"I'm not an authentic Beijinger" — this is how Li Yuan, who was born in Beijing and grew up in Beijing, positions herself. Because her mother is from Ningbo, Li Yuan has always felt that her personality is a fusion of north and south. But as a bystander, watching her act willfully, shave her hair into a board inch, only take her favorite plays, rarely socialize, and even a little homely. Living such a simple and direct love-hate life seems very Beijing.
Food At twelve o'clock in Beijing
After a day off with the crew, Li Yuan flew back to Beijing to be interviewed and filmed, and during these twelve hours, her theme was Beijing and food.
Speaking of her impression of Beijing, Li Yuan feels both clear and vague.
When she was a teenager, the class organized the whole class to watch the flag raising, and rushed to Tiananmen Square early in the morning, and her memory of the sacredness and solemnity of the flag raising was somewhat vague, but she remembered the kind of sleepiness that she remembered vividly.
Climbing the Great Wall with her classmates, she was also a little vague about the grandeur and grandeur of the Great Wall, but a small model of the Great Wall that she bought at that time is still at home...
This is The Beijing in Li Yuan's eyes, the city belongs to her, with her memories of growing up, and constantly developing and changing, she said that she does not know what Beijing is like, but it has the brand of Beijing.
Fringed dress XU ZHI
Black sandals MaxMara
The time of the interview with her was an afternoon in the spring, and she was dressed in a trench coat and a small beret, looking very handsome.
We found a place under the umbrella outside the dumpling shop, and was about to sit down to chat, when we moved the chair, but accidentally bumped into a man sitting next to him listening to a song, so a simple sorry led to the other party's curious topic.
Li Yuan said that she is actually not sociable, but her affinity is like her business card, even strangers, will be unconsciously attracted to her, and willing to understand her, close to her. This personality, in fact, is very Beijing and very inclusive.
Li Yuan said that because most of the cooks at home are mothers, Li Yuan actually eats more southern food than Beijing food.
But after all, she lives in this city, and her acceptance of Beijing cuisine is still very high. However, under the influence of her mother since she was a child, she prefers a light diet, especially sweets, so she does not eat much of those big fish and big meat Lu dishes, but instead makes exquisitely made various court snacks, which she likes to eat very much, among which the favorite is Sachima, almond tofu and court cheese.
But Li Yuan admits that she is not an authentic foodie, and in the face of the growing size of Beijing, her "dead house" personality is becoming more and more distinct, and it is difficult for her to run from the south city to the north city for one thing, whether it is for the sake of appetite or to meet with friends.
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Li Yuan feels that in the current beijing city, the cost of meeting and interacting with friends is getting higher and higher, so she has a lot of "network" friends, as long as they can talk, the telephone WeChat network can talk very high, but if you want to meet, she will hesitate.
She famously said, "We're too far from being friends!" ”
Once, a friend from out of town told her that she wanted to eat Beijing snacks, which was difficult for her, she was an authentic Beijing girl who could only rely on Baidu, and brought her friends to Jiumen snacks, only to find that most of the food here was bean juice, scorched circle, hemp tofu, which she could not accept at all, why? Very simple! It doesn't smell good!
Despite the dead house, Li Yuan's personality carries the kind of open energy that the imperial city gen'er people do to do things to "have noodles", or won her a lot of good friends, in the process of shooting, her friends ran to visit the class, and also specially bought snacks and cheese to eat together when she changed clothes.
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After filming a scene, she sat down and put a spoonful of cheese in her mouth while saying, "I actually asked a Shanghainese to come to Beijing and invite me to eat Beijing snacks." Next time I can only go to Shanghai to invite you to eat raw fried buns! ”
Work Chang'an Twelve Hours
"The Twelve Hours of Chang'an" is a very popular novel recently, and it is also the work that Li Yuan has been working for a year. She played the killer fish intestine in the play.
The filming location of this drama is in Xiangshan Film and Television City, which is a more pitiful place than Hengdian in Li Yuan's mouth, because after getting off the plane, it takes more than two hours to take a car.
In "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an", Li Yuan subverted all the previous styles and presented a neutral handsomeness.
In order to fit the role of the killer in the play, Li Yuan shaved her hair into a "board inch", and she originally liked short hair, which was actually the first time to have such short hair, and felt that "it was very cool, and she didn't have to spend time on tidying up her hair in the morning." ”
There was even a bit of a punk feel to the inch, which gave her a sense of freshness. Because of this hairstyle, Li Yuan deliberately discussed with the director to add a shaved head scene.
When filming this scene, everyone thought that shaving her head was just a process, but the actor who played the opposite role with Li Yuan caught a position on her head to shave, and they were about to shave.
Later, Monday Wei, who was watching from the side, couldn't look at it anymore and shouted: "Stop, stop, can't shave anymore!" "All the people were shocked.
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At that time, the staff of the dressing group immediately went over to check Li Yuan's hairstyle, said while looking at it, looking good and painful, it turned out that Li Yuan was smiling.
As an actor, sometimes when you act passionately, you can't stop. This is the artistic creation in Li Yuan's mind, for the perfection of a shot, the performance can be put into the play, and the result presented is perfect!
Li Yuan said that she herself is an immersive actor, and when shaping the role, she only pays attention to how to make the role fuller and how to make the play more colorful, which is the result she wants.
As for the hair? Who care？ Moreover, she really doesn't care, and now her short hair saves her a lot of time, and it only takes 40 minutes of makeup time each time, allowing her to sleep more than 1 hour more than many of the actors in the crew, which is a thing that makes her very proud.
Not only Li Yuan herself, she said, the whole crew is actually very demanding of the play, this play shows what happened in the time of day, that is, the twelve hours in ancient times, so whether it is the change of light and shadow, or the props, or even the actors themselves can not go wrong.
At the beginning of the shooting, Yi Qianxi had a small scar on his hand, and as the shooting progressed, the scar was also healed, and the makeup artist recorded the shape and location of the scar, and the follow-up would help him paint the scar.
Such an attitude of excellence is what Li Yuan likes, and she feels that only when everyone pays so seriously can they get a high-quality drama.
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Crane denim jacket Angel Chen
Therefore, she is reluctant to reveal more plot or shooting details, she said, good dramas should wait until the broadcast, let the audience slowly taste.
Regarding the future, Li Yuan summed it up in one sentence - "If there is a favorite role, take it, and play happily if you don't." ”
Such an attitude to life, free of atmosphere, is also very Beijing.
About Beijing
Li Yuan's private travel tips
Kyo-lu afternoon tea
Beijing is a city with imperial spirit, and the temperament and momentum of the imperial capital have penetrated into the bones of this city.
Therefore, even if it is an authentic Beijing-flavored afternoon tea, it is also produced by the court. Located in the New Heaven of The Gokokuji Temple, Fuhua Zhai Rao Shop can reflect the imperial style in both the production of dim sum and the dining environment.
Native to Beijing
Do People in Beijing think that Beijing dialect is not Mandarin? But those such as "porcelain", "sharp fruit", "Qi Huo", "sting", "full beard full shadow"... This kind of words that hang on the lips of Beijingers every day makes outsiders feel inexplicable.
While learning Beijing dialect, while looking at the place names of Beijing, and eating authentic Beijing cuisine, the number of restaurants must be "bureau gas". In fact, since you are a Beijinger, if you want to eat authentic Beijing home-cooked food, why do you have to go out? Isn't the kitchen at home the most authentic place? But there are also restaurants that offer this homely Taste of Beijing, such as "Seongnam Old Things".
Artistic style Beijing cuisine
The Red Pavilion Chinese Restaurant at China World Summit Hotel, Beijing specializes in modern Chinese cuisine, bringing together the essence of northern Chinese cuisine. For lunch and dinner, the Red Pavilion not only serves a la carte menus, but also classic table meals, bespoke set menus and a variety of dim sum at great value.
The Beijing fruit wood hanging oven roast duck in the Red Pavilion is a must-have signature dish for diners every time they arrive. The Red Pavilion specially invited Shangri-La Hotel Group's Executive Chef of Beijing Cuisine and Master Yuan Chaoying, an expert in roast duck, to present the hotel's carefully developed roast duck to Chinese and foreign diners from the north and south.
This article is reprinted from Harper's Bazaar album on July
Editor/Literature
Photography / Millet
Makeup, hairstyle / Xu Tong
Interview, Wen/Pan Qing
Costume styling / Zi Yu
Venue Acknowledgements / Fuhua Zhai Rao Shop, Bureau Gas (Qianmen)