He was a great artist, an excellent actor, a brilliant director and painter, and a patriot. His life was full of ups and downs and legendary. He is - Lantian Ye.
On June 29, 2021, Beijing Renyi actor and director Lan Tianye won the July 1st Medal.
It is known that this medal is the highest honor in the party.
There is no doubt that Lantian Ye has made outstanding achievements in art. This medal revealed another unknown identity of him, it turned out that he was still an underground worker in a special era, and made outstanding contributions to the development of the party's cause.
Lan Tianye is not his original name, his name is Wang Runsen, and he was born in a large family in Hebei.
When he was a child, he often watched Peking Opera, and his colorful face inspired his artistic talent.
Later, the family moved to Beiping.
With the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, his grandparents and father died in the war one after another, leaving only orphans and widows to survive.
Witnessing the cruelty of war, he was filled with indignation.
At that time, he was studying at the National Beiping Art School, and if nothing else, he would be an oil painter.
It happened that his friend Pu Sixun was looking for a drama actor, and Lan Tianye was pulled into the troupe by him because of his tall figure and loud voice.
I have to say that some people are born to eat the bowl of rice of actors.
Lan Tianye's voice on the stage was loud and full of emotion, and his interpretation of "Thunderstorm" was exciting and a huge success, and Lan Tianye's life has been rewritten since then.
Subsequently, Lan Tianye embarked on the road of drama performance.
Later, the third sister, who had been away from home for 6 years, came back, and it turned out that the third sister had become the backbone of the liaison.
Under the call of the third sister, he joined the party organization, and under the cover of drama, he was responsible for many material transfers and intelligence transmission.
Later, because there were too many anti-Japanese themes, the drama club also aroused the suspicion of the enemy.
According to the organizational arrangement, Lan Tianye was transformed into a major. On the surface, it is a drama troupe of the first team of the people, but in fact it is a latent team.
After the establishment of the liberated area, there were members of this team who were suspected, and a new captain happened to come to take over them, and they were about to be exposed, which was a big deal for the organization.
The new official took office three times, and Lan Tianye came up with an idea: to give the team members a three-day holiday to welcome the new captain.
Three days later, all the members disappeared into the crowd and changed their names and surnames. He named Lantian Ye, and there is no Wang Runsen in the world.
Lan Tianye has starred in many classic works, and the roles he plays are almost all classics.
He is the suave Dong Ci in "Cai Wenji", the high-spirited Qin Erye in "Teahouse", the immortal Jiang Ziya in "Fengshen Bang", and the sanctimonious villain Feng Leshan in "Home".
The reason why the characters created are so realistic is due to a good habit of Lantian Ye.
Experience first, rehearse later.
When the teahouse was casting, because most of the characters in it were small citizens in the market, Lan Tianye, who was very angry, thought that there was nothing wrong with him, so he asked him to play Qin Erye.
Qin Erye is an aspiring businessman, he was high-spirited and empty-eyed when he was young.
The old age has exhausted his hard work, and there is no way to serve the country in industry, and he has become an old man who is powerless.
The roles are so contrasting that it is a great challenge to play well.
Lan Tianye befriended the national merchant and carefully observed his every move.
I went with my colleagues to experience the customs and actions of the small people in the market, what the meaning of a look, and when to serve tea and water.
Lan Tianye portrayed Qin Zhongyi very successfully, and "Teahouse" has also become a repertoire of Renyi, which is still being performed today.
When Lan Tianye was 63 years old, the crew of "Fengshen List" invited him to play Jiang Ziya.
He carefully studied the script and felt that the part where Jiang Ziya knelt down to worship King Wen was not very reasonable.
He believed that Jiang Ziya had expected the arrival of King Wen of Zhou.
Fishing pays attention to the "willing person to take the bait" Jiang Ziya, rather in the straight to take, not to the song in the middle, such a character does not need to bow down to a mortal.
He changed this script to Jiang Ziya standing up, and Jiang waited here for a long time.
In order to perform Jiang Ziya's fairy wind bones, he specially went to the Taoist temple to experience life and read relevant Taoist books. The fighting scenes in this are all performed by him himself, and there is no stand-in.
In this way, everyone saw Jiang Ziya, who seemed to come from the book, with a calm bearing and outstanding strategy. Immortal wind bones, outstanding meritorious service.
Lan Tianye is not only an excellent actor, but also directs many dramas. Song Dandan, Pu Cunxin and other outstanding actors have received his guidance.
In his later years, he decided to pick up the brush again and live a life of idle clouds and wild cranes, and his painting attainments were very high, and he held many art exhibitions.
The following year after receiving the July 1st Medal, the 95-year-old Lan Tianye died peacefully in Beijing.
Throughout his life, he devoted himself to contributing to art, and for the cause of the party, he remained incognito for 75 years.
I have done so many things in my life, and I am still so good, and I am a model for my generation to learn.