About half a month before Gao Yuqian's death, Liu Changyu had contact with Gao Yuqian's son, when he learned that the old man's mental condition was not very good, he loved to sleep and did not like to talk, so he decided to visit his home in the near future. "Teacher Gao's heart condition has always been unstable, but her two sons are both studying medicine, so they are still very good in terms of medication and care." At the first time I learned the news in the morning, I got in touch with her family, and before she died, Teacher Gao instructed her family not to be silent, not to engage in any ceremony, as long as the two sons sent themselves away. Liu Changyu said that she wanted to go to Teacher Gao's house to see her for the last time, but her son had sent her body to Babaoshan, although his heart was particularly lost, but he thought that she was very peaceful when he left, without any pain, and felt a lot of comfort.
Liu Changyu visits Gao Yuqian every Spring Festival, and usually visits him. The last time she met Teacher Gao Yuqian was in the summer of 2018, Liu Changyu said that although Teacher Gao Yuqian was not very talkative at that time, every time she went to visit Teacher Gao, Teacher Gao would always hug her kindly, often telling her to pay close attention to her body, and often used simple words, such as "I love you" to express her inner joy, so every time Liu Changyu went to visit her photos, it was Teacher Gao holding herself.
Recall that before rehearsing "The Red Lantern", Liu Changyu was still a young actor in the fourth troupe of the Beijing Opera House in China, and Gao Yuqian was already a Peking Opera actor with a very deep foundation in the second troupe of the Peking Opera. Liu Changyu recalled that after entering the crew of "Red Lantern" in the spring of 1964, she had a close contact with Teacher Gao, who had just graduated from school for five years and received a lot of help and promotion from Gao Yuqian in art. Until now, her feelings have not been broken for decades, so when she heard the old man leave in the morning, she was very sad and lost a dear and respectable elder and teacher.
In Liu Changyu's heart, Gao Yuqian is low-key, thinking about others everywhere, and she has always maintained full enthusiasm for the audience. Liu Changyu said that when she is young, she often does not understand, she does not know the audience, why is she always so enthusiastic? Through long-term contact with her, Liu Changyu slowly realized, "In fact, we and the audience are the relationship between fish and water, no matter on and off the stage must repay the audience with full enthusiasm, thank them for making us Peking Opera actors." Teacher Gao is a model and role model for us to learn from everywhere. Speaking of this, Liu Changyu is slightly sad, she said that in the face of life, old age, illness and death is also no way to do things, with their own thoughts and words and deeds, while learning from old artists, we must also convey their noble character to young comrades, to be a good actor who is truly virtuous and artistic.
In Liu Changyu's view, although the times are constantly evolving, the work "Red Lantern" has never become obsolete, "The current "Red Lantern" has been sung to the fifth generation, and our generation is led by Mr. Li Shaochun, Mr. Yuan Shihai, and Gao Yuqian, a generation of old artists, who have always been grateful to them. Back when I created "Red Lantern", the whole hospital regarded it as its own task and career, and often gathered together to give advice, so its success was the crystallization of everyone's wisdom, not the success of one person. ”
Liu Changyu feels that Teacher Gao Yuqian has quietly completed her life, just like she was a person before she was born, calm and low-key, and will not affect anyone around her, "She is a great artist." (The article is excerpted from the Beijing News, the picture originates from the Internet, if there is an infringement link to delete)