In 1920, a casual glimpse of an incident caused the entire tabloid reporters on Shanghai Beach to fall into madness - the third lady of the "New Tianbao Silver Building", Qiu Lilin, was dating a "dramatist".
The new Tianbao Silver Building is full of fame in Shanghai, and Qiu Lilin's family is also considered to be rich and invincible. The strong contrast between the identities of "Rich Lady" and "Dramatizer" made this news cause a sensation in Shanghai Beach for a while.
So, who is this joke of dating Julie? What did he rely on to capture the heart of the first lady on the beach?
Julielyn
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Just because Qiu Lilin is the third lady of the famous "New Tianbao Silver Building" on shanghai beach, no one would have thought that she would one day have feelings with a "drama" and accompany her to old age. As soon as the newspaper came out, there were people everywhere on the beach discussing this matter, and soon, the "drama" who secretly dated Miss Qiu was found, and it turned out that he was the famous Zhou Xinfang of the Shanghai Dangui Theater, known as "Qilin Boy".
Zhou Xinfang is the founder of the Peking Opera singing method "Qi Pai", he was born in 1895 in Huai'an, Jiangsu Province, influenced by his father when he was young, liked Peking Opera, was born smart, listened to Peking Opera and could not help but sing twice, and had a superb memory, so he was loved by his parents.
At the age of six, Zhou Xinfang studied under the famous martial artist Chen Changxing, and at the age of seven, he sang the Peking Opera song "Golden Terrace" under the stage name of "Little Children's String", which was loved by the audience and often won the applause of the whole hall. Because he was only seven years old at the time, he was called a "seven-year-old child".
Due to Zhou Xinfang's talent in Peking Opera singing, coupled with his love of Peking Opera and tireless learning, Zhou Xinfang, who is only 12 years old, became famous under the stage name "Seven-year-old Boy" and had the opportunity to appear in the main drama. When Zhou Xinfang was 13 years old, posters of this little Peking Opera artist were plastered in the streets.
Interestingly, a tabloid reporter mistakenly wrote "Seven-year-old Boy" as "Qilin Tong", and after hearing about it, this young artist not only did not feel angry that the tabloid reporter wrote his name wrong, but felt that "Qilin Boy" was more auspicious, more chic, and more in line with the charm of his Peking Opera student. Since then, the name "Qilin Boy" has gained popularity in major cities in China.
Zhou Xinfang
In 1908, zhou Xinfang, who was only 14 years old, performed in Beijing with mei lanfang, Gao Baishi, and other well-known Peking opera performance artists at that time, and the audience surged to more than a thousand people, and the reverse of the whole performance was very enthusiastic. For a time, there was a popular saying that "children should be born like Zhou Xinfang, and daughters-in-law should be like Mei Lanfang".
In 1913, the 19-year-old Zhou Xinfang came to Shanghai, and he and his partner Tan Xinpei performed on the same stage, and the two cooperated tacitly. Young fame, career success, that time is a good time for Zhou Xinfang.
However, the sky is unpredictable, and people have bad luck. Just when the young and energetic Zhou Xinfang was preparing to break out of a new world in Shanghai Beach and even in all of China, something happened. This incident affected Zhou Xinfang's career, and even his life.
Due to his long-term performance on stage across the country and wandering in the rivers and lakes, Zhou Xinfang suffered from typhoid fever in a performance in Hubei Because of improper dressing. No one expected that it was this little typhoid fever that actually made Zhou Xinfang fall down. The clear voice that originally sounded young and powerful suddenly became hoarse and low.
For ordinary Peking opera actors, falling down means the end of their careers. However, Zhou Xinfang, who has a strong personality, resolutely refused to accept defeat. Since the hoarse and low voice cannot sing the traditional Peking Opera singing voice, let's open up a new singing voice. In the end, after painstaking research, Zhou Xinfang cleverly transformed the hoarse voice with a poured voice into a vigorous and powerful singing voice. This unique singing style was widely spread for a time and was called "Qi Yin".
Zhou Xinfang performance photos
While studying this new singing voice, Zhou Xinfang also made some efforts in studying the personality of the characters in the drama. Every day before dawn, he would get up and hang his throat and recite his lines. Zhou Xinfang dared to break through the equation of Peking Opera performance, and the character he created was extremely performative.
The traditional Peking Opera performance form emphasizes singing skills and light acting skills, while Zhou Xinfang's performance is different, his Peking Opera performance form sings and does equally, and the performance tension is extremely strong. This kind of performance form, which is all drama as soon as it comes on stage, is called "Qi Pai".
At that time, the "Qi Pai" created by Zhou Xinfang was extremely important in the southern region, and people around Jiangnan often said: "Since the 30s of the fighting, in the drama group in Jiangnan that sang Peking Opera, there was no singing and the old students did not tighten, but without this 'Qi Pai', no matter which famous group it was, it was not delusional to be able to sing this Peking Opera well." ”
The art of "Qi Pai" has characteristics that other genres do not have, and he takes the essence of all the families in the form of performance, integrates them into one, and makes his own performance extremely rich. The workmanship and white mouth of this "Qipai" benefit from the "Pear Garden General" Pan Yueqiao, the grandeur of the singing method benefits from the "fellow countryman" Sun Juxian, and the combination of singing and doing to shape the characters benefits from the partner Tan Xinpei.
Zhou Xinfang carefully observed, painstakingly pondered the performances of various schools, and inherited and carried forward the excellent styles of each family, repeatedly processed, constantly reformed, and the art was innovative. Therefore, Zhou Xinfang's art is unique and popular in the Peking Opera circle.
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Qiu Lilin is the third lady of the famous "New Tianbao Silver Building" in Shanghai Beach, and her father Qiu Yangshan made his fortune in a tea house, and later became a famous rich merchant in the Ten Mile Ocean Field because of the sale of gold and silver. Her mother, Alice Ross, was the daughter of Alfret Ross, a Scottish businessman and director of the Shanghai Public Concession Bureau.
Julielyn has an older brother and an older sister, and she is the youngest of the three younger sisters, known as the Three Misses. Qiu Lilin grew up at home and was loved by the whole family.
When Qiu Lilin was 8 years old, her father Qiu Yangshan died of illness at the age of 45. Thanks to her mother, Alice Rose, who is good at managing the business, the Qiu family's tea house and silver building can operate normally. Later, thanks to Alice Rose's proper management, the business of the Tea House and the Silver House was even higher.
The British mother attaches great importance to the education of her children, she sent Xiao Lilin to a French church school to study, paying attention to the development of Xiao Lilin in many aspects, from the cultivation of ideological character and cultural literacy to the study of scientific and cultural knowledge. Therefore, although Xiao Lilin was pampered at home since she was a child, she was not spoiled, warm and decent, and compassionate.
In 1923, the 29-year-old Zhou Xinfang held his first performance in Dangui, Shanghai. He played Zhang Liang that day, although he sang in an old voice, he looked young, looked dashing and handsome, and was very handsome. As soon as he appeared, he was fascinated by a group of Miss Qianjin in the front row, including the famous Miss Qiu Jiasan on Shanghai Beach.
Before this scene, neither of them expected to be married to this and start a 45-year-long love affair.
For a long time after that performance, Qiu Lilin did not think about tea and dinner, could not sleep at night, and only wanted to go to the theater to see Zhou Xinfang, watch him sing Lao Sheng, and watch his "Qi Pai", And Qiu Lilin became a loyal fan of Qi Pai art.
This Miss Qiu is an action faction, and once after watching the performance, Miss Qiu secretly contacted the owner of the theater and asked him about Zhou Xinfang's emotional situation. The theater owner looked at it, there was no one around, and quietly said: "This Mr. Zhou, although he is married, but it was when he was a teenager, his parents arranged it, the two people have no feelings at all, and they have long been separated." Now mr. Zhou is almost 30 years old and still lives alone. ”
Knowing such a situation, Qiu Lilin's girlish heart was completely moved. That night, she was so excited that she didn't sleep all night. She was very excited, thought carefully about the love chips in her hands, and felt that she still had a chance. She thought to herself, "I am young and beautiful, and I have a deep affection for him, and I can even support his career, so I should be considered his good man!" ”
And just as Qiu Lilin thought, Zhou Xinfang at this time really needed a good person. Since separating from his wife, during the day on the stage, Zhou Xinfang was filled with drama, where there was time to be lonely. But at night, the sadness of no one communicating in my heart cannot be erased.
The next day, this Miss Qiu wrote a letter to her admiring Mr. Zhou, and she wanted to take this opportunity to tell Zhou Xinfang about her admiration for him. Later, Miss Qiu's acquaintances at the theater sent the letter to Zhou Xinfang. Zhou Xinfang knew who it was when she saw the signature of the letter, Miss Qiu, who came to see her performance every day, miss Three of the "New Tianbao Silver Building", and a famous rich family in Shanghai Beach.
Although Zhou Xinfang was touched by Qiu Lilin's enthusiasm, he did not dare to think about it. People are rich and rich, he is a drama, like the difference between clouds and mud. Miss Qiu may just be on a whim, idle to find a poor drama to find happiness, most likely not sincerely.
Zhou Xinfang knew that even if he dared to "free love" with this young lady, he could accept divorce after receiving the baptism of new ideas, how could his arranged wife accept divorce? Since he could not get married, he could not "free love" with this rich lady.
Zhou Xinfang was constrained by the so-called morality, and he did not break through the power of feudal marriage. This Miss Qiu looks like a famous lady in Shanghai, and Zhou Xinfang just treats her as a rich girl who is obsessed with drama.
Qiu Lilin, who did not receive a reply, was not discouraged, and she continued to insist on writing to Zhou Xinfang, in which she expressed her heart to Zhou Xinfang with great sincerity, hoping that he would agree to meet with her. Qiu Lilin seemed to have to reply to the letter before she gave up, and sent several letters in succession. Zhou Xinfang was suspicious at first, but was later impressed by Qiu Lilin's persistence and finally decided to meet with her.
The two met in the park, and an excited Jolielyn tried on one dress after another at home, and finally went out wearing the one she was most satisfied with. When they met, Qiu Lilin appeared to be generous on the surface, but in fact she was shy to the point that the roots of her ears were red. And it was this meeting that made Zhou Xinfang find that he and this "rich family" had too many common topics, and they were very talkative.
Since then, they have often met in private. Due to the particularity of their identities, they could not appear in public at the same time, but could only snuggle up to each other on the ridges of the countryside and talk with each other.
Although they are tight-lipped about the secrets of dating, there are no impermeable walls in the world, and the entertainment gossip reporters still detect their whereabouts. So the headlines of articles such as "Miss Qiu Jia San is dating a drama" and "The Famous Lady of the Sea Meets the Qilin Boy" appeared on the front page of the Shanghai Beach newspaper.
Zhou Xinfang and Mei Lanfang
When the news reached The House of Qiu, Alice Rose was very anxious, but she did not mess up, in order to avoid her daughter and lover to meet again, Rose imprisoned her daughter at home, and then called her eldest son Qiu Jianfei to discuss what to do about it.
Qiu Jianfei was also very angry that his sister, who had been spoiled from childhood to adulthood, was actually dating a drama. Mrs. Qiu said to her son: "Jianfei, you will set up a few tables of banquets in the Yipin Building tomorrow, invite the reporters of the tabloids in the city to come, and hand a red envelope to everyone in the newspaper at the banquet, and ask them to clarify Lilin's rumors in the newspaper." ”
Madame Qiu frowned and said, "It is best to make a family affair for Li Lin as soon as possible." I then asked someone to bring out a message, ready to choose a husband for my daughter. Qiu Jianfei listened to his mother's instructions, gritted his teeth and said, "I just ask the 'Qinghong Gang' to threaten that Zhou Xinfang to see if he dares to go near Xiaolin." Madame Qiu thought about it and said, "This method is also possible, you can do it quickly." ”
Soon, a rich family surnamed Zhao came to the door to ask for relatives. As soon as Mrs. Qiu looked at the door, the Zhao Gongzi in the photo was also good, and in order to stop her daughter's thoughts, she agreed to this family affair.
Qiu Lilin thought that her mother would put her under house arrest for a few days at most, but she did not expect that her mother would marry herself off. Qiu Lilin wrote a letter to communicate with Zhou Xinfang through her teenage cousin and finally finalized an "elopement plan".
Everything went according to plan, one afternoon after the Lunar Dragon Boat Festival, Qiu Lilin and Zhou Xinfang arrived in Suzhou smoothly, and then Zhou Xinfang herself returned to Shanghai to perform normally to deal with the Qiu family. The Qiu family checked the whereabouts of their sister for a while, but they could not find it.
Wedding photo of Zhou Xinfang and Qiu Lilin
After some time, Qiu Mu received a letter from Li Lin, in which she said: "I have made a marriage contract with Zhou Xinfang, and I will not marry Zhou in this life. If my mother can't forgive, I can voluntarily break off relations with the Qiu family and ask my mother to forgive me. ”
In the end, the Qiu family had no choice but to put forward a very firm condition: they were not allowed to hold wedding ceremonies, not to publish newspapers, not to invite guests, and not to inform relatives and friends. Qiu Lilin happily agreed to this request, and eventually a lover eventually became a family member.
It was not until 1928, when Zhou Xinfang successfully divorced his ex-wife, that they re-organized the ceremony and published the news in the newspaper.
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The couple has been together for 45 years, from "elopement" to formal marriage, from having nothing to having three children, Qiu Lilin used all her energy to help Zhou Xinfang. Zhou Xinfang's artistic career and his ability to create art benefit from the enthusiastic support of his wife behind him. Without such a virtuous assistant as Qiu Lilin, Zhou Xinfang's acting career is likely to be bleak.
Zhou Xinfang and Qiu Lilin have a total of 6 children, namely the eldest daughter Zhou Caizao, the second daughter Zhou Caiyun, the third daughter Zhou Caiqin, the fourth daughter Zhou Caizi, the eldest son Zhou Shaolin, and the second son Zhou Yinghua.
Zhou Xinfang and his children
When it comes to her children's education, Julielyn is not ambiguous at all, which is not unrelated to her mother, Alice Rose. Qiu Lilin's sons and daughters have received a good education, and 5 of the 6 have studied abroad and have made achievements in various fields in the international community.
They have become the industry banners in their respective fields and established the Zhou family. What is even more precious is that no matter when and where, they have never forgotten that they are a Chinese.
Qiu Lilin always respected the wishes of her children when educating her children, and did not force her son to inherit his father's business, and the only one who engaged in the Peking opera industry was Zhou Shaolin, a son of Zhou's parents who stayed in Shanghai. Zhou Shaolin did not learn Peking Opera from an early age, he studied hard from an early age, and later entered the university, until the age of 21, he decided to give up his studies because of his interest and went to the sea to study Peking Opera.
Due to the inheritance of his father Zhou Xinfang's extremely high talent in Peking Opera, coupled with Zhou Shaolin's willingness to endure hardships and stand hard work, he finally had the opportunity to perform on the same stage with his father. For Zhou Shaolin, that was the highlight of his life, the peak of his life. Later, after ten years of turmoil, Zhou Shaolin fulfilled his promise to his father, passed on the skills of the Qi Sect, and carried them forward.
Zhou Shaolin and his father Zhou Xinfang
Zhou Xinfang's second son, Zhou Yinghua, was very different from his eldest brother, and he chose another artistic path. Zhou Yinghua painted and made movies in his early years, and later opened Chinese restaurants and collected, and finally returned to the road of painting and created his own faction.
No matter what stage of Zhou Yinghua's life, he has never been free from the posture of an artist, even if he has been dressed as a businessman all his life. In order to promote Chinese culture, Zhou Yinghua exported culture in his own way, and he opened a high-end Chinese food brand Mr.Chow in the United Kingdom, using this as a medium to let the West understand China. Later, Mr.Chow was equally successful in New York and Los Angeles.
Zhou Yinghua
The eldest daughter, Zhou Caizao, lives a low-key life in the United States, her husband is a wealthy businessman, and the couple is doing their own business, which is rarely reported by the media.
The second daughter, Zhou Caiyun, is a famous American businessman and writer.
The third daughter, Zhou Caiqin, graduated from the Royal Academy of Drama in the United Kingdom, is a Chinese-American actor, writer, teacher, and the first Chinese girl in the history of film.
Zhou Caiqin
The fourth daughter, Zhou Caitz, has long been engaged in behind-the-scenes work in film and television in Hong Kong, China, and has been invited to serve as a judge at the Hong Kong Film Awards, and has won two superstars, Cheung Kwok-wing and Jacky Cheung.
Today, although he has reached retirement age, Zhou Cetz is still working on his dream. She worked hard to bring the screen to the screen of the script "Drama Lady" created by her husband Huang Haoyi, which was based on the love story of her father Zhou Xinfang and her mother Qiu Lilin.
When Zhou Caitz talked about topics related to his parents, his eyes seemed to shine. "I hope to use modern technology to perfectly present the story of the 20th century and attract the attention of today's young people," she said. ”
Chow Cetz