Ruan Lingyu is a famous movie star in the Republic of China. She had a talent for acting as a girl. Her family was ordinary, but she had a heart that loved life. In childhood, Ruan Lingyu's father passed away. In order to help her mother overcome difficulties, Ruan Lingyu knew to share the worries of the family at a very young age. She often went out with her mother to work for others, and even worked as a servant for others. The miserable childhood life brought great shadows to Ruan Lingyu's heart. Later, with the help of a kind person, Ruan Lingyu, a beautiful face, went to a school to study and began her acting career.
The simple life in the school gave Ruan Lingyu great comfort. In the school, Ruan Lingyu showed amazing acting talent and became a star in the eyes of her classmates. At this moment, Ruan Lingyu met her first boyfriend in her life: Zhang Damin . Zhang Damin's family is very rich, elegant, rich and handsome men always come with their own flash. Soon Ruan Lingyu lived with Zhang Damin, and they adopted a child, just like a family. But soon, Ruan Lingyu discovered a fatal weakness of Zhang Damin, that is, she became addicted to gambling. Ruan Lingyu repeatedly persuaded Zhang Damin to quit gambling, but Zhang Damin was unmoved at all. The emotional rift between the two became deeper and deeper.
At this time, Ruan Lingyu's acting career was at its peak. After graduation, Ruan Lingyu took on many famous movies, such as "The Famous Couple", "Hidden Couple", "Hidden Three Modern Women ", "City Night", "Gamble", "New Women", etc., becoming a popular actress in the Republic of China period. Ruan Lingyu's fame at that time was greater than any star today. Today, let's look at the silent films starring Ruan Lingyu, which will still be deeply inspiring. Her acting skills are very superb, and she often uses details and subtle expressions and actions to experience the inner emotions of the characters. Ruan Lingyu also loves her acting career very much. In order to perform, she has played a role in dramas in life many times. She is so crazy that she is crazy about dramas!
However, career success did not make up for her misfortune in marriage. After leaving Zhang Damin, Ruan Lingyu lived with another businessman soon, but she soon discovered that the businessman was a master of playing with women. During her cohabitation with Ruan Lingyu, she also maintained contact with other women. Moreover, there were all kinds of rumors about Ruan Lingyu in the newspaper at that time. Some people said she was shameless, and some people said that she had a bad style and asked her to get out of the entertainment industry. Later, Ruan Lingyu couldn't accept such pressure. On March 8, 1935, she chose to commit suicide by taking poison. Before her death, Ruan Lingyu only wrote four words in her suicide note: People's words are terrifying! And this year Ruan Lingyu was only 25 years old.
Ruan Lingyu's death quickly spread throughout Shanghai. At that time, Ruan Lingyu had already had thousands of fans. When she learned about her death, many people were deeply saddened, and even five women chose to commit suicide for her. Many people thought that their spiritual leader was gone and their souls disappeared. If they survived, they had become a walking corpse. Her obsession with chasing stars was even better than that of young people today.
Ruan Lingyu's death became a major news in Shanghai at that time. Many people invested in holding a grand funeral for Ruan Lingyu. The number of people who were attending the funeral reached more than 300,000, which was unprecedented in scale. At that time, an American journalist recorded this scene personally, and later published it in the New York Times, believing that this was the greatest funeral in the world. It can be seen that Ruan Lingyu's position in people's hearts at that time was a pitiful movie star who died at the age of 25, which is really sad!