"Journey to the West" must have been seen by everyone, and this classic TV series of winter and summer vacations has almost accompanied the growth of generations of Chinese audiences.
Every cast member of the play is an old representative artist who deserves our respect, and they have used their wisdom and enthusiasm for acting to complete the classic "Journey to the West".
However, among the many actors, only one person has avoided participating in "Journey to the West" all his life, and even when director Yang Jie died, she did not put down her mustard, she is Yang Chunxia!
A short biography of Yang Chunxia
Yang Chunxia's ancestral home is Ningbo, Zhejiang, born in 1943 in Shanghai to a working-class family, because she was born with a good voice, good looks and beautiful, she applied for the Shanghai Opera School in 1955, and has since become a Kunqu opera Danjiao.
At that time, Yang Chunxia was very lucky, and during her schooling, she was taught by Zhu Chuanming, a famous family of Kunqu opera and the famous actor Fang Chuanyun, which laid a good foundation for her to change to Peking Opera in the future.
In the 1960s, Yang Chunxia successively won the opportunity to perform the Peking Opera "The Legend of the White Snake" in Hong Kong, and accompanied the troupe to visit Italy, France and other Western European countries to perform, making Yang Chunxia famous in the domestic opera industry, and her popularity was comparable to that of today's idol stars.
With the ups and downs of the domestic movement, the Peking Opera model opera, a special performance form that is a symbol of the times and has both an artistic atmosphere, was born.
At that time, the Beijing Opera House was recruiting the heroine of the Peking Opera model play "Rhododendron Mountain".
Among the many actors in the country, the Beijing Peking Opera House has a photo of Yang Chunxia, a Shanghai girl. Therefore, a transfer notice was mailed to Shanghai and sent to Yang Chunxia, who was still taking a nap.
What an honor! Without waiting for Yang Chunxia to think more, she had already packed her bags and rushed to Beijing, and since then, this Shanghai girl has been in the Beijing Peking Opera Troupe for most of her life.
The fate of "Journey to the West"
Speaking of Yang Chunxia's fate with "Journey to the West", it is all thanks to the role of Ke Xiang, who she successfully played.
At that time, this role could be said to be all the rage in that era. Much like the Hong Kong and Taiwan singers who later entered China, not only posters, stills, and posters were posted on the streets and alleys, but even the "Ke Xiangtou" in Yang Chunxia's play was also imitated.
In 1982, just when Yang Jie, the director of the TV series "Journey to the West", was struggling to cast a role for the play, Yang Chunxia's name suddenly appeared in her mind, thinking that the role of Bai Bonejing in "Journey to the West" was none other than him.
Regarding this story, there were really some twists and turns at the beginning.
In the 1980s, people were actually very conservative, even the actors in the cultural world. Many actors cherish their reputation very much, and they are quite strict about their casting, and no one is willing to be the villain in the play.
Like the white bone spirit in "Journey to the West", it is just the big evil person who crashed into the muzzle of the actor's gun, and it is a monster that kills people without blinking.
After consideration, director Yang Jie first found Liu Xiaoqing to discuss the performance. Liu Xiaoqing agreed very happily, but she put forward an almost harsh request to Yang Jie, and she wanted to play the three roles of a young girl, an old woman and an old man who were transformed by white bones.
I don't know if you remember this scene, but it was a nightmare when I was a child.
This episode is called "Three Dozen White Bone Essences", which is a rather famous passage in "Journey to the West". The white bone female corpse on the White Tiger Ridge has had the power of human form for a long time, and transformed into the White Bone Lady, that is, the White Bone Essence.
Coincidentally, when the Tang monks and apprentices passed through her territory, she changed three times in succession, namely the young girl, the elderly old lady, and the old lady's husband and grandfather.
Because Goku saw through the white bone's plan and killed three people, he was expelled by the Eight Precepts of the Pig and the Tang Monk, which was the most tragic drama in which the feelings of the four masters and apprentices were split.
Now Liu Xiaoqing wants to pick four corners by himself, but it is difficult to spoil director Yang Jie. Although actors can act, but the face can not be changed ah! If it is filmed in this way, won't the audience be confused?
Therefore, bidding farewell to Liu Xiaoqing, Yang Jie first thought of Yang Chunxia, thinking that she was suitable.
Unfortunately, to Yang Dao's surprise, as a Peking Opera actor, Yang Chunxia cherished her reputation as an actor even more. Most of the reasons for this are that the "Ke Xiang" she created is a bright and positive representative, and now playing the white bone essence, which she can't accept to some extent.
Therefore, as soon as Director Yang Jie mentioned "White Bone Essence", Yang Chunxia was surprised and directly asked Yang Dao: "Do you see me like White Bone Essence?" ”
Originally, Yang Chunxia was very fond of "Journey to the West", but the role was not the one she wanted. Under the repeated persuasion of director Yang Jie, Yang Chunxia reluctantly accepted, with the additional condition that the king of the daughter country would also be played by her.
This same condition as "buy one get one free" made Yang Jie unexpected. However, the TV series is about to start filming, and Yang Dao can only promise her with a hard scalp.
As Yang Jie expected, under Yang Chunxia's interpretation, the "White Bone Essence" in "Journey to the West" was like being played, and she vividly performed the sinister cunning when the White Bone Essence was strong and the Chuchu pitiful performance when it was weak, which also made "Three Dozen White Bone Essences" the most popular chapter in the entire "Journey to the West".
However, after the incident, the lie could not be completed for a long time, And Yang Jie's search for Zhu Lin to play the king of the daughter country was exposed, which made Yang Chunxia extremely angry, and she could not forgive Director Yang Jie for this dishonest coaxing, nor did she like the other party to use herself as a tool.
Since then, Yang Chunxia and Yang Jie have no contact, even if the matter has passed thirty years, even if Yang Jie has passed away, Yang Chunxia has always avoided "Journey to the West" and avoided the "White Bone Essence".
Not only that, many years later, many TV variety shows have planned a memories of the "Journey to the West" crew reuniting, and many TV stations have contacted Yang Chunxia, but they have been rejected by her.
Although Yang Chunxia is 78 years old, "Journey to the West" seems to have become a scar in her heart and will never disappear.