghua's bravery, perseverance, and perseverance were deeply loved and admired by the audience.
At that time, after the movie was released, it won 600 million box office, which may be a box office of billions for today's movies, and this 600 million is nothing at all, but think about it in 1961, the price at that time was not at the same level as now, and the purchasing power of a few cents at that time may be equivalent to a few or even dozens of dollars now.
It is conceivable that this movie should have been popular to that extent at that time, after the release of this movie, Zhu Xijuan, as the starring role, also became popular all over the country and became a goddess in people's hearts, and also gave it an elegant nickname "Golden Flower".
With Zhu Xijuan's fame soaring, there are countless scripts and directors who come to her to cooperate, and all of a sudden, Zhu Xijuan's acting career has reached a peak.
At the same time, Zhu Xijuan also won the best actress of the first Volkswagen Hundred Flowers Award for the film "Red Women's Detachment", this Hundred Flowers Award was personally drafted by Premier Zhou, in 1956, Chairman Mao put forward the policy of "a hundred flowers blooming", the mainland's entertainment industry blossomed everywhere, so Premier Zhou drafted this award to praise actors with outstanding acting skills.
And Zhu Xijuan won the first Hundred Flowers Award with her first starring movie, and this year's Hundred Flowers Award was awarded by Premier Zhou himself, I have to say that Zhu Xijuan is really lucky.
Since then, she has participated in many films and TV series, which have had an extraordinary impact at the time, and she was selected as one of the 22 top 22 movie stars in Chinese films in 1962.
When the film and television industry was not developed at that time, Zhu Xijuan participated in many film and television works in just a few years, and her acting career was in full swing.
But just when everyone thought that her acting career would go to the next level, she resolutely chose to go south to Shenzhen, just to "open up the wasteland", after all, the development of Shenzhen was just starting at that time, and its degree of development could not be compared with now.
Zhu Xijuan's trip to Shenzhen is a completely risky thing, and if she doesn't succeed, then she will catch up with the popularity and career she has accumulated over the years.
But she did not hesitate and applied to her superiors for an appointment, so Zhu Xijuan, who was in her forties at the time, came to Shenzhen with her family to work hard, and she changed from an actor to a program host, and was responsible for the deputy director of the radio station and the director of the art center.
In the second year of her work at Shenzhen Radio, she planned and launched the TV series "Male Citizen" that reflected the reality of Shenzhen, and after the release of this drama, it also had a lot of repercussions.
In the new working environment, Zhu Xijuan quickly adapted, not only took care of the work of Shenzhen Radio in an orderly manner, but also started her old profession and participated in TV series.
In the next few years, Zhu Xijuan not only won a number of awards, but also Shenzhen TV is getting better and better, from scratch, from there to excellent, the changes of Shenzhen TV are obvious to all, and it has won the Feitian Award for many years.
Zhu Xijuan once again made the desert bloom, proving that she is not just good at acting.
Approaching retirement, he went to the United States
She has been in Shenzhen for more than ten years, she has witnessed the development of Shenzhen and even Shenzhen, just when she sent Shenzhen Taiwan to the peak, Zhu Xijuan was already in the age of sixties, when everyone thought that she would choose to retire, but she and her husband turned around and immigrated to the United States.
This makes everyone wonder that Zhu Xijuan is already at retirement age, and the money she should earn is enough, so she is going to the United States to enjoy her old age, really making money in China and spending it in the United States.
But no one expected that Zhu Xijuan went to the United States at the age of 60 not to enjoy her old age, but to push the Chinese film and television industry to another peak, hoping to go abroad and go to the world.
After developing in Shenzhen for many years, she knows the development of the American film and television industry, so when she was 60 years old, she chose to immigrate to the United States and began to establish a film and television company in the United States.
She also led the filming team of Shenzhen TV station to the United States, cooperated with American film and television companies, and filmed a series of film and television works, such as "Kou Lao Xier" starring Chen Daoming and Ge You and "Broadway 100", when filming this TV series, Zhu Xijuan focused on reflecting the real life of the United States, and did not exaggerate the good of the United States.
After she established the company, she began to shoot themes that are in line with Chinese and foreign countries, such as "Beijingers in New York" filmed in 1996, which gained a large number of viewers as soon as it was broadcast, and also triggered a boom in going abroad.
Whether it is acting, radio or starting a company, Zhu Xijuan has done a great job, he founded a company in the United States, filmed film and television works, and cooperated with China, this work is more than ten years, in the past ten years, although she settled in the United States, she has never forgotten her motherland.
Although there is a misunderstanding, but she never explains, just a down-to-earth officer, although immigrating for many years, but Zhu Xijuan has always been a Chinese nationality, he knows that he is Chinese, and he went to the United States to promote China's film and television industry to the international and let China's film and television industry achieve better development.
More than ten years of living in a foreign country made Zhu Xijuan miss her homeland very much, so when she was 78 years old, it was time for her husband to step on the plane back to China again.
But is that really the case?
Returning to China for the elderly
After returning to China, Zhu Xijuan chose to live with her husband in a high-end nursing home, she did not let her children take care of herself, but Zhu Xijuan, who is nearly 80 years old, still can't stop every day, the life in the nursing home is very comfortable, but Zhu Xijuan feels a little monotonous.
She doesn't like this kind of life, so when someone came to her door to let her participate in film and television works, Zhu Xijuan did not hesitate to participate, and Zhu Xijuan can be seen in films such as "Heavy Snow Winter Solstice" and "Empty Nest", and she has never given up her acting career.
In 2016, Zhu Xijuan was awarded the title of "People's Artist", this title is an affirmation of her artistic achievements, but also a tribute to her contribution to the film and television industry, she has entered the film and television industry since she participated in the first film and television works in junior high school, and is still performing works at the age of 80, and continues to challenge herself to promote the film and television industry in the mainland to the world.
Her contribution is not simply covered in a few words, and in 2018, Zhu Xijuan was also awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, of course, Zhu Xijuan's acting career did not end with the award, but participated in more film and television works.
In the many years since returning to China, Zhu Xijuan has participated in many film and television works, and her performance is also remarkable, portraying people very well.
She has been busy all her life, but she is not for money and fame, she just loves her career, loves her country, and does her best for her country's film and television industry.
epilogue
Zhu Xijuan's life has been dedicated to the acting career, she not only loves acting, but also loves her motherland, and is full of passion for life, even if she has reached the age of retirement, but in order to take the motherland's film and television industry to the next level, regardless of the discussion and vision of others, she went to another country.
She also adheres to the concept of living and learning, and when she arrives in the United States, she will devote herself to a new job and continue to "open up wasteland".
She never gives up, just keeps going, just like the theme song of her first movie "Red Detachment of Women", "Onward! Onward!"
Resources:
China Youth Network, September 10, 2021 - Zhu Xijuan: "Always move forward" is the motto of life
Guangming Daily, May 28, 2023 - Zhu Xijuan: Always move forward
Baidu Encyclopedia - "Zhu Xijuan"
China Art Daily, February 22, 2024 - The demeanor of 88-year-old Yu Shuzhen, 86-year-old Zhu Xijuan, and 84-year-old Guo Yixiao is all in this exhibition!