Every winter and summer vacation, " Journey to the West " appears on the TV without a hitch. This TV series has left us a lot of childhood memories. The Guanyin Bodhisattva played by is irreplaceable. If another actor plays these roles again, it will not bring additional surprises to the audience. What everyone may not know is that Zuo Dapin originally refused to play the role of Guanyin Bodhisattva, but after the performance, there were many strange things around her, and she began to believe in Buddhism, who was not originally named Buddha.
Zuo Dapin was born in Hunan in 1943. Her mother, Zheng Fuqiu, was one of the four famous actors of Hunan Opera in the 1930s. Influenced by her mother, she entered the Hunan Opera Troupe Actor Training Class in 1954, and studied with Hunan Opera master Kong Yanlan, singing from basic skills. , read, do, play to start learning, and wait until the basic skills are mature and taught by their own mother.
In 1959, the 16-year-old Zuo Dapin won his mother's true biography and began to perform on stage, and gradually gained fame with dramas such as "Life and Death" and "Broken Bridge". Although Zuo Daying is already a star in Hunan Opera, few people know her after leaving Hunan Opera. It was "Journey to the West" director Yang Jie who brought her to the national audience.
In 1978, Japan's "striking version" of "Journey to the West" appeared on CCTV. Because it was too spoofed, China only broadcasted 3 episodes and cut it off. CCTV was very angry that Japan insulted Chinese masterpieces, and decided to make a real film by the Chinese themselves. "Journey to the West", the deputy director Hong Minsheng gave this task to Yang Jie. In order to find a suitable actor, Yang Jie looked for people all over the world. When she was looking for an actor of Guanyin Bodhisattva, she suddenly remembered Zuo Dapin's role of Guanyin in the Hunan drama "Chasing the Fish" in 1976. She felt that Zuo Dapin was not playing Guanyin, she was Guanyin. , I just want Zuo Daying to come to "Journey to the West" to play Guanyin again.
There are some differences between Hunan dramas and TV dramas. Zuo Daying was afraid that he would not be able to act in a TV drama and would reject Director Yang Jie's kindness, but Director Yang Jie felt that the role of Guanyin Bodhisattva must be played by Zuo Daying, so he invited her to come to Beijing to try it out. For the audition, if it really doesn't work, Zuo Dapin had to leave for Beijing. Zuo Daying came to the "Journey to the West" crew to audition. Before she could say which role she wanted to try, the staff asked her directly: "Are you here to test Guanyin Bodhisattva?" Zuo Dazhen nodded, and the person said directly: "You don't have to try it, just look at you!" The Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva in the original work of
"Journey to the West" "wears a gold leaf button on his head, a green flower shop, shining with golden light, and a vigorous drooping bead and tassels" clothing stylist Dress up Zuo Dapin according to the book, Zuo Dapin put on the costume and walked out, everyone around took a deep breath, as if seeing the real Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, Zuo Dapin gradually gained confidence Promised to play Guanyin Bodhisattva.
Zuo Dapin went to the temple to see the Avalokitesvara statue in order to play the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva well. During the time she was playing Guanyin, a lot of strange things happened around her. For example, when others were filming, it was raining, and the actors were shivering from the cold. When she was filming, the sky immediately cleared up, and the clouds were still bordered with gold. It would be fine if such a strange thing happened only once or twice, but this time, the scientific reason could not explain it, and the crew felt amazing.
Due to Zuo Dapin's portrayal of Guanyin Bodhisattva so well, some viewers regard her as a living Guanyin. One time when she was filming in Kunming, a farmer walked dozens of miles of mountain road to the filming site, "Plop!" At her feet, pray to her to bless her family.
Zuo Dapin also began to believe in Buddhism after filming "Journey to the West", and her appearance did not leave a trace on her face. Director Yang Jie planned to make a sequel in 1998. She wanted to invite Zuo Dapin to play Guanyin again, but she was worried about Zuo Daying is getting old, but when she sees Zuo Daying after more than ten years, she finds that she is not getting old at all, so she invites her to recreate the classics.
Even if today's actors play a thousand roles, the audience can't remember one, Zuo Dafen will leave it to everyone to knowThere is only one character known, but this one has left a deep impression on the whole of China. This is the real actor. Thanks to the actors of "Journey to the West" for giving us a wonderful childhood, if it wasn't for their superb acting skills, maybe we couldn't I saw such a great TV show.
