99-year-old Qin Yi: the most beautiful strivers, she lives up to her name

On January 31, Qin Yi, the "People's Artist" and honorary member of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, celebrated her 99th birthday. Recently, the relevant leaders of the Shanghai Municipal Federation of Literature and Literature and the Shanghai Film Association visited and comforted Qin Yi, with the concern and blessings of everyone, and wished her health and peace!

This year is also the 82nd anniversary of Qin Yi's practice of art. In 1939, Qin Yi participated in his first film "Good Husband", and later performed dramas in Chongqing, Chengdu and other places. In 1946, Qin Yi returned to Shanghai, and after the founding of New China, he became an actor in the Shanghai Film Studio and served as the deputy head of the Shanghai Film Actor Troupe. So far, Qin Yi has participated in more than 40 film and television dramas, creating countless classic images. Even though she is old, she still chases her dream of film. At the age of 93, she climbed a plateau nearly 4,000 meters above sea level to make the movie "Qinghai Lakeside"; at the age of 95, she also made a cameo role in the movie "The Legend of the Demon Cat".

Until now, Qin Yi's heart is still thinking about movies - "People's Artist" she deserves, "the most beautiful strivers" she deserves her name.

It's good to run a little dragon suit

Niu Ben joined the party, and Qin Yi was his introducer. At the beginning of 2021, 87-year-old Niu Ben and Tong Ruixin, the head of the Shanghai Film Actors Troupe, visited Qin Yi. "I told her, 'You're going to live 120,' and she immediately replied, 'That's not good.'" Niu Ben said happily, "She has worked so hard all her life, so cherished her 'feathers' as an actress and a Communist Party member, and I want to continue to learn from her." ”

When Qin Yi and Niu Ben were gossiping, Tong Ruixin listened quietly. He said that the feeling at that moment was very deep and deep, and it was difficult to imagine how deep the feelings of that generation of filmmakers for movies really were. "It's really, as she says, 'As long as you live, you have to work,' and for her, movies are part of life."

Tong Ruixin always remembers such a detail, once he went to visit Qin Yi, Qin Yi was singing the movie "Railway Guerrilla" episode with her daughter, and her eyes flashed, "I think that some things are forever engraved in her heart for her."

The same story also appeared in the narration of Ren Zhonglun, chairman of the Shanghai Film Association. Once he went to the hospital to visit Qin Yi, and Qin Yi said that he wanted to be discharged. "What are you going to do?" Isn't it nice to have doctors and nurses in the hospital who take care of them all the time? Resting and recuperating with peace of mind is also the expectation of audiences across the country. Ren Zhonglun advised her.

"I can make movies when I go out!" Qin Yi replied, "Quietly enter the crew and run a small dragon set." ”

"I was deeply moved." Ren Zhonglun sighed. In the decades when he and Qin Yi knew and interacted closely, this kind of feeling has always haunted him. Movies, movies, movies, perhaps the most talked about between them is this word - this is an old film artist, or in Qin Yi's own words, an "old fan of Chinese cinema", the most simple, sincere and warmest wish in his heart: to continue to create, to continue to shoot, to be with the audience. "It is no exaggeration to say that Qin Yi is a banner of Shanghai cinema and Chinese cinema." Ren Zhonglun said, "For a long time, we can feel a strong spiritual inspiration from her. Her unparalleled love of film is moving. ”

Performance artist Liang Boluo also regards Qin Yi as an idol in his heart. Although the two have only collaborated on the 2013 children's film "Heart Song", they often meet in some public welfare activities and recitation programs locally or abroad. In 2015, Liang Boluo's autobiography "Yi Hai Waves" was ready to be published, and he wanted to ask "Old Sister" Qin Yi to write the preface, but he felt that she was old after all, and she participated in many social activities. However, Qin Yi not only gladly agreed, but also wrote extremely seriously. "When she returned the manuscript I had brought with her a few months later, it was all turned over. It shows that she carefully read it page by page, and then wrote such a preface. I was very touched by that. Liang Polo said with emotion, "I think she, an old senior, has always been very approachable." No matter what occasion and what situation, she can not be insulted, and it is really the style of everyone in art. ”

No matter the size of the character, even if it is just a dragon set, as long as it is on the film shooting scene, Qin Yi is always fully focused and strives for excellence. Step by step, steadfastly from the source, from life to find artistic inspiration, she with full enthusiasm for the cause of literature and art. For Qin Yi, dry literature and art is not "for making a living", but "for the ideal".

Shoot me what I have, I want to make a movie

In 2015, the feature film "Qinghai Lakeside", produced, written and starring Qin Yi, was released. In order to shoot this film, Qin Yi, who was 93 years old at the time, stayed on the plateau at an altitude of nearly 4,000 meters for three months.

Before that, her daughter Jin Feijian repeatedly advised her that no child was willing to let her 90-year-old mother suffer this kind of suffering, "such a plateau, I can't go up." But she is also well aware of her mother's stubbornness and persistence in her bones, and she does not persuade her at all, because this is something that Qin Yi must do successfully in her heart- "Every time someone comes to see her, she does not care whether others are doing movies or not, she always has to pull people to say the script." In order to raise funds for the shooting, my mother even thought about selling the house where the family lived. ”

Ren Zhonglun, then president of Shanghai Film Group, was also a staunch opponent of the project. "I discussed with Qin Yi, you want to make a movie, I will help you make a documentary of yours, shoot in the studio, and use your experience to reflect the development of Shanghai and even Chinese films, isn't it also very meaningful?" But Qin Yi refused, she said: Shoot me what I have, I want to make a movie. ”

Tong Ruixin was the one who went to Qinghai with Qin Yi to shoot a scene. He used the form of a micro-film to record Qin Yi's shooting life in Qinghai, and named the film "Extraordinary", and this word is the most direct feeling that Qin Yi brought to Tong Ruixin.

When the film crew of "Qinghai Lakeside" climbed the plateau, the relatively young team members were a little breathless. Everyone advised Qin Yi to quickly sit down and take a rest, and Qin Yi, who was inspired by the excitement of creation, asked them doubtfully: What to do? Why should I sit down? Jin Feijian laughed and said that the mother in life is such a person who is a little dull about "herself", perhaps her whole attention is focused on something else, which she thinks is more important than "herself".

After experiencing this shooting, Tong Ruixin felt that under the inspiration of Qin Yi, he had also "changed". "Her artistic 'foot strength' and her tenacity to take root in life have touched me greatly, which in turn has prompted me to constantly push myself in my artistic career." A few years ago, Tong Ruixin initiated and founded the Shanghai Public Welfare Micro Film Festival, and Qin Yi did not hesitate to agree to be a consultant and gave a lot of "confidence". "For many people, Qin Yi is our spiritual guide."

Chen Liting's "Distant Love" is the first film starring Qin Yi. She once asked Chen Liting, who was old and had been hiding in a small building for thirty or forty years, "You can't do anything now, but your spirit is very good, what is the secret?" Chen Liting said: "There is only one, that is to read books, in the book, my world is very big..." In fact, Qin Yi is the same, staying at home and often reading books, reading newspapers, writing and writing, "so that the elderly feet can keep up with the pace of the times as much as possible."

This side says, "Don't want me to have no money, and the other side "uproars" hundreds of thousands of dollars were donated

In fact, in Jin Feijian's impression, Qin Yi has always been a somewhat "special" mother. Unlike many "celebrity children", the mother never relied on her celebrity status to seek something for her children, on the contrary, she firmly opposed such practices and repeatedly warned them, "You should not participate in anything I do."

Studying and looking for a job, these "life events" of her daughter, although Qin Yi also cares like an ordinary mother, she has never "helped" her. Until her retirement, Mrs. Kim also kept her agreement with her mother and never participated in anything related to her mother's work. "Before the age of 55, I knew almost nothing about the details of her work. Later, when I was old and she was old, she asked me to help her do something. A lot of things about her work, I learned about it later. ”

This is Qin Yi.

Equally important as the artistic image created by Qin Yi is her social image - it is already a habit of Qin Yi to be strict with herself, to be lenient with others, and to stand up without hesitation in the face of major events.

There is a detail that impressed Ren Zhonglun deeply.

Qin Yi's son Jin Jie was hospitalized, and she personally accompanied the passport materials in the ward. The kind doctor looked in his eyes and quietly said to Ren Zhonglun, who came to visit: "Little brother" lives in a multi-person ward, Qin Yi is a big star, will it not be inconvenient. Ren Zhonglun then suggested that Qin Yi change a single ward for the "little brother". I didn't want Qin Yi to strongly oppose it, and even said don't don't don't want it, "The price of a single room is very expensive, I don't have any money."

However, this Qin Yi, who even called "no money", did not say a word during the Wenchuan earthquake and the Yushu earthquake, and suddenly took out 200,000 savings and donated them all to the disaster area. What is the heart of the people, what is the same fate as the motherland, from her body, you can see the most specific and vivid annotations to these expressions.

The character is high, the art is noble. Qin Yi has set the most valuable example for today's filmmakers.

"As long as you live, you must work hard", her dedication to art has made her leave such a rich and valuable work in the history of Chinese cinema, creating many classic screen images that are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"Not for a living, for the ideal", she will pass on all the touching spiritual power she got from literature and art to others in her own way, winning the love and admiration of generations of audiences for her.

(This article is provided by Shanghai Municipal Federation of Literature and Literature)

Author: HuWen

Source: China Art News