"Forward, forward, the responsibility of the warrior is heavy, the resentment of women is deep..." Whenever I hear this song, the vivid and touching pictures in the movie "Red Detachment of Women" will always appear again, as well as the actors who were flourishing in those years - Wang Xingang who played Hong Changqing, Zhu Xijuan who played Wu Qionghua, Xiang Mei who played the red lotus, Chen Qiang who played Nan Batian, Niu Ben who played the correspondent, Iron Bull who played the little soldier of the Red Army, and so on...
In 1961, as soon as Xie Jin's film "Red Detachment of Women" was released, it caused a huge sensation in society. Zhu Xijuan, the actress of the play Wu Qionghua, also became a hit, and was honored to win the title of best actress in the first popular film Hundred Flowers Awards held in 1962, becoming the first film queen born in New China. At that time, in time, it caught up with the launch of its own "22 big stars" in New China, and the famous actor and director Liu Qiong was originally listed, but in order to promote new people, she still gave up the opportunity to Zhu Xijuan, who had just starred in "Red Detachment of Women" and became popular. This makes Zhu Xijuan the youngest of the "22 stars".
Therefore, Zhu Xijuan has always said with gratitude that she is a lucky person.
This "lucky one" was born in Ganzhou, Jiangxi in 1938 and later came to Shanghai with his family. Zhu Xijuan has been performing around with her sister who likes to act since she was a child, and her personality is very much like a "tomboy". When she was in junior high school, she was fortunate to be selected by the famous movie star Zhao Dan to run a dragon set in the movie "Blessings for the Children" directed by herself. Although Zhu Xijuan only appeared in the film, this wonderful filming experience planted the seeds of art in her heart.
In 1957, Zhu Xijuan was admitted to the Shanghai Theater Academy as she wished, and in 1959, when she was in her junior year, she was unexpectedly selected by Xie Jin, a director who was looking for actors for the new film "The Red Detachment of Women", and was lucky to become the heroine of the film. At that time, the film "Red Detachment of Women" was about to start filming, but the actor of the heroine Wu Qionghua had not landed. Xie Jin was very anxious and looked around unsuccessfully, but when he watched the rehearsal of the students in the drama, he saw a girl with a hot personality who was arguing fiercely with several male classmates. The strength of the wind and fire made Xie Jin's eyes light up--wasn't this the Wu Qionghua he was looking for? It was immediately decided to let Zhu Xijuan audition.
Later, when the crew went to Hainan Island and passed through Guangzhou, Xie Jin specially found Liang Xin, the screenwriter of "The Red Detachment of Women", and asked the actresses in the crew, including Zhu Xijuan, Xiang Mei, Wang Li and others, to line up, and askEd Liang Xin to judge which actor was most suitable to play Wu Qionghua. As a result, after Liang Xin carefully observed each actress, he pointed at Zhu Xijuan with his hand and said: It is her.
Liang Xin said: She has a pair of hot eyes, which is most suitable for Wu Qionghua in the play.
The director and screenwriter have an unprecedented vision, which lays the foundation for the success of the film. It turns out that Zhu Xijuan's performance is indeed outstanding, so many years have passed, when we recall this classic movie again, the first thing that comes to mind is always the "fiery big eyes" of Wu Qionghua, played by Zhu Xijuan, who is full of vengeance flames.
"Red Detachment of Women" brought Zhu Xijuan a lot of honors. She could have naturally become a film actress, but after graduation, she was assigned to the Shanghai Theater Academy Experimental Drama Troupe and the Shanghai Youth Repertory Theatre as an actress, and together with Jiao Huang, who later became famous for starring in "Yongzheng Dynasty", became the two pillars of the Shanghai Youth Repertory Theatre. During this period, Zhu Xijuan also participated in the filming of some films, such as "Burning Plains" and "Love on Qingshan", but her influence did not exceed the first film she starred in, "Red Girl Scout Army".
Then, during the special ten years, Zhu Xijuan only played Li Zhihua in "Ode to the Silver Needle under the Shadowless Lamp". It was not until 1979 that she had the opportunity to work with her mentor Xie Jin again, playing the heroine Li Nan in the movie "Ah, Cradle". In fact, this role originally did not belong to Zhu Xijuan, she came to "save the scene". At that time, the role of Li Nan had originally been set up as a Yue opera actor, but during the filming process, the actress was injured and could not continue shooting. At this time, someone proposed to find Liu Xiaoqing to replace him, but the director Xie Jin said: Don't think about it, just look for Zhu Xijuan.
At that time, Zhu Xijuan was already 41 years old, but she had to play the heroine in her early 20s in the play. Director Xie Jin only said one word to Zhu Xijuan: use his eyes to distinguish Wu Qionghua from Li Nan. Zhu Xijuan completed the task given to her by the director very well.
After that, Zhu Xijuan, as an actress who has passed the golden age, did not become popular again, but only occasionally showed her face in front of the camera. This is undoubtedly a very distressing thing for Zhu Xijuan, who is full of enthusiasm but has nowhere to swing.
At this moment, her husband Hou Fengmin brought her a message. It was 1983, and Shenzhen, a former small fishing village, was being developed on a large scale as a "test field" for the coastal special economic zone. At this time, Shenzhen is in great need of talents, so it recruits talents nationwide. Zhu Xijuan heard the news brought back by her husband, her heart moved violently, she thought, in Shanghai, a talented place, a middle-aged actor like herself, to regain the glory of the "Qionghua" of that year, it seems to be a more difficult thing, it is better to go to a new place to reflect the value of their lives.
But at this time, Zhu Xijuan was already 45 years old, and her son had just turned 5, and she didn't know what was waiting for her when she arrived in a completely strange place. So, it's not completely unconfirmed. But in the end, she gritted her teeth and decided to break through and try. In this way, Zhu Xijuan, with her husband and son, joined the army of "breaking into Shenzhen". At that time, most of the "breaking into Shenzhen" were surging young men and girls of about 20 years old, and "older pioneers" like Zhu Xijuan were actually rare. But from this, we can also see that the courage to fight and dare to break through in Zhu Xijuan's personality is almost the same as the Wu Qionghua she played at that time.
Here, I have to say that Zhu Xijuan's husband supported her. Zhu Xijuan met her husband Hou Fengmin under the introduction of others. Hou Fengmin is not an insider, but his image is handsome and handsome, and he is good at oil painting and gouache painting, and later served as a lecturer at the Shanghai Theater Academy and Shenzhen University. After marriage, the two respected and loved each other and gave birth to a son. The most important thing is that Hou Fengmin has always been very supportive of Zhu Xijuan's cause. It is precisely because of this that Zhu Xijuan has more energy and concentrates on her own hot work.
After Zhu Xijuan arrived in Shenzhen, she participated in the preparation of shenzhen television station, became the first program host of Shenzhen television station, and served as the deputy director of the station. Later, Zhu Xijuan became the director of the Shenzhen Television Television Television Art Center and fully promoted the development of Shenzhen TV dramas. During this period, the art center under her leadership filmed more than 20 TV series in five years and won three "Feitian Award" awards. It can be said that Zhu Xijuan's artistic youth has re-emitted a dazzling light in the hot land of Shenzhen.
What makes Yaqing extremely admirable is that Zhu Xijuan's "Qionghua spirit" of "not accepting defeat", especially when people are middle-aged and "brave to enter Shenzhen", such courage and boldness are not something that everyone can do. More people, it seems that over forty years old, feel that "they can't do it", especially when they encounter their own low points in life, many people simply stop fighting, but have to get by. Such inertia, in Yaqing's view, is unacceptable. Life should be fought to fight, should be broken!
For example, Zhu Xijuan, until now, has been 80 years old, but still does not obey the old, still struggles, is still "moving forward". She said: If there is a suitable role, I can still play it. Not long ago, she also made a cameo performance in the Yue opera "Red Detachment of Women".
"Forward, forward..." This song has inspired generations of young people who have not accepted defeat, and has also become a spirit of Zhu Xijuan and their generation.
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