On February 13, 2021, People's Artist and screen Iron Han Yang died of illness in Bao. Yesterday (October 24, Gregorian calendar, Sunday, September 19 of the lunar calendar), "Iron Bone Tough Man in Bao Immortal - Yang Zaibao Teacher Burial Ceremony and Memorial Meeting" was held in Beijing Huairou Jiugong Mountain Great Wall Memorial Forest.
Yesterday's Beijing, the sky is open to the eyes, the autumn is high and refreshing, the wind is light and cloudy, the cold is swept away, and the warm sun sprinkles the ground. More than 200 people from all walks of life gathered to send off Mr. Yang Zaibao.
I also drove to the foot of the Great Wall early in the morning to bid farewell to this "cross-border friend". For myself, but also for Guo Dongsheng and his wife in Saibei, who cannot come to Beijing due to the control of the epidemic, and friends from other places.
The land of the Nine Dukes, located just north of the capital, unifies the dragon vein. North of Yanshan Mountain, west of Taihang, east of Chaobai, west of Yongding, get the innate feng shui, get the supreme position. Because there are nine peaks in the domain, such as the nine sons of the dragon, which are carried with the dragon vein, it is called "Nine Gongs", which is just in line with the chinese culture's name for the elders of the ancestors (I also use the word "Yang Gong" in the following text to refer to the amiable and respectable Teacher Yang Zaibao).
This only citizens' cemetery backed by the Great Wall has seven cemeteries: Gongze Garden, Fukuzawa Garden, Chengze Garden, Zenshou Garden, Enze Garden, Iron Army Memorial Garden and Catholic Cemetery. Here, the mountains are stacked with greenery, the mountains and rivers are flexible, and Lin Ying is colorful, which is an auspicious place for cautious pursuit of the distant and the memory of the deceased, and it is also a blessing for the descendants of Ender Puzhao and Ze.
Yang Cemetery has been built, the real-life full-body statue stands up vividly, the stele is engraved with eight characters of "Wild Lang Wanderer Proud Bone Tianya", and the black seal of the tomb is engraved with his film representative image and the "Meilan Zhuju" calligraphy that symbolizes the gentleman. Under the sound of ten salutes and the support of his family and friends, Yang Gong's urn was buried, symbolizing the burial of this Chinese film emperor who was born in Huixiang, grew up in Hujiang, and died in the capital.
At the moment when his bones were planted in the ground, I closed my eyes and reverie, and saw his heroic soul soaring and leaping up to nine days, and he used more than eighty years of life to write a beautiful picture for the world. Beautiful image, beautiful character, art and virtue double Xin, beauty left in the world!
Yang Gong's "image beauty" comes from his works and screen image. In his 22-year acting career from 1963 to 1985, he portrayed a series of flesh-and-blood characters such as Shi Donggen, Xiao Jiye, Luo Xiao, Qiu Hu, Luo Xingang, Zhang Xiangzhong, Xiao Ziyun and other representative film works such as "Red Sun", "Young Generation", "From Slave to General", "Wilderness", "Blood, Always Hot", "Double Heroes", "Acting Mayor" and so on. His masculine beauty, his hard-boned iron man, provided an example for the generation that grew up in the 1960s and 1970s. He was a unique symbol of that era, he was the spiritual idol of a generation of young people; his creation was a brilliant model for Chinese cinema, and the image he created was a peak that was difficult for future generations to reach! For the current sub-health state of Chinese performing arts that is prevalent in the female, creamy and small traffic, his "image beauty" is nothing less than a towering mountain. People love Yang Gong and look up to him, but they are also calling for a strong and healthy national spirit, looking forward to the return of real boys in Chinese film and television.
Yang Gong's "character beauty" stems from his cultivation and high style. His spirit of learning and his critical thinking not only enabled him to have a unique insight full of a sense of justice, but also sharpened his sentiments of gratitude and gratitude, and worrying about the country and the people. Because of telling the truth, he was falsely imprisoned for four years during the Cultural Revolution, but his love for the motherland has not changed for a moment. At the ceremony in 2019 to accept the title of lifelong achievement film artist by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, he said affectionately that in 1955, he reported to the Shanghai Theater Academy with a letter of certification from the government for family difficulties and received a bursary, and he was grateful for his life. He deeply resents some of the dirty and ugly deeds in today's world, does not tend to be inflamed and attached to the powerful, and will never bend his waist for five buckets of rice, he stopped after the age of 50, saying that there are no suitable works and roles, preferring not to shoot; he does not accept advertisements for life, saying that he cannot really understand the products of endorsement, and cannot be for money and ignorance of conscience. Just as Mr. Wei Minglun praised him: "From a slave to a general, and then to a hermit in the film industry; to the golden rooster, to resign from the screen, and finally to the turbid world."
Yang Gong has no scandals all his life and is insulated from any "negative", which is rare in the Chinese literary and art circles, and even in the celebrity circles of china, if not unique, it is indeed rare. His life was bumpy and tortuous, "unfortunate" and "fortunate" followed, which can be called a living life textbook. Losing his father at an early age, losing his wife in middle age, and losing his only beloved son in old age is a "great misfortune", but he can still persevere, be poor and happy, open-minded and cheerful, and iron-blooded and tender. At his most difficult time, Chen Liming, who was young and beautiful and kind and virtuous, walked into his closed world and touched him with his sincerity and steadfastness. In order to cope with the pressure of life, Chen Liming, who is also an actor, abandoned the film to enter the business and composed a poem of great love with the common persistence of the earth. Chen Liming is like the best and rarest compensation sent by the heavens after Mr. Yang Zaibao suffered the "great misfortune"; this is Yang Gongzhi's "great luck"!
After Yang Zaibao died of illness, I heard Chen Liming say affectionately twice: The most correct choice I have made in my life is to marry Yang Zaibao. At yesterday's memorial service, she recalled her answer to the person who did not approve of her marrying Yang Zaibao, the age gap is not a problem, I can live with him for 10 years, even if it is a year, I am satisfied, and I have lived with him for 37 years. When talking about being a person and commenting on Yang Zaibao as a husband, it is even more remarkable that this "strange woman" is extraordinary, she said, everyone has advantages and disadvantages, Yang Zaibao is the same, his shortcomings are as prominent as his strengths, he is a person, an ordinary person, but he is a person with capital letters!
If there really is a spirit in heaven, Yang Gong, do you know what is happening behind you? Listen to her heartfelt words with tears in her eyes, and see her heartfelt act of drying her tears: the fountain platform built for you is unparalleled, the burial for you is impeccable, the remembrance of you is endless, and the memory of you is endless; and she carefully arranges all your calligraphy works, puts them into exquisite golden rolls one by one, and gives them to every friend present, so that the ink fragrance accompanies everyone to breathe, so that the life of Mo Bao can be extended, and even eternal life...). Yang Gong, did you hear me? You see that, right? Enjoy this honor, what do you want!
In this bustling world of comings and goings, I had the privilege of getting to know Teacher Zaibao because of the introduction of my friend Guo Dongsheng. Although they met very late and had limited contacts, because of their hearts, he became my "cross-border division commander" and "brother of the same phase" (I belong to the same pig as him). This empathy will not be blocked by different occupations and will not be limited to the age difference of 12 years. He's gone! But I will think of him and think of him. He's gone! Countless people will think of him and miss him. People will also "see" his works, and be inspired again and again by the beauty of his image and character! I firmly believe that the beauty of his image and character will not pass away with the passing of life, will not be obliterated by the smoke and clouds of history, but will become more and more glorious with the years.
I took a picture of him in his studio 5 years ago
Yang Zaibao and I were outside the memorial hall
The wreath I laid at the farewell ceremony at Babaoshan on February 17 and the thank-you letter I received
Teacher Yang Zaibao gave me the ink treasure to hang high and told me to be a good person and never forget the grace of the teacher
Immortal in Bao!
Yang Gong is ancient!