In the 1930s and 1940s, Shanghai had a wealth of musical resources, as well as the world's best symphony orchestras, jazz and pop music synchronized with Europe and the United States. Now let's review the silver voice Gong Qiuxia together. Gong Qiuxia left behind classic songs such as "Rose Everywhere Open", "Don't Forget Tonight", "Outing Song", "Autumn Water Yiren" and so on, which were later sung by Teresa Teng and other singers. Gong Qiuxia died in 2004 at the age of 88.
Gong Qiuxia, a native of Chongmingbang Town, is a famous Chinese film actress who has made hundreds of movies and sung more than 70 songs. He has been given many laurels: one of the "Five Tiger Generals" of the Plum Blossom Song and Dance Troupe, one of the "Three Stars of Shanghai Song World", "Silver Voice", "Four Sisters of the Film World", and "Mother of the Film World".
Gong Qiuxia lived with her grandmother and uncle in the southeastern giant port of Shanghai because of her many sisters and brothers. Claiming to be a natural relationship, he fell in love with music and dance since he was a child, and when he was studying at the Renshan Girls' School, he often practiced singing and dancing taught by the teacher at home, and his uncle obeyed his niece's favor and signed her up for the song and dance training class of the Frugal Virtue Society. Since then, she has attended classes during the day and studied song and dance at night, interest plus talent, singing and dancing with the times.
In 929, the Shanghai Plum Blossom Song and Dance Troupe, which was a commercial performance, was born, and the leader of the troupe, Wei Yingboben, was the backbone of the Jiande Song and Dance Training Class, knew the details of Gong Qiuxia, and pulled her to help several times. At a young age, Gong Qiuxia was not afraid of the stage, and her acting skills were familiar and innocent, which added a lot of color to the performance. In addition to the performance in Shanghai, the song and dance troupe has a considerable amount of time to go out of the docks and tour all over the country, Gong Qiuxia has come and gone to Nanjing, Hangzhou, Hankou, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Dalian, Qingdao and other places to perform, and has also traveled to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asian ports, during which the hardships can be imagined. She said in "Baptized in Silver" that she has performed one or two dozen operas and dramas, such as "The Sex of Mourning under the Iron Hoof", "Yang Guifei", "Backstage", "The Sorrow of Youth in the Death of Famous Talents"... Because of her moving singing voice, beautiful dancing posture and excellent performance, she won the praise of the audience, and she was called "Plum Blossom Five Tiger Generals" together with Qian Zhongxiu, Zhang Xianling, Zhang Qiqi and Xu Canying, and was the first one.
1937 became a bumper harvest year for this new talent in the film industry, and 4 films were filmed in succession: "Forever Smile", "The Case of Gutach", "Pressing Old Money", and "Four Thousand Gold", which were not only large in quantity but also in quality.
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"Roses And Roses Everywhere" Gong Qiuxia (left) and Gu Yilu (middle), Li Hong (right)
"Qiushui Yiren" is the theme song of "Gutaqi Case" starring Gong Qiuxia, she plays Fengzhen, looking at her daughter Xiaozhen every night before going to bed, with mixed feelings, singing the poignant and mournful "Qiushui Yiren" over and over again: "Looking through the autumn water, I don't see the shadow of the Yi people, and I am more exhausted, and the lonely geese are two or three times." The warmth of the past is only exchanged for the poignancy in front of the eyes, the dream soul has nothing to send, and there are tears in the air. When will you come back, Yiren yo... Only your daughter yo, come and comfort my broken heart. ”
"La la la, la la, I am a small connoisseur of selling newspapers..." This "Selling Newspaper Song" composed by An E and composed by Nie Er, the original song is Gong Qiuxia. The word spit out by the gentle voice, so miserable and miserable, so pure, so artistic, so emotionally charming, so evocative, attracted praise, was praised as "classic poignant song", "an unforgettable song", "super classic", echoed in the cinema, swaying in the song hall, singing in the Ten Mile Ocean Field, on both sides of the Pujiang River, hanging on the mouths of all kinds of people, etc., word of mouth, swept the land of Shenzhou. Gong Qiuxia sang a steady stream of movie interludes and popular songs, and every time they appeared, people listened to them and praised them.
Gong Qiuxia's songs are most suitable for listening to in the early morning, because her songs are full of youthful vitality, depression, sweetness and elegance... It is enough to stir people's heartstrings and make people happy to forget their worries, so the record companies are happy to compete for heavy money. The records are sold well everywhere, one after another, melodious in the streets and alleys, popular throughout society, the so-called family string household recitation.
Gong Qiuxia jumped on the screen, with a beautiful tone, clear speech, skilled acting skills, artistic genius, every time she performed a piece, fans waited and watched, competing to see it first. She was very successful as the eldest sister Xiulian in "Four Sisters", and the audience called her the "Four Sisters of the Film Industry" together with the film stars Chen Qi, Zhang Fan and Chen Juanjuan, who played the three sisters.
Front row from left: Chen Juanjuan Zhang Fan Back row from left: Chen Qi Gong Qiuxia
On September 7, 2004, Gong Qiuxia, an amphibious star of song and shadow, died of illness in Hong Kong, and her family and friends followed her will and played the songs she had sung before her death, accompanied by her peaceful ascension to heaven.
To borrow the words from "The Ten Red Faces of Old Shanghai", as the end of this article:
Gong Qiuxia left the audience with the most impressive song, in addition to the beautiful song and good singing, but also her profound artistic accomplishment and skillful acting skills. In her long 32-year acting career, she has made more than 100 movies and sung more than 100 songs, just like her plum blossom-like characteristics, introverted and deep.