From the age of 22 to the stage of human art, Zhu Xu has acted for more than 60 years. On stage, on screen and on screen, this veteran artist has created many unforgettable characters with his natural performances.
In the early morning of September 17, his family picked up his body from the hospital and sent it to the East Auditorium of Babaoshan Funeral Home to say one last goodbye to relatives, friends and the public.
At this time, the music of the "ancient road outside the long pavilion" in the farewell hall sounded softly, and the fragrance of white chrysanthemum lilies wafted. Wreaths and ties from all walks of life are clustered together.
Old leaders Wen Jiabao, Wu Yi, Zhang Heping sent banglian, Liu Heng, Lin Zhaohua, Chen Guofu, Zheng Rong, and other old partners sent banglian, and Jia Zhangke, Jiang Wen, Jiang Wu, Liu Ruoying, Huang Lei, Zhang Yimou, Liu Xiaoqing, and other descendants of the performing arts industry also sent banglian.
Li Xuejian, chairman of the China Filmmakers Association, told a moving story.
At the scene, relatives and friends and many people in the literary and art circles have been quietly waiting, everyone hugged each other, gently buckled the back of the old man's relatives without saying a word, everyone was waiting, waiting for the last curtain of the old man, waiting for the last journey to send the old man.
At nearly 10 o'clock, the farewell officially began.
Zhu Weijie, the granddaughter of the old master, wept and read the touching and profound farewell speech. She said that in the eyes of outsiders, Grandpa is an accomplished artist, but in her eyes, Grandpa is the grandpa who always allows her to hear wonderful stories. She said her father and uncle were both hearing impaired, but Grandpa raised them to adulthood and made them as confident and open-minded as Grandpa.
In 2015, after the death of Zhu Xu's wife, Zhu Weijie often saw his grandfather at home. Then she felt that maybe Grandpa would follow Grandma. She said that the bright color in her grandfather's life in her later years was the arrival of the little heavy grandson. Grandpa often watched in silence as the little group of people learned to speak, enjoying this natural pleasure.
In fact, Old Master Zhu Xu has given fatherly warmth to many juniors.
Jiang Wu has cooperated with Lao Ye in three plays, he said that "Lao Zi has a strict acting, that is what you can feel when you and him follow him", he also remembered that when filming "Bath", every time he went back to the dormitory to sleep, he had to go through the old man's room, and when he pushed the door, he saw peanuts and rice and wine on the small coffee table. The two of them sat down to have a little drink and talk. To this day, Jiang Wu still can't accept the fact that the old man has left. "I felt like I was dreaming."
Renyi actor Wang Gang said that Renyi has always been adhering to the tradition of "being a person first, then acting", and Zhu Xu is a model for the younger generations in terms of personality and drama.
Blue sky wild
Old artists Lan Tianye and Lü Zhongzhong also came to bid farewell. Veteran artist Li Bin recalled the days when Zhu Xu took a kite more than forty years ago and everyone flew together. She said that his humor is very profound, which has something to do with Zhu Xu's own conditions. He stutters, and stutterers have to think about it for a while before they speak, and the brain has to translate it, so his performance is also very different.
People remember that Zhu Xu loves life, loves to play, and can play.
Song Dandan
Song Dandan recalled the story of drinking with the old man. When Zhu Xu was seriously ill, Song Dandan went to visit and found that the old man was particularly homesick, so he persuaded his family to allow him to go back and live for a few days. Zhu Xu who returned home was very happy, originally did not eat much, as soon as he came home and wanted to drink some wine, Song Dandan sent Maotai, dumplings and two grasshoppers, and the old man called to say in a weak voice because of this, "How can I thank you!" Speaking of this, Song Dandan's eyes were moist again.
Jiang Wenli, who just finished the performance of the play "This Time Next Year" at the Poly Theater last night, came early this morning to bid farewell to Teacher Zhu Xu. She and Teacher Zhu Xu have a deep affection, and at this time they are particularly sad: "Teacher Zhu has no daughter, I will tell him, you will treat me as your dry daughter." The day before he left, I went to visit him in the hospital, and I didn't expect it to be the last time. ”
Jiang Wenli
Jiang Wenli and Zhu Xu have worked together four times, and Jiang Wenli recalls that the first time she cooperated with Teacher Zhu was in 1994, the Sino-Japanese co-production of "Children of the Earth". But in fact, when Jiang Wenli was studying at film school, she was impressed by Zhu Xu's acting skills in the drama "Mutiny".
Jiang Wenli really had a lot of contact with Zhu Xu, during the time when "Gua Sha" was filmed in the United States. "At that time, the crew lived together in the United States for two months, and the actors were inseparable. I found a little trick of Teacher Zhu, he likes to write the lines on the small cards, carry them in the pocket, take them out to see whenever he has time, how to read a sentence, he will try a variety of different tones. He is a very humorous and optimistic person in life, everyone likes to listen to Teacher Zhu tell stories after work, Teacher Zhu is especially good at telling stories, he talked about his experience of being locked up in a cowshed during the Cultural Revolution, although it was painful, he could always capture fun from it, see the fun side, very optimistic. That attitude towards life, that mentality of being open-minded in the face of adversity, is really very contagious. ”
Jiang Wenli's directorial debut "We See You in Heaven" is the most important cooperation between the two, and when Jiang Wenli wrote the script, she wrote about the role of "Grandpa", and she thought of Teacher Zhu. Jiang Wenli said: "In the past two months of filming, I have once again felt The professionalism and seriousness of Teacher Zhu. At that time, there was a scene that was an earthquake, grandpa wanted to carry out the grown-up Xiaolan out, considering that Teacher Zhu was old, I decided not to want this scene, but Teacher Zhu insisted on shooting, and one of the important shots did not need a stand-in, so before starting work, he also specially brought a waist guard and insisted on shooting that shot. Later, although this scene was unfortunately cut, Teacher Zhu's dedication and seriousness made me unforgettable. ”
Pu Cunxin
Tian Zhuangzhuang
Wu Gang
Yang Lixin
Autumn is getting thicker, and the sky is high and cloudy. On the huge photo in the farewell hall, Mr. Zhu stared at his relatives, friends and juniors with a faint smile, kind and peaceful. Perhaps, his heart has already flown into the sky and reunited with his beloved wife.
Biography
Drama master Hong Shen once said, "Actors who can act, actors who can't act." Zhu Xu has always taken these two sentences as his motto for practicing art. He is good at observation, diligent in learning, and assiduous in research, and has created dozens of characters with unique personalities and bright colors on the stage of Beijing Renyi. His humorous and delicate performances left a deep mark on the hearts of the audience.
In 2012, the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Beijing Renyi Academy, the 82-year-old Zhu Xu also stood on the stage of Beijing Renyi, playing Yao Banxian in "Jiaziyuan", which was his last drama role, so far, he stood on his favorite stage for a whole jiazi.
Some people call Zhu Xu a late bloomer, and some people say that he is "old and red", outside the stage, he has formed a deep relationship with the audience through movies and television.
Stills from the movie "Changing Faces"
In 1984, at the age of 54, Zhu Xu first ventured into the film industry and has since become an evergreen tree on the screen and screen. He has successively participated in the movies "The Girl in Red", "The Bell of Qingliang Temple", "Alley Celebrity", "Drum Book Artist", "Que Li RenJia", "Heart Fragrance", "We See You in Heaven", "Change Face", "Bath", "Gua Sha" and TV series "The Last Emperor", "Children of the Earth", "Like Water Years", "A Hundred Years of Vicissitudes", "Sunset Forbidden City" and so on.
Stills from the movie "Bathing"
The Last Emperor (1988)
"We See You in Heaven" is Zhu Xu's last film
He is a gentle gentleman, a loving elder, and a lovely old man in the eyes of the audience. The performance, which leaves no trace, has been commented as "not acting at all, but living." ”
At 2:20 a.m. on September 15, Zhu Xu died in Beijing at the age of 88.
This September
We have sent too many masters away
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Chang Baohua: To be a "man'er", not a wrist
On September 7, the 88-year-old famous cross-talk performance artist Chang Baohua passed away in Beijing. In 1951, Chang Baohua visited the cross-talk master Ma Sanli as a teacher, and his apprentices included Zhao Fuyu and Niu Qun, and his representative works include "Hat Factory" and "Language Doctor". He learned the art from the age of seven or eight, and when he grew up, he worked as a navy, a farmer, and a worker, transforming the bittersweet and bittersweet in life into humor and bringing joy to the audience on the stage. Chang Lao once said that he did "Man'er" and did not do wrists, "The audience is soil, without soil, no one can become a man'er." ”
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Sheng China: "Liang Zhu" ends and turns the butterfly away
On September 7, the famous violinist Sheng Zhonghua died of a heart attack at the age of 77. Sheng China was one of the first violinists to win the honor of China in the world, and his representative works include "Liang Zhu". Sheng China was born in 1941 in a musical family, his parents raised eleven children, ten of whom majored in music, and a total of nine people played the violin, so this family has the reputation of "the first master in the Chinese music scene".
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Shan Tianfang: "His mouth is the sand field, it is the jianghu"
On September 11, shan Tianfang, a famous storyteller and performance artist, died of illness at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital at the age of 84. Shan Tianfang's commentaries have kept pace with the times, and for decades, generations of Chinese people have listened to and watched his commentaries through semiconductors, televisions, and the Internet. "He has one mouth, that is the battlefield, that is the jianghu, all the historical evolutions and changes, are in his own voice."
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Zhu Xu: "The best old man" is gone
At 2:20 a.m. on September 15, Zhu Xu, a famous artist of Beijing Renyi, died in Beijing at the age of 88. Zhu Xu has starred in many films with profound cultural significance, such as "Changing Face", "Bathing", "Gua Sha", etc., and has also participated in the filming of a large number of TV series such as "The Last Emperor", "Like Water Years", "The Gate of the Great Mansion" and so on. The performance, which leaves no trace, has been commented as "not acting at all, but living." ”