Aixia

Aixia

AI Xia (November 29, 1912 - February 12, 1934), formerly known as Yan Yinan, was born in Xiamen, Fujian Province. She is intelligent and good at reading. In addition to reading a lot of classical literature, she also received the influence of democratic thought through progressive books. In 1928, 16-year-old AI Xia fled to Shanghai to make a living because of escaping from the feudal arranged marriage. She joined Nanguo society, a progressive literature and art group organized by Tian Han and others at that time, engaged in drama performance activities, and learned painting and poetry writing, thus starting her artistic career. In 1931, in order to strengthen the left-wing creative power of various film companies, the Communist Party appointed Qu Qiubai to be in charge of the film industry and set up a film group in charge of the Communist Party to occupy the propaganda position of film. It is against this background that Aixia was recommended by the Communist Party to join the Shanghai Star Film Company, starring in the film "old hatred, new hatred". With her fresh style and sincere performance, she came to the fore and attracted people's attention. After that, he starred in spring silkworm, daughter of the times, adventures in the battlefield and other films, showing his talent in performing arts.

On February 12, 1934, Aixia committed suicide at the age of 22. Her last sentence before suicide was: "life is painful, now I am very satisfied." She is the victim of the contradiction of reality and the depression of the times.

Profile

AI Xia (south of Yan)

Birthday: November 29, 1912

Death: February 12, 1934

Native place: Xiamen, Fujian Province

Occupation: entertainer

Life of the characters

AI Xia, formerly south of Yan, was born in Tianjin. Like Xiao Hong, she was forced to marry by her family, but she loved her cousin, who was opposed by her father. In order to seek independence, he ran away from home at the age of 16. When he came to Shanghai, he ran into actress Yang Naimei and went on the road of acting. Later, she became popular.

In 1931, Aixia appeared in "old hate new sorrow". Because of her fresh and sincere performance style, Aixia has come to the fore. Even Qianbai, the author of the play, said, "I'm glad my play is successful!" In 1933, Aixia was a "high-yield" year. She made seven films in total, which were affirmed by the film industry and the audience. Not only that, but also she wrote a lot of articles and Poems (which she wrote after filming). AI Xia's writing was rated as "concise and lively, forthright and charming, and praised by people". At that time, most of the actresses came from poor families with low educational level. AI Xia is a rare woman who pays equal attention to acting and talent. People call her "writer star". To push this reputation to the peak is AI Xia's film modern women.

"Modern women" takes women as the theme, which is a city of romantic love. It describes the life experience of a woman grape who "hopes to fill the empty heart with the stimulation of love". Jiang Putao, the heroine created by Aixia, has a bold style, a coquettish attitude, and ignores worldly views. Although she was a fashionable modern girl, she was willing to sell herself for love and ended up in prison. The film reveals the author's idea of love first. However, Aixia is very bumpy on her love road, and her encounter is not human.

But her death had nothing to do with politics. She was in love and belonged to a typical infatuated story: when she fell in love with a married man, there was a man who was not only a junior but also a senior. If she couldn't accept it, she wanted to die. She didn't listen to her friend's advice. Finally, she found that the man had a mistress besides his wife, which broke her heart. At the same time, many people in the society at that time could not understand and accept her frankness and frankness to love. In the 1930s, the media even named her "sexy wildcat" according to her screen role. AI Xia knew this and was depressed, but she didn't care.

After encountering a series of work and emotional setbacks, her character became changeable, sometimes lively and cheerful, sometimes witty, sometimes decadent and depressed, even drinking and smoking. On February 12, 1934, AI Xia went to the dressing room to find her good friend Wang Ying with her hair scattered and her eyes red. "How about playing together this Sunday?" Wang Ying didn't care, Manying said, "can we talk about it after shooting?" On that night, disappointed and helpless, Aixia committed suicide by swallowing smoke. Last words before death: "life is painful, now I am satisfied."

Before her death, Aixia was moody, sometimes gorgeous, sometimes sloppy; sometimes smiling, sometimes silent; as usual, she also suffered from insomnia, alcoholism and drug abuse, which is a serious depression from a modern perspective. On the day of her suicide, she went to the set to find Wang Ying: "how about going out this Sunday?" I don't care about the movie. After returning home, Aixia swallowed the raw opium into her stomach.

Growth experience

In 1933, the film "modern woman" produced by Shanghai Star film company was filmed and released. The film is not only eye-catching because of its distinct theme of pursuing women's liberation, but also because the actor of the heroine grape is the screenwriter of the film. In the early 1930s, when the cultural level of Chinese film actresses was generally not high and it was not easy to write a little article, it was even more valuable. Therefore, it aroused people's curiosity and appreciation, which made the film's success The actress stands out among the many popular stars. This talented woman in the film industry was AI Xia, a 21-year-old star film company with a growing reputation at that time.

early years

Aixia, formerly south of Yan. Born in Xiamen, Fujian Province in 1912, he came to Beijing with his business father to settle down and study. She is intelligent, especially good at reading. Besides reading a lot of classical literature, she also received the influence of democratic thought through progressive books

In 1928, 16-year-old AI Xia fled to Shanghai to make a living because of escaping from the feudal arranged marriage. Soon after, she joined Nanguo society, a progressive literature and art group organized by Tian Han and others at that time, engaged in drama performance activities, and used her spare time to learn painting and poetry writing, thus starting her artistic career.

In 1931, in order to strengthen the left-wing creative force of each film company, the party appointed Qu Qiubai to be in charge of it, and set up the party's film group in the film industry. Its task is to introduce a large number of progressive literary and art workers, who are mainly members of the drama Alliance, to each film company one after another, in order to occupy the propaganda position of film. Under this background, Aixia joined Shanghai Star film company with Wang Ying and Shen Xiling.

Enter star film company

AI Xia was admitted to the star film company in 1932, and soon starred in the film "old hatred, new hatred". With her fresh style and sincere performance, she came to the fore and attracted people's attention. After that, he successively starred in the film "spring silkworm", which is adapted from Mao Dun's novels and reflects the miserable real life in the countryside; the film "daughter of the times", which reflects the different life paths of the educated youth; the film "two to one", which exposes the decadence of the bourgeoisie; and the film "adventures in the battlefield", which shows his talent in performing arts.

In the film "spring silkworm", Aixia plays the role of lotus, the wife of farmer Li Gensheng. Because she had been a girl in the city, the villagers looked down on her, said she was "white tiger star", and put all the charges on her. Lotus is very disgusted with this, once sneaked into the silkworm farm of Old Tong Bao's house, revenge to "Chong Ke" his "baby" (silkworm). AI Xia expresses the character's dissatisfaction with the old social customs and daring to think and act incisively and vividly, and truly reflects the depressed expression of lotus which is not understood by people, which adds a lot of color to the whole play. The director of the film made a high evaluation of this, praising AI Xia as "good at character, in-depth role, emotion, sincere and moving".

The film "the daughter of the times" describes the different fates of many young intellectuals in the stormy revolutionary years from 1925 to 1927. AI Xia plays the daughter of the owner of a wood woven silk factory in Shanghai. This "Qianjin" was a student in a women's middle school. He became a man's plaything and was expelled from the school. He ran away from home and fell into the world. AI Xia well grasped the character characteristics of the typical characters in the typical environment of the play, and successfully played the tragic role. As a contrast, she vividly showed that only by working hard to join the revolution can the educated youth have a future. After the film was released, the character left a deep impression on the audience.

AI Xia's excellent performance was affirmed by the film industry and the audience, making her one of the "talented and promising newcomers" in the cast of the star film company at that time. People evaluate her as "hardworking, hardworking, fruitful and creative". Especially because these films she made were "films with positive and progressive significance", so among the progressive young people at that time, Aixia was quite inspiring. She wrote and performed modern woman, which made people have a better understanding of her and earned her the reputation of "talented woman in the film world". At that time, most of the actresses in the film industry were born in poverty, and their cultural level was generally not high. However, AI Xia, a smart and studious actress, used her original literary skills and art to write articles and poems in newspapers and magazines. Her "writing style is simple, bright, forthright and charming, which is praised by people.". Therefore, she was praised as a "writer and star" together with Hu Ping, Wang Ying and Chen Bo'er in the film industry at that time, and as an actress who acted as a writer and star, she was afraid to start with AI Xia in the history of Chinese film. Therefore, AI Xia was generally concerned and praised by people for a while.

The narrative of modern woman

Chinese PinYin : Ai Xia