On July 19, news of the death of veteran drama star Zheng Peipei began to circulate on the Internet. The news of
was first exposed in director Hu Xuehua’s circle of friends, and was later confirmed by host Cao Kefan and film critic Sun Mengjin.
In the morning, Zheng Peipei’s agency, Kaiyi International, announced the bad news, confirming that Zheng Peipei died of illness on July 17, 2024, U.S. time, at the age of 78.
Zheng Peipei entered the industry in the 1960s. During her many years of acting career, she has played many impressive characters.
In 1963, Cheng Peipei signed a contract with Shaw Brothers Film Company and played the role of Liu Yanchang in her first film "Lotus Lantern".
She was the "Golden Swallow" in the martial arts movie "The Drunken Man". With her outstanding performance of this character, she became the number one female star of Shaw Brothers and was named "Martial Arts Queen" by the newspaper at the time.
She is also the "Jade Rakshasa" Leng Qiuhan in the movie "Jade Rakshasa" and Leng Yushuang in "The Lady Zhongkui".
At the peak of her acting career, Zheng Peipei decided to marry her boyfriend Yuan Wentong, then quit the entertainment industry and moved to the United States.
In 1989, Cheng Peipei divorced Yuan Wentong and returned to Hong Kong in 1992 to return to the film industry.
At that time, Yongsheng Company, founded by brothers Xiang Huaqiang and Xiang Huasheng, was preparing to shoot the costume comedy film "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance". Director Li Lichi and starring Stephen Chow invited Zheng Peipei to star in the film after learning that she had returned to Hong Kong. A corner.
The film tells the story of Tang Bohu, a talented man from the south of the Yangtze River, who fell in love at first sight with Qiuxiang (played by Gong Li), a maid in the Imperial Palace of China.
"Tang Bo Hu Spots Autumn Fragrance" was released in Hong Kong, China in 1993, and successfully topped the annual movie box office championship with a box office of 40.17 million Hong Kong dollars.
It is also because of the role of "Mrs. Hua" that Zheng Peipei is known to more and more mainland audiences.
Many years later, Cheng Peipei accepted an interview with the media and thanked Stephen Chow specifically for allowing her to play the role of Mrs. Hua.
More than thirty years have passed since "Tang Bo Hu Spots Autumn Fragrance" was released. As time goes by, many familiar people and things are gradually leaving us.
Counting the recently deceased Zheng Peipei, three actors from the movie "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" have left us forever.
The first place is Huang Zhan, the actor of "Master Hua".
Huang Zhan, whose real name is Huang Zhansen, is a contemporary songwriter, writer, host, singer, and actor. Together with Qiao Yu and Zhuang Nu, he is known as the "Three Heroes of Ci Poetry", and together with Jin Yong, Ni Kuang, and Cai Lam, he is known as the "Four Great Talents in Hong Kong" .
He is also recognized as a master lyricist in Hong Kong. He is hailed as "the father of modern pop music" by Ni Kuang. He has written more than a thousand lyrics and published more than 30 books, including essays, novels and advertising experience.
He has scored more than 50 films.
On November 24, 2004, Huang Zhan died at the Union Hospital in Shatin, Hong Kong at the age of 63 due to the deterioration of his lung cancer and rescue efforts failed.
The second place is Lan Jieying, who plays Tang Bohu's "Big Wife".
The movie "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" has gathered many powerful actors. In fact, many people don't know that Lan Jieying, who is known as the "beautiful Wutai Mountain", is also among them.
She plays the first of Tang Bohu's eight wives, who is bold and bold and only cares about playing mahjong.
The beautiful woman who said, "You went to pick chicken bones, and it took you so long to come back" is Lan Jieying.
At that time, Lam Jieying was already a household name in Hong Kong. Huang Zhan gave her a well-known name as "Kowloon Girl" together with Anita Mui, Shi Na Ueyama, Maggie Cheung, Sandra Ng, Tsang Huaqian, Luo Meiwei, Carina Lau and Qiu Shuzhen.
Lan Jieying and Stephen Chow have a deep connection. When they debuted, they worked together as the host of the children's program "430 Shuttle". Later, they also collaborated together on the "Heroes", "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance", "Westward Journey" series, etc.
In the early morning of November 3, 2018, Lam Kit-ying was found to have passed away in the bathroom of her home in Leung Ma House, Ma Hang Village, Stanley, Hong Kong, after she collapsed and died at the age of 55.
The third place is "Mrs. Hua" Zheng Peipei.
After Zheng Peipei passed away, Li Lichi, the director of "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance", starring Zhou Xingchi, and Huang Yishan, the actor of "The Young Master in Washington", etc., all expressed their condolences through social networks.
In addition, the younger generations who have worked with teacher Zheng Peipei and who have been supported and cared for by her have also expressed their condolences.
Lan Jieying is gone, Wu Mengda is gone, Coco Lee is gone, Zhou Haimei is gone, Zheng Peipei is gone, more and more familiar people are leaving us.
Before we know it, we have reached the age where we can lose it at any time. The watch we drew on our wrist when we were children has never passed by, but it has taken away our good times.
I hope there will be no pain in heaven and that Teacher Zheng Peipei will have a good journey.
