Red thread girl

Red thread girl

Hongxiannv (December 25, 1925 - December 8, 2013), formerly known as Kuang Jianlian, was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong opera actress, gonghuadan.

In 1939, she made her debut under the stage name "xiaoyanhong". In 1940, she changed her stage name to "red thread girl". In 1946, he appeared in the play "I'm crazy for you". In 1947, he starred in the Cantonese opera film "Ou Duan Si Lian". In 1950, he performed the modern drama Pearl River tears. In 1951, he performed the play "generation Tianjiao", created "red tune", and starred in the Cantonese film "lonely baby tears". In 1953, the "true, good and beautiful" Cantonese Opera Troupe was set up to perform "Madame Butterfly", "Qing palace hate history" and "Zhaojun leaving the fortress". In 1956, he starred in the Cantonese Opera soushuyuan and the Cantonese film wilderness. In 1958, he appeared in the new play Guan Hanqing. In 1960, he starred in the Cantonese Opera burning incense. In 1961, he starred in the modern drama Liu Hulan. In 1963, he starred in the play li Xiangjun. In 1965, he starred in the modern drama "wind and cloud of the mountain". In 1973, he starred in the drama film Shajiabang. In 1980, she starred in the new play "Princess Zhaojun", and won the best actress and best screenwriter award of Guangdong opera Hundred Flowers Award. In 1985, he was awarded the "Sun peace award" by the United Nations Symphony Association. In 1989, he starred in the Cantonese opera art film Li Xiangjun. In 1991, he won the special prize of the fourth Guangdong Art Festival for his modern play Bai Yan Ying Chun. In 1997, he directed the modern drama "spring to pear garden". In 2004, his Cantonese Opera cartoon "the unruly Princess and the son-in-law" was released. In 2009, he won the first "Chinese drama Lifetime Achievement Award". On December 8, 2013, he died of illness at the age of 88.

On the basis of inheriting the tradition of Cantonese opera, hongxiannv absorbs and uses the singing skills of Beijing opera, Kunqu Opera, modern drama, opera, film and the west to create a unique "Hongqiang" with "sweet, crisp, round, moist, delicate and water". The ideological content of her works keeps pace with the times, and the singing genre has far-reaching influence.

Character experience

Born in Xiguan, Guangzhou on December 25, 1925, his real name is Kuang Jianlian. He ranks tenth among 12 brothers and sisters and is called "ten girls" or "a Lian" by his family.

In 1938, he fled to Macao with his parents. During her stay in Macao, she was admitted to the free night school of Jiaozhong middle school for grade one, but she soon stopped school and went to a private school with her mother's savings. Later, led by his mother to Hong Kong, he Fulian paid homage to his aunt as a teacher and formally studied arts.

During the Spring Festival of 1939, Xiao Yanhong, a stage name chosen by her aunt, performed for the first time in shengshounian class. She played the maid of honor in the Cantonese Opera "the Prime Minister of the six Kingdoms" staged at the Qingping theater in Macao. This year, she studied drama in her class, played the roles of maid and maid in waiting in the evening performance, and took on some minor supporting roles in the matinee performance.

In the spring of 1940, he played one of the six singers in the Cantonese Opera smashing Gusu stage, dancing and singing phoenix stage. Soon after the performance, Sheng Shounian's class broke up in summer. She took part in the Phoenix troupe hosted by Liang Shaofeng with her aunt and performed in Guangzhou Bay. Liang Shaofeng proposed that she change her stage name to "red thread girl".

In the first half of 1941, he continued to perform in shengshounian class. 7. In August, shengshounian class was closed in summer. She went to Shanghai with Liang Shaofeng to perform as the third Huadan. This was the first time that she left her master and performed under the stage name of "hongxiannv". In Shanghai, hongxiannv played Xue Baochai in the play a dream of Red Mansions.

In the Spring Festival of 1942, after escaping from Hong Kong, which was occupied by the Japanese invaders, hongxiannu joined the theater company organized by liangshaofeng with her master he Fulian as the third Huadan. 3. In April, he went to Guangzhou with his master to join Ma Shizeng's "Taiping opera company" as the third Huadan. In May, he joined the Anti Japanese War troupe organized by Ma Shizeng and performed in Guangxi as the second Huadan. At the end of the same year, he left Guangxi due to illness. He planned to return to his parents' home in Macao via Guangzhou, but he stayed in Guangzhou and lived with he Fulian.

In the Spring Festival of 1943, he participated in the xingzhonghua opera company composed of he Fulian, Bai Yutang and Xiao Feihong. He was the third Huadan. He played Fanyi with complex feelings and gloomy personality in the Cantonese Opera thunderstorm adapted from the modern drama, and played the fierce Guan Lizhen in the drama Guan Lizhen asked Diao adapted from the real cases in Hong Kong. In April, he went to Guangxi again to join Ma Shizeng's Anti Japanese War troupe. In July, he performed with Ma Shizeng's troupe in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province. Instead of LAN Yin, who was unable to perform due to illness, she played the role of Li Yaxian in the play "soft skin snake recruits the county horse", and has since become the real star of Ma Shizeng's troupe. Since then, she has played roles of different personality types and performance styles in various types of plays such as "Uncle Douqi" and "snake head Miao".

In 1945, he performed with Ma Shizeng's troupe in Babu and Guangzhou. The repertoire included "the good couple, the soldier", "the fighting uncle", "the soft snake recruiting the county horse", "the unruly princess, the son-in-law" and so on. In the Spring Festival of 1946, he and Ma Shizeng performed a new play "return my Han River and mountain" in Foshan, playing Wang Mang's daughter in the play, which was the first new play she and Ma Shizeng co performed. Later, he toured in Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macao and other places, and played socialite intoxicated nun in the fashion play "fragrance of wild flowers". Because the play was banned by Guangzhou authorities, Ma Shizeng left Guangzhou with the troupe, Since then, she has been stationed in Hong Kong for a long time. In the second half of the same year, hongxiannu and Ma Shi co starred in the new drama "I'm crazy for you" in Hong Kong, playing singer Zhang dumei.

On August 27, 1947, the Cantonese opera film "lotus root cut and silk link" starring him was released. On September 10, the Cantonese film "wronged Acacia" co starred with Xue juexian was released, in which she plays the beautiful and kind heroine a Fang. On September 24, the Cantonese movie "I'm crazy for you" starred by him was released. In the same year, she made two records of "return my Han Jiangshan" and "I'm crazy for Qing". Since this year, hongxiannv has been learning from western opera, Kunqu Opera and other operas, as well as bel canto from opera teachers.

In August 1948, the Cantonese film "the unruly palace master", CO starred by Ma Shizeng, piaohuimei and Jinling, was released. On September 6, the Cantonese costume film Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, starring Zhang huoyou, premiered. On September 16, the Cantonese comedy "the judge of death", starring Ma Shizeng, premiered, in which he played Tang, the wife of song Shijie with a sense of justice. On December 2, the Cantonese literature and art film "bramble orchid" starring in the film was released. In this ethical tragedy, he played the role of Gan sew Zhu who experienced rough love and emerged from the mud.

On July 17, 1949, his Cantonese movie "Xiao Qing Diao Ying" was released. She plays Feng Xiaoqing, a talented woman who has experienced all kinds of hardships in the world. On August 5, the Cantonese film "flying frost in June", CO starring Lu Feihong, was released, in which he played Zou Yanzhi's wife. On September 1, the Cantonese film "night hanging white lotus" co starred with Luo pinchao was released. Bai Furong, who played in the film, had a private life contract with the rich childe, but was separated by feudal parents and had to commit suicide in the water. In the same year, he was invited to cooperate with GUI Mingyang and Chen Jintang to perform such plays as "iceberg line of fire", "who the imperial aunt married", "iron man Manhua" and "new pirate celebrities".

On February 12, 1950, the Cantonese film "blood sea peak" starring Lu Feihong and Liu kexuan was released, playing Lao Chunjiao. On August 23, her Cantonese Opera movie "kaleidoscope of the sea of people" was released. She played Chen Yuanyuan in the section of "song of Chen Yuanyuan" in this collection style movie. In September, he and Ma Shizeng led the Red Star troupe to perform in Guangzhou, such as Shi Dakai, Xue Dingshan and fan Lihua. On October 26, with the help of the South China Federation of literary and art circles, the modern play "Pearl River tears" officially premiered, playing Niu Sao in the play. On December 8, he and Ma Shizeng donated 5 million yuan to support the war against US aggression and aid Korea. Stills

From January 5 to 6, 1951, he took part in the charity performance of the grand assembly to resist US aggression and aid Korea in Guangzhou, where he performed the short play "jeans" criticizing the idea of advocating beauty, and played a brother and sister with Ma Shizeng. After returning to Hong Kong, she took part in Baofeng troupe and performed a new play "generation of Tianjiao". In the play, she played Han Jiaojiao, a weak woman who suffered a lot. She also designed a theme song according to her voice conditions, thus creating a "red tune". On March 2, his Cantonese literature and art film "lonely baby tears" was released in Hong Kong. In the film, she played a selfish and scheming little Jinfeng, which set the highest box office record of that year's Cantonese film. On October 19, the Cantonese drama "five sisters" was released, in which she played Huang Huixin, a primary school female teacher who was not vain and willing to be poor. On December 24, the Cantonese Opera "mannv urges her to marry Yulang", CO starring with he Fanfan, was staged in Gaosheng opera garden.

On January 26, 1952, the Cantonese comic film "a good night in the moon" was released, in which hongxiannv played Huang Lihong. On April 6, the Cantonese musical "night peach land" co starred with Wu Chufan was released, in which she played Chen Jingxian, wife of Zhao Pei, a bank clerk. On September 11, his Cantonese literary film "red and white peony" was released, in which he played Hongling. In the same year, she performed with Ren Jianhui, Chen Jintang and Bai Xuexian in the Cantonese Opera "Nuwa mends the sky by refining stones"; she performed with the actors of Zoomlion film company in the drama "Thunderstorm", playing Sifeng. This is her first time in the drama.

In 1953, hongxiannu led the formation of the "true, good and beautiful" Cantonese Opera Troupe, which successively rehearsed the repertoire "Madame Butterfly", "Qing palace hate history" and "Zhaojun leaving the fortress", creating the artistic images of Madame Butterfly, Princess Zhenfei and Wang Zhaojun. On June 28, the Cantonese literature and art film "tears of a loving mother" was released. Hongxiannv plays Cheng Zhenzhi, who has worked hard to raise her child, from a young girl to an old woman.

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