Zhou Xuan 1 August, 9201was born in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, and is a China film actor and singer. 193 1 joined the Yue Ming Song and Dance Troupe, and attracted attention for singing the song "Guoguang". 1932 released the first album "Special Express". 1934 became famous with the song "Flowers in May"; In the same year, she ranked second in the "Radio Singer Competition" held by Shanghai Evening News. 1935 entered the film circle and starred in the film "The Son of the Storm" in the same year. Street Angel starring 1937 became the masterpiece of her acting career, and her film episodes "Singing Girl" and "Four Seasons Songs" were also popular in Chinese areas. She created a unique singing style by using the traditional vocal method and microphone of national vocal music. 1938 signed a contract with Shanghai Guohua Film Company. 194 1 year, Shanghai Daily held a "movie queen" selection, and Zhou Xuan declined the honor of "movie queen" after being elected. 1946 went to Hong Kong for development. 1947 starred in the film "Sauvignon Blanc", and the film episode "Shanghai Night" sung by her became one of the masterpieces of Chinese music. 1948 starred in the costume movie The Secret History of the Qing Palace. 1950 Return to Shanghai from Hong Kong. 195 1 starring in the movie "dove of peace", she was taken to hospital for treatment because of sudden mental illness during filming. 1On September 22nd, 957, Zhou Xuan died in Shanghai. 1995 won the actress award of China Film Century Award.
I would rather recall the first half of her miserable life than the second half. However, she has only been in this world for 39 years, which is less than the half life of a long-lived person. Although she was very popular in China in 1930s and 1940s, what can she do?
Speaking, Zhou Xuan was born in a noble family. Looking back, he is a descendant of Su Dongpo. His father is a university professor and there are eight brothers and sisters in his family. However, the happy life only lasted until she was 3 years old. At the age of 3, she was abducted by her uncle who smoked, and she never saw her family again. Until her death, she still held other people's hands and said intermittently, "I'm unlucky, I've never seen my biological parents again ..."
Zhou Xuan moved from one family to another, changed his surname from Su to Wang, and finally settled in a family named Zhou in beijing east road. Due to the hard life, 10-year-old Zhou Xiaohong was sold to a brothel by her adoptive father. Fortunately, her adoptive mother saved her from a more miserable life.
/kloc-When I was 0/2 years old, Zhang Jinwen, a pianist of Yue Ming Song and Dance Troupe, happened to be a guest at the home of Zhou Xuan's foster mother and domestic servant, and saw a young girl singing beside the phonograph, with simple and crisp songs and delicate eyebrows. After returning home, he recommended this piece to Li Jinhui, then the head of Yue Ming Song and Dance Troupe and known as "the father of China pop music". When Li first met Zhou Xuan, she was really a poor little girl. She is thin and timid, and her mouth is full of people from Ningbo and Shanghai. She asked many questions and even began to cry. Although Zhou Xuan has a good face and delicate eyebrows, she is a little girl after all and can't see anything extraordinary. Just try it. Li Jinhui took Zhou Xuan, who was only 12 years old, and changed the fate of this girl whose real name is Su Pu.
Zhou Xuan worked hard, and all her teachers and friends who performed with her remembered her hard work in learning Mandarin. When the piano room is empty, she secretly practices and sings. Once on stage, small eyes are crystal clear and full of aura. Her golden voice, in particular, is born in itself. With a little training, it will bloom more brilliantly.
Zhou Xuan is popular. /kloc-at the age of 0/4, she ranked second in the Shanghai singer selection activity, second only to the veteran singer Bai Hong (with a difference of more than 50 votes). Bai Xianyong recalled that in Shanghai at that time, everyone was humming Zhou Xuan's songs, from dignitaries to pawns. The song "Wind in May" spread all over Huangpu River, and that song was really intoxicating.
How can we make clear the significance of Zhou Xuanzhi in Shanghai at that time? Take movie pay as an example. Zhou Xuan's film pay is measured in gold. Every movie, singing an episode is two taels of gold. Some people have calculated that Zhou Xuan's movies have at least five songs to sing. Then, regardless of the pay, just singing movie episodes, a drama has at least a catty of gold. Besides, Zhou Xuan can get 20 million old coins from the royalties of old films every year, and the pay for a new film is at least 2,000 yuan, which is several times higher than that of contemporary female stars.
It seems that beautiful women are often not so resourceful, but Zhou Xuan is a special case. 194 1, Shanghai Daily selected the movie queen, and Zhou Xuan was certainly the best choice. But no one expected that in the face of this great honor, Zhou Xuan showed an extraordinary woman's bearing. She issued a notice saying: "The name of the queen is absolutely unacceptable, and the word' queen' should not be involved in the name of the base ..." This shows that Zhou Xuan is low-key and atmospheric. If she doesn't become a queen, no one dares to be a queen, and this laurel has been sealed since then.
Zhou Xuan's wisdom is early, and so is his love. Her three romances created great creative opportunities for tabloid reporters in Hong Kong and Shanghai, but she was killed by them. 1949, Zhou Xuan returned to Shanghai from Hongkong eight months pregnant. She thought she could avoid the harsh public opinion environment in Hong Kong. Unexpectedly, the environment in Shanghai is still very complicated. Zhou Xuan was accused of being "an actor who cared too much about pay in the old days". At this time, the eldest son was born, and people began to discuss and question who the father was. In Zhou Xuan's letter to her friends in Hong Kong, she said, "It's good to have a good cry ..."
About 195 1 year, it was rumored that Zhou Xuan was crazy. When filming The Dove of Peace, I went to Zhou Xuan to have a blood test to find my relatives. She burst into tears, unable to control her language. This is just the last straw, crushing Zhou Xuan's pent-up spirit.
Ok, stop here, I don't want to touch her last six years ―― separated from her two sons and living alone in a nursing home. When my biological mother and sister heard the news, they could only stand outside the iron gate and cry, but they could not get close.
The last time I saw Zhou Xuan, musician Chen Gang recalled: "She looked pale, swollen and haggard." A weak woman, despite her extraordinary talent and wisdom, despite her self-reliance, unwilling to be at the mercy of fate, eventually became a secular victim because of her true feelings, kindness and simplicity. At the best of times, she died.