Speaking of the name Yang Likun, many people may not be so familiar with it, but when it comes to the role of "Ashima" she played, most people must remember it deeply.
In 1964, the film "Ashima" directed by the famous director Liu Qiong was released and quickly became popular all over the country. Actress Yang Likun, who played the role of the female lead "Ashima" in the film, also successfully became a household name actress with this role.
Because she was young and beautiful, and had a good temperament, after she became popular, she was once hailed as "the most beautiful woman in the 1960s", which shows how popular and loved she was by the public at that time!
However, no one expected that this film that made her famous would also become the swan song of her acting career.
Yang Likun, who was once popular all over the country, suffered from mental illness not long after she became popular. She has been suffering from illness since then. In 2000, when she was 58 years old, she sadly passed away from this world.
Speaking of which, from becoming popular to becoming insane, what has Yang Likun experienced? What happened to her husband and two twin boys?
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Yang Likun was born in Pu'er, Yunnan in 1942. She grew up in a Yi family. Since she was the ninth eldest child in the family, her family always called her "xiaojiu".
Because her family background was not particularly good, Yang Likun's life was not particularly happy when she was a child. When she was four or five years old, her mother became ill from overwork because she had to raise and take care of so many children, and eventually passed away from overwork.
Yang Likun, who lost her mother at a young age, life became even more difficult after that. For this reason, Yang Likun, who had just entered elementary school, had no choice but to drop out of school and return home.
It was not until 1952 that ten-year-old Yang Likun followed her eldest sister to Kunming, Yunnan, and took her to live with her second sister. With the care and support of her second sister's family, she returned to school and continued to go to school.
Yang Likun got along well with her second sister and her family. Not only was she taken very good care of, but her second sister often took her to watch performances in nearby theaters, song and dance troupes and other places.
In 1954, when she went to see a performance with her second sister, she was attracted by Hu Zonglin, the leader of the Provincial Song and Dance Troupe. He thought she was a good candidate for learning singing and dancing, and immediately said to her: "Girl, are you willing to learn singing and dancing? Do you want to be an actor?"
Yang Likun, who fell in love with singing and dancing because she often watched performances, nodded immediately after hearing the other party's question: "I do!"
In this way, Yang Likun entered the provincial song and dance troupe as a student and embarked on the path of acting.
With her innate acting talent and hard-working spirit, Yang Likun worked particularly hard after joining the song and dance troupe.
In order to gain a firm foothold in the song and dance troupe and become a favorite singer and dancer among the audience, she spends all her time learning singing and dancing skills every day. Whenever she encounters something she does not understand, she will humbly ask the seniors of the song and dance troupe for advice immediately.
Because Yang Likun has a peaceful personality and is low-key and humble, the actors in the song and dance troupe at that time got along well with her. When she asked them for advice, they were willing to give her advice.
With Yang Likun's continuous efforts, less than a year after joining the song and dance troupe, she quickly established a foothold in the song and dance troupe and became a singer and dancer favored by the leaders and colleagues of the song and dance troupe.
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In 1955, the second year after Yang Likun entered the provincial song and dance troupe, due to her outstanding performance, she was promoted from a student to an actor in the song and dance troupe, and became a solo dancer.
In the next two years, she has been on the stage of the song and dance troupe, and participated in many performances with other actors in the song and dance troupe.
At that time, she participated in song and dance works such as "Ten Sisters", "Tea Picking", and "Hurry Up", which were deeply loved by the audience. As she performed on stage more and more times, she gradually accumulated a certain reputation in the local area.
In 1957, after developing well, she became a member of the "China-Myanmar Friendship Delegation" and went to Myanmar with the group to perform.
However, what really made Yang Likun popular across the country was her development after entering the entertainment industry.
In 1959, Changying Film Studio was planning to shoot the musical love movie " Five Golden Flowers ". At that time, the filming task was handed over to the famous director Wang Jiayi.
Wang Jiayi has directed classic works such as " Meet Under the Phoenix Tail Bamboo", "Luo Xiaolin's Determination", " Kite" and is a very good director.
In order to complete the tasks assigned by Changying Film Studio, when preparing for the work "Five Golden Flowers", Wang Jiayi went to many places to select actors, including Yang Likun's song and dance troupe.
On the day of selecting actors, many actresses from the song and dance troupe came to the scene and wanted to star in this work. Yang Likun did not participate in the election because she had no experience in filming film and television works.
However, it happened to be her turn to clean the windows that day, so while other actresses were busy showing off their talents in front of Wang Jiayi, she was patiently cleaning the windows beside her.
After the first round of interviews, Wang Jiayi was not particularly satisfied with the actresses present at the interview. Either his acting skills were not good or his looks were not good enough. When he was about to leave the song and dance troupe, he accidentally saw Yang Likun who was cleaning the windows. He was instantly attracted by Yang Likun's pure appearance.
When he saw Yang Likun for the first time, Wang Jiayi was immediately stunned and thought: "Isn't this the heroine I am looking for? She is it!"
Wang Jiayi, who also fell in love with Yang Likun, immediately negotiated with the leaders of the song and dance troupe, and then took Yang Likun to the set.
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In order to perform "Five Golden Flowers" well, Yang Likun, who has never filmed a film or television work, made a lot of efforts. Before the filming started, she deliberately followed the crew to the villages in Dali to experience life, work and live with the local people, and repeatedly figure out the role through personal experience.
And her efforts were not in vain. When the filming of the film started, she portrayed the role of "Vice President Jinhua", the leading female character in the film, particularly well.
At the end of 1959, after the film "Five Golden Flowers" was released, it quickly gained public attention and love, and Yang Likun became popular as a result.
At the 2nd Asian-African Film Festival in Cairo, Egypt the following year, Yang Likun won the Silver Eagle Award for Best Actress for her wonderful performance in the film!
It is worth mentioning that when she won this award, the then Egyptian President Nasser personally named her and asked her to be present to receive the award in person. This shows that she is not only very popular at home, but also has a large number of fans who love and support her abroad.
After Yang Likun became popular with the work "Five Golden Flowers", she did not stay in the entertainment industry for development. Instead, she always focused on the stage of the song and dance troupe, developing her career in a low-key manner without forgetting her original intention.
In 1964, after a few years of low-key development, she was once again invited to participate in a movie. This movie was "Ashima", which made her a household name.
In the film "Ashima", Yang Likun plays the role of "Ashima", the female lead in the film. The film tells the story of the female lead in the film who is not afraid of money and power and bravely pursues love.
It is a pity that although Yang Likun successfully completed the film, before the film was released, she became insane because of the arrival of the special period...
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In 1964, 22-year-old Yang Likun starred in the film "Ashima". In June of the same year, the film was completed as scheduled, but it was not released as scheduled.
The reason is very simple. Starting from July of this year, signs of the special period appeared. The film was criticized and the release date was shelved.
In 1966, with the official arrival of the special period, Yang Likun was listed as a key target of criticism because of the two films "Five Golden Flowers" that had been released previously and "Ashima" that had not yet been officially released.
She was deeply affected, both mentally and physically. This not only caused her acting career to stop, but also caused her to suffer from mental illness.
Due to the environmental reasons at the time, Yang Likun was not able to receive effective treatment after her mental disorder. Her long-term mental disorder caused her condition to become worse and worse, and she became a lot fatter.
In 1970, as her condition worsened, she had to be sent to the hospital for treatment. After long-term treatment, her condition gradually stabilized.
At that time, Yang Likun could be said to be the most helpless time in her life. The only thing she was lucky about was that she gained her happiness during this period and met her husband Tang Fenglou.
Tang Fenglou was a university student with a very high level of education. After graduation, he worked at the Fankou Lead-Zinc Mine in Shaoguan, Guangdong. Since the job he was engaged in was not affected by the special period, his living standard and living conditions at that time were particularly good.
Before meeting Yang Likun, Tang Fenglou had always admired her on the screen. It could even be said that he regarded her as a goddess in his mind. Therefore, when he learned that he had the opportunity to meet her, Tang Fenglou was very happy.
In 1971, under the introduction of an intermediary, Yang Likun and Tang Fenglou met. Since they were not in the same city at the time, they could only communicate through letters.
It wasn’t until 1973 that they met in Hunan after they chatted very well through letters. Although Yang Likun had gained a lot of weight due to mental disorder at that time, and her condition was much worse than on the screen, Tang Fenglou still came together with her without hesitation.
Due to the influence of her previous mental disorder, Yang Likun often had auditory hallucinations in her ears at that time. After being with Tang Fenglou, she was afraid of delaying Tang Fenglou and wanted to introduce her sister to him.
After hearing this, Tang Fenglou was moved by her intentions and felt very sorry for her. Not only did he reject her suggestion, but he also spent more time accompanying her and taking care of her.
As their relationship got better and better, the two later entered the palace of marriage as they wished. After marriage, under the careful care of Tang Fenglou, Yang Likun lived a very stable life.
Later Yang Likun gave birth to a pair of twin sons for Tang Fenglou. The arrival of the children not only made their relationship stronger, but also made Tang Fenglou's family completely accept her.
With the end of the special period, Yang Likun’s grievances that she had been holding back in her heart were finally released.
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In October 1976, as a spring breeze blew across the land of the motherland, the special period officially ended. Yang Likun, who had restored her reputation, finally returned to normal life.
On New Year's Day in 1979, after more than ten years, the film "Ashima" starring Yang Likun when she was 22 years old, was finally released nationwide when she was 37 years old.
After the film was released, it quickly gained the love and recognition of audiences across the country. Yang Likun, who had been out of the screen for many years, became popular all over the country again with this work.
Later, at the 3rd Santander Music and Dance Film Week in Spain, the film also won the Golden Award for Best Dance Film. In the year when the movie
was released, Yang Likun, who was still very popular, was named one of the "Top Ten Best Actors in the Country"!
It’s a pity that I don’t know if it was because she had gone through the painful experience of mental disorder, or maybe it was because her image was too different from the image she had when she starred in "Ashima". After becoming popular again with "Ashima", Yang Likun did not return to the entertainment industry.
As before, she is still living her life peacefully, caring for her husband and raising children at home, and is not coveting fame and fortune in the entertainment industry.
Because of this, as the popularity of the work "Ashima" passed, Yang Likun gradually faded out of the public eye.
However, Yang Likun, who did not return to the entertainment industry, although she lost her acting career, she lived a very good life.
An Xin plays the role of a good wife and mother at home, managing her relationship with Tang Fenglou carefully, and taking good care of her two children at the same time.
Because she took care of everything at home, her husband, who was able to develop his career with peace of mind, later relied on his super business ability to develop his career successfully.
By the 1990s, her husband Tang Fenglou had become a successful man owning a villa and a car, which shows how well her husband's career has developed.
Unfortunately, this happy life did not last forever. With Yang Likun's death, everything ended.
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In 1997, Yang Likun was paralyzed in bed due to cerebral hemorrhage. Although her husband had been looking for various ways to treat her, he was ultimately unable to save her.
On July 21, 2000, Yang Likun sadly passed away due to illness at home at the age of only 58.
Many people were very sad to see Yang Likun pass away. Later, at her funeral, a large number of viewers who loved and supported her spontaneously came to see her off.
In the hearts of these fans and viewers, although Yang Likun has been out of the entertainment industry for many years, she will always be Ashima in everyone's mind.
Unfortunately, no matter how sorry they are, Yang Likun has completely left this world.
As for the saddest thing, it is Yang Likun's husband Tang Fenglou. For this wife who has been with him for nearly thirty years, it goes without saying how much Yang Likun holds in his heart.
When he held the funeral for Yang Likun, he was so grief-stricken that he burst into tears for a time.
Fortunately, his two sons had grown up at that time and were always by his side to guide him, so he did not remain stuck in the pain of losing his wife.
In this way, this once popular actress bid farewell to this world completely.
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It has been 22 years since Yang Likun passed away. Over the years, many people still miss her.
First of all, it is her husband Tang Fenglou. On every anniversary of Yang Likun's death, as well as special festivals such as Qingming Festival, Double Ninth Festival, and Hungry Ghost Festival, he would go to Yang Likun's grave to see her.
In daily life, whenever he thinks of Yang Likun, he will look at Yang Likun's photos and recall their past. It can be said that in Tang Fenglou's heart, his lover Yang Likun has never really left.
While missing Yang Likun, Tang Fenglou also took very good care of the two twin sons Yang Likun gave birth to him over the years.
He first sent his two children to study abroad. After the two children returned from their studies, he allowed them to enter his own company.
With the joint efforts of father and son, they have developed their business very well now and own more than ten companies of various sizes under their names.
In order to commemorate Yang Likun, while the three of them have steadily developed their careers, they have also invested in and developed many businesses related to Yang Likun over the years, such as holding the International Ashima Cultural Festival and so on.
In addition to Yang Likun's family, many fans and viewers who liked her over the years also miss her. There are often flowers placed in front of her tomb, which are sent by people who came to see her.
Her former residence often attracts tourists who come here because of its reputation. Everyone wants to see the place where this popular actor lived.
At the same time, many people have been repeatedly watching the two works "Five Golden Flowers" and "Ashima" she filmed during her lifetime, recalling her through her works during her lifetime...
In fact, as an actor, Yang Likun has nothing to say in terms of acting skills or works. Unfortunately, because of some painful experiences she experienced on the road of life, she could not bear it and once became mentally disturbed.
These experiences changed her originally more brilliant and splendid life, so that the second half of her life became a lot darker, which is really a pity.
However, despite her unsatisfactory career and many setbacks in her life, she was finally able to gain a lot in her relationship and family, which can be regarded as a kind of compensation for her.
Here, I hope that Yang Likun’s husband and her two twin sons will develop their careers better and better, and at the same time, they will also lead their current stable life better and better.
At the same time, I hope there will be no pain in heaven and Yang Likun will no longer have to endure the torture of illness.
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