1. Li Meng's artistic dream-chasing journey during his youth
In the legendary years of 1932, Li Meng was born in Linsenfang, a prosperous resort in Shanghai, on Yan'an Middle Road. Her real name at that time was Li Fen. Since she was a child, Li Meng has an indescribable unique temperament and beautiful face, her delicate and delicate face is like a white pebble, her eyes are as clear and moving as the autumn water on the top of a distant mountain, and her smile is as delicate and charming as a blooming flower.
Even in the beautiful Shanghai Beach, she is still an eye-catching sight.
In August 1950, Li Fen, who was 18 years old, followed the school's tutors to the filming site of Shanghai Wenhua Film Company for a visit and study. Mr. Huang Zuolin, the famous director who was directing the film "Corrosion" at that time, was immediately attracted by Li Fen's unique beauty, and he did not hesitate to invite her to join Wenhua Company, and gave her a poetic stage name - Li Meng.
This undoubtedly opened the door to Li Meng's path to being an actor.
Soon after, the talented choreographer Mr. Chen Xihe invited Li Meng to play the role of Tong Daxiang, the heroine of his new film "Sisters and Sisters Stand Up". Although this was Li Meng's first time facing the camera, she was inevitably a little nervous and unfamiliar, but she quickly understood the true meaning of film performance - natural, sincere, and unpretentious.
In this film, Li Meng vividly interprets the various hardships experienced by the rural girl Tong Daxiang with her superb acting skills. Even though Da Xiang was later forced to become a wine girl, wearing gorgeous clothes, it did not damage her pure temperament at all, but made the helplessness and grief in her eyes even more moving.
Li Meng's outstanding performance won warm praise from the audience.
In 1952, Li Meng once again impressed countless audiences with his natural and simple performance style. Her role as Xiao Lin in the movie "There is a Family" left an extremely deep impression on people, and her outstanding temperament made the audience full of endless expectations for her future development.
Second, the glorious middle stage of Li Meng's career
Between 1956 and 1959, it can be said that Li Meng's acting career was at its peak. During this time, she has continuously participated in a series of popular masterpieces such as "Ma Lanhua Blooms", "The Party's Daughter", "Thousands of Rivers, Thousands of Mountains", and has shown excellent acting skills in various different types of roles.
In the outstanding 1956 film "Ma Lanhua Blooms", Li Meng was honored to play one of the leading roles, Xiaofeng, and co-starred with the actor Qin Yi, who had become a big player at that time. Although Qin Yi is already an experienced veteran, Li Meng's unique fresh temperament and superb performance skills make the tacit understanding between them no less than Qin Yi, and has won warm praise from the audience.
Then in 1958, Li Meng was favored by the director, and in the classic film "The Party's Daughter" directed by Lin Nong, she successfully replaced Jindi, who was originally scheduled to play Xiuying. Originally, Xiuying's character had a pungent personality and acted boldly, which was in stark contrast to the gentle and graceful girl image created by Li Meng before.
However, with her outstanding talent, Li Meng successfully performed Xiuying's uninhibited, brave and decisive side, and the rivalry with the famous actor Tian Hua was even more exciting, leaving a deep impression on people.
In 1959, Li Meng once again created a new and deeply rooted character in "Thousands of Rivers, Thousands of Mountains" - the heroic and fearless female soldier of the Red Army Li Fenglian. Her makeup is completely different from the past, and her performance is more restrained and deep, portraying the image of this resolute and unruly warrior vividly.
Although she is only an insignificant character, her authentic and believable image adds a lot to the whole film.
In just a few years, Li Meng has changed from a gentle and graceful girl to an underground worker with a pungent personality, and then to a heroic and fearless female soldier.
Her performance is already enough to compete with the first-class actors in her generation, and the future development prospects are bright.
3. The noble quality of being a low-key person
Looking back on Li Meng's legendary life history, her most precious and respectable quality is undoubtedly her low-key, humble and courteous noble demeanor. Although Li Meng has outstanding appearance conditions and superb acting skills, which is enough to make her a first-line star and even a popular actress, she has always adhered to a simple and unpretentious attitude to life and has never pursued those flashy and false names.
In terms of acting career, Li Meng has always maintained a humble attitude, never striving for fame and fortune, and never taking risks. Even in the face of excellent opportunities, she often chooses to take the initiative to let Xian and retreat into the background without complaint.
This selfless dedication is what makes her a great artist.
That humility, generosity, reasonableness and moderation of life seems to be a precious flower in the flower garden of the entertainment industry, a rare treasure!
In life, Li Meng also takes low-key and introverted as the principle. No matter whether she is at the peak of her brilliant achievements or at the trough of her life, she always adheres to a plain and simple attitude towards life, like a small flower in the warm sun, does not pursue dazzling light, and does not care about fame and fortune.
For her, living a simple life in a stable and down-to-earth manner is enough to meet her inner expectations.
It is precisely because of this noble personality that is indifferent to fame and fortune and has no distractions that Li Meng has won the respect and nostalgia of countless people. In her later years, she still maintained an elegant and generous demeanor, and her words and deeds revealed a calm, tranquil and contented temperament, like a noble lady, which made people feel admiration.
In today's flashy and noisy social environment, it is undoubtedly an extremely valuable spiritual wealth to be able to have the qualities of Li Meng's otherworldly and humble treatment. Her indifferent attitude to fame and fortune and quiet and self-satisfied life is precisely the most worthy of learning and reflection in our time.
Fourth, looking back on the past, sigh that time is like an arrow
With the passage of time, after entering the 80s and 90s, Li Meng's acting career gradually declined, although he occasionally appeared on the screen, but in most cases he could only play some insignificant small roles or actors, and could no longer play the leading role as in the past.
However, it was these inconspicuous characters that gave her the opportunity to meet again with Wei Minglun, a fan who had admired her fanatically since she was young, so that the two were able to relive the good memories of decades ago, and they couldn't help but feel that time flies and time flies.
Dating back to the late 50s of the 20th century, Wei Minglun, who was only 15 years old at the time, was deeply attracted by her gentle and fresh temperament after watching the film "Summer Story" starring Li Meng, and even wrote a love letter with 10,000 words of ink, and attached his own stills, in order to express the fiery passion in his heart.
To Wei Minglun's surprise, Li Meng not only replied to his letter quickly, but also agreed to go to Sichuan in the near future to shoot "Flying Over the Sky", when they would have the opportunity to meet.
Although it didn't work out in the end, the correspondence between them lasted for half a year, and in each letter, Wei Minglun poured out his obsession with this beautiful sister, who was seven years older than himself.
It was not until a few years later, in the late 80s, that Mr. Wei Minglun finally found Ms. Li Meng's residence in the southwestern suburbs of Shanghai with the support of television media.
Since then, Mr. Wei has often made special trips to visit this place, in order to read aloud to Ms. Li Meng the long letter full of passion and sprinkling that year.
Looking back on the past, the two parties all sighed that time flies, time is like an arrow, and the bright stars of the past are now living like ordinary people, and they have mixed feelings in their hearts. Life is like this, and no one can avoid the trials and tribulations brought by time.
The screen superstar who was once highly sought after by the audience with his stunning appearance is now just an ordinary old man.
This reunion may be just a small episode in the course of life, but it makes them deeply appreciate the passage of time, the impermanence of flowers blooming and falling, and the transience and beauty of life.
Fifth, in his later years, his life was dull and he suffered from illness
In her later years, Ms. Li Meng chose to settle in the southwestern suburbs of Shanghai, living a very unpretentious life, living in a cramped two-bedroom house with an extremely simple home, and the home was so empty that she was not a famous screen star in the slightest.
Ms. Li Meng's eating conditions are also quite difficult, and the daily consumption is only a few simple meals, which is in stark contrast to the luxurious life when she was a star. Despite the embarrassing living environment, Ms. Li Meng still maintains an elegant and generous demeanor.
She takes care of every corner of the house, even if she lives poorly, she can keep it neat and orderly.
Ms. Li Meng exudes an intellectual and gentle temperament between her gestures, as if she is still the beautiful woman who was enthusiastically pursued by many fans back then, which makes people feel warm.
This former beauty has gone through her life in the torture of illness, the years are ruthless, and the personal fate in the torrent of the great era is so insignificant after all, witnessing the beautiful and moving screen goddess of the past become confused and helpless, it is really suffocating sighs and full of emotion.
Life is full of countless unpredictable encounters and turns, which will eventually reveal their true colors under the relentless hammering of fate.
Sixth, the curtain call life of former beauty stars
On December 17, 2019, at the age of 87, Ms. Li Meng passed away in Shanghai, the starting point of her career and hometown, in this cold winter, thus ending her colorful and legendary life.
Looking back on Ms. Li Meng's legendary life journey, compared with people such as Shangguan Yunzhu and Wang Danfeng who once became top traffic superstars, her brilliant achievements in her acting career may not be comparable to her, and compared with those first-line artists such as Qin Yi and Tian Hua, Li Meng has received slightly less evaluation and attention.
However, her unique and enduring low-key style of dealing with people has made people's memories of her admiration enduring.
It is precisely because of that humble and polite and indifferent noble temperament that Li Meng has successfully won the deep respect and endless memory of countless people.
In the important film "Sisters and Sisters Stand Up" in the history of Chinese cinema, Li Meng interprets a simple and unpretentious rural girl with her pure and flawless natural beauty; in the work "Daughter of the Party", she incarnates a tenacious and resolute underground party member, showing extraordinary courage and wisdom; and in the film "Thousands of Rivers, Thousands of Mountains", she has created the image of a heroic and warlike female soldier, portraying classic characters that are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people with superb acting skills, leaving eternal artistic value for the audience.
Even in her old age, Li Meng still maintains a noble and elegant posture, showing the demeanor of a generation of movie stars. Her low-key attitude to life and indifferent to fame and fortune has undoubtedly become a good story in the film and television industry, which is admirable.
However, the ruthlessness of fate left a deep imprint on her - the disease eventually took away this beautiful and moving actress.
Now, this elegant, fresh and comfortable beauty star has left us, leaving only the eternal artistic atmosphere and noble personality charm for future generations to remember. In this era full of hustle and bustle, we should draw the precious qualities of humility and indifference, tranquility and comfort from Li Meng, so as to commemorate and inherit the eternal example she has set for us.