Liang Yin and Yu Hu (April 2004)
Stills from "The Visitor on the Iceberg"
Stills from "Three Into the Mountain City"
Every era has the voice of every era, and every era has the hero of every era. The famous film performance artist Liang Yin portrayed the hero of that era in the movie "Visitor on the Iceberg", the yang platoon leader of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and the classic line "Amir, rush!" "Became an iconic voice for people to remember that era."
On the morning of January 26, Liang Yin completed his life path and left safely at the age of 89, painless and painless, with a smile on his lips as if in a dream. When the news came out, the WeChat group sounded one after another, there was nostalgia, there was admiration, and there was regret. A friend sent a message: "Shoot three flares into the sky and let them illuminate the mountains and rivers of the motherland!" ”
"Dear comrades-in-arms,
You can no longer listen to me play the piano and listen to me sing."
On Saturday, I will go to Teacher Liang Yin's house to give the old man a ride. At noon, a message came from the mobile phone: "Hello Xiao Wang, it's okay now, you can come home earlier." The heating in the home is not good, pay attention to keep warm, wear more clothes! Liang's wife". Talking about Teacher Liang Yin with my friends these days, everyone said that the old man who is almost 90 years old is really happy to walk, without any pain, without suffering, and it is really a blessing to cultivate. When I read this text message, I thought about this lover who had just lost her deep love for a lifetime, a lonely old man who had not dried her tears in pain, but still cared carefully for the cold and warmth of others, what a kind heart she had. Under the care of such a woman, Teacher Liang Yin's old age must be happy and happy!
There is such a woman, can not say where the beauty, only feel that the whole person is sunny, a rhyme soaked with active life, clear, smooth, approachable. The impression given to me by "Liang's wife" Teacher Yu Hu is like this. At home where I have lived with Mr. Liang Yin for 12 years, Yu Hu enthusiastically led me to visit Mr. Liang's bedroom and study. It is hard to imagine that this is the home of a world-renowned artist, with extremely ordinary furniture, beds and appliances, as rustic as the owner. It's just that the various gadgets, table lamps, and ornaments placed in the house are unique and distinctive. Because these are all made by Teacher Liang Yin himself. The tablecloth on the table was sewn by his own hand, and the electric mattress on the bed was also made by his own hand. I was a little shocked: "This is Cao Maolin's home!" Teacher Yu Hu showed a smile on his face. Cao Maolin is an artistic image created by Liang Yin in the film "Young People in Our Village", honest, intelligent, responsible, cute, and skillful, nicknamed "Seventy-Three Lines". That is, the image of Cao Maolin touched the heart of Yu Hu, a young girl who was only 15 years old at the time, and the young girl gradually became clear in her heart the image of a lover.
"He's too much like Cao Maolin, simple, intelligent, humorous, and joking with me a few hours before leaving." He said, 'What about the vest I wear?' Because of the lung infection, I took him to the hospital, and the doctor gave a thumbs up after a comprehensive examination: 'Elder Liang, there is no problem with the brain, there is no problem with the heart, such an old age is rare.' There are some infections in the lungs, and after two days of hospital infusion and anti-inflammatory, it will be better immediately. Liang Yin also naughtily winked at me and whispered, "Look at the vest, there are more than a thousand pieces in it!" I put the vest on myself. He was happy, holding my hand tightly, clutching it tightly and stroking it the next. I said, 'Liang Yin, take a break!' He pretended not to hear. I raised my voice and said, 'Little beam, obey!' He's happy! In the past few years, he did not want me to call him a teacher, called him Lao Liang, and was willing to listen to Xiao Liangzi, like a child. For a moment he said there was nothing uncomfortable, just tired. I said, get a good night's sleep when you're tired. I wiped his face, and he kept staring at me, then took the towel and wiped the corners of his eyes himself. He loves to be clean, and he can't have a little bit of uncleanness. He asked me to pull on his shirt again and fall asleep quietly. Who knows if this sleep will never wake up again! After 20 minutes, I fed him water and told him he shouldn't. I yelled at the doctor: 'I must bring him back!' The doctor shook his head helplessly. He was gone, as he usually slept, serene, too serene. Gone, gone forever! How good people, know him, don't know him, fans, friends, colleagues, collaborators, no one who does not say that he is good. The nice guys are gone, leave me gone! Teacher Yu Hu wept sadly...
"Xiao Wang, do you know what Liang Yin was called when he was a child?" Teacher Yu Hu, who had calmed down, suddenly asked me, and I shook my head blankly. "It's called a pillar. He was born in the countryside, had an older brother in front of him, and died in just a few months, and the old man gave him this name and said it was good to feed. Later, he was named Liang Qiucheng. When studying music in the troupe, he changed his name to Liang Yin. He also has a little name called Dog Egg, which he told me quietly! "At this point, she couldn't help but smile, and there was a girlish shyness in her smile." The first time he appeared on the big screen was as an ordinary worker in the first feature film in New China, "Bridge", starring Teacher Chen Qiang. He was transferred to the Northeast Film Studio (later renamed Changchun Film Studio) in 1948. Previously, he was a railroad worker and loved literature and art. He used to use bamboo poles and brass pipes to make horizontal flutes and other musical instruments to play with his co-workers. Then, the Qiqihar Railway Bureau set up a troupe, he was selected as an actor, first studied black pipe, and later signed up for the Northeast Literary and Labor Troupe, and then later acted in movies.
In the early performances, the roles played by Liang Yin were basically similar to his own experience, identity and temperament, and there was also a gap in performance, so he observed the performances of Xie Tian, Chen Qiang, Lu Ban, Zhang Ping and the old actors in his work, and humbly asked them for advice. In 1958, he played the peasant Cao Maolin in "The Young Man in Our Village", which was unanimously recognized by everyone, and also played the screen image of Liu Erge in "Liu Sanjie". Around 1963, two plays that had been filmed successively looked for him to star in, one was playing Sun Xiwang in "Li Shuangshuang", and the other was "Visitor on the Iceberg" as Yang Platoon Leader. After much deliberation, Liang Yin chose the more challenging Yang platoon leader. Whether he could play this role well was very controversial at the time. Liang Yin has always been honest and responsible, not quarrelsome, but fully devoted himself to the role, and finally successfully shaped the hero Yang Platoon Leader. I believe that if he portrays Sun Xiwang, he will also succeed. Speaking of Teacher Liang Yin's growth experience and artistic achievements, Yu Hu is like a family treasure. Talking.
Some people say: If you are exquisite, you can move people. Zhang Ji has been famous for his "Fengqiao Night Berth" for thousands of years, Zhang Ruoxuan has a unique technique of "Spring River Flower Moon Night" to shine throughout the Tang Dynasty, and Margaret Mitchell stands tall in the world literary world with a "Drifting". In the classic work "Visitor on the Iceberg", the hero Yang Platoon Commander portrayed by Liang Yin will surely shine forever in the brilliant galaxy of Chinese cinema.
When "Visitor on the Iceberg" became popular all over the country, Yu Hu was already an 18-year-old girl. I have watched "The Young Man in Our Village" many times before, and I can't see enough of Cao Maolin, and this time she is even more stunned when she watches "The Visitor on the Iceberg". The wisdom of "Yang Platoon Leader" made her see Liang Yin's wisdom; the bravery of "Yang Platoon Leader" made her see Liang Yin's fortitude; and the melodious flute sound of "Yang Platoon Leader" made her feel the tenderness under Liang Yin's serious appearance... "Men should be like Liang Yin!" Liang Yin has become an idol in Yu Hu's heart, not only liang Yin has made movies, she has seen many times without landing, and secretly determined that when she grows up, she must marry a man like Liang Yin! Yu Hu graduated from Yuhu High School in 1967, like a flower like jade, with a high nose and black eyes, especially like an ethnic minority girl in Xinjiang. Suitors and introducers flocked to the area. But she already had a ruler in her heart, and she didn't know how many she saw, either short or long, and this ruler could not be measured by others, and as a result, none of them were negotiated. Suddenly, Yu Hu had missed the best age for a woman to marry. In 1985, yu hu was 37 years old, and she had died about marriage. She buried her love deep in her heart and decided to let her life wait!
Many years ago, I listened to Tong Ange's song "Let Life Wait", and I was deeply moved by the moment, and then I felt that this was the songwriter's pretense. The preciousness of life, the passage of time, this love with the years, at least has long faded a lot.
One day in July 1987, Yu Hu got Liang Yin's contact information and called his home, which was picked up by Liang Yin's wife, Du Fengxia, an actor at Changchun Film Studio. Putting down the phone, Yu Hu's heart was full of joy and excitement. A few days later, when she called Liang Yin's house again, Liang Yin answered the phone. Yu Hu excitedly talked to Liang Yin about his films and said that she loved and understood the role. At this time, she was a teacher at the Kindergarten Normal School and an actress in the Chaoyang Amateur Drama Troupe. Since then, every once in a while, she has had a phone call with the Liang family, and the content of the conversation is all over the world. Yu Hu took the phone conversation with Teacher Liang as his spiritual food. As the number of phone calls increased, the friendship between Yu Hu and Liang Yin and his family also deepened. In the summer of 1998, Liang Yin's eldest daughter, Liang Ling, who worked as a makeup artist in Changying, went to Beijing to buy props for the factory and lived in Yu Hu's house. Yu Hu accompanied Liang Ling all over the city of Beijing. Later, Liang Yin came to Beijing for a meeting, and Yu Hu finally met his idol.
The Frenchman La Rochefoucco wrote in the Proverbs: "It is difficult to define love, and we can only say: in the soul love is a dominant passion; in the spirit it is a mutual understanding; in the body, it is a secret envy and elegant possession of what we love, hiding behind the mysteries." "The strength and power that is used to resist love can also be used to make love fierce and lasting; and those who are weak, always affected by passion, almost never really put into action." After seeing Liang Yin, Yu Hu was excited and happy, although she loved Liang Yin very much in her heart, she knew that Teacher Liang was a person with a family. She buried her love deep in her heart.
One life, one autumn of grass and trees. People are like grass, from spring to summer, from summer to autumn, from green to yellow, and then gradually from yellow to dry. The person who waits in love is also like the grass from green to yellow, and its scenery is also silent, and its love is also somewhat dark.
More than a decade passed in a hurry. One day in December 2000, Teacher Liang Yin suddenly called, and the voice in the microphone was choked. Due to excessive sadness, for a long time, Liang Yincai said in a trembling voice that Teacher Du had died of a sudden cerebral hemorrhage. Yu Hu was sad for Liang Yin's sadness, comforted for a while, and then hung up the phone. This hanging, for another three years, has no contact with each other. At about 5 p.m. on June 25, 2003, Yu Hu was doing laundry at home when suddenly she heard a song "Why Are The Flowers So Red" coming from the TV. It is CCTV's "Art Life" program, and the crew of "Visitors on the Iceberg" is being broadcast to reunite. Yu Hu saw the familiar figure. He was old, and his face was full of vicissitudes. At this time, the actor who played Gulan Danmu was asking Liang Yin: "Teacher Liang Yin, I heard that your old partner Teacher Du has passed away?" Liang Yin was full of pain, waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about this, don't talk about this!" Seeing such a situation, Yu Hu's heart was like a knife. The show continued, a female film fan ran on stage, presented a bouquet of flowers to Teacher Liang Yin and warmly embraced him, while another female audience member expressed her love for Teacher Liang Yin in public. Yu Hu's heart beat violently, and an inexplicable fear enveloped her heart. She was a little afraid, she was afraid that the idol she had a crush on and had waited for for 40 years with her life would really be snatched away by other women. (Wang Weiqiang)