Yuan Mei

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Early experience

In 1978, Yuan Mei was admitted to Anhui Academy of arts to study Huangmei Opera. Together with Wu Qiong, Ma Lan, Wu Yaling and Yang Jun, she became the "five golden flowers" of Huangmei Opera in Anhui. Because of this title, her name is always associated with Huangmei Opera. In terms of her works, she hardly left any representative works of Huangmei Opera. If there were no "five golden flowers", people might have forgotten her. However, because people could not forget the glory of "five golden flowers", Yuan Mei's name would be forever recorded in the history of Huangmei Opera. Merge Atlas

Like Xiren, Yuan Mei is also a woman with a book to record. As early as before playing in the red chamber, Yuan Mei was one of the "five golden flowers" in Huangmei Opera, which was popular with the audience. The development of Huangmei Opera stagnated or even regressed in the sixties and seventies, and "five golden flowers" was the leader of its second plum blossom.

Among the five golden flowers of Huangmei Opera, Yuan Mei left the stage earlier.

He graduated from Anhui Huangmei Opera Theater in 1980 and performed in Hong Kong the next year. In 1983, he was selected by CCTV to play the role of "a dream of Red Mansions". Since then, she has hardly returned to the stage of Huangmei Opera.

"I only stayed in Huangmei Opera for three or four years after graduation, and now I can't talk about anything. I admire the older generation and the new generation of actors who still stick to the stage of Huangmei Opera. " Yuan Mei said, "whether as an actor or a producer, Huangmei Opera is the foundation and carrier for me to do all these things. Huangmei Opera makes me mature, gives me honor and self-confidence, and makes me stand on a high platform and starting point."

Dream of the Red Chamber

Yuan Mei wanted to play Wang Xifeng from the very beginning. She also knew that her character did not have the feeling of Wang Xifeng's special ability, but she wanted to challenge herself. Later, the director listed Yuan Mei as the candidate of Baochai. I changed roles several times and didn't decide to attack people until I turned on the computer.

Looking back on her years in the drama group of dream of Red Mansions, Yuan Mei felt that it was really like a dream: "I think the most unforgettable thing was when I first went to study. We were training in Yuanmingyuan at that time. Now we think of it as a paradise. April is the time when spring flowers bloom, peach blossoms bloom and spring breeze caresses willows. Every morning, I get up at six o'clock in the courtyard of Yuanmingyuan, where a group of girls and boys do morning exercises, such as singing, singing, lines and running. The flowers bloom one after another. When the lotus flowers bloom in summer, we leave Yuanmingyuan.

I was very impressed by that period of study. Every day after breakfast, many people, such as Zhou Ruchang, Yu Pingbo and Feng Qiyong, would come to give us a lecture on a dream of Red Mansions. Class after class, I think this kind of time, we like a sponge like desperately to suck, desperately feel, into the world, you know? And this group of people's state of learning there is very quiet, very very quiet. I think it's hard to recall this feeling now. "

Her role in a dream of Red Mansions is a turning point in her life. Talking about leaving the stage of Huangmei Opera at that time, she said: "a dream of Red Mansions is attractive to any girl in her infancy. Fortunately, being selected is a matter of pride for me. There were various factors in deciding to go at that time. One of the important reasons was that the outside world was wonderful. "

Talking about the feelings of being an actor, film and television actor and producer of Huangmei Opera, she said: "of course, in terms of grasping emotions and shaping characters, Huangmei Opera actors and film and television actors have something in common. However, the traditional opera culture is still limited by the region after all. To be a film and television actor, you may need a broader vision and more accumulation of life experience. Being a producer is an all-round test of a person's comprehensive quality. "

"As a producer now, I have entered a realm of freedom and can do what I want to do," said Yuan Mei When "five golden flowers" got together a few years ago, she felt "like a family member, several of us have one thing in common: persistence and good endurance. We have a good relationship and we often get in touch by phone. My own life is very happy, very contented, very happy

After shooting the Red Mansion, Yuan Mei especially hopes to stay in Beijing. It should be as natural for her to stay in Beijing as it is for her to marry Baoyu. Yuan Mei said frankly, "I think my personal conditions are very good." At that time, CCTV director Wang Feng and others especially wanted to keep these actresses in Beijing, so they invited Chen Xitong, then Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party committee, to have dinner. They wanted five places, but only two were given. In the end, Yuan Mei, who was "enviable and lucky, but had no chance to live in Beijing", went south to Guangdong. However, the Beijing complex has always existed in my heart, claiming that "I am scattered outside".

After her arrival in Guangdong, Yuan Mei not only worked as an actor, starred in "Miss PR", "Zhao's orphan" and other film and television works, but also worked as a producer in Guangdong TV station. The cloud of hometown, which she worked as a producer, will be filmed in Sun Yat sen University for a month, and will also be filmed in Tibet, Canada and the United States. Because there are so many scenes to shoot, people with social resources are needed to complete the work. For example, she went to the Publicity Department of the provincial Party committee to get the official text that Sun Yat sen University was allowed to shoot. Yuan Mei is also a member of the CPPCC Guangdong Committee.

Acting experience

In 1978, he was admitted to Anhui art college to study Huangmei Opera.

In 1983, he was selected by CCTV to play the role of Xiren in the large-scale TV series a dream of Red Mansions;

In 1988, he became an actor of Guangdong TV actor troupe, and later starred in many well-known film and television works, such as Miss PR, Zhao's orphan, Sun Wu and love over the Pearl River. In 2000, he began to plan the TV series cloud of hometown;

In April 2004, "cloud of hometown" was launched in Guangzhou, and Yuan Mei officially took the post of executive producer. In addition, she wrote many articles on art and commentary. He is now a producer of Guangdong TV station, a member of Guangdong CPPCC, a member of Guangdong Youth Federation, a member of China filmmakers Association, and a member of China Society for performing arts.

Among the "sisters" in the 87th edition of a dream of Red Mansions, I'm afraid Yuan Mei is the only one who has always stuck to her "profession" as an actor. Although Deng Jie, the "Wang Xifeng" also appears frequently, her "main business" is already a producer. When most of the "Red Chamber" sisters went abroad to study or do business, Yuan Mei went through all kinds of difficulties in the past 20 years, playing more than 50 roles, big and small. However, maybe it's a chance that she decided to make, or maybe her "striking" performance impressed the audience too much. Yuan Mei said that there are two things she regrets most in her life. One is that she didn't insist on staying in Beijing at the beginning, and the other is that as an actress, she never played the real female No.1.

Yuan Mei was one of the "five golden flowers" of Anhui Huangmei theater when the 87 version of a dream of Red Mansions was shot. In order to seek better development, Yuan Mei wanted to stay in Beijing, but it backfired. "When CCTV wanted to sign a contract with me, they wanted to keep some actresses, including Deng Jie, Chen Xiaoxu and me," Yuan said. But at that time, Hukou was a big problem, and the leaders of CCTV made great efforts to deal with it. The three of us eagerly waited for the news, but still failed to sign the contract because of the shortage of quota. "

During that time, Yuan Mei felt a lot of loss. She said: "when a dream of Red Mansions was filmed, the sisters lived in the dormitory and felt like home. But after the crew was disbanded, I had to rent and find my own job. At that time, without hukou, there would be no unit. Many people thought that you were "black" and that there was no guarantee in all aspects of life. I was afraid of the feeling of being alone in Beijing. " Yuan Mei felt that she was too young at that time and lacked the courage to be independent. She did not stick to Beijing like Chen Xiaoxu and Deng Jie. "I know they have suffered a lot. Deng Jie has been silent for almost 10 years before she came out again, but it turns out that their persistence is right," Yuan said

During the time when she left Beijing, Yuan Mei often cried by herself. After many years, every time she got together with the "Red Chamber" sisters in the past, she was very sad. She said: "when I see the sisters who grew up at the same time in those years, I will feel the passing of time. Many of them stay in Beijing, but I am scattered outside. "A dream of Red Mansions" is like my mother's home. Beijing is my second hometown. When I think about the difficulty of wandering in all sides, I feel a lot of bitterness in my heart. It's very sad to think about my mother's home. "

Yuan Mei, who left Beijing, finally chose to go to Guangzhou, "because at that time she thought Guangzhou was developing very fast, so she thought there should be many opportunities." However, after several years of hard work, Yuan Mei found that things were not what she thought. She said: "a dream of Red Mansions is very hot in the north, but it won't receive so much attention in the south. Moreover, my circle of friends is in Beijing, and I want to reestablish all kinds of relationships in Guangzhou. Although a lot of troupes have come to me, they are also the kind of virtuous wife and mother roles like "attacking people." At that time, Yuan Mei's "Miss PR" and "love over the Pearl River" had a lot of repercussions, but she was not a female star. She said: "I found that many big plays and good characters in Guangzhou had to go to the north to find" famous actors. ". I was very depressed at that time. I wanted to have a better role to open up the stage, but I found it difficult to find a good script. Especially after 1992, the focus of cultural activities and exchanges was in the north, and there were fewer and fewer opportunities in the south. Many southern actors chose to go to Beijing. "

Yuan Mei had a deep sense of crisis. "I felt that I was gradually forgotten by the audience, and I didn't stop filming for my life. But as the actress grew older, I found myself in an awkward situation. I made a play in 1997, and I haven't seen it since 1998

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