"It is with a heavy heart that we announce that Ms. Cheng Peipei passed away on July 17, 2024, U.S. time."
On the morning of July 19, Cheng Peipei's agency Kaiyi International issued an announcement: Hong Kong actor Cheng Peipei passed away at the age of 78. .
Picture source: Weibo
In related news, some people miss Jin Yanzi, the "Best Supporting Actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards" Blue Eyed Fox; some people open "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" and watch Mrs. Hua again; some people recognize her as Taijun She, Aunt Bao of "Young Bao Qingtian".
Li Ruotong, Stephen Chow, Hui Yinghong, Liu Tao, Jin Chen... half of the entertainment industry misses this eternal chivalrous heroine and the best sister Peipei.
Among the sounds of sadness, sadness, reluctance, and shock, the news came again. "Zheng Peipei suffered from a rare disease and chose to donate her brain for medical research.".
Some people in the comment area praised her for her greatness. Some people left a sentence "A great chivalrous person serves the country and the people." Someone mentioned the sentence she wrote to Liu Tao to encourage her:
"How can we do everything we want?" But please be worthy of my heart."
Zheng Peipei was born in Shanghai in 1946. When she was 6 years old, her father was arrested and reformed, and she and her three younger siblings also changed their surnames to their mother's surnames.
As the eldest daughter in the family, she has been strong since she was a child.
was asked about the unforgettable things in her childhood. Zheng Peipei's only answer was "taking care of her three younger brothers and sisters."
Later, the mother took several children to Hong Kong to join their uncle. Zheng Peipei was the last one to leave. In 1960, she officially came to Hong Kong.
At that time, musicals were popular in the Hong Kong film industry. With her pure face and ballet skills, Zheng Peipei joined the Shaw Brothers Southern Training Class and successively filmed fashion musicals such as "Lovers' Stone" and "Moonlight Night".
By chance, Zheng Peipei entered the film and television industry with half a foot.
"Lovers' Stone", Zheng Peipei's debut film
After graduating from the training class, Zheng Peipei officially entered the industry and began to travel to various studios and theaters.
In the stage play "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl", she dressed up as a man and played the role of the Cowherd, which attracted the attention of the famous director Hu Jinquan.
In 1965, Hu Jinquan was planning to make a new movie, looking for a "chivalrous woman" with a tough temperament, independence and strength.
Zheng Peipei is obviously the most suitable candidate.
This movie is "The Drunken Man", the pioneer of Hong Kong's "new martial arts" movies. It is one of the first batch of ancient costume martial arts films shot in a new and modern style.
It reshaped the future direction of Hong Kong movies and made Cheng Peipei the first female protagonist in an action film in Hong Kong.
In "The Drunken Man", the heroine "Golden Swallow" played by Zheng Peipei is the first woman to disguise herself as a man in Chinese film history.
For Zheng Peipei herself, this role is also crucial in her acting career.
Jin Yanzi's whole person has a heroic and sharp temperament, and later became the prototype of female images in Chinese martial arts movies.
In 1967, she starred in "The Golden Swallow" filmed by the famous director Chang Cheh, and even many years later in "The King of Kung Fu", the heroine played by Liu Yifei was also named Golden Swallow.
Picture source: "The Drunken Man"
Although he is not a trained professional martial artist, Zheng Peipei's martial arts moves are clean and beautiful.
During the 7 years of working at Shaw Brothers, Zheng Peipei starred in 23 movies, all of which were hits.
Cheng Peipei once said in "Flowers and Boys": " I was once very popular, and everyone in Hong Kong knew me."
This is no lie. In the 1960s, she was the "Queen of Martial Arts" in the hearts of Hong Kong people. .
In 1970, Zheng Peipei announced her marriage, quit the film and television industry and went to the United States. She wants to be a good wife, and she also wants to start a new career in the United States.
Even in the years when she was not filming, the background of a chivalrous woman who needs to be strong still runs through Zheng Peipei's life.
While taking care of her children, she also tried a lot of work.
She has taught dance, helped import and export companies inspect goods, opened a small department store and moved TVs by herself, even passed the real estate license test and founded a Chinese-language TV station.
Zheng Peipei is with her family
Although the TV station she later founded went bankrupt and she divorced her husband due to disagreements with her ideas, she did not regret her choice.
In Zheng Peipei's character background, there are those who are strong as a chivalrous woman, and there are also those who can cut through troubles with a sharp knife.
"I am a person who decides things too quickly. I decide everything in three minutes. I decide to write a book in three minutes, get married in three minutes, and divorce in three minutes, so it all takes three minutes.
Fortunately, I don’t regret it very much. Now that I have decided, I will definitely do it. Although I know it is difficult, I will still do it. ”
In 1992, Xia Nu returned to the world.
But the first drama she came back to was not a serious and chic chivalrous woman at all, but the nonsensical Mrs. Hua in 's "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance".
People don't understand how the martial arts queen of that era could play such a role, but the Hong Kong female stars who came out of that era, no matter whether they loved it or not, no matter how big they were, they all practiced the profession of respecting performance.
As for the result, we all know it. Zheng Peipei certainly has another side of the "nonsensical" chivalrous woman.
In fact, she still has unlimited possibilities -
In the 2001 "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" , Zheng Peipei tried to play the villain role for the first time, the blue-eyed fox.
With this role, she won the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress and competed for the Academy Awards.
is Zheng Peipei’s first time and there are many more. She writes books, appears on reality shows, and makes TV series. She does whatever comes to her mind.
Later, when asked about "the best time in life", she replied:
"The best time in life is of course now. I understand now that when you don't understand, you have a lot of desires." There is a lot of pain at that time. When you understand life and let go of everything, it is actually the happiest time. So I feel that the longer I live, the happier I am."
She has become a more open-minded heroine. .
Zheng Peipei always sums up her experience of becoming an actor by mistake in two words: Lucky.
An authoritative magazine photographer once took a group of photos called "The 100 Most Beautiful Women in the World", and Zheng Peipei was one of them.
Zheng Peipei refused when others praised her for being "so beautiful".
"I don't think I'm beautiful, and I don't want others to say I'm beautiful. Whenever others say so, I tend to fall down."
From the very beginning, she determined that one must rely on strength to survive a lifetime.
Picture source: Zheng Peipei’s daughter Atomic Hui Weibo
For a while, Zheng Peipei began to write under the influence of Huang Zhan, with the original intention of earning royalties to support her children.
For this reason, she humbly asked for advice and prepared carefully. While waiting for filming, she also picked up a pen to write the script.
"While other actors are waiting, they can only earn one share, but we can earn one more share. How relaxing and joyful."
The same was true when filming "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance". She had just come back, and people around her felt that the film was nonsensical. Comedy disagrees.
Zheng Peipei’s answer is very straightforward: I can’t live without food.
There is no shame in making money to support your family, but when making money, you must be upright and serious. You have to write carefully, and you have to act carefully when acting nonsense.
In order to truly understand nonsensical comedies, she found all Stephen Chow's works and carefully read them.
Having spent most of her life in the martial arts world, regarding Cheng Peipei's evaluation, the word "dare to speak" is indispensable.
asked her if she had come into contact with Bruce Lee. She replied: had come into contact with him. He was really good at Kung Fu, while ours was just a showman.
then asked her about Jackie Chan, was he really good at it? She didn’t hesitate at all: He also showed off his tricks.
For Zheng Peipei, there is nothing she dares not say and nothing she cannot say about filming and work.
In an interview, Hua Shao mentioned that when she collaborated with Cecilia Cheung in "The Young Lady", her impression of her was that she was "a vase with no acting skills."
Zheng Peipei replied: "No, he is an actor with a very bad work attitude."
She will not use a simple and crude "vase" to deny everything except the other person's appearance, but respect the other person's identity as an actor. , and then evaluate the other party on this basis.
is direct and sharp, criticizing but not humiliating.
Zheng Peipei is always outspoken and has a disdain for "professional attitude", but is not unkind. She is always willing to understand the difficulties of others.
filmed "When Tang Bohu Spots the Autumn Fragrance", and the performance of "Traveling at home, killing people and silencing people, and the necessary medicine" with half a smile was very funny, successful and impressive.
Some media seized the opportunity and asked why they didn’t see the heroine Gong Li acting in a funny scene, but you were the one to act?
At that time, public opinion was full of doubts about Gong Li's lack of dedication and burden. Zheng Peipei directly pointed out Gong Li's concerns in her answer: "Her worries are actually right."
Correction: The award Gong Li won at that time was the Venice Best Actress. /Photo source: CTV News
The only person in the circle who can be recognized by her is Stephen Chow. When
was recording "The Golden Star Show", she was asked to evaluate Stephen Chow. After thinking about it, she answered: is a very serious director and a serious actor.
Jin Xing asked her again: But is he a little "eccentric" in his personality? He is a loner and doesn't like to communicate with others, right?
Zheng Peipei said that he talks less because: concentrates on the drama, and everything he talks to me is related to the drama.
said in another interview that she "doesn't really agree with Stephen Chow's movies."
Zheng Peipei also explained seriously. It cannot be said that she disagrees. It is because she has no sense of humor and cannot understand nonsensical movies.
It’s not that I don’t agree, it’s that I don’t understand.
She admires Stephen Chow's work attitude, and has always believed that being an actor requires attitude.
It’s like she is a workaholic on the set and a veritable hard-working mistress.
Seeing that her opponent is not committed, Zheng Peipei will angrily shout "Bring me the real sword", and the filming scenes can make stars appear in front of her eyes.
When filming "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", because it was a martial arts film, "fighting" was still the most important part of the film.
On the first day of filming the fight scene, she smiled and warned the director: "A fight scene is like embroidery for a woman. A good martial arts film is made with one stitch."
Many times, Zheng Peipei felt that there was something wrong with her character. The shadows of two chivalrous women, one is Hua Mulan and the other is Taijun She.
She has played Taijun She before, but due to various reasons, she always missed out on Hua Mulan.
Are you sorry? Unfortunately.
Just like the movie "The Drunken Man" that made her famous in Southeast Asia, she always felt that her performance at that time was really not good.
She was too young at that time. She looked left when the director asked her to look left, and looked right when the director asked her to look right. She lost a lot of her own understanding. If she had it to do over again, she would definitely perform well and perform better.
But there is no do-over in life, and there is no need to dwell on regrets.
Zheng Peipei, who did not play Mulan in the end, argued with her sister Baopei many years later: why we came to this world.
"Baopei said, we are here to carry on the family lineage. But I said, we are here to practice, and we learn a lot during practice. What I have learned in this life is life and death, reincarnation, and cause and effect.
Looking back at what I have gone through In these seventy years, love, hate, gains and losses are just a smile! "
Nowadays, when many young people think of Zheng Peipei, they mostly think of her as the big sister in the variety show "Flowers and Boys".
At that time, Hua Shao had not been labeled as "catching the horse and tearing each other up" like in the following seasons. The seven people were having fun, warm and sincere, and they were all tolerating each other and enjoying the journey.
can have such a beautiful atmosphere, thanks to the eldest sister Zheng Peipei.
Although she has the highest status, she is also the most humble and responsible. She can make decisions on big things, but also understand everyone's emotions on small things, and comfort the juniors in the team.
For Liu Tao, her care has already exceeded the "care for the younger generation in the workplace", and she almost treats her as a daughter.
In the ten years after Hua Shao's journey ended, the two still maintained a very close friendship. Zheng Peipei included Liu Tao in almost every Weibo post, whether she was a grandma or spending Christmas with her family.
Someone asked why, Zheng Peipei replied: "I miss her."
"The main reason why I like Tao so much is because in her, I see the shadow of myself when I was young. Until now, she is still A caring daughter of mine."
Liu Tao posted a message to commemorate Zheng Peipei. The IP shows that she is already in the United States/Photo source Liu Tao Weibo
As for other juniors, she was tolerant and considerate while teaching them earnestly.
When Xu Qing didn't know the way back and broke down crying on the street, she didn't blame Xu Qing for being "hypocritical", but encouraged and comforted her.
She waited until Xu Qing's mood calmed down the next day before she began to educate Xu Qing earnestly and encourage Xu Qing with her own experience.
"When something happens to you, you realize that you have such strong potential. There is really no one to help you, and you will start to think of ways. Only then will your abilities come out, and you will find that you are super strong."
Peter When Hua Chenyu's fans were very enthusiastic, many people gathered at the hotel entrance. Hua Chenyu was at a loss and did not dare to go out. Zheng Peipei said to him:
"There are many people who came to see you today. Should you go out and fight with them?" How about a greeting? "
When the journey was over, she sent a message to everyone.
wrote "In a dream" to the somewhat irritable Li Fei'er, "Reluctant" to Zhang Han who was at an emotional low, and wrote a sentence of encouragement to her dearest and most distressed Liu Tao:
"How can I As expected, I hope it will live up to my heart.”
Liu Tao has kept this gift until now. Some time ago, Liu Tao also shared the "Flower and the Boy: Friends".
This is the comfort she wrote to Liu Tao, and it is not a true portrayal of her own life.
When she was an actress, she was always the bravest and most considerate of others.
never uses a stunt double in martial arts scenes. He is still riding a horse even though he is over 60 years old. He is so dedicated that everyone around him admires him.
When filming a costume drama, it was very inconvenient for her to put on and take off her armor. She didn't drink water or go to the toilet for a whole day because she didn't want to trouble the staff or waste everyone's time because of herself.
She will think that she is Taijun She or Hua Mulan, a chivalrous figure, as comfortable as the wind. The children around
think she looks like Mrs. Hua, a heroine, and "so cute."
"My children all think that I am Mrs. Hua. They always say that I am so cute, which means I am so cute.
Mrs. Hua is my cute side to them, although I myself think that I am very cute. There is no sense of humor, but in their eyes, I will always be Mrs. Hua. "I think Mrs. Hua is my other side."
She has played many roles in her life, giving those roles the brilliance of Zheng Peipei. I found part of Zheng Peipei's soul in those characters.
Today, she left us forever.
She finally left too much to the world, her sincerity, her style, her generosity and kindness, and her boundless love. In its final obituary, the
agency used a still from the 1966 movie "The Drunken Man."
In the movie, the heroine Jin Yanzi played by Zheng Peipei was originally a lady from an official family. She punished evil and promoted good deeds along the way, and she eventually wiped out the bandits and rescued her brother.
This was the beginning of Zheng Peipei being regarded as the "Martial Arts Queen". "Swallows flying to the hills" became the starting point of her chivalrous spirit throughout her life.
This man has passed away, but his chivalry is still there and his youth will never be extinguished.
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