Recalling the republic of China era, the story of the talented and famous woman is always enjoyable.
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If you want to mention the legendary woman of the Republic of China, you have to tell the story of Dong Zhujun.
She was born into poverty, 13-year-old Qinglou selling songs, divorcing and adopting her son alone, dedicating herself to the revolution, founding Jinjiang...
In that era, she was a female streamer, in the stormy Shanghai, laid her own piece of the sky.
On July 12, the Nantong Arts Academy Drama Troupe completed the first rehearsal of the drama "The Legend of Jinjiang Dong Zhujun", which is scheduled to premiere in late August.
At that time, Dong Zhujun's legendary story will be seen by more people, so it is better to follow this article today and understand her life in advance.
01
In 1900, the Eight-Nation Alliance captured the Forbidden City, and the Guangxu Emperor and Empress Dowager Cixi fled, leaving only 12 years before the fall of the Qing government.
It was in such a chaotic context that Dong Zhujun was born, born in a slum.
In those days, poverty was the status quo of society, and I was afraid of irresistible disasters.
In 1913, her father suddenly fell seriously ill, which made Dong Zhujun's family more difficult, and in order to see her father, her mother sold her to a brothel.
Even a black-and-white photo is not difficult to see Dong Zhujun's beauty and moving.
She was just 13 years old when she went to qinglou, and she didn't like the place, so she never laughed, and the guests called her "girl who doesn't laugh."
Her parents had sent her to private school for several years, and at that time, it was rare for women to study, let alone private school.
To be good-looking, to be talented, Dong Zhujun, who is a Cleaner in the Qinglou, has always been a focus of general existence.
Her fame is getting bigger and bigger, the more guests come to see her, and Dong Zhujun has become a cash cow in the Qinglou.
At the end of the day, her legs were numb, and her throat was often hoarse.
As she grew older, Dong Zhujun's development became better and better, and the owner of the Qinglou Had the idea of letting her pick up customers.
Every guest who came here said that he admired her talent, but his heart was salivating over her, and he was eager to fall into the gentle countryside with her immediately.
Dong Zhujun faced this situation and vowed to defend her innocence to the death, but in the land of fireworks, gossip will sooner or later crush her.
She slowly came up with the idea of leaving, and at the same time, the outbreak of war made Qinglou usher in a different man.
02
It turned out that in order to hide the eyes and ears of the people, Xia Shi, who was then the deputy governor of Sichuan and the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Army, set their joint location here.
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In 1904, he went to Japan to focus on military affairs, joined the League in 1905, and personally led and won the Victory of the Longquanyi Uprising in 1911.
He had been following Dr. Sun Yat-sen in revolutionary work and was an influential figure.
When he saw Dong Zhujun in the Qinglou, he felt that this woman was not ordinary, so he persuaded her to study.
Dong Zhujun saw that he was a person who concentrated on the revolution, which was quite trustworthy, and as soon as he came and went, the two secretly fell in love.
It was precisely because Xia Shi was a revolutionary that it brought him some trouble.
Xia Shi had participated in the League and opposed Yuan Shikai's becoming emperor, and Yuan Shikai angrily ordered the arrest of the revolutionary party, and he was doomed.
In order to avoid being caught by Yuan Shikai, Xia Shi was forced to start a journey of escape, at this time, he remembered Dong Zhujun of the Qinglou.
Therefore, he took the risk and anxiously ran to the Qinglou and proposed to Dong Zhujun the idea of redeeming herself for her, she did not want to leave, but she hesitated.
Dong Zhujun said: "I don't want this, I am not an object, after becoming a husband and wife, you are not happy one day, saying that I was bought by you with money, I don't want it." ”
The stubborn Dong Zhujun would not let Xia Shi pay a penny, and she had to find a way to escape from the fire pit herself.
And Dong Zhujun put forward three conditions, to agree with the three chapters of the law in the summer time.
"1. Don't be a little wife, but marry the media;
2. When you go to Japan, you have to study;
3. After starting a family, run the family together, I manage the house, and be your helper. ”
Xia Shi agreed one by one, and Dong Zhujun was relieved to think about the plan to escape.
Clever, she first pretended to be ill, then drunk with the guards, and escaped from the place where she had been imprisoned for two years.
The reason why Dong Zhujun refused to redeem herself for Xia Shi was because of the heroism in her bones and her belief in pursuing equality.
But what she didn't expect was that this advanced revolutionary figure she followed was even heavier than the pedantic thoughts in her head!
In this way, 15-year-old Dong Zhujun fled to Japan with the 27-year-old Xia Shi, where she learned knowledge as she wished.
After a year of marriage, their eldest daughter was born, and when the eldest daughter was 3 years old, when the summer saw that the domestic situation was stable, the family returned to the embrace of the motherland.
But the days after returning home were really turbulent.
03
Dong Zhujun followed Xia Shi to his hometown of Sichuan, and the family learned that she was from the Qinglou, and they were very unhappy to see her.
But how could Dong Zhujun care about other people's opinions, continue to marry and teach children, and be a good wife and mother is what she should do.
She did everything she had to do, and who would have thought that in 1919 her husband was dismissed from public office.
Their lives took a sharp turn for the worse, and their frustrated husbands were at home every day, accusing her everywhere and speaking harshly to their daughters.
Not only that, but Summer was also contaminated with opium and gambling to anesthetize himself.
The burden of the family fell on her alone, and the chickens and dogs in life were fragmented, exhausting Dong Zhujun's torture.
In the matter of sending their daughter to the academy, the two broke out the biggest conflict in history.
Xia Shi favored sons over daughters, accusing her of not passing on her own lineage, not allowing her daughter to go to the academy, and drawing a sword to threaten Dong Zhujun when she was excited.
She saw through her husband's face, did not expect that he was so despised by women, discouraged, she resolutely decided to file for divorce.
Xia Shi thought that she was just angry, so he proposed to live separately for 5 years first, he felt that Dong Zhujun was a woman, and it would be difficult to leave him even life.
But Dong Zhujun took his 4 daughters to Shanghai with an iron heart, and saw that there was no way back in the summer, and he left a sentence on the occasion of parting.
"If you don't get desperate and jump the Huangpu River with your child, I will fry fish for you in the palm of my hand."
This incident caused quite a stir at the time, and local newspapers also reported: "In the summer, the family was difficult to supervise, the general street ran away from the female Nala", and five years later the two finally divorced, this year she was 30 years old.
Dong Zhujun came to Shanghai, life is not easy, the economy soon fell into difficulties, just when she was about to be unable to sustain it, she met a noble man in her life, he is Li Songgao, a wealthy businessman in Sichuan.
This kind Mr. Li, hearing her story, admired her very much, and funded her 2,000 yuan to revive her.
04
Dong Zhujun took the 2,000 yuan, thought about it, and decided to open a Sichuan restaurant, so the Jinjiang Sichuan Restaurant was established, which is now the Jinjiang Hotel.
She knows very well that this time is a broken boat, a battle against the water, the layout, decoration, utensils of the hotel, no matter how big or small, Dong Zhujun has personally experienced it.
She designed the restaurant to be three-storey to entertain guests of all consumption levels, and she was the first to use disposable cutlery.
For the decoration of the store, Dong Zhujun is also very thoughtful, she combines Chinese and Western, mahogany carved palace lamps, Italian sculptures, Zhang Daqian's bamboo, can be seen here.
Not only that, but she also designed a secret room, which covered many revolutionaries during the War of Resistance.
Because of the chic environment, clean hygiene, and her previous name as Dudu's wife, Jinjiang Chuan Restaurant quickly became popular.
There are many guests, but also a headache, Dong Zhujun said, no matter the size of the identity must be queued, and those big people must also honestly queue up.
One day, such a big figure appeared in the team, he was Du Yuesheng, the leader of the Shanghai Green Gang.
Du Yuesheng has admired this hotel for a long time, but he has not been able to book a position, so he had to queue up in person.
There were too many people in line, the crowd of the team, so that Du Yuesheng could not help but start a fire, the waiter saw the situation and immediately stepped forward, this big man can not be offended.
"Every day the business in the store is so good, the people are so crowded, why doesn't the lady boss expand the storefront, if there is no money, I Du Yuesheng help her."
The waiter who heard this ran to the back kitchen to pass on the message to Dong Zhujun, not thinking that she was also worried about expanding the storefront.
However, Dong Zhujun did not dare to accept this help, she felt that Du Yuesheng was a member of the Green Gang, and accepting her help would inevitably fall on the tongue.
However, in a place like Shanghai, it is difficult to walk without a backer, and if he angers the earth emperor, what should he do if he makes a trip to the hotel.
Looking at the waiters coming in and out, thinking about the revolutionaries upstairs, not for themselves, Dong Zhujun also had to think about the revolutionary cause.
Jinjiang Chuan Restaurant can not collapse! She accepted Du Yuesheng's help, successfully rented a house, expanded the storefront, and improved the dining environment.
05
As an independent woman, Dong Zhujun hopes that women can have an equal status.
She co-founded Shanghai Women magazine with Ta Kung Pao, focusing on women's social issues and speaking out for women.
Her reputation in Shanghai Beach also grew louder, and she also funded patriotic youth in large quantities, followed the revolution, and contributed to the War of Resistance.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Premier Zhou Enlai personally set up a banquet to thank her for her contributions to the revolutionary cause, and spoke highly of her: "It is not easy to engage in revolution, it is even more difficult for a woman to carry out revolution, and it is even more difficult for a woman to accomplish something." ”
In 1951, the government hoped that the Jinjiang Chuan Restaurant could be used to receive senior cadres and foreign guests, and Dong Zhujun, who wanted to contribute to the country, agreed without saying a word.
In this year, jinjiang chuan restaurant became jin jiang restaurant, no longer privately owned by Dong Zhujun, and was the first state guesthouse in new China.
I thought that my life would be smooth and smooth in the future, but in 1967, Dong Zhujun's life also suffered all kinds of hardships, and he was criticized for fighting and imprisoned for 5 years.
When Dong Zhujun was 70 years old, she should have enjoyed her old age in peace, but she spent this special birthday in prison.
But she still lived a strong and optimistic life, and gladly wrote a poem for herself:
Seventy years of age, he is trapped in a prison of sin.
The green pine is not afraid of frost and snow, and stands majestically between heaven and earth.
He was released from prison for medical treatment due to illness and was rehabilitated in 1978.
Looking back on his life, Dong Zhujun couldn't help but write his autobiography "My Century" with a pen.
At this time, she was in her eighties, and the book had gone through 8 years of repeated revisions before it was completed.
In 1997, Ms. Dong Zhujun passed away, and her life was bumpy and turbulent, but it was also extremely brilliant.
As the saying goes, people are more fragile and strong than they can imagine, sometimes they may be so fragile that they cry with a word, and sometimes they find themselves gritting their teeth and walking a long way.
Life can be ordinary, but it must not be mediocre.
In that chaotic era, Dong Zhujun, as a weak woman, did not choose to cling to the men around him, but chose a difficult road, and finally achieved an extraordinary career, which made many men ashamed of themselves.
From the Qinglou Singer step by step to the queen of Shanghai Beach, Dong Zhujun's life is someone else's two lives.
Author: Mao Mao
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