If Ms. Yan Huizhu were alive, she would be over 100 years old this year.
Her father is Yan Jupeng, one of the four major students of Peking Opera, her mother Gao Yi'an is a movie star, and her elder brothers Yan Shaopeng, brother Yan Xiaopeng, and sister Yan Huilan are famous artists such as opera critics, dramas, movies, Kunqu opera, and Peking Opera, respectively.
In 1943, she worshiped Mei Lanfang as a teacher in Shanghai, and was able to get Mei Lanfang's true successor, only Li Shifang and her two, were red horns that were red all over the country, Yan Huizhu's talent was amazing, she dressed gorgeously, stood tall, her voice was clear and round, and she was good at both literature and martial arts, and she was called "female Mei Lanfang" in the street.
The successful career made Yan Huizhu sparkle, but her married life cast a layer of dust on the light. Yan Huizhu was married three times in her life, tried to commit suicide twice, and the last time she was not spared...
Yan Huizhu's first husband was Bai Yun, an actor who was very popular in the film industry at that time, whose real name was Yang Weihan. Yang Weihan was very popular at that time with his outstanding appearance.
However, Yang Weihan is a man who likes to mess with flowers and grass. Before he met Yan Huizhu, Yang Weihan had a marriage, when he married Luo Shunhua, the granddaughter of a wealthy Shanghai businessman at that time, but it was Yang Weihan's bad habit of liking to mess with flowers and grass that angered Luo Shunhua, so the two divorced and even went to court.
Even after knowing Yan Huizhu and even living together and getting married, Yang Weihan still could not avoid colluding with other women outside, which made Yan Huizhu feel very broken. The most infuriating thing is that Yang Weihan is still at ease spending the money that Yan Huizhu has worked so hard to earn to raise other women outside.
As a result, this already unreliable marriage ended completely after only 50 days of nominal death.
Yan Huizhu's second husband is Xue Haowei, an old actor in the troupe who is a full 8 years younger than himself, Xue Haowei is simple and simple, and his relationship with Yan Huizhu has always been very good. In 1955, Yan Huizhu accidentally became pregnant and married Xue Haowei. 10 months later, a baby boy was born, named Qingqing.
Yan Huizhu, Xue Haowei and their sons
These days lasted until she met the third man in her life—-- Yu Zhenfei.
In 1955, when the Kunqu master Yu Zhenfei was invited back to Shanghai from Hong Kong, Yan Huizhu tried everything to learn Kunqu opera from him. In 1957, with the approval of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, she was transferred to the Shanghai Opera School with Yu Zhenfei as the principal, and was appointed as the vice principal, and from then on she changed to singing Kunqu opera, just in partnership with Yu Zhenfei.
After Yu Zhenfei was widowed, the blunt Yan Huizhu pursued her, and in 1960, Yan Huizhu went through the divorce procedures, and two months later, with the approval of the leaders of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee at that time, she and Yu Zhenfei were officially married.
On the day of the wedding banquet, it was really lively, and students and celebrities gathered around the "Huayuan" and sang songs to celebrate. But on the same night, the "old husband and young wife" were unhappy because of a small matter. In the days to come, this "artistic couple" with huge personalities will be unhappy.
It should be said that this marriage is not complete for Yan Huizhu and Yu Zhenfei.
The age difference between the two is nearly 20 years, and the personality is as enthusiastic as fire, and the other is soft as water, which is completely different.
Yan Huizhu once said that she married Xue Haowei for the sake of children and had no love; with the combination of Yu Zhenfei, she thought that she had married love again, but in the end, she had paid by mistake. Life after marriage is not happy, and quarrels have become commonplace.
On the evening of September 10, 1966, Yan Huizhu came to her son's bed lightly, looked at her son's smiling face when he slept for a while, sweet, very cute, she went to the end of the road, she can be a hundred.
A cheongsam, dyed a tree of fanghua, two sleeves of moonlight, telling the world's elegance. However, Yan Huizhu's life has experienced ups and downs, ups and downs, and finally was destroyed by love to destroy the glory of a lifetime.
She is still the shining pearl in the Peking Opera world, and will always be.