Popular
Popular （April 22, 1920-September 18, 1996), whose original name is Yang Chengfang, is from Xiangyin, Hunan. He was born in Beijing. He is a famous Chinese drama and film performing artist. In 1936, he starred in his first film, "Cross Street". In 1939, he starred in the drama movie "The Children of China". In 1946, he starred in the drama movie " Eight Thousand Miles of Clouds and Moons". In 1947, he starred in the drama movie " A River of Spring Water Flows Eastward ". In 1950, he starred in the drama movie "Home to Tomorrow ". In 1956, he starred in the drama movie " Blessings ". In 1960, he starred in the war movie "Winter Plum". In 1989, he starred in the biographical drama " sprinkled to the world and love ". In 1995, he won the Chinese Film Century Award Actress Award. He died in Shanghai on September 18, 1996 at the age of 76.
This article is excerpted from the 202108th issue of " People's Artist " magazine, and the content has been deleted and modified.
Popular childhood and teenager experiences are very special and complicated. She was born in a scholarly family and had the literati genetic factor . He grew up eating farmers' milk and spent his childhood in the countryside, deeply influenced by ordinary working people. When she was 11 years old, her family collapsed and forced herself to break into society and live a life. Driven by fate, she entered the entertainment industry. Fortunately, she met progressive and serious seniors, who were deeply helped and cultivated by them, and these had a significant impact on her character and the path she would take in the future.
Bai Yang is one of the "Four Famous Actresses" in the drama industry and is known as "China's Catherine Hepburn". In terms of performance style, she is simple, beautiful, natural and subtle, and is good at expressing the charm of oriental women. She has played more than 20 screen images in her life, created more than 50 characters on the drama stage, and was selected as the first of the "Twenty Two Top Film Stars in the Country" in the 1960s. She never shows off her strength, doesn't want to attract attention... She is an intriguing celebrity.
"Popularis" turns out to be like this
Poplar is original name Yang Chengfang. In his youth, Bai Yang had a female classmate named Wang who had a very high literary cultivation and had many friends in the literary and artistic circles. Once, this female classmate named Wang brought Bai Yang to the School of Art of National Peking University and met the senior student of the Drama Department Xiong Foxi - Yang Cunbin .
Yang Cunbin portrait
At that time, Yang Cunbin had just graduated from the drama department and organized a "Beiping Drama Society" to rehearse Xiong Foxi's drama "The Box", and was looking for actors. He immediately took a fancy to Bai Yang and immediately invited her to play a role in the play - Dong Gu.
1933, Bai Yang played Dong Gu in the drama "The Story of the Box"
Dong Gu is a country girl. Bai Yang was 4 to 9 years old and spent at the nanny's house in Xiaoxiangtun, a suburb of Peking. She is very familiar with the country life, so she is very appreciated by Yang Cunbin during rehearsals.
He said to her: "Your surname is Yang, and I am also Yang. You have a Russian name called Luo Jia. You like red, you are Hong Yang; I am academic, so I can only be Bai Yang!"
Bai Yang plays Jiang Lingyu in the movie "Eight Thousand Miles of Clouds and Moon"
Bai Yang plays Sufen in the movie "A River of Spring Water Flows Eastward"
Unexpectedly, these few operas made Bai Yang lit up. She hurriedly said, "No, Bai Yang's name should be mine, give it to me!"
"Why?" Yang Cunbin asked.
Baiyang plays Yang Zhiying in the movie "Cross Street"
"I grew up in my nurse's house. There are silver-gray poplar trees everywhere in and outside the village. Its tall and majestic image has long been deeply imprinted into my mind. When I was tired of working, I often sit under the rows of neatly lined poplar trees in front of the small dilapidated temple in the corner of the village. Listening to them rustling in the breeze, it seems like listening to a nice song, as if urging me to 'grow up quickly', and it seems to be comforting me: 'I'm thirsty, tired, go home early after work!' Look, how intimate they are to me, how much I love them..."
Yang Cunbin was moved after hearing Baiyang's narration.He hurriedly said, "I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you. I hope you can be as tall as poplars! Upward!"
1933 poplars
That year, poplars were only 13 years old. From then on, she used this name to travel around the world and rushed out of her own path. It can be said that it was the childhood years spent in Xiaoxiangtun that shape the future of Baiyang. From the life she experienced in the following life, we can also see that the straight, firm and upright qualities of the poplar tree have invisibly penetrated into her bones.
Moisturizes things silently and moistens the body
Bai Yang lacks maternal love since she was a child, and her only memory of maternal love comes from her nurse. Bai Yang, who was 3 years old, had no clear memories. When she was nearly 4 years old, she and her nurse went to the countryside. The nurse is hardworking and kind, and she gives motherly care and warmth to Bai Yang who has lost her mother's love. Although the nurse's family is very poor, she has no place to live and has a difficult life, she always cares about the hunger, fullness, and warmth of poplars.
1931, Bai Yang (left) took a photo with her second sister
The nurse would sit on a small stool at the door of her house, slowly combing Bai Yang's braids, holding a comb in one hand, and gently stroking Bai Yang's hair with the other hand. In winter, the nurse will use old clothes to make cotton-padded jackets for the poplar; in summer, the nurse will often make mung bean and millet porridge for the poplar to drink.
Although the maternal love given to Poplar by the nurse is very short, only about one year, every detail forms the memory fragments of Poplar's childhood, and is also the warmest part of Poplar's childhood. That kind of warmth gives the feeling of the poplar is real and unforgettable.
2020 Baiyang
1950, Baiyang and Jiang Junchao entered the palace of marriage and had a pair of children after marriage. Bai Yang and Jiang Junchao are both busy and are away all year round, especially Bai Yang, who spends little time with her children. She doesn't talk much when she is at home, and she likes to sit quietly and watch the child play with a smile. Although Bai Yang’s love for her children is not expressed in words, her heart is very delicate and soft, and the details of life reveal her deep love for her children everywhere.
1950, Bai Yang and Jiang Junchao got married
In the 1950s, the People's Pictorial once had a photo like this - Bai Yang combed her daughter's braids. When her daughter was young, Bai Yang would sit on the grass with her daughter and wove her braids, as if it was brought from her memory with her nanny. She thought it was a way to express love.
In the 1950s, Bai Yang took a photo with her daughter
In the 1950s, Bai Yang took a photo with her daughter
One year, her young son fell down from the stairs and knocked her two front teeth. After Bai Yang knew about this, she rushed back immediately. She also quietly hid the two big front teeth that her son dropped in the depths of the desk drawer, and marked them on her teeth "A certain year, month, a certain day, , Jiang Xiaosong, fell down from the stairs..."
In the winter of the mid-1960s, my daughter knitted a gray velvet hat for Poplar. Poplar loved it so much that she put it on immediately. After Bai Poplar passed away, in the mid-1990s, when his daughter was tidying up her things for Bai Poplar, she saw a small cloth bag. When she opened it, she found that the hat was inside. There was a piece of paper in the small cloth bag that said, "On a certain year, month and a certain day, Xiaozhen was the first hat he knitted for me when he was xx..."
In the 1950s, Bai Poplar's family photo
During the growth of children, Bai Poplar never focused on the question of how children's homework, but only required them to be well-behaved, self-disciplined, and rely on themselves. She never blames or disciplines her children for trivial matters. For the child, her example is very inspiring.
1960, the whole family photo of Bai Po and his wife
Bai Po’s expression of maternal love is really different from many other mothers. It does not use too much language. When you see her sincere actions towards people and things, when you see her happy smile, it seems that she can read her wholeheartedness.
A photo that has been hidden for a full 10 years
In Bai Yang’s bookcase, there is a very precious and incomplete photo - Bai Yang’s beloved daughter Jiang Xiaozhen snuggled beside Zhou Enlai and Chen Yi , and the others who took a photo together have been torn and cut off. The story of this photo is an important source of her artistic achievements and a story between her and Zhou Enlai.
1961, Zhou Enlai, Chen Yi and Bai Yang's daughter Jiang Xiaozhen took a photo (Note: Bai Yang couple and literary and art fan were cut)
As early as Chongqing during the Anti-Japanese War, Bai Yang formed a deep friendship with Zhou Enlai. Zhou Enlai must watch the plays played by Bai Yang, and he always gave great encouragement after watching them. More than 40 dramas starring her are "Qu Yuan", "Fascist Bacteria", "Thunderstorm", " Sunrise ", "Spring and Autumn of Heaven", "Resurrection", "Romeo and Juliet", "The Memorial of the All Times", etc., and she was very popular. She was recognized as one of the "Four Famous Actresses" in the Chinese drama industry.
Bai Yang plays Nanhou in the drama "Qu Yuan"
Bai Yang plays Fang Eryu in the drama "The Memorial of the World",
group photo of the four famous actresses in the drama industry (from left to right are Qin Yi, Bai Yang, Zhang Ruifang, and Shu Xiuwen)
On the eve of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Bai Yang went to Hong Kong in order to avoid the persecution of the Kuomintang reactionaries. Later, under the arrangement of Zhou Enlai, he returned to Beijing to attend the first Congress of Literature and Arts (the First Congress of the National Congress of Literature and Art Workers of China). After the founding of the People's Republic of China, she was received by Zhou Enlai many times, encouraging her to serve the people well.
1937, Bai Yang took a photo with the second team of the Shanghai National Rescue Theater Team
1961 July 18, it was a summer day. Zhou Enlai and Chen Yi braved the scorching heat to visit Bai Yang's home. This is what the Prime Minister himself "pleases" to come. He and Mr. Chen had something to do in Shanghai. He paid for the Shanghai film artists out of their own pocket on one occasion. Then he suddenly remembered something and said, "I always invite you, when do you invite me?" So, this time, there was a "visit". Bai Yang, Qin Yi, Wang Danfeng, Huang Zongying and others each cooked a plate of dishes that the Prime Minister liked, and gathered at Bai Yang's home to "go toast" Premier Zhou and President Chen.
Mr. Chen likes to tell jokes. As soon as he stepped into Bai Yang's study, he said to Bai Yang: "You have read so many books?" How can Bai Yang answer this? She was stunned for a moment. At this time, Zhou Enlai came out to relieve Bai Yang. He asked Chen Yi humorously: "You have read all the books in your family?" President Chen laughed after hearing this. Bai Yang and everyone laughed. In an instant, they were as harmonious as a family.
2020 Baipo
In the 1960s, Zhou Enlai told the actors present that if an actor wants to perform a good show, he must read more books, read the works of Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong, read business books, and read some history, and be familiar with the situation of various historical periods in order to master more comprehensive knowledge. However, not only that, we must also go out of the film factory, into society, and go deep into the lives of workers, peasants and soldiers. This not only enriches life, but also learns from workers, peasants and soldiers, which helps transform the worldview...
Then, Zhou Enlai pointed out to everyone that movie actors cannot only emphasize the characteristics of performing arts, and then raised a question of basic skills. He said: "As operas and dancers have their basic skills, how can movie actors not have them? You have to work hard to find some rules."
1957 On April 14, 1957, Zhou Enlai and his wife, Bai Yang, Shangguan Yunzhu, Huang Zongying and others, established the China Film Workers Association in Ziguang Pavilion in Zhongnanhai
Zhou Enlai's attention and hope for the film industry deeply touched the hearts of film performing artists. Later, Zhou Enlai proposed to take photos with everyone. Bai Yang's lively and cute daughter has long been snuggling to Premier Zhou and President Chen.
This photo, Bai Yang has always been hanging in the most conspicuous position in the study. She often recalls that unforgettable moment and uses the Prime Minister's earnest teaching to motivate herself to move forward...
1957, "Blessings" won the special award at the 10th Karlovy Vari International Film Festival. Bai Yang represented the award
1966, Bai Yang was persecuted, and that precious photo was also included in the "breaking". But after all, they were frightened by the prestige of the Prime Minister and President Chen, so they only dared to tear off the portraits around them and did not dare to touch the photos of the Prime Minister and President Chen. Bai Yang's daughter was unable to tear it off because she snuggled up to the Prime Minister and President Chen, so she left this incomplete photo.
When they left, Bai Yang ignored everything and hurriedly picked up the damaged photo and hid it for a full 10 years. By 1976, Bai Yang displayed the photos in the bookcase again. The Prime Minister and President Chen who were left in the photo are no longer alive, but the movie performing artists such as Poplar and other movies have been torn off the photo. But what's wrong with this? The people's Prime Minister is always connected with the people's actors!
On May 1, 1959, Mao Zedong met with Xu Yulan, Bai Yang, Shangguan Yunzhu, and Wang Danfeng
The reason why it is difficult for middle-aged and young artists to learn fundamentally is because they have special experiences and accumulations. They come from the darkness, so they cherish the light extremely; they are deeply cared for by the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries, and the light of their ideals will never be extinguished; they have been tempered by complex interpersonal relationships, and can only be low-key in all kinds of "strong hands" circles; they have rich artistic practices and know the boundlessness of art... But there is one thing we should be able to learn easily but often forget it - that is "gratitude"!
1990, Jiang Zemin wrote an inscription for Poplar: Draw nourishment from the people and contribute talents to the people
