Ruan Zhaohui

Ruan Zhaohui

Ruan Zhaohui (English name Franco), born in Foshan, Guangdong Province, is a famous Hong Kong Cantonese Opera actor.

Life figures

Ruan Zhaohui, a famous Cantonese Opera actor, was born in Foshan, Guangdong Province. when he was three or four years old, he followed his father and brother to settle down in Hong Kong. At the age of seven, he began to work in performing arts and began to make films. He soon became popular in the film industry. He once co starred in Mandarin films with Li Lihua, Ge Lan, Lin Cui, Li Mei, Wang Yin, Wang Yuanlong, etc. Ruan Zhaohui has performed many Cantonese operas as a child star in movies. He is a disciple of the Hong Kong Cantonese Opera Association, Bahe guild hall. He is known as "child prodigy" and "omnipotent leader" in the Cantonese Opera industry. His

The first teacher

He is Dingxiang Yao. He once studied Nanyin of Guangdong rap under the guidance of Mai Bingrong, Liu Zhaorong, Huang Tao and Lin Zhaoliu. He also practiced northern martial arts with master yuan Xiaotian. Ruan Zhaohui has participated in the "dragon and phoenix", "Xinma", "biyuntian", "Chunhui", "haozhaonian", "yanshenghui", "mingzhisheng Troupe", "qingfengming", "Shuangxi", "fengshenghui", "songxinsheng" and "xiaofengming" troupes. In 1967, at the beginning of the cultural revolution, Ruan Zhaohui was seriously ill and almost could not continue his acting career. In 1971, Hong Kong experimental Cantonese Opera Troupe was established to promote the development of Cantonese Opera in Hong Kong. In 1991, he won the singer's annual award of the artist's annual award. In 1992, he was awarded the title and was invited to London in the same year to perform in front of the queen of England. He has also been to the United States and Canada, Europe, Australia, Southeast Asia, South America, Taiwan and other places to perform Cantonese opera. He has brought Cantonese opera to all parts of the world and made the world appreciate the beauty of Cantonese opera. In 1993, he accidentally shifted the cartilage of his neck and lost consciousness in his lower body. Fortunately, both of them were cured in the end. As the "omnipotent leader" on the stage of Cantonese opera, Ruan Zhaohui devoted himself to promoting traditional opera while performing frequently. "Cantonese Opera House" was founded under the background of his serious illness in 1993. He participated in the production of many large-scale famous operas rarely performed by commercial Cantonese opera troupes, such as "Zhao's orphan", "Jade Emperor ascends the palace" and "drunken beheading two kings". Most of the plays he rehearsed were old traditional or half new. Ruan Zhaohui not only has great attainments in his own field of Shengxi, but also excels in performing ugly Sheng, Xusheng and even Hualian opera roles. In December 1998, he cooperated with Pei Yanling in the "Guanghua exhibition of southern opera and Northern opera" to show his talent in Peking Opera. In May 2003, he was awarded the "artistic achievement award". Ruan Zhaohui is one of the few artists who can perform in different fields. He has performed "making trouble in Qingzhu Temple", "ten plays of Yan Song", "giving away the son", "love lock how to heaven", "strange feelings in the official sea", "Shandong Xiangma", "shadow beauty in Hechi", "Han family world" and so on. He was a member of the West Kowloon Advisory Committee. He and his ex-wife

Yin Feiyan

My son

Ruan Deqiang

At present, he is one of the artists of TVB. Ruan Zhaohui's current wife is a former model

Deng Gongbi

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Zhaohui Troupe

Ruan Zhaohui is an art consultant for the promotion of new Cantonese opera stars. Ruan Zhaohui's brother, Ruan Zhaokai, was a child star in Cantonese movies. He started acting at the age of seven and became addicted to acting at the age of ten. He has been singing cantonese opera for more than half a century. Ruan Zhaohui, who is over sixty and considers himself a conservative, still abides by the tradition of Cantonese opera. He always says, "I will live and sing until I am old. As long as I have a breath, I will stand on the stage, because Cantonese Opera is my lifelong career... "

Seven years old

In 1953, at the age of seven, Ruan Zhaohui began to make films, and soon became popular in the film industry as a child star. Ruan Zhaohui is one of the most famous children's stars in Hong Kong films in the 1950s. He is of the same generation as Bruce Lee, so he may make more films. From 1953 to 1970, Ruan Zhaohui acted in 85 films, which impressed the fans deeply, such as adopted son should know his parents' kindness, father and son, parents' heart, Nezha, Monkey King, etc. In addition, many of his Mandarin films have also been well received. Ruan Zhaohui also plays in Cantonese Opera when he is a child star in a movie. He is a disciple of the Hong Kong Cantonese Opera Association, Bahe guild hall. Stage performance is an important part of Ruan Zhaohui's acting career. His first teacher was Dingxiang Yao, a famous Cantonese opera star. Later, he took the famous actor Mai Bingrong as his teacher. He learned singing from three masters, Liu Zhaorong, Huang Tao and Lin Zhaoliu. Later, he practiced martial arts with master yuan Xiaotian. Ruan Zhaohui, a young man, was known as "the prodigy of Cantonese Opera". When it comes to the reason why he started acting, Ruan Zhaohui frankly said that it was out of the need of livelihood. Ruan Zhaohui, born in Foshan, Guangdong Province, is a native of Guangdong Xinhui. When he was three or four years old, he followed his father and brother to settle in Hong Kong. When he first arrived in Hong Kong, the Ruan family was in financial difficulties. Seven year old Ruan Zhaohui started acting in order to support his family. As for the performance of Cantonese opera, Mr. Ruan said with a smile that at first it was children who thought it was fun, but he didn't expect that later he really fell in love with Cantonese Opera and started his career of Cantonese opera for more than half a century.

Choose Cantonese Opera

When he was a teenager, Ruan Zhaohui, who had a small reputation in the film and Cantonese Opera circles, was faced with the choice of life: to make a film or to play Cantonese opera? In front of the most important crossroads in his life, Ruan Zhaohui chose his favorite Cantonese Opera instead of the most popular movie. Ruan Zhaohui seriously said that he likes Cantonese opera because he likes stage performance, which can truly communicate with the audience face to face. "On stage, I can see the real audience, and the audience can also see the real me on stage. We can communicate heart to heart. I like it and enjoy it. And I don't feel that way when I'm making a movie. " choosing Cantonese Opera means going all the way with hardship. When he was a child, when his companions were playing freely in the open air every day, Ruan Zhaohui had to travel to the theater to practice martial arts, leg raising, waist lowering, somersault and singing "It was really hard at that time. I had been through ups and downs all the time, but I never regretted it. Although I couldn't see the road ahead, I wanted to go straight ahead and forge ahead." in his career of Cantonese opera, Ruan Zhaohui experienced several important obstacles in his life. In 1967, at the beginning of the cultural revolution, Ruan Zhaohui was seriously ill and almost couldn't continue acting. In 1993, when he practiced, the cartilage of his neck shifted and his half body lost consciousness. Fortunately, both of them were cured in the end, and both of them had self-examination and harvest. "Every major injury is a comprehensive blow to my body, but every time it is a promotion to my mind," Ruan said "Cantonese Opera House" was founded in the background of his serious illness in 1993. For decades, Ruan Zhaohui will still appear in films and occasionally on TV, but he has never left the stage of Cantonese opera, which has become his lifelong career.

All powerful

Those who are familiar with Cantonese Opera all know that Ruan Zhaohui is a real all-purpose master. As the saying goes, "he has to wear red and black and white, and he's a clown with martial arts on the side". He doesn't like Dan roles very much, but he's good at all kinds of roles. According to some comments, Ruan Zhaohui is the only old man who is both a wenwusheng and an Er gang Xiaosheng, but still enjoys a good reputation. Ruan Zhaohui is not only accomplished in his own field of Sheng opera, but also skillful in performing ugly Sheng, Xusheng and even Hualian opera. In December 1998, he and Pei Yanling, the national treasure, cooperated in the "Guanghua exhibition of southern and Northern operas" to show their talent in Peking Opera. Nguyen's artistic attainments have been widely praised by the industry. Ruan Zhaohui, a famous Cantonese Opera actor who has been in Hong Kong for more than 50 years, was elected as the representative of the industry. As the new vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Bahe club, he has been running between the Hong Kong Education Department and various universities to strive for project cooperation, hoping to spread the knowledge of opera to the academic community and carry forward Cantonese opera.

Innovation attempt

As the "omnipotent leader" of Cantonese opera stage, Ruan Zhaohui is more committed to promoting traditional opera than performing frequently. He founded the "home of Cantonese Opera" in 1993, and produced many large-scale famous operas rarely performed by commercial Cantonese opera troupes, such as the orphan of the Zhao family, the Jade Emperor ascends the palace, and the drunken beheading of two kings. Most of the plays he rehearsed were traditional or half new. He considers himself a "conservative" in Cantonese opera. "If I'm not conservative, no one will be conservative." Ruan Zhaohui sighed, "now too many people go to do new things, but they throw away the most fundamental ones, and make Cantonese Opera look like nothing else." "I'm not against absorbing western elements and trying to innovate. I'm in favor of letting a hundred flowers blossom. If we absorb good things and turn them into better things, it's certainly good I do my old play and you do your new play. It's OK to innovate and try anything, but it's not a replacement. That's the most important thing. " when he was young, Ruan Zhaohui was always trying to innovate. He founded the "Hong Kong experimental theatre" in 1971 to try various innovative forms of Cantonese opera. "But after many years of making a big circle, I still return to the starting point in the end, because I suddenly find that the best thing is the original traditional things." "No matter what others say, I'm conservative and old-fashioned. Now I'm going to stick to what I think is the best I think the best and most important thing at the moment is to leave a smooth road for future generations. " Ruan Zhaohui, who is over sixty, has childish persistence. But from his deep eyes, we can see an old artist's spiritual adherence to traditional culture and his strong responsibility

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