In the summer of 2004, I met mr. Tian Chengren, an old artist in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, who was 78 years old and still mentally agile. Someone asked the old man the secret of longevity and health, and he smiled and told everyone: life lies in movement.
What kind of movement is it? It turned out that when mr. Old was young, he especially liked high jumping and won the Dandong City high jump championship. When I was older, I loved to ride bicycles, especially the two-eight bars. These two sports hobbies are really special.
In 2008, the author's company wanted to carry out a gratitude education activity, an important part of the activity was for all employees to watch a movie about gratitude together, and the author recommended "Warm Spring" starring Tian Chengren.
I remember that afternoon, during the screening of the film, the sound of sobbing came from time to time in the audience. At the end of the movie, many colleagues spontaneously applauded and were moved by this affectionate film.
In 2018, there were media reports that Wu Yuhua and other actors of the "Fence Woman and Dog" crew had visited Mr. Tian Chengren together, and it could be seen from the pictures on the Internet that the old man was still very healthy and talkative, which made the audience quite pleased.
On January 30, 2020, Han Zhijun, the screenwriter and original author of trilogy TV series such as "Fence Woman and Dog", posted a message on social platforms, and "Maoyuan Old Man" Tian Chengrenxian died at the age of 94.
With a long sigh, the years are merciless.
In addition to Han Zhijun, the two Xiaohua actors of the movie version of "Warm Spring" and the TV series version of "Warm Spring" also posted articles on social platforms to mourn Grandpa Xiaohua.
For many post-90s generations, the two "Warm Spring" are everyone's biggest impression of Grandpa Tian Chengren.
For friends after the eighties, the "Fence Woman and Dog" trilogy TV series is everyone's first memory of Tian Laozi.
For the post-70s generation, in films such as the 1980s film "Chunhui", Tian Chengren's voice and smile still seem to be clear, especially the teacher Ling he played in "Chunhui" is impressive.
For the post-60s generation, the famous director Suri's "Spring Sleep Is Not Aware", Tian Chengren also had a wonderful performance, in fact, he was already in his fifties at that time.
For older friends, Tian Chengren was also a drama prince in the 1950s and 1960s.
Born in 1926, Tian Chengren loved sports and singing when he was young, and was a handsome descendant who was famous far and wide. At the age of 19, Tian Chengren joined the People's Liberation Army in his hometown and soon became the head of the cultural and labor troupe.
In 1954, at the age of 28, Tian Chengren had become the deputy head of the Liaoning Provincial Literary and Labor Troupe, and as a backbone of literature and art, he was selected to study directing at the Central Academy of Drama, and his counselor at that time was Sun Weishi, known as the "Red Princess".
After graduating from the Central Academy of Drama's directing training class, Tian Chengren stayed in the Central Experimental Drama Troupe, the predecessor of the National Drama Theatre, where he participated in many plays with Sun Weishi.
At that time, there was a famous drama "Black Slave Hate" that sensationalized Beijing, the original drama was "Uncle Tom's Cabin", the screenwriter was the famous great writer Ouyang Yuqian, the director was Sun Weishi, and the actor who played the old black slave Tom was Tian Chengren.
"Black Slave Hate" has been performed hundreds of times in Beijing, many national leaders have been to the scene to watch, and Premier Zhou has also taken a cordial photo with Tian Chengren.
Tian Chengren, the drama prince of that year, did not enter the film world until he was about fifty years old, and what he did not expect was that until he was more than a year old, the old man was popular all over the country because of an unexpected rescue. When he was about eighty years old, he became a national grandfather because of two consecutive "Warm Spring".
The aroma of wine is not afraid of the deep alley, maybe this is the meaning.
It is worth mentioning that the two sons of Tian Chengren also inherited the literary and artistic cells in him. The eldest son, Tian Mang, is an excellent ballet dancer, while the younger son, Tian Erxi, is also a drama actor and has played important roles in many film and television dramas. For example, in the TV series "Jigong", the Qin Yannei who shouted the little lady was played by him.
Tian Erxi's other identity is a famous voice actor, he has dubbed many domestic and foreign film and television dramas, such as Han Xiangzi in "Eight Immortals Across the Sea", in the famous TV series "Kangxi Dynasty", Tian Erxi also dubbed Sony, Yao Qisheng, Wu Yingxiong and others.
It can be said that the tiger father has no dog.