A sad news came from the entertainment industry. "Martial Arts Queen" Zheng Peipei passed away in the United States on July 17 at the age of 78. Her representative works include "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Yangmen" "The Lady", "Swaying Gently", "Lotus Lamp", "Lover's Stone", "The Drunkard", "Mulan", etc.
Many younger generations of viewers may have an impression of Cheng Peipei as the "Chinese Madam" in Stephen Chow's movie "Tang Bo Hu Spots Autumn Fragrance" and the "Blue-Eyed Fox" in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", but in fact these two movies were made after Cheng Peipei came back from the movie. s work.
Zheng Peipei made her debut in Shaw Brothers movies. She was initially positioned as a "beautiful girl". When she was young, she had a sweet, round baby face.
But it didn’t take long for her to switch to "beating girls" because there was a shortage of "beating girls" in the film industry at that time, and "beating girls" made more money. Unexpectedly, she had a ballet foundation in her early years and was able to do the tapping game with ease.
Looking back on Zheng Peipei’s life, she has actually been bound by “traditional female concepts”. She once said that when she was a daughter, she hoped to be a good daughter and someone else's daughter-in-law. Of course she hoped to be a good daughter-in-law.
Zheng Peipei is the eldest in the family, with two younger sisters and one younger brother. When she was a child, she had to take care of her three younger siblings, and she even gave her younger sister the opportunity to learn dance.
Although she became famous in the film industry as an adult, at that time Zheng Peipei put "getting married and having children" as a compulsory course in life. And under the prevailing culture of "marrying well is a good destination", she was in her 20s. Married to Taiwanese businessman Yuan Wentong.
In this marriage, Zheng Peipei abandoned her identity as a "martial arts queen" and lived a life of a good wife who supported her husband and raised her children.
During the 16 years of marriage, in order to fulfill the task of "carrying on the family lineage" of her husband's family, she became pregnant a total of 8 times, 4 of which were miscarried, and finally gave birth to 3 daughters and 1 son.
Because her husband Yuan Wentong was an only child, her mother-in-law had already made a mission to give birth to a son for the Yuan family.
Zheng Peipei gave birth to 3 daughters first, and finally gave birth to a son. After giving birth to a son, she did not have any more children.
The most outrageous thing is that Zheng Peipei's mother-in-law made no secret of the family's "preferring sons over daughters" concept. When Zheng Peipei gave birth to three daughters, the family did not arrange a nursery, but when she gave birth to a son, a nursery was arranged.
Moreover, Zheng Peipei raised her three daughters by herself, but after giving birth to her son, in addition to breastfeeding her son, her mother-in-law took care of the child the rest of the time. Even when Zheng Peipei came home, her mother-in-law was at home to take care of the child, and she had to go around. Enter through the back door to avoid being seen by children.
Zheng Peipei, who kept getting pregnant during her marriage to fulfill the task of "carrying on the family line", also helped her husband Yuan Wentong's business outside, run factories to inspect goods, open stores, engage in real estate, etc.
But even so, Zheng Peipei, who thought she had fulfilled the role of "daughter-in-law", still got divorced, and she still "cleaned up and left the house" when she divorced.
The reason for the divorce was that Zheng Peipei began to want to build her own career after giving birth to her son, but Yuan Wentong did not support his wife's career. When Zheng Peipei's career faced difficulties, the two divorced.
Cheng Peipei was once in trouble in life after her divorce. It was also at that time that Stephen Chow found her to come back and film "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance". Cheng Peipei called this movie a turning point in her life.
In her later years, Zheng Peipei moved abroad to live with her daughter and her family, enjoying family happiness. Just before her death, she and her daughter's family even posted a photo at the airport.
However, it can be seen that her physical condition was not very good at that time, and she was sitting in a wheelchair with gray hair. But judging from her smile in the photo, I believe that she can be with her daughter and grandchildren in her later years. Be happy.
Although Zheng Peipei was not happy in her marriage and suffered hardships in her life, she was very happy to be able to live with her daughter and her family in her later years. I hope she will go well all the way.
