When it comes to the children of Zhou Xinfang, the Qi Sect Master, most people probably only think of four people.
The first is Zhou Caiyun, the most beautiful and domineering of the nine children.
The second is Zhou Caiqin, who is the most famous child in the family and the first Chinese Bond girl.
The third is Zhou Cetz, as a daughter, she is very similar to her mother Qiu Lilin, who has served as a producer of Hong Kong film and television dramas.
The fourth is Zhou Yinghua, known as the "Chinese God of Food", who is the most business-minded person in the family.
Compared with the above four people, Zhou Xinfang and Qiu Lilin's other two children are inferior, but they also have their own luminous points.
One, as the eldest daughter, is the most low-key life in the family, but the most stable.
One, as the eldest son, was the only one who inherited Zhou Xinfang's career and became a Peking Opera actor.
They are Zhou Caizao and Zhou Shaolin.
Figure | Zhou Xinfang and her children took a group photo from left to right: Zhou Shaolin, Zhou Caizao, Zhou Yinghua, Zhou Caiqin, Zhou Caiyun
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She was the first child in the family to be sent out and the only one who had never returned to her home country.
Unlike his sisters and younger brothers, Zhou Caizao is extremely low-key, and few people know about his life deeds.
About her two or three things, I can only learn something from the deeds of her siblings.
Since being sent to the United States to study in 1947 by Qiu Lilin, Zhou Has been living in Maryland.
It is said that the daughter is like a father, this statement is really true, Zhou Caizao's personality is indeed very similar to his father Zhou Xinfang.
Zhou Xinfang is never good at words, neither knows how to deal with people, nor does she know how to deal with interpersonal relationships.
These things have always been the responsibility of Qiu Lilin.
Zhou Caizao, on the other hand, is more introverted and less verbal than Zhou Xinfang.
Even in front of her family, she often showed her true feelings, and every time she contacted, she didn't have anything to say to her family.
Of course, this is also similar to Zhou Xinfang.
Once, the whole family planned to send a message to Zhou Caizao, who was alone outside, but when it was Zhou Xinfang's turn to record, he could not speak, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "Today is the weekend..."
However, although Zhou Caizao is silent, as the eldest of several children, she still bears a lot of responsibilities.
It is said that when the third sister Zhou Caiqin divorced, Zhou Caizao, his mother and younger siblings rushed to Britain.
While the others were comforting Zhou Caiqin, she quietly started the housework and cooked for the family.
Never knowing how to show her emotions, she chose to comfort her sister with actions.
Perhaps, compared to his younger siblings, Zhou Caizao is too soft and quiet, and has not been in contention.
If you don't mention Zhou Xinfang and this child, people may not know.
But as soon as it is mentioned, someone will compare their children and comment on who has developed well and developed badly.
And indeed, in terms of achievements, Zhou Caizao is not as good as his younger siblings.
Can be indifferent to a lifetime, is it not good?
As Zhou Caizao's sisters said, the eldest sister is the most traditional child in the family, and for her, it is best for her husband to teach her son and live a stable life.
Life is good or bad, no one can judge it uselessly, as long as you feel good, then this life is successful.
Figure | The reunion photo of the brothers and sisters of the Zhou Xinfang family, the second from the right is Zhou Caizao
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He was the only child in his family who did not study abroad, and the only child who inherited the mantle of Zhou Xinfang.
In 1934, Zhou Xinfang was already a well-known and famous character, and no one in Shanghai knew his "Qilin Boy" name.
Zhou Shaolin, on the other hand, was born in this year.
However, Zhou Shaolin had never heard the sound of Huqin gongs and drums at home, and he had never even seen the shadow of his father practicing.
After he understood things, he realized that his father did not want them to go the road of singing.
Figure | Zhou Shaolin
Zhou Xinfang is well aware of the hardships of singing, and although he loves Peking Opera, he does not want his children to suffer everything he has experienced.
Therefore, long before the children were born, Zhou Xinfang prepared three books for them: the industrial outline, the legal outline and the medical outline.
He hopes that in the future, his children will be able to develop in the three directions of industry, law and medicine.
Although later, his children became interested in drama.
Even, several children will get together to imitate Zhou Xinfang's every step on the stage, but Zhou Xinfang still has no idea of letting them learn drama.
However, the children's lives are not dominated by him.
Although she did not feel the drama atmosphere at home, every Sunday, Qiu Lilin would take her children to the theater to see Zhou Xinfang perform.
Standing under the stage, looking at his father, who was wearing heavy makeup and splendid clothes on the stage, Zhou Shaolin could not return to his mind for a long time.
He knew how famous his father was, but he didn't know that the original Peking Opera performance was like this.
Gradually, Zhou Shaolin developed a strong interest in Peking Opera.
But Zhou Xinfang still did not want him to learn drama at that time, even if the child liked it, he did not agree.
He was afraid that Zhou Shaolin's interest would be wiped out by the hardships of learning to play.
So, like his sisters, Zhou Shaolin was sent to university to learn foreign languages.
But in the darkness, there is providence.
Even though he was circling around a foreign language, Zhou Shaolin still returned to the Peking Opera circle.
In 1951, Zhou Shaolin became acquainted with his future wife, Huang Minzhen.
Figure | Zhou Shaolin's wife, Huang Minzhen
Huang Minzhen's mother was a fan of Peking Opera, and under the influence of her mother, Huang Minzhen was also a Fan of Peking Opera and loved opera performances.
Therefore, as long as you step into the Huang family, you can hear all kinds of blowing and singing sounds.
It is in this atmosphere that Zhou Shaolin loves Peking Opera performances more and more.
At first, he just went to the Huang family as an audience, but after listening more, he changed from a bystander to a person in the play.
Having not received an education in opera, he even began to sing opera.
In this regard, he said: "This not only aroused my addiction to drama, but also stimulated my subconscious passion for love of drama." ”
Therefore, even without Zhou Xinfang's teaching, Zhou Shaolin still knew a little bit about singing.
After all, "love" is the best teacher.
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For people in the old days, the father's order was difficult to violate, and if he did not listen to the father, it was filial piety.
As Lu Xun said: "China is pro-weight, and patriarchy is heavier." ”
Therefore, people at that time often forced themselves to do things they did not like in the name of filial piety.
Of course, there are exceptions, such as Zhou Shaolin, who used his own performance to conquer his father Zhou Xinfang.
In October 1953, Zhou Xinfang went to North Korea to perform, and Qiu Lilin was worried that Zhou Xinfang would have inconvenience alone, so she asked Zhou Shaolin to follow.
After personally experiencing the life of the troupe going out to perform, Zhou Shaolin's love for Peking Opera is still only increasing.
Even, after seeing the performances of drama masters such as Ma Lianliang, Mei Lanfang, and Cheng Yanqiu, Zhou Shaolin began to have a desire for the stage.
He also wanted to, like his father, stand on the stage and perform with all the famous characters.
Therefore, Zhou Shaolin quietly began his own performance road, and he always secretly ran out to participate in the performance.
When Zhou Xinfang did not need to perform on stage, people from other troupes would call Zhou Shaolin to run the dragon set, hone his acting skills, and incidentally enjoy the drama.
Although it is a dragon set, its drama performance is not simple, and people without a little foundation cannot perform it.
But Zhou Shaolin came to perform, playing a dragon set role into a divine.
Later, when people in the troupe saw him, they would say, "He's a food for the theater."
Perhaps, some people will say that the father is a famous actor in Peking Opera, and the son will naturally point out his skills.
Figure | Zhou Xinfang and Zhou Shaolin
But in fact, Zhou Xinfang did not teach Zhou Shaolin the performance skills of Peking Opera.
He did not want his children to take the path of singing, so how could he teach them?
Even if Zhou Shaolin inherited Zhou Xinfang's acting talent, if he did not study hard the day after tomorrow, then what was the use of talent?
It's just another Fang Zhongyong.
As Zhou Shaolin ran the dragon suit more often, he began to be dissatisfied with this sneaky behavior, and he wanted to sing in an open and upright manner.
In 1955, after Zhou Shaolin married Huang Minzhen, he decided to go to the sea to sing.
In this regard, As a mother, Julien did not object, she did not feel that singing was not good.
However, Zhou Xinfang still refused to agree.
Speaking of this, in fact, Zhou Xinfang and Zhou Shaolin are the same as Guo Degang and Guo Qilin in today's cross-talk industry.
Guo Degang is a famous cross-talk actor, the owner of the Deyun class, and no one knows it.
And his son Guo Qilin also embarked on the same path as him, and the two were just as popular.
However, at the beginning, Guo Degang, like Zhou Xinfang, was also unwilling to let his son experience the tribulations he had suffered.
After all, it is too difficult to talk about crosstalk, and it is not possible to be red if you want to be red.
Peking Opera is the same, not that the father is a famous character, is a descendant of the Qi Sect, and he can make a smooth debut.
If you don't have the ability and don't perform well, who is willing to pay for tickets to watch the play?
Zhou Shaolin knew this in his heart, but since it was the karma he loved in his heart, how could he say that he would give up and give up?
Figure | Father and son are deeply in love
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Guo Qilin was able to persuade Guo Degang to agree to speak cross-talk, and that Zhou Shaolin naturally had his own set of methods to persuade his father.
Zhou Xinfang is reluctant to let Zhou Shaolin sing for no other reason than two reasons:
One is that he does not want him to suffer;
Second, Peking Opera actors pay attention to Tong Zi Gong, and Zhou Shaolin has already passed the year of weak crown, and it is obviously too late to practice at this time.
In addition, Knowing the son Mo Ruo's father, Zhou Shaolin's introverted and shy personality, how can the father not understand?
But such an introverted person, for the sake of the cause he loves, is completely open-minded.
Whenever Zhou Xinfang was at home, Zhou Shaolin would play the recording of himself singing "Qin Xianglian" to Zhou Xinfang.
This is a clip he has performed before, and when he first listened to it, Zhou Xinfang thought he had sung it himself.
But this alone was not enough to make Zhou Xinfang loose, so later Zhou Shaolin directly sang opera in front of him.
After discovering that his son really loved Peking Opera, Zhou Xinfang gave in and agreed to let him go to the sea to sing.
And Zhou Shaolin, as soon as he got his father's permission, he ran to quit school and concentrated on Peking Opera performances.
During this period, Zhou Xinfang once said to him: "Since you are determined to become a Peking Opera actor, you must learn drama well!" But work your own, don't try to carry this brand of mine. If you don't work hard now and become a half-hanger in the future, I will never let you take the stage. ”
Therefore, in order to make up for the kindergarten skills, Zhou Shaolin began to practice the basic skills hard, learning various skills under the teacher arranged by his father.
This study is two years.
However, it is said that "a hundred listening is not as good as a look, a hundred exercises are not as good as a performance", if you practice alone, Zhou Shaolin cannot improve his performance skills.
Therefore, Zhou Xinfang asked Zhou Shaolin to join a troupe in a non-Shanghai area.
As for the reason, of course, I want my son to be more tempered.
Since he had chosen this path, Zhou Xinfang would not say such words as intolerable, after all, Yan Father was born of talent.
When Zhou Shaolin went to perform in other places, Zhou Xinfang only said two words: "First, the silver package cannot be higher than the toy; second, everything lies in yourself." ”
Of course, Zhou Xinfang was stern in his mouth, and his heart was in pain, and he knew all the activities of Zhou Shaolin outside.
No, when Zhou Shaolin went to Jiangsu to perform, because of his superb performance, the local Peking Opera Troupe asked him to be the leader of the troupe.
Zhou Xinfang, who had been tens of thousands of miles away, hurriedly wrote a letter asking Zhou Shaolin not to be the head of the group, and it was the most important thing to act well.
Later, out of worry, Zhou Xinfang also went to Jiangsu to see Zhou Shaolin's performance.
When others praised Zhou Shaolin for acting very well, Zhou Xinfang only smiled lightly and said, "He still lacks merit." ”
That being said, in his heart, he was proud of his son's progress and rejoiced that someone had inherited his mantle.
Therefore, when Zhou Shaolin's foreign performances ended, Zhou Xinfang personally taught him.
However, Zhou Xinfang did not teach The Qi Sect drama, but taught the Tan School Drama.
Taking the "Empty City Plan", "Qing Guan Zhi" and "Lianying Zhai" as examples, he taught Zhou Shaolin that "acting is to play a character, to perform the identity and character of the character, while Peking Opera should appropriately use various artistic means to portray the character of the character by singing, reading, doing, and playing."
But at that time, understanding Peking Opera performance did not mean that you could enter the Peking Opera circle.
According to the regulations, anyone who wants to enter the Shanghai Peking Opera House must perform a performance first, and the members of the theater will decide whether he has the ability to join.
Even if he was the son of the Qi Sect King, he could not escape this pass.
Fortunately, Zhou Shaolin has always relied on strength to speak.
Moreover, he wants to fight with his father more than he fights his father.
Just in 1962, Zhou Shaolin's wish came true, and he got the opportunity to perform on the same stage with his father.
It's just that one is worried that his son will make a mistake, and the other is too nervous because he is afraid of his father, so both of them are not playing well.
But at least, they had the experience of sharing the stage, and no matter how they performed, it was a beautiful experience.
Figure | Zhou Xinfang family photo
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In fact, his original name was Originally Zhou Ju'ao, but he was later changed to Zhou Shaolin to show his identity as "the son of the Qilin Boy".
And that time was the most difficult time in Zhou Xinfang's life.
Although long before this, Julie lin had already anticipated that the ten-year disaster would affect the whole family.
Therefore, she had already planned in her heart to send all six of their brothers and sisters abroad.
But Zhou Shaolin chose to stay, stay with his parents, and face the "storm" with them.
When Zhou Xinfang was charged with "reactionary academic authority" and taken to the Lyceum Theater, Zhou Shaolin also went with him.
After seeing that his son could obviously not suffer from sin, but insisted on following himself, Zhou Xinfang asked, "What are you going to do?" They're going to hit you. ”
Hearing this, Zhou Shaolin still did not have the slightest timidity on his face, but instead looked at his father firmly and replied, "If they beat me, you can take a few few less hits." ”
Hearing this, Zhou Xinfang was touched and grabbed Zhou Shaolin's hand and said, "Let them see that there are still such feelings in the world!" ”
At that time, people not only lacked trust, but also lacked affection.
There are many people who, in order to survive a decade of turmoil, will not hesitate to abandon their families and betray their best friends.
It is rare for a person like Zhou Shaolin to not abandon his family.
However, after accompanying his father through several beatings, Zhou Shaolin was also designated as a "counter-revolutionary", arrested twice, and imprisoned for five years.
In this regard, Zhou Xinfang felt guilty, and he always felt that he had harmed his son and harmed this big family.
But Zhou Shaolin, from beginning to end, did not feel that it was his father's fault.
In February 1975, Zhou Shaolin was released from prison and went to a labor camp in the suburbs, and could only return home once on weekends.
Zhou Xinfang had thought that he had finally waited for his son to return home, but he did not know that his life would soon be over.
After being reunited with her son once or twice, Zhou Xinfang passed away.
In order to inherit Zhou Xinfang's theatrical art, since 1979, Zhou Shaolin began to concentrate on performing Qi Pai opera.
As a son, he did not want his father's life's efforts to be wasted.
As an artist, he is reluctant to let Qipai art stop here.
And it turned out that Zhou Shaolin had indeed carried forward the Qi Sect.
As the famous dramatist Wu Zuguang said after watching Zhou Shaolin's performance:
"In vain, the great stars of the Art Sea are heavy, and the fog disperses the Heavenly Sea and there are now few lins." The appearance of the world is shocking, and the eyebrows are raised to remember the prisoner.1
The sages sang unprecedentedly, and the sad songs of the world followed in the footsteps of the future. The Two Pagoda Temples have been wronged by Xueqi, and since then there have been descendants of the Qi Sect. ”
Perhaps, after understanding the respective experiences of Zhou Caizao and Zhou Shaolin, someone will compare the lives of these two people.
One is the eldest daughter, the other is the eldest son, and their life achievements are compared, and it is clear who is superior and who is inferior.
But as mentioned earlier, Zhou Caizao lived a low-key life, and her deeds were not put on the surface.
So, who can be sure that she is the inferior party?
Moreover, as the poet Gu Cheng said, "A person should live as himself." ”
Everyone has their own attitude to life, and living out their own is wonderful.
Zhou Caizao chose to be stable, Zhou Shaolin chose the stage, and every step they took followed their hearts.
Therefore, even compared to the younger siblings, the luminous dots on the two of them are easily overlooked.
But at least, they live out what they want to be.
Text | A thousand picks