Ruan Lingyu is the "uncrowned queen" of the Chinese silent film period

Ruan Lingyu was a famous film star who was well-known in the film industry in China in the early 30s and was known as a "generation of artists". She started film at the age of 16 and has acted in 29 films in just 9 years. She played a variety of different roles in the film, shaping the image of women from all walks of life, including village girls, wives, maids, nuns, dancers, noblewomen, female college students, writers, female workers, etc.

Ruan Lingyu is the "uncrowned film queen" of the Chinese silent film period, and also a treasure of the Chinese film performing arts industry, her screen image is not only influential in the history of Chinese cinema, but also famous in the world, which is not only related to the special era in which she is located, but also inseparable from her own ability to interpret and shape the role. In the process of studying Ruan Lingyu's performance style, the focus is on the impact of her fate on her performance creation, and through the analysis of Ruan Lingyu's performance creation in different periods and different types of films, she tries to explore the uniqueness of Ruan Lingyu's performing art style, so as to prove that in the field of film and television performing arts, in addition to skills, there are more important factors. As an important figure in the history of the republic of China film culture, the various classic images played by Ruan Lingyu have been precipitated after a long period of baptism and precipitation, representing no longer an isolated individual, but the embodiment of a big era, this article in the study of Ruan Lingyu's unique artistic charm at the same time, but also strive to dig deeper into her status in the Republic of China culture, influence and the value of the current performance art contribution.

Kwan Kam Peng is a representative figure of Chinese films, who has attracted much attention with his unique style and personal approach to directing, and is a typical author director. "Ruan Lingyu", as its typical representative work, presents the historical vision and unique insight of Guan Jinpeng's film concept, and reflects a distinct and unique director's performance concept. This article focuses on the concepts, means and thoughts of directors on film performance under the threshold of film history embodied in "Ruan Lingyu".