In 1981, the well-known Hua Dan Zhang Yu played Xiao Fengxian in the movie "Zhiyin"
introduction:
In the 1980s, there was a famous film about the early years of the Republic of China, in which cai Yi, a protector of the country, broke through Yuan Shikai's surveillance under the cover of Xiao Fengxian, a woman in the wind and dust, and returned to DianXing to ask Yuan Yuan for help.
Starring Wang Xingang, the first young student of the year, and Zhang Yu, the first Hua Dan, once released, it immediately became popular in the north and south of the river, and was one of the iconic domestic films in China in the 1980s.
However, the real Cai Yi and Xiao Fengxian in history have a huge contrast with the story of the talented and beautiful people reflected in the movie:
The little Phoenix immortal and Cai Yi in their left hand had not even taken a group photo
On the one hand, cai yi, a young marshal who is popular in the capital and the governor of Yunnan, chose Xiao Fengxian among many flower queens, not to covet beauty, but actually to have a deep meaning.
Then there was Xiao Fengxian, who was famous for Cai Yi at that time. Due to the untimely death of the general, he did not receive the slightest rescue from the general. After that, life can be said to be very bumpy, and in his later years he married a boilermaker in Shenyang, and even later fell to the point of writing a letter to Mei Lanfang for help.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > Guanyin Temple Street to Shaanxi Lane</h1>
There is a street on the west side of the Qianmen Dashilar, which is not long, but was very prosperous in the early years of the Republic of China: Guanyin Temple Street. Not far to the west along Guanyin Temple Street, is the Shaanxi Lane Yunjiban where Xiao Fengxian was located. The distance between the two alleys is only a few hundred meters; the former is a street for eating, drinking and having fun, where Xiao Fengxian and Cai Yi once lived a dashing life; the latter, is the most well-known one of the eight hutongs, No. 52 is the original site of Yunjiban where Xiao Fengxian begged for life.
Qianmen Dashilan West Street (also known as Guanyin Temple Street) has the most complete preserved Republican-style architectural complex in Qianmen. Dozens of independent European-style buildings from the Republic of China and the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China stand on both sides of the street. In a trance, you seem to be on a european street.
This is the place where Xiao Fengxian and Cai Yi first met, Qingyun Pavilion on Dashilan West Street
On this street of less than 100 meters, there is the only well-preserved palanquin-style building in Beijing: Qingyun Pavilion. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the first of the four major department stores in Beijing (the other 3: Xidan Persuasion Field, Wangfujing Dong'an Market, and caishikou Shoushan First Floor), the main entrance was opened on Guanyin Temple Street, and the back door was in yangmeizhu Xie Street Hutong in the north. Don't look at the small place of Qingyun Pavilion at that time, but it provides a full range of services such as eating, drinking, and entertainment in modern shopping malls.
Here is the place where the famous General Cai Yi first met Xiao Fengxian, the Puzhenyuan Restaurant in Qingyun Pavilion. After that, the two also had a drink in Puzhen Garden many times. Puzhen Garden's famous dish Spicy Zi Feng Festival is much loved by Hunan xiao Fengxian and also interprets a love story of celebrities throughout the ages.
In the 1981 movie "Zhiyin", General Cai Yi was played by the well-known Xiaosheng Wang Xingang
Nowadays, the exterior of Qingyun Pavilion still retains the style of that year, but the new house number "No. 33 Guanyin Temple Street" in the red cluster on the main entrance is somewhat eye-catching. The old plaque of the two-story green brick building was inscribed by the late Qing Cabinet Zhongshu and the famous calligrapher He Weipu in the first year of Xuanun, and has a history of more than 100 years.
It is said that after the death of the general, Xiao Fengxian could not forget, and came to Qingyun Pavilion to find the memory of the general, and met her first husband here. Xiao Fengxian's first husband was also a soldier, perhaps there was a place where there was a god-like Cai Yi between his hands and feet. After that, she lived anonymistic and lived a life without controversy. It was not until 1951 that Mei Lanfang received a letter from Shenyang.
In the Hong Kong version of "Cai Yi and Xiao Fengxian", Zhou Haimei played Xiao Fengxian
At the west end of Guanyin Temple Street, 30 meters along Tieshu Xie Street, it is the first of the eight hutongs: Shaanxi Lane. It is a north-south alley. Walking to the exquisitely decorated second-floor Shanglin Xian Hall, it is not far from the Qingyin Class: Yun Ji Class, where Xiao Fengxian was located.
The lintel of No. 52 Shaanxi Lane is not eye-catching, and the wall hangs a sign that reads "Yunjiban Old Site". The plaque of "Hongfeng Grain Stack" shows that this courtyard has changed hands several times. Entering the courtyard, the old eaves decoration can still faintly see the shadow of the year, but unfortunately the courtyard has been rebuilt to be useless. It is even more impossible to identify which one was the boudoir of Xiao Fengxian at that time.
No. 52 Shaanxi Lane, the first of the eight hutongs, the former site of Yunjiban, where Xiao Fengxian is located
In 2020, I went again, and the old site of Yunjiban has closed its doors and is said to have been temporarily converted into a security room.
Looking at the signboard of "Yunjiban Old Site", after a long time, I walked away wordlessly....
The old site of Yunjiban, which has been converted into a security dormitory, can still faintly see the style of some well-known brothels in those days
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="22" > Cai Yi: The meaning of drunkenness is not wine</h1>
On February 15, 1912, Yuan Shikai became the president, but Yuan Shikai was bent on restoring the throne so that power could always become the "private property" of his Yuan family. Therefore, in the process of plotting restoration, Yuan Shikai, in order to win over Cai Yi, who had military power, transferred him to Beijing in October 2013, named him "General Zhaowei", and asked his eldest son Yuan Keding to worship Cai E as a teacher, set a date for Yuan Gongzi to explain military science, and promised Cai Yi an important position as the commander-in-chief of the army. Later, he was promoted to the post of Superintendent of the National Bureau of Economic And Trade Unions.
The Economic and Trade Bureau is a commercial organization directly under the orders of the President of the Republic of China and is in charge of the national land survey, survey and registration. It seems to be promoted, but in fact, It will keep Cai Yi away from the military.
On Shaanxi Lane, Alai Inn (formerly Shanglin Xianguan) was the most famous inn in the Eight Hutongs that year
In this situation, Cai Yi and Xiao Fengxian, who are in a lawsuit, perform this big drama, which actually has two meanings:
1. General Cai Yi was very "a prostitute" to paralyze Yuan Shikai; it was normal for government officials in the early years of the Republic of China to take concubines and prostitutes; it was inevitable that men and women in trouble would use this to dispel their worries. Moreover, Cai Yi was 32 years old at the time, and Xiao Fengxian was 15 years old. At that time, Xiao Fengxian was a second-rate prostitute with a strange temper, a high self-esteem, and often took away guests. And Cai Yi, who dressed as an ordinary businessman and lingered in the Eight Hutongs, monopolizing Hua Kui was obviously not his ambition.
Secondly, the appearance of Xiao Fengxian is not the dragon and phoenix among people, but it is quite ordinary. According to the "History of the Early People", Xiao Fengxian "lacks a middle posture in appearance, and his temperament is very arrogant", and "the upper jaw and two teeth are exposed, and the opening is quite beautiful", which shows that Xiao Fengxian does not have the ability to become a prostitute from the appearance;
The reason why she can be ranked among the "four famous prostitutes of the Republic of China" with Sai Jinhua, Lu Jinbao, the "president of the Flower State", and Wang Lianying, the top brand of Shanghai Beach, is more dependent on her chivalry;
Shaanxi Lane preserves the interior furnishings of the most famous hotel of the year: the Shanglin Xianguan
Another level: Xiao Fengxian, who is very arrogant in temperament, is an extremely intelligent person, as Cai Dongfan described in the "Popular Interpretation of the Republic of China": You have a pair of wise eyes that can distinguish the talents of foxes.
It is also because of Xiao Fengxian's cleverness and her deep understanding of great righteousness that the two of them have laid the necessary intellectual foundation for the two to perform a great drama together.
At that time, liu xiazhen, the eldest wife who went to Beijing with Cai Yi
2. At that time, Cai Yi's big sons were in Beijing, and before they escaped, they had to send their families out of the capital. Therefore, Cai Yi and Xiao Fengxian made a play together, in the posture of wandering in the flowers, on the one hand, indulging in beauty to paralyze Yuan Shikai's eyes and ears, on the other hand, the news in The capital city was boiling and "forcing" his family to leave; only when the old mother, wife, concubines, children and other family members left Beijing safely, Cai Yi had the possibility of escaping on his own.
Cai Yi was born into an ordinary family of small traders in Shaoyang, Hunan Province. Because of the appreciation of the rich man Liu Huige, he received his private school and betrothed his 7-year-old daughter Xu to him. After Cai Yi returned from studying in Japan, Liu Huige's daughter suspected that Cai Yi's family was poor, and finally her niece Liu Xinying married her cousin. Later, it was renamed Liu Xiazhen.
After Cai Yi became the governor of Yunnan, he met a 12-year-old gentry woman Pan Huiying in Kunming, and he fell in love with Cai Ye as his second wife. Cai Yi went to Beijing to take up his post, and Pan Huiying took her pregnant to go with Cai Yi, gave birth to Cai Yi's eldest son in Beijing, and became pregnant with her second son.
When Cai Yi was the governor of Yunnan, he met and married a gentleman woman, Pan Huiying, who was also in Beijing at that time
Cai Yi's aunt Pan Huiying once revealed such a detail: Once Cai Yi accompanied her family to see a play, she once pointed to a young woman in the next box and said: She is Xiao Fengxian, and there is no barrier between words.
As a result, Cai Yi and Xiao Fengxian jointly performed a big drama, first creating family conflicts, causing a fire in the backyard of the Cai family, and finally the Cai family left in response to the female dependents.
The chivalrous prostitute Xiao Fengxian stepped forward to "make a play" to excite Cai Yi and a big family, and this role is definitely not an ordinary wind and dust woman can play!
This is a family portrait taken by Cai Yi with his two wives and children in Beijing
Second: the two conspired to create an illusion: first, the family made a fuss and paralyzed Yuan Shikai. He also took advantage of the convenience of traveling to cover Cai Yi to jump on the train to Tianjin; then detoured through Japan and Vietnam, and finally returned to Kunming.
Legend has it that Cai Yi left Xiao Fengxian with a similar word before leaving: I hope that he can accompany old Lin Quan one day to fulfill his long-cherished wish!
This sentence may be unintentional to the speaker, but it makes the listener unable to come out for a lifetime.
General Cai Yi is dressed in a portrait
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="45" > have their own misfortunes</h1>
Xiao Fengxian was originally named Zhu Xiaofeng, and later changed his name to Zhang Fengyun and Zhang Xianfei (marry a man, change his name), a Manchu bannerman, whose ancestral home is Henan. Born in Hangzhou in 1899, his father was a military attaché of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. She was born to her aunt, and with the death of her biological father, the mother and daughter had to leave the house alone.
Soon, her mother was also depressed, and Xiao Fengxian was entrusted to a grandmother surnamed Zhang in the original Zhu family. During the war, Aunt Zhang gave Xiao Fengxian to an artist surnamed Hu to learn drama. The name "Xiao Fengxian" was given by this artist surnamed Hu. Xiao Fengxian is not very good-looking, but fortunately, he is talented and has a gentle voice, but he has learned a lot of songs. At the age of 13, he became a popular singer and prostitute on the Qinhuai River in Nanjing.
Little Phoenix Fairy in his youth
Later, Xiao Fengxian followed the artist surnamed Hu to Beijing and was sold to Yunjiban in Shaanxi Lane. After getting to know Cai Yi, she was redeemed, but still lived on Yun Jiban.
After Cai Yi escaped, Xiao Fengxian suddenly became famous; the media and gossip were frequent: there were "cai dudu women" in Shaanxi Lane. So the man with all kinds of illusions almost stepped on the threshold of Yun Jiban.
However, Yun Jiban had long since lost sight of Xiao Fengxian.
Sitting on the right was Xiao Fengxian during the Yunjiban period
Less than a year later, the news came out that Cai Yi had died of illness in Japan, and the sky of Xiao Fengxian, who had been waiting for day and night, had collapsed. When The Central Park was paying homage to General Cai Yi, someone saw Xiao Fengxian dressed in a black veil and riding a white car to pay tribute. And left two drawings:
Unfortunately, Zhou Lang actually had a short life, ninety thousand miles south of the Heavenly Peng Wing, straight up to help the rock, which can worry about the rest of his life, Pingshui marriage into a dream;
Knowing that Li Jing was a hero, eighteen years of Northern Rouge, self-pity and degeneration. Win the hero's confidant, and the peach blossom color is also a thousand autumns.
Since the 1930s, as a representative of the chivalrous prostitutes of the Republic of China, the image of Xiao Fengxian has been put on the screen
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="57" > family members do not know Xiao Fengxian</h1>
In order to defend General Cai Yi, Xiao Fengxian was no longer seen in the Eight Hutongs, and Xiao Fengxian was cut off from his economic resources.
It is said that General Cai Yi twice entrusted his subordinates and friends to send money to Xiao Fengxian, but unfortunately they were intercepted halfway through. Even Xiao Fengxian's letter of help to Cai Yi was burned by the middleman.
With his hopes shattered, Xiao Fengxian left Beijing after 1917. He came to Shenyang and married a brigade commander of the Northeast Army named Liang (renamed Zhang Fengyun). The two lived together for many years without giving birth to children. Later, the brigade commander was killed on the battlefield, and Xiao Fengxian's life was once again in trouble.
Hong Kong movie star Chow Hai Mei plays Xiao Fengxian
In 1949, on the eve of the founding of New China, Xiao Fengxian married Li Zhenhai, a boilermaker five years older than her. And became the stepmother of 4 children.
At that time, Xiao Fengxian was also nearly 50 years old, and the prosperity and disgrace of the world had long been seen through. She has been hiding her origins and has lived a dull life ever since.
The only thing that hasn't been put down is her love of singing, and she often hangs her throat alone in the backyard of her home. Because she rarely does housework, her stepdaughter Li Guilan calls her "lazy stepmother.".
It is worth mentioning that Mr. Mei Lanfang and Xiao Fengxian have a relationship; in early 1917, at a banquet, Xiao Fengxian attended as a famous prostitute, and Mei Lanfang took the initiative to toast Xiao Fengxian's wine, and the two became acquainted.
Mei Lanfang was the only friend who had seen Xiao Fengxian later
In 1951, Mei Lanfang received a letter when he led a delegation to Shenyang to perform a charity performance to resist the United States and aid Korea. This was the only time Xiao Fengxian had written a letter to a former friend. The content of the letter is: Forty years ago, the person who wrote the letter was invited to have a meal with Mei Lanfang at the same table in Fuxingju. The letter ends with the words" "I have not seen it for many years, and I miss it very much... If you do not give up, give a talk for the sake of hope.
Stepdaughter Li Guilan, calling her stepmother Zhang Xianfei (Xiao Fengxian's pseudonym) a "lazy stepmother"
After Mei Lanfang saw Xiao Fengxian, she was greatly impressed by her current situation. Speaking of Cai Yi during the banquet, Xiao Fengxian cried uncontrollably: "Songpo is the great husband of the world, he does not live up to the people of the world, but he, he has lost me!"
And explained to Mei Lanfang with tears in his eyes: "I never dreamed that he (Cai Yi) did not give me a single word until he 'returned to heaven'. For me. Matsupa is really a boky man..."
In addition to giving Xiao Fengxian a sum of money, Mei Lanfang also entrusted Xiao Fengxian to find a job as a nurseryman in the provincial kindergarten, and Xiao Fengxian gladly accepted and has been working in this position for 2 years.
Angelababy plays the little phoenix fairy
In 1954, 55-year-old Xiao Fengxian fell into the public toilet next to his bungalow due to a sudden cerebral hemorrhage, and died of ineffective rescue.
It was not until 1998, when the four children who had lived with Zhang Xefei for decades knew that the stepmother "Zhang Xena" was originally a famous prostitute Xiao Fengxian.
After Xiao Fengxian died, he was buried lonely in the Tawan Mountain Forest in Shenyang's Huanggu District.
Buried in the coffin with her was only a photograph of General Cai Yi.