Chapter 46 the sun shines on us
Bai Yun, the most popular male star in the 1930s, committed suicide and passed away.
The grand occasion of Baiyun in Shanghai back then, it is said that Qin Han, Tai Xianglin, Wang Guanxiong, and Li Xiaofei, the most popular stars at present, can’t compare with it. My parents’ generation of movie fans always brings back some sad memories when they mention Baiyun; Who would have thought that the brightest star on the screen in that era would be Huang Tuyi after his death, and he couldn't even find the tombstone.Thirty years of time have buried the white clouds from the brightest place on the ground to the darkest underground.
At the same time as Baiyun committed suicide, Ingrid Bergman, my favorite intelligent star, also passed away, but the figures of the two were completely different. When Bergman passed away, her children were all around her, feeling extremely mournful.On the third day, Taiwan TV Company also aired a one-hour special "The Glory of Ingrid Bergman" to commemorate this respected filmmaker all over the world.
But what about Baiyun?Baiyun's death is just a small piece of news on TV, let alone an album.At the beginning when he named himself "Baiyun", he had already concluded the ending. He had two words before his death: "Life is a wanderer, death is a wandering soul." It has such a deep and lonely meaning, no wonder some old actors like Ge Xiangting and Ouyang Shafei couldn't help crying when they offered sacrifices in front of his grave.
The situation of Chinese actors when they grow old always makes me feel sincerely. They cannot be like Western actors, who are shining stars throughout their lives. They are not permanent stars, but fleeting clouds.But why are actors like this? This touches on the issue of time that I often think about, time, what a ruthless killer to a once brilliant person.No wonder when Bai Yun passed away, a film and television reporter was very emotional. When asked about the young actors who are in season today, they asked in a daze: Who is Bai Yun?Who is Baiyun?The white cloud is empty for thousands of years, and the white cloud is just a cloud floating in the clean sky.it is clear
In the morning sun, in the evening sunset, it will reflect colorful luster, but in the dark night, no one can see the beautiful clouds.
I like Xin Qiji's "Po Zhenzi" the most. This is a strong poem written by Xin Qiji in memory of Chen Liang, a thinker with military and economic talents at that time:
Looking at the sword with the light on while drunk
Dreaming back to blowing horns
Babailifen's subordinates
Fifty Strings Over the Great Wall
Autumn soldiers on the battlefield
Lu Feikuai
The bow is like a thunderbolt
end the king's affairs
win the name
It happened in vain
The meaning of Xin Qiji's words is beautiful, but behind the beauty there is a kind of sadness for the passage of time. I think the most touching thing is "winning the fame before and after his life, and pity happened in vain". Looking at Baiyun from these two sentences, it is really the most beautiful. Appropriate.How many nostalgic characters are inevitably in vain. What's worse, the loneliness after the glory made a hero who once played Gu Pan Zixiong finally commit suicide by taking drugs in a remote hotel.
A few days ago, two Filipino-Chinese painters Hong Jiuguo and Wang Libo came to Taiwan. I took two days to accompany them to Taichung to visit the cemetery of my old friend Shiy Dejin. I was also accompanied by painters Li Xiqi, Zhu Weibai, and Shiy Dejin. Lu Shenghua was a close friend during his lifetime.
When we arrived at Dadushan Garden Cemetery, it happened to be noon when the sun was at its strongest. The sun shone on the cemetery, and there were noisy birdsong from the nearby acacia forest.Xi Dejin's cemetery was planned by him during his lifetime, and the layout is very similar to the small gardens of the Ming Dynasty in China.There is a "Wangxiang Pavilion" in the cemetery, where the painter's last wish can be seen.I stood at the round gate of "Wangxiang Pavilion" and looked down the mountain. There was no painter's hometown there, only row upon row of buildings stacked on top of each other. At that moment, our mood fell silent.
Shiy De-Jin once touched thousands of hearts with his superb painting skills, and he was extremely saddened when he passed away.However, in the art exhibition held on the first anniversary of his death, the audience was deserted in twos and threes. I once sat in the art exhibition for an afternoon and left silently until the lights in the gallery were dimmed. Name, poor thing happened in vain".
In Xi Dejin's cemetery, two of his favorite plants were planted, two phoenix trees and three kapok trees. After a year of cultivation, they have grown taller than the Wangxiang Pavilion.The phoenix is still there, and the kapok is unharmed, but our once famous artist is buried in the ground. His name and his art have sadly become a dim memory in the hearts of the masses under the erosion of time.
Leaving the cemetery of Xi Defeng, the car was speeding down Dadu Mountain. I turned around and saw the extremely tall poinciana. , What kind of image can Shiy De-jin leave behind?
The sun is so selfless covering us, and the setting of the sun is always so ruthless and refuses to stay for the night. Those dead artists are lying in the cold and dark underground, and they can no longer enjoy the joy of the sun.
In my file, there is a frame I took of Shiy De Jin.Standing among the blooming wildflowers of the central Great Plains, the stark morning exposure carved his face into a chiaroscuro statue, his head raised to breathe the sunlight, and now that situation can never be repeated.
What a happy thing it is for us to be able to walk the path of the sun every day, what a cheerful thing it is to be able to let the sun shine softly or wildly, what I want to say is, just cherish the sunshine that shines on us Time, because the sun won't stay for us, and even the greatest artist can't keep it.
—October 6, 1982