"Sunrise at Songshan Pass, morning bell frightens birds, forest creeks gurgling, green grass on the slopes. Wild fruits and fragrant mountains, dogs jumping and running, raising whips and shaking gently, small songs floating all over the mountains, full Mountain Gone..."
, seeing this lyrics, presumably you have already hummed. Yes, this is the episode "Shepherd's Music" from the movie "Shaolin Temple" sung by Zheng Xulan. Whenever they hear this song, people will always think of the innocent, lively, simple and cheerful shepherdess Ding Lan holding a whip and singing songs to herding sheep. Especially in the movie, the scene where she let the puppy run after Jet Li, the scene where she heard Jet Li's heartbreaking conversion to Shaolin, and the scene where she wiped Jet's wounds, decades passed, still vividly remembered.
"Shaolin Temple", which was released in 1982, is a work of epoch-making significance in the history of martial arts movies. It created a precedent for martial arts dramas in China and brought great shock to domestic audiences. It seems that the popularity at that time is described as an empty street. For too much. The popularity of the film made the heroes and heroines Jet Li and Ding Lan become famous overnight, and the two immediately became the most favorite movie stars of the audience at that time.
In the movie, Ding Lan played the shepherdess Bai Wuxia. In order to meet the requirements of the role in the movie, Ding Lan, who had never studied martial arts, learned martial arts and practiced diligently, and finally acted the naive and vivid shepherdess and became the goddess of countless young people.
became famous together. The male number one Jet Li has already become a superstar in the Chinese action film industry, but people rarely see the news of the female number one Ding Lan. Then, after the successful interpretation of "Shaolin Temple", where did Ding Lan go? How has her situation been for decades?
Let us first understand the basic situation of Ding Lan. Ding Lan was born in Zhengzhou, Henan, China in 1964. She has loved dance and song since she was a child. She was admitted to the dance training class of Henan Song and Dance Ensemble at the age of 11, and was admitted to the actor class of Henan Opera School at the age of 12. After graduating from the opera school in 1981, she was assigned to the Henan Provincial Repertory Troupe and was soon transferred to the Beijing Film System. Studio troupe of actors. Ding Lan's success is due to her artistic skills.
also in the summer of 1981, Ding Lan was excavated by Zhang Xinyan, director of "Shaolin Temple", and played the female No. 1 Bai Wuxian. In fact, Ding Lan had experience in filming before "Shaolin Temple". She participated in the filming of the film "Lijiang Spring" in 1979 when she was 15 years old. Ding Lan's pure and beautiful appearance, lively and cheerful temperament, and neat skill in "Shaolin Temple" have won the love of experts and audiences.
With the success of "Shaolin Temple", Ding Lan starred in "Shaolin Temple Disciple", "Shaolin Kid", "Flying Crane", "Thirteen Sisters" and other martial arts films. She also quickly became an entertainment circle. "A generation of chivalrous women" was once considered the first sister of domestic martial arts movies.
However, after becoming popular, Ding Lan did not want to limit her acting to the role of ancient chivalrous women. She wanted to open up her own drama, so she successively starred in Jia Xichun in "A Dream of Red Mansions", Wang Dingyun in "Carrying a Sedan chair", and "Yu Fan" Shi Yun in "", Lixin in "Hun Broken Biyun Temple", and Zhao Xiaowan in "Peach Blossom Fan".
Just as the country was applauded, Ding Lan, like some other famous domestic actors, chose to go abroad for development. In 1991, she went to Singapore to work as an actor in the Singapore Radio and Television Station, and became a Singaporean citizen in the same year.
However, although Ding Lan enjoys a high reputation in China, she has to start from scratch when she comes to Singapore. In the new decade or so, she starred in "Lotus Contest", "The Deer Ding Ji", "Journey to the East" and "Family" and other dramas, mostly supporting roles. During the period, she also ended her marriage. Ding Lan insisted on going to Singapore because her other half was a Singaporean, but in the end the two did not last long.
's Singapore acting career for nearly ten years, Ding Lan has not achieved much. Therefore, in 2001, Ding Lan gave up her actor status and returned to Beijing to establish her own company. Since then, she has bid farewell to her career as an actor for more than two decades.
Now, the 55-year-old Ding Lan has a successful career on the one hand, and his business covers China, Australia and Singapore; on the other hand, he lives in a free and easy life. It's just about marriage, she has never mentioned it, and it is reported that she is still single.
Ding Lan and Jet Li were a pair of golden boys and jade girls. Many people thought Jet Li and Ding Lan matched well, and some people said that they had pursued each other. In fact, these are all speculations. Jet Li once had a showIt was introduced in China that when he was filming "Shaolin Temple", he and Ding Lan were both sixteen or seventeen years old. They didn't understand the relationship between men and women at all, so it was impossible to achieve a marriage.
Of course, thinking about it now, if the two could walk together back then, what a wonderful movie story would be!
However, life has no if!
wishes Ding Lan!
