When it comes to "The Legend of the New White Lady", I believe everyone is very familiar with it. In 1992, starring Zhao Yazhi, Ye Tong, Chen Meiqi and others, "The Legend of the New White Lady" achieved good ratings as soon as it was broadcast, and after being introduced to the mainland, it caused a sensation, and has been replayed countless times over the years, affecting generations of audiences.
"The Legend of the New White Lady" is based on "The Complete Biography of the White Snake", and then integrates into folklore, and in terms of creation, the screenwriter intersperses many popular "new yellow plum tone" lyrics in the play, which is also suitable for all ages. The major artists gathered in front of and behind the stage, the lines were ancient, the special effects were beautiful, and the pictures were antique, although they had passed decades, they still endured.
"The Legend of the New White Lady" has created many vivid character images for the audience, such as Zhao Yazhi's White Lady, who is immortal; Chen Meiqi's Xiaoqing, delicate and cute; Xu Xian of Ye Tong, gentle and elegant; and Xia Guangli's Li Bi Lian, brave and straight...
1. Li Bi Lian in "The Legend of the New White Lady"
Li Bi Lian appears in the second half of The Legend of the New White Lady, she is the daughter of Xu Jiaorong and Li Gongfu, and the cousin of Xu Shilin. Li Bi Lian and Xu Shilin grew up with young plum bamboo horses, and the two were accused by their parents of marriage before they were born. After Li Bi Lian learned of her unusual relationship with Shi Lin, she fell in love with him, but unfortunately killed a Hu Meiniang halfway through.
Although many viewers like the pair of Xu Shilin and Hu Meiniang, Li Bi Lian and Xu Shilin are the real official match, whether it is the folk legend of "The Legend of the White Snake" or the original script of "The Legend of the New White Lady", Li Bi Lian and Xu Shilin finally walked together and completed the "kiss and kiss" of the ancients!
"The Legend of the New White Lady" was broadcast because of the popularity of the ratings, so the official revised Gong Min's original script, continued to shoot the second half, and portrayed Hu Meiniang as the heroine. After Hu Meiniang intervened in the lives of Li Bi Lian and Xu Shilin, Li Bi Lian felt that she would take away her fiancé, and would only be jealous of her, and even make things difficult for her. At this point, the image of Li Bi Lian is not pleasing, after all, Hu Meiniang's image is too bright, and the audience has long believed that she and Xu Shilin are a pair of bi people created in heaven and earth.
However, when Xu Shilin was in distress, Li Bi Lian went to Beijing to rescue her regardless of her life and death, and saved Chen Lun's daughter on the way, asking Chen Lun for help, and at this time, Bi Lian let the audience see her precious side. Li Bi Lian is loyal to love and serves righteousness for others. When the ghost of Hu Meiniang found Bi Lian and exchanged voices, the audience's attitude towards Bi Lian really changed. In fact, although Bi Lian has a selfish heart for feelings, it is not incomprehensible, after learning of Mei Niang's dedication to Shi Lin, she can even abandon her own happiness to complete the two, from here we can see her open-mindedness and selfless love.
Li Bi Lian in "The Legend of the New White Lady" is a simple, loyal, brave and optimistic character, and the success of this role is due to her actor Xia Guangli.
Second, a generation of stars Xia Guangli
Born in Taiwan in 1958, Xia Guangli studied at the Lu Guang Opera School, one of Taiwan's most prestigious Peking Opera training classes, and is also a graduate of the Drama Department of the Chinese Culture University. Xia Guangli has trained hard since childhood, is not afraid of hardship, and therefore has a kung fu foundation.
Xia Guangli's nobleman is Mr. Wolongsheng, a famous martial arts master in Taiwan. In 1977, Wolong Sheng produced the martial arts movie "Chivalrous, Dart Killer", and invited Xia Guangli to play the role of the villain female killer in the film. Because of her kung fu background, Xia Guangli played very realistically, which also attracted the attention of other filmmakers, including director Li Zuonan. In 1978, Xia Guangli began to serve as the heroine of Li Zuonan's kung fu film "The Stick King", and then successively starred in martial arts films such as "Master Sister Out of the Horse", "The King of The North and South Legs", "Butterfly Change", "New Shushan Swordsman" and became a famous actress.
Because Xia Guangli has a good kung fu foundation, she does not need a stand-in to shoot the scene, which can save a lot of money for the crew, so she continues to make films.
Xia Guangli had originally become popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan with martial arts films such as "Master Sister Out of the Horse" and "The King of The North and South Legs", but she encountered various unspoken rules in the entertainment industry, and gradually moved towards the trough of her career in Hong Kong because of her bold refusal. At the end of the 1980s, Xia Guangli returned to Taiwan to develop and mainly focused on the TV drama market.
During this period, Xia Guangli starred in dramas such as "The Strange Adventure of the Fairy Fox", "The Legend of Xiang Shuai", "The Dragon And The Phoenix", and the most familiar role for the audience is naturally "Li Bi Lian" in "The Legend of the New White Lady".
Many people don't know that in fact, in the beginning of "The Legend of the New White Lady", Xia Guangli's chosen role was "Xiaoqing". At that time, the producer Cao Jingde even told her: I will change Qing'er's face, and you will act in the play. Unfortunately, because of the schedule, Xia Guangli chose the role of "Li Bi Lian", which has relatively few scenes.
And Li Bi Lian in the play seems to be tailor-made for her by the choreographer, because this role has also learned martial arts since childhood, and is refreshing, which is in line with the characteristics of Xia Guangli. Although In the play, Li Bi Lian is a young girl who has just opened her heart, and Xia Guangli was 32 years old at the time, through her excellent performance, she and this role seem to be not at all incompatible with the audience.
Xia Guangli is well known to mainland audiences because of the role of "Li Bi Lian", and has also ushered in another spring in her acting career. Since then, she has starred in dramas such as "The Legend of Xiang Shuai" and "Dragon And Phoenix".
However, when her career was becoming popular, Xia Guangli quit the entertainment circle for love. Subsequently, the loyal love of Xia Guangli and her boyfriend Lan Wenqing was rumored on the Internet, envious of others, originally thinking that the love between the two was as singable and weeping as a fairy tale, but they did not know that it was just a scam.
3. Twenty-eight years of fraudulent marriage
At the end of the 1990s, Xia Guangli suddenly quit the entertainment circle, invested in hot pot restaurants with her boyfriend Lan Wenqing, and entered the real estate, and the story of the two was once popular on the Internet.
The story is probably like this: Lan Wenqing and Xia Guangli have been dependent on each other for more than twenty years, because the fortune teller said that the two cannot get married, otherwise there will be misfortune, so the two insist on running in love without holding a wedding; nevertheless, the feelings of the two remain unchanged, and Lan Wenqing is even more promised that if they can go to the age of 80 together, they must hold a century wedding, no matter what, they must let Xia Guangli become the people of the Lan family.
In addition, Lan Wenqing in the story is also portrayed as a person with great affection and responsibility, who is considerate to Xia Guangli, does not abandon xia Guangli after suffering from depression, and will send millions of red envelopes to congratulate her on her birthday.
Xia Guangli, who has quit the entertainment industry for a long time, is also portrayed as a happy woman, she and Lan Wenqing run a hot pot restaurant, enter the real estate, and become a rich woman with a net worth of over 100 million!
However, the fairy tale is beautiful, but the reality is cruel!
Now over sixty years old, Xia Guangli returned to the entertainment industry and finally tore through the beautiful veil that covered up lies.
A few days ago, Xia Guangli talked about her relationship with her boyfriend Lan Wenqing in the show, completely shattering the beautiful fairy tale.
Xia Guangli said that after she quit the entertainment industry, she fully supported Lan Wenqing's hot pot business and lent him tens of millions of her property, but he still has not paid it back, and the two have gone to court.
In addition to being cheated of money, Lan Wenqing is also an emotional liar. Xia Guangli and Lan Wenqing were together for more than twenty years without registering marriage, and later learned that Lan Wenqing had an affair, he not only had a third and fourth party outside, but also had three children, Lan Wenqing hid Xia Guangli for fifteen years, but wasted her twenty-eight years of precious life.
Talking about this relationship, Xia Guangli bluntly said that she was blinded by lard, and she warned the majority of women not to give up their careers for love!
I still remember that in 2018, when the crew of "The Legend of the New White Lady" reunited for the 26th anniversary, "Dewey" Lu Jiaxing invited Xia Guangli to participate and was rejected, and the reason why Lu Jiaxing brought it at that time was that Xia Guangli was old and worried that the fans and family would not like her old face. A seat made the "new white powder" cry!
However, in 2019, Xia Guangli resolutely made a comeback, and the reason she gave at that time was that the new version of "The Legend of the New White Lady" made her feel very touched, and it was unwise to give up youth and career for the sake of feelings.
No one ever thought that "Bi Lian", who had been retired for many years, had so many grievances, how desperate was it to love to find a lost career at the age of 60?
I thought that Lan Wenqing was "Qi Baoshan", but I did not think that he was not as good as "Xu Qian"; Li Bi Lian on the screen and Xu Shilin were finally married, but Xia Guangli outside the screen was deceived into marrying for 28 years, which was really regrettable. Now that the star who has disappeared on the screen for more than 20 years, although she is over sixty years old, she is still ambitious to return to the entertainment industry, which is really commendable, but now that time has passed, whether she can regain her former glory after leaving the entertainment industry for a long time is worrying. In any case, I hope her life is getting better and better in the future!