The development of Chinese television dramas began in the 1980s.
The original filming was a single drama, such as "White Scarf", "The Affection of the Earth", "Dark Souls" and so on. Later, it developed from a single drama to a serial.
The early series were mostly four or five episodes in size and were still in their infancy. With the maturity of television art, by the mid-to-late 1980s, long-form TV series had become the mainstream, and many excellent works were born at this time, such as "Dream of the Red Chamber", "Journey to the West", "Jigong" and so on. In the field of realistic rural themes, classics such as "Fences, Women and Dogs" were born.
Audiences up to the age of 30 should rarely have not seen this TV series: "Fences and Women and Dogs", "Reels and Wells", "Ancient Boats and Women and Nets", later known as "The Rural Trilogy", which was once a sensation in the country. The "by-products" brought by the 3 TV series - its interludes and theme songs: "The Shadow of the Fence Wall", "Don't Live in Vain", "Fate is Not a Reed", but also reached the national singing, became a popular song, and is still a popular singing track in karaoke.
This shows the sensational effect of this TV series.
So, how was this TV series made?
What happened to the classic characters in the story: Ge Maoyuan's old man, "bitter daughter-in-law" Jujube Flower, "evil daughter-in-law" Qiaogu, and "confused daughter-in-law" Ma Lian?
This article will take you back to the classics.
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In order to make a good TV series, Dalian TV grabbed the project from the North Film Studio
"Fences: Women and Dogs" was filmed by Dalian TELEVISION.
Prior to this, Dalian had filmed a number of single dramas, such as "Between Teachers and Students" and "Zhao Haotou's Will". Soon after, he filmed 5 more episodes of the TV series "Black Cross", which was a sensation in the country and won the TV series "Feitian Award". This TV series is also the longest TV series in China after CCTV's first TV series "Eighteen Years of Enemy Camp".
With the national popularity of the Dalian TV drama brand, and with the renewal of tv technical means and equipment, Dalian TV set up a TV series department, which was specially used to produce TV series, and later filmed "No. 5 Zhulin Street", "Wild Grass Slope", "Green Light in the Distance" and other novella TV series. These works were well received at the time and received various awards. At that time, the leadership of Dalian Television believed that there should be plans to shoot a long-form TV series. But at that time, compared with now, whether it is a literary work or a script work, there are relatively few suitable adaptations, so the TV station mobilized everyone to find the script. Tang Hao, the literary editor at that time, was familiar with many writers in Liaoning Province, but he could contact them and did not find a suitable script. So Tang Hao rushed into the library and bookstore to see if he could find a novel to adapt. He believes that adapting a novel is a shortcut to getting a screenplay.
Kung Fu pays off, and Tang Hao quickly finds 3 good novels. One of them is "Destiny Quartet" by Guizhou People's Publishing House.
The novel was written by Han Zhijun, who was also a screenwriter at changchun film studio at the time. The novel describes the story that takes place in the countryside of Northeast China: The old man of Maoyuan, the little daughter-in-law Jujube, Ma Lian, Qiaogu, the golden lock, the copper lock... Vivid characters are presented in front of you, and the plot is also fascinating. So Tang Hao decided to adapt the novel into a TV series. After continuous recommendation and adaptation, the deputy director in charge finally agreed to the opinion of the draft, so that the TV series production department immediately contacted the author.
It was already the winter of 1988.
In order to get in touch with the author as soon as possible, on the eighth day of the Chinese New Year in 1989, the responsible editor Tang Hao, the director Chen Yutian, and the director of the TV drama department, Jin Hezhi, and the three of them boarded the train north to Changchun. When they arrived in Changchun the next day, it was still snowing in the sky, and several people rushed directly to Han Zhijun's house.
However, when Han Zhijun heard that the three people had come to Italy, he told them the unfortunate news: a director from the Beijing Film Studio had called him to make his novel into a movie. Han Zhijun had already promised people. For the 3 people who are enthusiastic about adapting "Destiny Quartet" into a TV series, it is no less than pouring a basin of cold water on their heads. Because their script has been polished and matured, the adaptation work has been carried out for a long time, and now it is in vain! Despite the tension inside, the three of them tried their best to act indifferent.
The three of them kept explaining to Han Zhijun that shooting TV dramas has more benefits than shooting movies. At present, it has been decided to shoot 12 episodes, according to the calculation of 800 yuan per episode, 12 episodes are less than 10,000 yuan. This is much higher than the 3,000 yuan paid by a movie. Of course, Han Zhijun understood this account, but he had already promised the North Film Studio, and he was also a little embarrassed at this time. After thinking about it for half a day, he gave an opinion: his novel has been given to the North Film Studio, and now he is working on another novel, which can be given to Dalian TV after the completion of the draft.
Tang Hao and others were not satisfied, but decided to adapt the "Destiny Quartet".
Han Zhijun was in a dilemma.
Seeing that the negotiations were fruitless. Jin Hezhi, director of the television department, simply changed the subject, saying that he rushed here early in the morning and had not yet eaten, and asked Han Zhijun if he had dumplings at home?
Han Zhijun said that the Big New Year can not have dumplings.
So the four of them drank a little wine with dumplings.
After a few glasses of wine, the people of Dalian TV station talked about Han Zhijun again, and said what works Dalian TV station has filmed, how influential it is in the country, and has won several awards. Director Chen Yutian even told Han Zhijun about the character settings of the TV series, especially the character of Ge Maoyuan, to be written as a male number one. Tang Hao further said that he would discuss the script in Dalian on May 1, and he could start shooting in mid-August and strive to shoot this work well. Seeing that the people of Dalian TV were so enthusiastic, Han Zhijun was not good at saying anything. So he felt the sincerity of the three guests, and although he was a little helpless, he finally agreed to cooperate.
In the '80s, shooting a TV series with a dozen episodes was already a big project. The first is that the script is not easy to find; after finding the script, it is even more challenging to start shooting. One of the biggest headaches is funding. So the whole stage began to use their brains up and down, going everywhere to solicit sponsorship.
In the middle of 1989, the TV series "Fences, Women and Dogs" officially began filming at Wafangdian.
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Tian Chengren played the old man of Maoyuan to life, and he played a farmer for the first time in a drama
"Fences, Women and Dogs" took more than 5 months to produce.
At the time of filming, the main creators realized that if this TV series wanted to gain the recognition of the audience, it must have a breakthrough in the creative concept. So after discussion, everyone agreed that the plot should reflect the changes of the times, be close to the lives of ordinary people, and the performance of the characters should be natural.
Tian Chengren is the male number one in Fences: Women and Dogs.
But the original Maoyuan old man was not him, but another actor.
At that time, Tian Chengren was already an old actor. After graduating from middle school in 1945, he joined the Zhuanghe Cultural and Labor Troupe in Liaoning Province. In the 1950s, he received training with Ouyang Shanzun, A Jia and other theater masters, and systematically learned the Performance System of the Soviet Union. His main business is drama, and he has been active on the drama stage for a long time. In the 1960s, he starred in the drama "Black Slave Hate", which won unanimous praise from the audience, and Premier Zhou watched the drama he starred in that year and also took a photo with him. He has also performed for Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De, Chen Yi and other revolutionaries of the older generation many times.
It is no exaggeration to say that Tian Chengren has already achieved good results on the drama stage before playing ge Maoyuan's old man.
But when the TV series "Fence Woman and Dog" began filming, the actor who was originally scheduled to be there had not yet arrived. At that time, Tian Chengren was in the filming gap period, so Tian Chengren, who has always been "good tempered and good popular", accepted this role as a "temporary rescue". Originally, he wanted to temporarily "replace" it, but after seeing the script, Tian Chengren was deeply attracted and could not put it down anymore, he said: "Maoyuan old man is a simple farmer. Although I have never played a farmer, I grew up in the countryside and often went to the countryside to perform for farmers, which provided me with good material. In order to play the old man of Maoyuan, Tian Chengren deliberately returned to zhuanghe's hometown to experience life and followed the farmers to work in the fields. Therefore, when filming began, Tian Chengren, who was handsome on the drama stage, had become an "authentic" farmer.
In addition to these, he actively presented his views to the director. At the beginning, the director let Maoyuan old man's hairstyle design be bald, and he suggested to the director that Maoyuan old man keep his head according to his life experience, so that a living, white-inches old man of Jiaodong peasants was presented to us. Coupled with his superb artistic performance, he has entered the minds of thousands of TV viewers with a near-perfect image.
"Fences, Women and Dogs" was broadcast on CCTV and soon caused a sensation and the audience responded enthusiastically. The plot of the play has become the talk of people after tea and dinner, and the fate of characters such as Maoyuan Old Man and Jujube Flower makes the audience worry about their stomachs. TV drama episodes are popular all over the country.
Due to the success of the first part. In the following 6 years, Dalian TELEVISION launched the sister articles "Reel and Woman and Well" and "Ancient Ship and Woman and Net", which drew a successful end to the "Rural Trilogy".
Tian Chengren remembers that after the broadcast of "Fences, Women and Dogs", no matter how remote the countryside he went to shoot, he would meet enthusiastic villagers, praise him for his good performance, and invite him to eat at home and give him tea. The sincere simplicity of the villagers made Tian Chengren very moved.
Born in 1926, Tian Chengren has achieved great success in the performing arts for decades. When he was young, he starred in dramas, and later starred in the "Rural Trilogy", where he won the Feitian Award and the Top Ten Actors many times. But he never showed off, nor did he value fame and fortune.
On January 30, 2020, Tian Chengren passed away at the age of 94.
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Wu Yuhua, played by Jujube Flower, lives a happy life after two marriages
In "Fences, Women and Dogs", in addition to the fate of The Old Man of Maoyuan, the fate of the heroine Jujube is also lamentable.
Jujube is a kind woman who marries the third son of Maoyuan Old Han because of the doll kiss. The copper lock is a wandering rural, so after getting married, it is difficult for the jujube flower, and the jujube flower cannot change the copper lock no matter what. So I washed my face with tears every day. Jujube's situation touched the heart of the old man of Maoyuan, so with his support, Jujube left the Ge family and lived a new life.
Before starring in jujube. Actor Wu Yuhua has already achieved little success. She has appeared in several films. From the earliest "Backlight", to the later "Fifth Machine", "Babel Tower" and other works. But what really made Wu Yuhua popular all over the country was "Fence Woman and Dog".
Jujube is introverted and bullied by various brass locks, and she plays a completely "bitter love drama" heroine image. However, in the real life, Wu Yuhua's personality is completely opposite to that of jujube flowers.
Wu Yuhua was born in Shandong and grew up in Hangzhou. Therefore, her personality has both the boldness of a Shandong girl and the gentleness of a Jiangnan girl.
She has a lively personality from an early age. When she was studying, she did not want to do that kind of mechanical work in the factory, so she took the initiative to go to the countryside, worked in the countryside for nearly 3 years, and after working every day, she played the violin against the mountains and lived that kind of free life. Wu Yuhua is an assertive person who has set his ambitions since he was a teenager: to be either an actor or a diplomat. In 1979, she finally fulfilled her wish and was admitted to the Academy of Arts. Three years later, with excellent results, she starred in the films "Backlight" and "Prosecution".
In 1989, she firmly grasped the hearts of the audience by starring in the "Angry Daughter-in-Law" jujube in the "Rural Trilogy", and also made her truly familiar to the audience.
Immediately after that, she starred in the TV series "Longing" as Wang Husheng's ex-girlfriend Xiao Zhuxin, once again making the audience remember Wu Yuhua.
Wu Yuhua had two marriages.
The first marriage was with director Wang Jun. It was her college classmate. The two divorced in the 90s on the grounds that they were incompatible. Wang Jun is the kind of quiet person, while Wu Yuhua is a person who can't stay idle, with many ideas and many ideas. Later, Wu Yuhua met the painter Mo Dafeng, and the two became connected.
Today, Wu Yuhua has a son and a daughter and lives a happy life.
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"Evil daughter-in-law" Qiaogu plays Liu Lili, the "filial piety daughter-in-law" in real life
The success of Fences Woman and Dog lies not only in the fact that the production department found a good script and a plain and natural narrative concept, but also in the excellent interpretation of the actors. Tian Chengren, who plays Ge Maoyuan, is playing a farmer on a TELEVISION screen for the first time, and Wu Yuhua, a jujube flower, is also playing the role of a rural daughter-in-law for the first time, interpreting the image of an "angry daughter-in-law" sympathetically; among them, Liu Lili, who also plays a rural daughter-in-law, plays the role of "Qiaogu", the second daughter-in-law of Ge Maoyuan's old man.
You see Qiaogu's brutal tone of voice, the fiery and hot personality of the wind and wind, all fully show the distinct personality of this character.
Liu Lili was born in Beijing.
Her parents were both staff members of the Railway Literary troupe, so she grew up in an artistic atmosphere. She later became a dancer in the propaganda team.
But Liu Lili has higher ambitions.
In 1979, she was admitted to the Art Academy, like Wu Yuhua.
Liu Lili is introverted and usually speaks less. It's hard to imagine a character like that being a good actor. But on the contrary, Liu Lili's academic performance is very good, and every other day students have to rehearse skits as homework. Other students often get upset because they can't find the material. This is very easy for Liu Lili, who not only completes her homework well, but also gives advice to others.
Fences Woman and Dog was her first role on a television screen.
"Qiao Gu" is her famous work.
This is a "tricky daughter-in-law", belonging to the kind of lord who does not take advantage of it and even suffers losses, Liu Lili played Qiaogu's spicy play very well, so that the audience remembered her!
This is also the first time she has played a work with rural themes.
Understanding a "rural daughter-in-law" so deeply is not simple for Liu Lili, who grew up in the metropolis of Beijing.
Following "Fences, Daughters and Dogs", after the 90s and the new century, Liu Lili has starred in many film and television dramas, such as "Nine Phoenixes at Home", "The Belle Age of Daughter-in-Law", "Tangshan Earthquake" and so on.
QiaoGu in the "Rural Trilogy" is an "evil daughter-in-law", but in life, Liu Lili is a filial piety, and she has won the title of "China's Top Ten Filial Piety Actors".
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Zhang Yinghong, played by the confused sister-in-law Ma Lian, had a beautiful love affair with her husband, and later took her demented husband to film
Ge Maoyuan's family had 4 sons: gold lock, silver lock, copper lock, and iron lock. Each of the four sons had their own family business. The daughter-in-law of the silver lock is Qiao Gu, and the daughter-in-law of the copper lock is jujube flower. Ma Lian, the daughter-in-law of Jin Suo, is directly called "sister-in-law". The eldest sister-in-law is a person with a wooden personality, and although her role, Zhang Yinghong, although not as eye-catching as Jujube and Qiaogu, has also brought a thick and confused rural woman to life.
Following "Fences, Women and Dogs", Zhang Yinghong has played roles in many film and television dramas such as "Xi Man Tang" and "Huang Hua Pu".
Don't look at Zhang Yinghong's role as Ma Lian in "Fences And Women and Dogs", but in real life, she and her husband had a beautiful love.
In 1986, at the gate of the girls' dormitory of the Qiqihar Repertory Theatre, Zhang Yinghong, a young actress who had just finished rehearsals, was shouted at by the lighting engineer Zhao Zhijie.
Zhao Zhijie handed Zhang Yinghong a letter and said, "Third sister, wait a minute, this... Here's a letter from you. "
Zhang Yinghong didn't think much of it, took the letter and returned to the dormitory.
After washing up at night, when Zhang Yinghong was ready to go to bed, she was suddenly pricked by a sharp thing, Zhang Yinghong took the sharp thing, and only then did she know that it was the letter that Zhao Zhijie gave her, and it turned out that she had long forgotten about it. She opened the letter. The letter was written by Zhao Zhijie:
"Third sister, I've been in the repertory theater for so many years, and you've been taking care of me like a big sister." But now I want to tell you that I like you a lot, please grant my request and be my girlfriend! "
From the age of 16 to the drama troupe, Zhang Yinghong devoted herself to work, and his care for Zhao Zhijie was only out of a helpful nature, and did not mix other feelings. She quietly hid the letter and went to work and work as usual, as if there were no such thing.
The infatuated Zhao Zhijie couldn't help it, he waited day after day without receiving a reply, and within half a month, people had already lost a circle.
On this day, he finally plucked up the courage to stop Zhang Yinghong and said, "Third sister, I really like you." "
In the face of the sudden confession, Zhang Yinghong, who has a cheerful personality, still blushed and said: "Xiao Zhao, I really haven't thought about falling in love, I am now thinking about filming and learning, I really don't have time to fall in love." "
Zhao Zhijie said: "I never wanted to delay your study and performance, I just thought, before you were taking care of me, now I want to take care of you for a lifetime." "
Zhang Yinghong was impressed by Zhao Zhijie's honesty and generosity, and the two established a romantic relationship.
After marriage, Zhao Zhijie was indeed as promised, Zhang Yinghong poured her heart into the acting career she loved, and Zhao Zhijie kept the family in order.
Fast forward more than 20 years, and they also have sons and daughters-in-law.
However, the weather is unpredictable, in 2012, Zhao Zhijie sudden cerebral hemorrhage was sent to the hospital, Zhang Yinghong anxiously guarded the emergency room for more than 10 days, and finally Zhao Zhijie's life was finally saved. But this produced a sequelae, Zhao Zhijie was demented, and no one knew him.
When Zhang Yinghong heard the news, she couldn't help but cry bitterly.
After staying in the hospital for more than half a year, seeing that there was no hope of recovery, the doctor told Zhang Yinghong that it was better to go home to recuperate.
So, Zhang Yinghong took her husband home.
In the spring of 2013, when Zhang Yinghong and her husband returned home, they saw that there were nearly 40 pots of flowers and grasses and more than 30 pots of flowers and grasses in the family, and Zhang Yinghong could not help but be greatly moved, and said to her husband: "Dude, let's start all over again." "
Since then, Zhang Yinghong, who played the confused "sister-in-law" in "Fences And Women and Dogs", has taken on the heavy responsibility of taking care of her husband: usually every morning, her husband prepares meals and waits for her, and almost does not have to worry about her. Zhang Yinghong remembers that when she returned home in the 90s after filming the last film of the "Rural Trilogy", "Ancient Boats, Women and Nets", her husband Zhao Zhijie welcomed her with flowers in his hand, which was their wedding anniversary. Over time, her husband's love for him increased. But now everything has changed. Every morning when she woke up, Zhang Yinghong was cooking and doing housework, and her husband would only follow her, and her intelligence was only the level of a three- or four-year-old child. She looked at her husband who didn't understand anything around her and said with tears: "Dude, when you wake up, say again that you love me!" "
Once, the crew asked her to shoot a scene. Zhang Yinghong thought that she could not take care of her husband and hesitated. The friend advised her: "Your two future lives also need you to continue filming, you can rest assured, I have already told the old guys that they will help you take care of Old Zhao during this time." "
Zhang Yinghong listened to the gratitude and decided to go out to shoot the scene.
That night she packed her bags, as if she knew she was going out, and her husband pulled on her clothes and shouted, "Third sister!" "
This "third sister" made Zhang Yinghong cry like rain, she hugged her husband and said: "I take you with me, I don't abandon you..."
That time, she stayed in the crew with her husband for more than two months. Every day when she was filming, she planned a route for her husband: "You go from this tree to that tree, you can only walk between these two trees, you can't go anywhere!" In this way, she took her husband with her every time she filmed.
The comrades of the crew have witnessed their deep marital love.
Because of her husband, Zhang Yinghong later accepted an art school to teach acting classes, and the school, after learning about her situation, agreed to bring her husband to the school.
In her new job, Zhang Yinghong said that she would teach her experience to young students without reservation. In her free time, she will continue to take her husband to film.
As she said, "All my life, I've been with him and I've been going on." "
epilogue
Fences Woman and Dog has been airing for more than 30 years. Not only is the story in the play touching and lamentable, but the story outside the play is also quite moving. Tian Chengren also made many film and television dramas later, but the audience remembers the old man of Maoyuan; Wu Yuhua made many movies before performing jujube flowers, but what made her popular all over the country was "jujube flowers"; Liu Lili's "evil daughter-in-law" Qiaogu, let the audience hate her so much that they itched their teeth, for a long time, this seems to be the symbol of Liu Lili, there are many film and television dramas that let her play the role of "evil daughter-in-law", and later she resigned, until she starred in "The Beautiful Age of Daughter-in-law".
As a classic, Dalian composers Zhang Li and Xu Peidong composed "The Shadow of the Fence Wall", "Bittersweet Years", "Can't Live Like This", "Don't Live in Vain", "Fate Is Not a Reed", and "Fate Is Not a Reed", which is still a classic of singing.
These interludes not only made Mao Amin, Sun Guoqing, Liu Huan, Wei Wei, Hang Tianqi and other singers popular, but also blended with the entire plot and reflected each other.
"Fences, Women and Dogs", "Reels and Wells", "Ancient Ships and Women and Nets" are worthy of being a classic after the reform and opening up!