mentions dramas and operas, people's first reaction is mostly "too elegant to understand." Therefore, the name Chen Xinyi is not familiar to the general public.
As a national first-class director of , , Chen Xinyi has worked in the industry for more than 40 years, and has left more than 150 outstanding works such as "Shang Yang", "Sentinel under the Neon Light", "Thunderstorm", "Turandot", etc. has won cultural awards for 12 times. Ministry Mandarin Award .
She is proud to say that she "did not regret at any time", what kind of dramatic life experience does this person who was born for drama and will die for drama have?
01: ill-fated
In 1938, in the war-torn era, a woman from a large family, because her husband "couldn't give up everything for the only child he wanted" (from Chen Xinyi's letters), could only carry her belly in despair. The fetus commits suicide by swallowing gold.
Fortunately, they were rescued and the woman left after leaving the name "Jinsheng" to her daughter.
Fortunately, Jin Sheng has an adoptive mother who loves her like his own.
's adoptive mother made Jin Sheng return to the family, changed her name to Chen Ping, and gave her the best education and company.
Later, Chen Ping changed her name. She is Chen Xinyi who was awarded the " National Drama Artist with Special Contribution". When
mentioned this experience, Chen Xinyi said that her birth was like a drama with ups and downs. If her mother was not rescued, she would have been "stillborn". When
was 11 years old, Chen Xinyi decided to find her biological mother after accidentally learning the secret of her life experience. She didn't long for maternal love, she was just unwilling, just wanted to ask her mother, what did she do wrong, and her mother wanted to give her up twice?
was on the eve of the founding of New China. My father and adoptive mother bought air tickets to Taiwan, and Chen Xinyi was the only one in the whole family. The rest of the family distributed their property and dispersed.
But Chen Xinyi had her own plans, she stubbornly chose to stay, just to find her biological mother. It's just a vast sea of people, how can a little girl find a mother she has never met?
Chen Xinyi and her daughter Wang Xiaodi
The dramatic thing happened to Chen Xinyi again. When
was working at Xi'an film studio , Chen Xinyi and an actress with three children lived in the same dormitory for three years before they suddenly found out that this person was the mother she had been looking for for many years.
This is really "you can't find a place to break through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it".
And the reason why Chen Xinyi couldn't find her mother was because her mother had already changed her name. Is an experience like
more dramatic than the drama itself?
02: The drama is bigger than the sky
may be because it came to the world like a drama, so Chen Xinyi will surrender to the drama in this life.
In 1951, Chen Xinyi, who was only 13 years old, began to engage in the practice and study of theatrical arts, and has forged an indissoluble bond with drama ever since.
After she was admitted to the Shaanxi Repertory Theatre at the age of 19, Central Academy of Drama became the place she longed for most.
She had applied for the exam several times in the following years, but was rejected due to her background, which made her feel a deep sense of powerlessness and marginalization.
"Othello" stills
In 1978, a friend brought Chen Xinyi the Chinese drama admission brochure, which said "eclectic, selective admission".
Chen Xinyi finally couldn't help crying because she felt the feeling of being recognized.
This year, she was 40 years old, just stuck at the upper limit of the age of candidates for Chinese opera.
Sanmao said that as long as you are willing to start anything, it is never too late. This sentence is very suitable for Chen Xinyi.
In order to enter the most sacred hall in her heart, Chen Xinyi plunged into the major libraries, devoured books like crazy, and was finally admitted to the Chinese Opera Director Department with excellent grades.
For a person who only entered the university campus at the age of 40, the opportunity to study is too rare, like a new starting point in her life.
"Dragon Court Hou Cai Lun” At the scene
She spent all day in the library of Zhongxi Opera, carefully pondering the teacher's lecture notes, and her friendship with classmate Li Baotian was also established at this time. After graduating from
, Chen Xinyi began to direct drama performances. In the more than 40 years of her career, more than 150 works have been added, which made her feel the power of life.
In 2021, "Shang Yang" opened again at Shanghai Yunfeng Theater, which was warmly welcomed by the audience. At the curtain call, 83-year-old Chen Xinyi took to the stage, but few people knew that this elderly man had just finished cancer surgery not long ago.
03: I'm not suitable for marriage
Chen Xinyi has experienced two helpless and forced marriages, and the one son and one daughter left behind are not around when they grow up.
She said that she yearned for freedom too much, she was not suitable for marriage at all, and marriage could not trap her after all, so both marriages ended in divorce.
Indeed, a person like Chen Xinyi really shouldn't be confined to her parents. If she wants to marry, she can only marry drama.
"Turandot" rehearsal site
Chen Xinyi is reluctant to talk too much about marriage-related topics, because "it involves the privacy of others", so we know very little, so I won't go into details here.
We only know of Chen Xinyi's two sons and daughters, both of whom are engaged in drama-related industries.
's son is a musical actor, and his daughter Wang Xiaodi (xiǎo dí) continues her mother's directorial talent and is Chen Xinyi's "most satisfying work".
Wang Xiaodi, like her mother, was too creative. After graduating from Chinese Opera, she didn't say hello to anyone. She went straight to Guangzhou and just called her mother on the way.
In her impression, her mother runs around all year round and doesn't care where she lives at all, but in the face of the long silence on the phone, she realizes the strong mother's love.
Chen Xinyi is an independent ideological woman and a loving mother. She has already arranged a future path for her daughter, and she hopes that her daughter can live a peaceful life.
Wang Xiaodi finally told the truth. She said that in Beijing, I have been Chen Xinyi's daughter all my life, and I wish I was director Wang Xiaodi.
So I hope my mother can give me a chance, give me ten years to break through, and give me a chance to prove my ability. Isn't
a copy of Chen Xinyi, who stubbornly refused to go to Taiwan with his father?
What reason does she have to blame her daughter?
04: Endless life, more vitality than
's stormy life in 84 years, makes Chen Xinyi live more transparently and freely, fear life more, and cherish himself more. Before
became a director, she worked as an actor for 30 years; after graduating from Chinese Opera, she worked as a director for 40 years.
Whether he is an actor or a director, Chen Xinyi never leaves drama in his life.
She endowed the drama with more charm and life, and the drama also broadened the length and breadth of Chen Xinyi's life.
When Pu Cunxin and Ni Ping found out that she was suffering from cancer, they showed very sorry expressions, but Chen Xinyi smiled and said: Don't be like this, it's nothing.
's open-mindedness and optimistic attitude made her "heart wide and fat". She wore a bright dress, neat short hair, silver hair, but she was in high spirits, just like a happy old urchin.
She said that even if one day she no longer has the strength to direct, she will go to the rehearsal hall to watch her students direct plays, because her life is inseparable from drama.
If you think that in Chen Xinyi's life there is nothing but drama, then you are really wrong.
She has her own social account and has tens of thousands of fans. In addition to sharing drama topics, she also shows dressing skills, love secrets, etc.
She loves food, especially hot and sour noodles. She joked in the variety show that asking the elderly to eat less is a fallacy and abuse of the elderly.
She loves shopping, she likes to go shopping, in order to fill the refrigerator, she can go shopping for hours at Carrefour .
At the age of 65, she learned a driver's license. At the age of 70, she bought a car for herself. She said what happened at the age of 70. Why can't she drive?
herHe also said, "Life is really interesting, and I hope you can live out your own legend like me."
Perhaps in the eyes of many people, Chen Xinyi's life is imperfect, even incomplete.
, but Chen Xinyi doesn't think so. She lives very comfortably in Shanghai by herself. She said in the variety show "I Believe": "Life is really interesting. I hope you can live your own legend like me."
