In this year's graduation season, the second season of Beijing Satellite TV's youth inspirational documentary experience program "Dear Juniors and Juniors" is also launched as scheduled. Seniors with successful careers interact sincerely with juniors who have not yet entered the society and answer questions. The latter is confused about the profession and the workplace.
In the recent special broadcast of the Chinese Opera Academy, the audience not only saw the seniors who used their learned knowledge in the professional field of opera, but also saw the well-known actor Zheng Yecheng who switched to the film and television industry midway and worked hard to become a brilliant actor.
Zheng Yecheng is an authentic Tongzi Kung Fu student with a professional background. He started learning martial arts and dance at the age of 7. At the age of 10, he was admitted to the Opera School Affiliated to the Shanghai Theater Academy and officially began to study Peking Opera martial arts. At the age of 17, he entered the undergraduate class of the Peking Opera Department of the China Academy of Opera.
It can be said that his childhood and adolescence were all on the stage, and he has been practicing "singing, chanting, and playing" hard. However, an accidental work-study program in his sophomore year exposed him to micro-films and developed a strong interest in acting. From a supporting role to a leading role, he used the tenacity and perseverance of studying drama to gradually achieve success in the film and television industry. "I chose it myself." No matter how difficult or dark the road is, I will walk down it if I like it." In the
program, Zheng Yecheng was also asked, "Will there be any regrets about changing careers midway?" He said that after so many years of studying, especially those who study martial arts, they need to put in more effort. Changing careers after graduation is also a helpless move. "After all, life is still stressful." However, his previous opera skills have made him more comfortable when performing. "The performance, charm, and eyes that I have learned... no matter what career I change in the future, it will give people a different way of thinking and perspective."
Stars who switched from opera to film and television
He Saifei|was an outstanding Yue Opera actor in the Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe. He was well-known to audiences across the country for his role as the maid Cui Yun in the Yue Opera movie "Five Girls Pay Birthday". Since then, he has participated in outstanding film and television dramas such as "A Dream of Red Mansions", "Raise the Red Lantern", "Pink", "Feng Yue", the TV series "Mansion Gate", "The Story of Joy", etc. Last year, he also won the Chinese Film Golden Rooster Award with "Chasing the Moon".
Li Qin | Born in Bacheng, Kunshan, the hometown of Kunqu Opera, he received training in basic opera skills since the third grade of primary school. After being admitted to the Kunqu Opera class of the Shanghai Opera School, he was selected by the then principal Cai Zhengren to become the fifth-generation Du Liniang actor in "The Peony Pavilion". During the casting selection for the 2010 TV series "Dream of Red Mansions", after the director's persuasion, she was cast as "Little Treasure Chai" and entered the film and television industry.
Dong Yong|In 1978, he entered the Chinese Opera Academy to study Peking Opera martial arts. After graduation, he entered the Hangzhou Peking Opera Theater and served as the male lead in the Peking Opera "New Game of Dragons and Phoenixes". Later, he successfully transformed into the film and television industry with the film "Serious Case Group Six" and became a "professional policeman". In "Flowers", he once again broke through himself and created a new type of character.
Yu Rongguang|Learning Peking Opera since childhood, he was admitted to Beijing Fenglei Peking Opera Troupe at the age of 11 to learn martial arts. Influenced by "Shaolin Temple" starring Jet Li, he applied for the actor training class of Beijing Film Academy. In 1982, he was selected to star in Hong Kong director Tsui Siu-ming's "Kapok Kasaya". From then on, he entered the film and television industry and became a well-known action actor as he wished.
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