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Early experience

In 1933, Xia Meng was born in a literary and artistic family in Shanghai, formerly known as Yang Meng. Both parents are fond of opera and have been influenced by their families since childhood. Peking Opera and opera are catchy.

Xia Meng spent her girlhood in the strong artistic atmosphere of old Shanghai. When he was six years old, he took part in the "Shanghai Children's photography competition" held by the mainland newspaper and won the championship.

In 1947, she moved to Hong Kong with her family and went to Maryknoll convent school with her sister Yang Jie. She is good at writing and writing. She is also keen on drama performance, especially Shakespeare's works. She took part in stage plays such as Joan of arc at school.

Xia Meng has been fond of sports since childhood. When she was in middle school, she took part in the inter class basketball competition of the whole school. When she arrived at the Great Wall, she gave up basketball in order to keep her nails, but still did not give up sports. She invited a coach to learn tennis.

Character experience

Acting experience

In 1950, through Mao Mei's leading role, Yang Meng was invited to join by yuan Yang'an, the head of Hong Kong Great Wall company. She began to use "summer dream" as a stage name, inspired by Shakespeare's book "midsummer night's dream". At the same time, because she joined the Great Wall in the summer of that year, she hoped that her dream would come true.

In 1951, the fledgling Xia Meng was used by director Li Pingqian to star with Han Fei in his first film "forbidden marriage". Xia Meng played the heroine Yang Xiazhi in the film, which was originally made for Li Lihua who had just left.

Xia Meng was welcomed by fans after the release of forbidden marriage, so she was valued and cultivated by the company and directors. In 1952, she played Yang yongfen, the No.1 female in the movie Niang Rao.

In 1953, Xia Meng starred in the costume film "Nie Hai Hua" became one of the 19 films shown in the fifth Edinburgh International Film Festival, and also the first work to participate in the International Film Festival in Hong Kong.

In 1954, Xia Meng played lance in the Metropolitan Symphony and the heroine Lu Daini in the same year's sister music. Since then, she has become the pillar of the left wing Mandarin film company in Hong Kong. She is also known as the "three princesses of the Great Wall" together with Shi Hui and Chen sisi.

In 1956, Xia Meng joined Phoenix film company, and she also made films for Great Wall company.

In 1957, Jin Yong's costume film "the most beautiful woman" won the honor award of excellent film from the Ministry of culture of China.

In 1959, Xia Meng ranked first in the "top ten stars of Hong Kong Mandarin films" election sponsored by the Great Wall pictorial.

In 1960, Xia Meng performed in reverse for the first time, playing Zhou Wenbin in the Yue Opera "the King Tiger snatches his bride.". In the same year, she starred in the ancient costume drama "the same fate mandarin duck", which was highly praised in the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

In 1962, Xia Meng starred in the Yue opera film "three watching Yu Mei Liu Jinding". In order to perform this film well, she went to Shanghai Yue opera academy to study in person.

In 1964, Xia Meng played Princess Shengping in Jinzhiyuye, and WAN Zhaohua in spring dream of hometown.

In the late 1960s, the "Cultural Revolution" took place, and film companies suffered huge losses. Therefore, in 1966, Xia Meng announced her retirement after her starring role in yingchunhua. In 1967, Xia Meng bid farewell to her 17 years of life as a film actor, bid farewell to Hong Kong, and immigrated her family to Canada.

Xia Meng starred in 18 films on the great wall and 10 films for Phoenix in the past ten years.

Creative experience

Xia Meng was invited to attend the national culture and art Congress in 1979, and then co founded "Bluebird film production Co., Ltd." as a director, she returned to the film circle where she had been away for nearly ten years. Her first work was "going to the angry sea" about Vietnam. Since its release in 1982, the film has won many honors such as best picture, director, screenwriter and art director at the second Hong Kong Film Awards.

In 1984, Xia Meng supervised the production of "flowing years" and won the best film and best director awards of the fourth Hong Kong Film Awards.

Personal life

Xia Meng married Lin Baocheng at the age of 22. Her husband, a graduate of St. John's University, loves art very much. After Xia Meng died, she immigrated to Canada. Although her husband Lin Baocheng was in business, he loved film and drama very much. It also gives Xia Meng some help, such as choosing the script and discussing the personality of the characters in the play. In 1969, Xia Meng returned from Canada and ran a garment factory with her husband. They had been together for more than ten years and trusted each other.

Main works

Take part in the film

Making movies

social activities

Xia Meng, a member and representative of the fourth and fifth sessions of the national literary and art Congress, was invited to attend the national literary and art Congress in 1979. In January 2007, the vice chairman of the China Federation of literary and art, who came to Hong Kong specially, presented certificates and certificates to Xia Meng's representatives. In August 2015, the "midsummer dream movie: Xia Meng's 65 years of art" exhibition, CO sponsored by South China film workers' Federation and Yindu, was held in the cinema of the film archive. Xia Meng came to the cinema to meet the audience in person.

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Xia Meng is the lover of Jin Yong's dream. Many of the perfect heroines in Jin Yong's novels are the incarnation of Xia Meng. She is recognized as a Xi Shi actress in Hong Kong and a representative of Hong Kong's left-wing films. The appearance is gorgeous but not charming, quiet and peaceful, elegant and generous, and tall. Xia Meng is good at acting and singing. She is a rare all-round actor in Mandarin films. (Netease Entertainment review)

Xia Meng has a fresh smile and good upbringing. She is the epitome of the left-wing film industry. She is not only charming on and off the screen, but also fluent in Chinese and foreign languages, learning from the past and the present, and reading widely. (review of Shenzhen business daily)

Xia Meng is the first person in Hong Kong's Mandarin film industry to launch many stars in the 1950s and 1960s. In the era of the new wave of Hong Kong film, although she has not performed in front of the screen for many years, she has invested in shooting business cards such as "go to the angry sea" and "time like flowing water", which has become another film legend. (Ta Kung Pao information)

Xia Meng, the eldest of the three great wall princesses, is not only talented but also beautiful. What is most respected is that she has always been pure and clean. She has never had any "gossip" in her life. (a review of Xia Meng, the Great Wall princess's beautiful life)

Xia Meng accidentally joined the film and television industry, and has been associated with the film industry since then. He is soon famous in the film industry, and has been talked about by people for his excellent acting skills and good reputation. Xia Meng represents the glorious history of leftist films in Hong Kong in the 1950s and 1960s. (comments by Mr. Liu Shu)

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