They are all Tang Seng, why is Chi Zhongrui's performance not as popular as Xu Shaohua?

Speaking of "Journey to the West" among the four masterpieces, no one should be aware of it.

is favored by the audience because of its theme of gods, demons and monsters, and there are countless remakes.

films directed by Zheng Baorui mainly selected classic clips in "Journey to the West".

2014's "Journey to the West: Harassment in Heaven"

2016's "Three Beats of the Bones"

and not long ago, during the Spring Festival in 2018, the "Journey to the West: Daughter Country"

sharp-eyed netizens should have discovered that the actors who play Tang Seng in the play frequently change, and after a play, it is afraid that Monkey King’s golden eyes will not recognize it.

Wang Yue resigned after only three episodes due to his personal schedule. The playing time was short and the audience did not have a particularly deep impression of him.

But seeing the two below, does the memory immediately come up.

In the eyes of most people, Chi Zhongrui and Xu Shaohua should be the most standard images of Tang Seng. Every time I see these two faces, my brain reverberates with the theme song in "Journey to the West":

You carry the burden, and I lead the horse

to usher in the sunrise and send off the sunset

to level the bumps into the avenue

fight hard and dangerous and set off again

dare to ask where the way is, the road is under your feet...

But it is also the most classic. Why is Tang Seng played by Chi Zhongrui not as popular as Xu Shaohua?

First look at a description of the appearance of a Tang monk in "Journey to the West": is rich in posture and majestic, and looks magnificent. The teeth are white as silver, the lips are red and the mouth is square. The top is flat, the forehead is wide, the sky is full, and the eyes are beautiful and clear. There is a real master in both ears, and a good man is a good man.

Obviously, Xu Shaohua looks beautiful, with delicate and transparent skin, and the round face is full of collagen. No wonder the monster will say that he has delicate skin and tender meat, suitable for serving.

And Zhu Lin, the king of the daughter country, not only pursued her in the play, but also secretly fell in love outside the play, but Xu Shaohua didn't call her privately.

Compared to Xu Shaohua, Chi Zhongrui's appearance is a bit old-fashioned, his skin looks dull and rough, and his appearance is somewhat inferior.

The role of Monk Tang is more difficult to handle than Monkey King, Zhu Bajie and Drifting. If the performance is repeated, it will appear artificial and unnatural, and will leave the posture of a monk without performing well.

However, Xu Shaohua undoubtedly controls it properly. He has a kind eyebrows, a kind of solemnity and gentleness in his tone, and his eyes are very clean and pure. When he put his hands together and called Amitabha, the Tang monk in the book had already come out. Up. Although

is a monk, Tang Seng also has the same emotions and desires as ordinary people. In a relationship scene with the king of the daughter country, his face has a nervous expression. For a while, sweat is covered, and his heart has been shaken or wandered. Faced with such a sudden love, he also seemed to have been moved. But after some consideration, he still followed his heart and devoted himself to the Buddha.

Xu Shaohua’s performance is really exhausting. It allows us to see Tang Seng’s inner anxiety that he cannot balance the choice. Apart from the monk’s point of view, he is an ordinary man in the world, and he will have a lot of affection. Breeding, will also be tempted to be unable to resist.

Let’s talk about Chi Zhongrui again. His emotional expression is relatively large. Compared with Xu Shaohua, he is less dignified and calm, but the Tang Seng he plays is more interesting than Xu Shaohua. Many famous scenes full of laughter occur. On Chi Zhongrui. Although there is compassion in his eyes, the performance is obviously not enough to reach the extreme, and he even feels that there is something in the Tang Seng's eyessly.

In addition to this, there are many other factors, such as preconceivedness, Xu Shaohua first entered the audience's attention, coupled with unexpectedly good performance, resulting in the subsequent Chi Zhongrui appear unremarkable.

But I have to mention that two very dedicated actors have created such a vivid Tang Sanzang for everyone.