In the 86th edition of "Journey to the West", there have been 3 actors in the role of Tang Monk, from before to after, they are Wang Yue, Xu Shaohua and Chi Chongrui. Chi Chongrui not only played the most Tang monks among the 3 people, but also accompanied the 3 apprentices to the end of the play.
Therefore, compared with the two "masters" of Wang Yue and Xu Shaohua, Chi Chongrui and Zhang Jinlai (that is, the six-year-old child, playing Sun Wukong), Ma Dehua (playing the Eight Precepts of the Pig) and Yan Huaili (playing the sand monk) are the three "apprentices" who have the deepest feelings, and they are also called "master-apprentice quartet" by the audience.
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Among the 3 disciples of the Tang monk, Sha Monk was the younger disciple, but in the group of four masters and apprentices, Yan Huaili, who played Sha Monk, was the oldest. He was born in 1936 and was almost 50 years old when filming "Journey to the West" began in 1982.
In contrast, Chi Chongrui was only 30 years old, Zhang Jinlai was only 23 years old, but the second master brother Ma Dehua was slightly older, but he was only 37 years old, 9 years younger than "Sha Shidi" Yan Huaili.
The relationship between the four of them is a master-apprentice or a master-brother relationship, and outside the play, they still like to be commensurate with it, and the oldest Yan Huaili will respectfully shout "Master" or "Master Brother" every time he sees the other 3 people.
Sha Monk mainly bears the burden in the sutra collection team, and there are not many words to contribute, except for a few classic lines "Master brother, master was caught by the monster", "Second master brother, master was caught by the monster", there are basically no other lines.
However, the excellent performance of Teacher Yan Huaili still makes the image of the sand monk deeply rooted in the hearts of the audience, so that to this day, "Journey to the West" has been remade many times, and the most classic sand monk in everyone's mind is still the version of Teacher Yan Huaili.
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Yan Huaili was not only the oldest in the four-person group of masters and apprentices, but also the earliest to go, or so to speak, the only one of the four masters and apprentices who had passed away so far.
In 2009, 73-year-old Yan Huaili unfortunately had a lung infection and stayed in the hospital for a long time. When the "second master brother" Ma Dehua learned of this, he immediately prepared to visit the hospital, and Zhang Jinlai, the "master brother" who happened to go to Taiwan to shoot a drama, also returned to Beijing, so Ma Dehua asked Zhang Jinlai to go to the hospital to visit "Brother Sha" together.
But when the two contacted Yan Huaili's wife, the other party declined, because she felt that her husband Yan Huaili's condition had stabilized and she could be discharged from the hospital after a while, so there was no need to run to the hospital to see.
But what everyone can't imagine is that it is this decision that makes Yan Huaili leave a regret that can no longer be repaired, and also makes "Second Master Brother" Ma Dehua regret for life.
It all started on the night of April 11, 2009, the last night before Yan Huaili's death. Yan Huaili, whose condition had been stable, suddenly deteriorated a few days ago, and on April 11, Yan Huaili himself did not feel right, so he said to his wife: "You call your brothers over, I miss them." ”
The "brother" in Yan Huaili's mouth refers to Chi Chongrui, Zhang Jinlai and Ma Dehua. The reason why he said such a thing to his wife was actually that he had a premonition that it was not good, and he hoped to see his master and the two brothers again at the moment before he died, so as not to leave regrets in his life.
Unfortunately, the wife once again misjudged Yan Huaili's condition, she did not think at all, and she did not expect her husband's condition to be so serious. Coupled with the fact that it was already night, Yan Huaili's wife did not want to bother Chi Chongrui and did not listen to her husband's words.
In the early morning of April 12, Yan Huaili's wife noticed that her husband's condition had further deteriorated, so she quickly picked up the phone and dialed the numbers of Chi Chongrui, Zhang Jinlai and Ma Dehua.
After the brothers received the call, they did not delay for a moment and immediately rushed to the hospital where Yan Huaili was staying. The six-year-old boy Zhang Jinlai was the first to arrive, and when he saw Yan Huaili, the other party could barely say a few words, but it was already very difficult. When Chi Chongrui arrived, Yan Huaili could only nod weakly.
The arrival of the master and the master brother gave Yan Huaili a great encouragement to the "Sha Master Brother", but the delay in the appearance of "Second Master Brother" Ma Dehua made him anxious. Gradually, Yan Huaili couldn't hold on a bit, and his eyes began to become loose.
When the six-year-old child saw this, he grasped Yan Huaili's hand and said while shedding tears: "Old Yan, you hold on, Ma Dehua will arrive soon." Master Brother's words did not awaken Yan Huaili, he seemed to have fallen asleep, but his eyes were still open, and he was still shedding tears.
Time passed minute by minute, Ma Dehua still did not appear, and Yan Huaili's breathing became weaker and weaker until it finally stopped. Yan Huaili's son saw the situation, so he went forward to wipe his father's eyes with his hands, trying to make his father blind, but found that he could not make his father close his eyes no matter what.
5 minutes later, the second master brother Ma Dehua rushed to the ward, and as soon as he entered the door, he cried out loudly: "Old Yan, we two brothers have a fight, I know what you want to say, I understand you, you go with peace of mind..."
Why didn't Ma Dehua catch up with Yan Huaili's last side? It turned out that like Chi Chongrui and Zhang Jinlai, he also immediately put down his hand and rushed to the hospital after receiving the news, but unfortunately it happened to encounter a traffic rush, and everyone knows how congested the traffic in Beijing is, not to mention the peak period, due to traffic jams, Ma Dehua delayed on the road for some time, which led to his 5 minutes late.
It was these 5 minutes that left Yan Huaili with regrets that could never be repaired, and the words he wanted to say before he died but could not say them should be to ask Ma Dehua why he had not come.
The dead are gone, but how can the living have no regrets? Because he could not see the last side of Yan Huaili, Ma Dehua also blamed himself, and later he mentioned this matter many times. So there is no doubt that this matter will also become the lifelong regret of Ma Dehua of the "Eight Precepts of the Pig".