Yang Likun was born in April 1942 to a Yi family in Pu'er County, Yunnan Province, the ninth of 11 siblings. It is called Little Nine. Yang Likun lost her mother in childhood, and because of her family's poverty, she had no choice but to drop out of school when she first went to primary school. At the age of 10, he was fostered in the second sister's house and was able to enter primary school to continue his studies. In 1954, 12-year-old Yang Likun went to see a performance, was discovered by the head of the Yunnan Provincial Song and Dance Troupe, entered the Provincial Song and Dance Troupe as a student, and began to emerge two years later, often appearing on stage as a lead dancer and solo dancer.
Yang Likun and her brother and sister took a group photo
In 1958, Wang Jiayi, the director of Changchun Film Studio, went to the Yunnan Provincial Song and Dance Troupe to select actors, and accidentally saw Yang Likun who was wiping glass, and the 16-year-old Yang Likun's innocence and simplicity impressed the director, and she was able to star in the movie "Five Golden Flowers". She kept Yang Likun's filming from her family until the movie was released, and even her closest second sister did not know that she had made such a movie.
Yang Likun
Yang Likun, who debuted on the screen, vividly shaped the image of the golden flower screen that is pure, kind, loves life and pursues love with her simple, quiet and subtle performances. Yang Likun was loved by the vast audience, and received more than a thousand courtship letters alone. At that time, the long film studio intended to recruit Yang Likun into the long shadow, but Yang Likun, who loved dance, did not agree and returned to the song and dance troupe. The Ministry of Culture learned that her salary was only 47 yuan per month and wanted to promote her to the third level, but Yang Likun said no.
Yang Likun played The Golden Flower in "Five Golden Flowers"
"Five Golden Flowers" caused a sensation after its release, and was released in 46 countries, setting a record for the release of Chinese films abroad at that time. In 1960, at the second Asian-African Film Festival held in Cairo, Egypt, Yang Likun won the Silver Eagle Award for Best Actress. The Egyptian president asked Yang Likun to personally go to Egypt to receive the award. The movie "Five Golden Flowers" has influenced several generations, and the golden flower played by Yang Likun has become synonymous with Bai girls and spread around the world, which has had a profound impact on improving Dali's popularity and reputation and promoting the development of Dali.
In 1968, the movie "Five Golden Flowers" was criticized for being a "poisonous weed" that "preached the supremacy of love", and the lead actor Yang Likun was criticized more severely for refusing to admit that the film was a poisonous weed. She had drunk ink to attempt suicide and was locked up in a basement, causing mild neurosis, causing auditory hallucinations and often hearing inexplicable sounds.
In 1963, the Shanghai Film Studio was preparing to shoot the musical song and dance film "Ashima", and the 20-year-old Yang Likun was selected to star in the role of Ashima. Yang Likun likes this character very much, singing Ashima's songs every day, considering Ashima's shape, and thinking about Ashima has become her greatest pleasure.
Yang Likun starred in the movie "Ashima"
Director Liu Qiong felt that Yang Likun was a little fat, and Yang Likun immediately began to diet and lose weight. She likes to sing, but the film needs someone to sing, so she seriously asks the singers for advice and is consistent in the places where the air is ventilated, so the effect presented in the film is the same as Yang Likun's own singing.
The film "Ashima" is the first color widescreen stereo music song and dance film in the history of Chinese cinema, but the film was criticized before it was released. As soon as "Ashima" was filmed, Yang Likun was recruited back to the unit and criticized, and she was locked up under the dark and damp stage without a trace of light all day long. There are only two benches in it, which are used as beds at night. Coupled with the day and night interrogation, Yang Likun's spirit was completely destroyed, and her illness became more and more serious.
After the continuous efforts of the family and the attention of the state leaders, they instructed Yang Likun to treat her well. In 1970, Yang Likun was released from control and sent to a psychiatric hospital in Yunnan Province for treatment. In 1972, he was sent to The Chenzhou Psychiatric Hospital in Hunan For treatment. Under the introduction of friends, Yang Likun and Tang Fenglou met. Tang Fenglou graduated from Shanghai Overseas Chinese University, and because of his poor family composition, he was sent to work in a mining factory in Guangdong.
After a few months of contact, Yang Likun and Tang Fenglou went to the local commune to register their marriage. On the way back, Yang Likun suddenly said to Tang Fenglou, I have deceived you, my illness is not yet better. Tang Fenglou felt that such an illness would not give her warmth and care for her, so he still chose to be with Yang Likun, and the two were married in May 1973.
After marriage, Tang Fenglou cared twice for Yang Likun, and in May 1974, Yang Likun gave birth to a pair of twin sons, but Yang Likun's illness still occurred frequently. When "auditory hallucinations" occur, no one recognizes them, and the action is completely dominated by "auditory hallucinations". Sometimes she felt that someone was going to kill her, and when she was seriously ill, she would even think of others as her husband, saying that Tang Fenglou was her brother.
Yang Likun and her husband and son
In 1978, the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee rehabilitated Yang Likun. In the same year, she was transferred to the Shanghai Film Studio and reunited with her husband and son who had been separated for many years. In 1979, the movie "Ashima" was only released nationwide after 15 years of shooting, and it is sad that Yang Likun did not see the film she starred in under the condition of a sound mind.
Yang Likun's greatest pleasure is to watch her two children grow up and watch her husband work. In 1997, after Yang Likun was discharged from the hospital with cerebral hemorrhage, Tang Fenglou moved her office appliances home and worked in front of her bedside. Yang Likun often sat on the side and looked at her husband affectionately, seeing that his work gave her the greatest satisfaction in life. Sometimes, she would say with regret: Tang Fenglou, if I am not sick, I should take good care of you.
Hu Songhua and other old friends visited Yang Likun, who was sick
On July 21, 2000, when the nanny gave Yang Likun soup, she found that her face was swollen red, so she called an ambulance, but before the ambulance arrived, she died at the age of 58. Her ashes were buried in Shanghai and Kunming. Yang Likun has only acted in two movies in her life, "Five Golden Flowers" and "Ashima", but has left an indelible impression in the hearts of hundreds of millions of viewers.
Yang Likun starred in "Five Golden Flowers"
The "Golden Flower" and "Ashima" portrayed by Yang Likun have brought great benefits to Yunnan Province. Nowadays, as long as they go to Kunming, women are called Ashima, to Dali, also known as Jinhua, Yang Likun's brand value has brought more than 100 billion yuan of revenue to Yunnan. The only star who can produce such a large-scale effect is Yang Likun.
Yang Likun starred in "Ashima"
Yang Likun is a messenger sent by Heaven to the beauty of the world. The golden flowers and Ashima she portrayed have gone through more than half a century, and they are still charming and unmatched. The reason why Yang Likun can withstand the scrutiny of the years is because her beauty comes from nature and nature. There is no carving, no deliberate whitewashing. Her eyes were pure and her heart was pure. Yang Likun became an unforgettable artist in the history of Chinese art.
Yang Likun personalized stamps