China News Service, Beijing, May 9 (Reporter Wang Shiyao) She is a "people's artist" and "the most beautiful struggler", and was praised as "the most beautiful woman in China".
This old artist, who has been honored and created countless popular characters, has published a book saying that she is willing to "run the dragon" - because she will take every role and every performance seriously.
She is Qin Yi.
Qin Yi.
The ageless "Song of Youth" in the Chinese film industry
Qin Yi, born in 1922, was originally named Qin Dehe.
On May 9, 2022, she passed away at Shanghai Huadong Hospital at the age of 100.
She started her stage career at the age of 16 and acted in the dramas "Long Live China", "The Grass and Trees Are Soldiers", "Li Li Grass", etc., and became one of the most popular actors at that time.
At the age of 25, Qin Yi took to the big screen, and the movie "Distant Love" became her famous work.
Qin Yi is always full of passion when it comes to her acting career.
She said that she longed to express ordinary people and evoke the beautiful emotions hidden in people's hearts.
When she was young, Qin Yi was baptized by war, and she supported the war of resistance with practical actions.
On the stage of Chongqing film and drama in the rear of the Anti-Japanese War, she was called "Four Famous Dan" together with Bai Yang, Shu Xiuwen and Zhang Ruifang.
When New China was established in 1949, Qin Yi shouted from the heart: "liberated, we can finally act well and act in movies!".
Since then, under the banner of serving the people, she has devoted herself to creating, and vivid characters have emerged on the screen. Zhong Yeping in...
And one of Qin Yi's most unforgettable roles is Lin Hong, a Communist Party member who sees death in the movie "Song of Youth".
She once said: "Lin Hong is the most beautiful among the Communists I play. This is not to say that the image is good-looking, but to impress the audience with spirit and belief."
Qin Yi recalled that a few days before the filming of "Song of Youth", she was completely immersed in the relevant materials in order to better understand the characters.
"Why was Lin Hong so firm before her death, full of optimism, and used her own experiences and thoughts to influence and inspire Lin Daojing? This is because she has the most lofty ideals, and she knows what to leave behind for the future. The heir, so when she's taken out of her cell and on her way to the execution ground, she's fearless to get closer to her revolutionary ideals."
Because he deeply felt the essence of Lin Hong's spiritual world, although Lin Hong played by Qin Yi only had one scene, it was shocking. Many viewers never forgot the last scene where Lin Hong walked out of the cell and went to the execution ground.
Qin Yi.
An artist who is willing to be a "dragon suit"
She once said that going to the studio is to go to the battlefield. This is not only to describe the initial dangerous state of Qin Yi's acting career, but also because she loves acting, she will try her best to act well.
Although she has already become a big star, Qin Yi does not show off or be arrogant at all. In addition to playing the leading role, she often goes to work.
When she acted in dramas in the 1940s, she played no matter what role she played. Later, in many films, she only had two or three scenes, such as the old principal in "Peach and Li in Spring", and the role in "The Distressed Laughter". The old actor, the old woman in "Zhang Heng", etc.
Qin Yi said: "I realized that if the drama is not well done, it will also affect the protagonist's play, and it will also affect the rhythm, so I never neglect to communicate with the main characters in the play. If the extras in the play are serious about themselves as an 'important part', then the overall quality of the play will definitely improve."
With a passion for movies, in her eyes, even small roles are of great significance, so every time she devotes herself to it and fully enjoys the joy of creation.
Qin Yi's "Dragon Set" scene is indeed very brilliant and unforgettable.
Later, she also wrote a book called "Running the Dragon", explaining the "Dragon Spirit" in her heart: do one line, love one line, specialize one line, fine one line, take every role and every performance seriously.
The movie "The Legend of the Demon Cat".
It is with this "dragon spirit" that in her 90s, she would still act as an unknown old palace maid in the movie "The Legend of the Demon Cat", which is not surprising.
"Whether it's pain or joy, I always embrace my career with passion. Career is a song I can never sing."
The most beautiful women in China who are elegant and shy
Qin Yi is known for her dignified, beautiful, gentle and virtuous female image on the Chinese screen. She was once praised by international movie star Faye Dunaway as "the most typical woman with distinctive oriental style and Chinese national style".
Although she was praised as "the most beautiful woman in China", when someone praised Qin Yi for her good looks, she would bluntly say "nonsense" like a child, "I'm so old, how can I look good? Every year I get old. Incredible." She didn't know that she would be more and more cute at this time.
She also frankly admitted that she was "so-so" when she was young, but added at the end, "I don't think it looks good, sometimes the photos are better."
Although she does not admit that she is beautiful, there are countless people who admire her.
Scholar Jian Bozan once announced that he was going to be Qin Yi's little tail, actor Jin Shan once wrote a love letter to her, and playwright Wu Zuguang once described Qin Yi in his essay "Qin Niang Mei", who "said Qin Niang Mei for no reason, and melancholy recalled the middle of the night. Helen", and "Helen" is Qin Yi's English name.
The famous Pingju actor Xin Fengxia also said when evaluating Qin Yi: "It is because of the beauty of her character and quality that she can create so many beautiful characters."
The data picture is Qin Yi.
Photo by Pan Sophie
Go all out for a hundred-year-old life
Qin Yi's motto is "Ignore gains and losses as much as possible, just try to do my best."
There is no fanfare and rhetoric, but it condenses the power of her precipitation and wisdom that spanned a century.
"I'm in pursuit all my life. The older I live, the more I pursue. Since there's not much time, I'm in a hurry." This is a sentence written by Qin Yi in 1997 when he wrote an autobiography for his book "Running the Dragon". .
Over the years, she has indeed done this. She can be seen and heard in various commemorations, celebrations, charity, benefit performances and other conferences and activities, and her passionate voice can be heard.
Qin Yi said that Communist Party members should always study and recharge frequently.
In her opinion, participating in various conferences and activities can create conditions for her to understand society and strengthen her learning, "making my aged feet as close to the pace of the times as possible".
Qin Yi, who has never stopped learning, has also won countless "monuments of honor" along the way - the Best Actress Award at the China Film Century Award, the title of "National Artist with Outstanding Contributions" in commemoration of the centenary of Chinese film, and the 10th Chinese Film Awards. The Performing Arts Society Award Lifetime Achievement Award (Golden Phoenix Award), the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival Chinese Film Lifetime Achievement Award, the 7th National Top Ten Female Heroes...
However, she said: "If you live alone in this world, no matter how much money you have, no matter how beautiful others say you are, or no matter how many awards you get, one day, you will leave. If you leave, everything will disappear. You can’t take away any good things. What is the most important thing for people to live in this world? It’s still a value. How much you get depends on how much you give."
This is Qin Yi's simple and wonderful values. She also left the world with wonderful works, beautiful character, and immortal spirit with her hundred years of life... (End)