Qian Siying

Qian Siying

Qian Siying (1909-october 15, 2007), the first generation of Chinese martial arts actress and Hong Kong famous actor. He made more than 20 martial arts films in his life. At the age of 21, he became famous for starring in Jiangnan nvxia directed by Yang Xiaozhong, and later was known as "China's first nvxia". His representative works include "red girl", "dream of Nanhua" and "in the mood for love".

brief introduction

Movie star Qian Siying (1909-2007.10.15) when people comment on the Hong Kong film "in the mood for love", they often talk about Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung, but ignore another "Ding class character" in the film, that is, Qian Siying, the old movie star who plays the maid Wang ma. When he was young, he was the leading role. When he was old, he did "Pro Ji". It is hard to count the films he made.

rise

Qian Siying was born in Shanghai in 1909. She was like a boy. When she was 8 years old, she disguised herself as a boy and took part in the Jingwu sports meeting. She learned martial arts from her teacher and practiced hard Kung Fu. When Zhang Puyi, the boss of Shanghai Langhua film company, was 16 years old (1925), he found Qian Siying in Qian's family when he was preparing to make his pioneering work "a dream of South China". He thought that the little girl was a good material and wanted to ask her to play a role in the film. Qian Siying's father didn't want his daughter to be a "dramatist", but he was a close friend of Zhang Puyi, so he agreed because of his affection. "Nanhua dream" is a total of 20 copies, divided into two episodes. After the screening, the box office revenue is good, so Langhua company has shot "red girl" and "love freak" one after another, and Qian Siying has become a little famous "Star". In 1930, Qian Siying was invited by the great wall painting company to make a film "Jiangnan nvxia". This film is Qian Siying's representative work, directed by Yang Xiaozhong, and the male leading role is the famous Xiaosheng sun min. Qian Siying makes the gun stick in the film, which makes the audience applaud. At that time, film dealers in Nanyang came to Shanghai one after another to buy copies. As long as it was a film starring Qian Siying, the price would not matter.

years

Qian Siying's husband, Hong Ji, used to be the director of Jinlong film company in Shanghai. He has made many films, such as biography of flying dragon, strange man of the night, woman of the sea and strange man of the barren tower. On the eve of the Anti Japanese War, Hong Ji was invited to film in Hong Kong and founded the South China film company. After Qian Siying went to Hong Kong with her husband, her husband sang along with her and continued to make films. Later, due to the tiredness of having children and housework, she had to stop making films and help her husband plan the production business. In 1962, after the death of Hong Ji, Qian Siying came back to the film world and made a comeback. However, she was already old, but she was willing to be a green leaf, playing supporting roles and "Pro Ji". She has made countless films and TV programs, in which most of them play the role of mother, but the images are different, which can be said to be "a mother with thousands of faces". Qian Siying said wittily: "many famous stars have been my children!" Open your private photo album and take a group photo with your mother. Your sons include Chow Yun fat, Qin Xiang Lin, Chow sing Chi, and Zhang Guo Rong. Your daughters include Anita Mui, Lin Qing Xia, Zhong Chu Hong, Carina Lau, and Ye Tong. They are full of children and stars!

aristocratic family

It may be strange to mention the name Qian Siying in the Hong Kong performing arts circle, but when it comes to "mother Hong", no one knows it. It turns out that Qian Siying is a major member of Hong's film family. Qian Siying's husband, Hong Ji's brother, Hong Shen, is a well-known film and drama artist. As early as the 1920s, his adaptation of the drama "little grandma's fan" continued on the stage, and later moved to the screen many times. The Shanghai Drama Association, presided over by Hong Shen, was an influential drama group in the early stage of Chinese drama. Songgirl red peony, written by him, is the first sound story film in the history of Chinese film. Hong Ji, also known as Hong Zhonghao, is also a film producer and director. He has established Jinlong, Huanan and other film companies in Shanghai and Hong Kong, producing and directing many "martial arts films". Qian Siying's third uncle, Hong Shuyun, is also a famous director in Hong Kong. His wife, Rong Yuyi, a Cantonese film star, now lives in the United States. Qian Siying and Hong Jisheng have five sons and two daughters, several of whom have also been involved in the film industry. Qian Siying has more than 20 grandchildren and more than 10 great grandchildren. One of his grandchildren is the famous Hong Jinbao. Qian Siying has visited her relatives in Shanghai many times, and I have the honor to meet with her many times to listen to her talk about her family and the past. Qian Siying said, "I'll never forget the past filming! Qian Siying, a successor, said: "Yu Zhanyuan (Yu suqiu's father) founded a drama school in that year. In addition to funding him, I sent my twins (Jinlong and Yinlong) to his drama school to study. Since my grandson Hong Jinbao loved martial arts since he was a child, I asked him to study with his two uncles. Hong Jinbao and his two uncles are about the same age. People call them "triplets." Professor Yu Zhanyuan's students are famous for their strictness. He trained Hong Jinbao and other seven young students in traditional Peking Opera, teaching them both martial arts and performance. These seven young students are known as "seven little blessings" in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Among them, Jackie Chan, Hong Jinbao, Yuan Biao and Wei Bai are all very popular in the performing arts circle, and Hong Jinbao is the elder martial brother of "seven little blessings". He has studied northern Shaolin boxing, karate, judo, Yiquan, etc. This makes his fighting action clean and neat. Coupled with his height of 1.7 meters and weight of more than 80 kg, it makes people feel funny. He plays a funny hero role very well. The box office revenue of his self made and self performed "five lucky stars of intrigue" topped the list. Hong jinbaoru is a Korean woman with four children. Qian Siying said with emotion, "I like Hong Jinbao because he suffered a lot when he was a child."

Age

The Hong Kong television station began to produce the special program "the flow of time" with the purpose of "providing entertainment elements, promoting the elderly to create a happy old age, and hoping to promote the communication between the elderly and the young." Qian Siying was invited to attend the reception and showed up on the TV screen. Qian Siying said with emotion, "since the death of my husband (Hong Ji died in 1962) and the end of the set, I began to live a leisurely life, but I never stopped filming. Until last year, I was still on camera, playing "Jigong" for Stephen Chow. My film career has been nearly 70 years. Both my son and grandson didn't want me to film, saying it was too hard and there was no lack of money. I said that I like filming, I regard it as an entertainment, so I don't feel hard. " "Jiangnan chivalrous woman" is Qian Siying's representative work. This film is directed by Yang Xiaozhong, a "hundred directors", and the hero is sun min, a villain. Qian Siying has been in Shanghai film circles for ten years, shooting more than 40 films successively, which can be described as a time of fame. She has cooperated with many famous movie stars, such as Zhu Fei, Zhang huichong, Wang Yuanlong, Wang Chunyuan (Wang Yin), Chen Yitang, Ma xuweibang, etc.

disturbance

In Shanghai, what Qian Siying can't forget is the disturbance caused by the film "the cause of crying and laughing". "the cause of crying and laughing" was originally the representative work of Zhang Henshui, a novelist of the chapter. In 1932, the star film company raised a huge amount of money and invited Yan Duhe to rewrite the novel into a movie script, which was directed by Zhang Shichuan, the director of the house. Hu Die, a famous film star, played Shen Fengxi and he Lina, Xia Peizhen as Guan xiugu, and Zheng Xiaoqiu as fan Jiashu. The film, ready to be made into six episodes, as a key film. Meanwhile, the Dahua film company, hosted by Gu Wuwei, is also preparing to put the movie "the cause of crying and laughing" on the screen. Hong Ji (Qian Siying's husband) is invited to be the director of the film. Lu Cuilan (as Shen Fengxi) and Zhu Fei (as fan Jiashu) are the main actors, while Qian Siying is invited to star in Guan xiugu. the two companies finally went to court in order to make "the cause of crying and laughing". As a result, Du Yuesheng came forward to mediate, and "Star" compensated "Dahua" for a huge amount of loss, so that he won the right of production. Dahua's "the cause of crying and laughing" was stillborn and declared to stop shooting.

Start a business

Hong Jiyuan is the director of Jinlong film company in Shanghai. He has made many films, such as biography of flying dragon, strange man of the night, woman of the sea, strange man of the barren tower and so on. On the eve of the Anti Japanese War, Hong Ji was invited to make films in Hong Kong (he was the first film director invited to make films in Hong Kong), and soon founded the South China film company. After Qian Siying went to Hong Kong with her husband Hong Ji, she first continued filming. "Eight beautiful pictures" is starred by her and Luo pinchao, which is very popular. Since then, due to the birth of children, housework, had to suspend filming, to help her husband plan production business. at that time, Cantonese films in Hong Kong were in the ascendant. When shooting films, simultaneous recording was used. If the actors could not speak Cantonese, it would be difficult to ask the dubbing actors to cooperate when shooting. Once, when she was shooting the beast, Qian Siying used her brain to propose the method of dubbing later on. After repeated experiments, she finally succeeded, and then popularized it in the film industry. Therefore, "South China" can be regarded as a pioneer, and Qian Siying's contribution can not be ignored. at that time, the studio of South China company was located in Jialin side road, Kowloon. There were more than 100 people living in wooden houses on the hill behind the studio, so it was difficult to use water. After hearing the news, Qian Siying enthusiastically took care of it and provided free tap water to the residents. Seeing that Qian Siying was so generous, the residents of the wooden house respected Qian Siying.

green leaf

By the 1950s, Qian Siying was back on the screen. As time goes by, Qian Siying is willing to be a green leaf and plays a supporting role. Qian Siying said, "red flowers need the help of green leaves. When they are old, they will be green

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