He was the first to bring "sketches" to the Spring Festival Gala.
He was the first person to visit the home of world star Chaplin as a "Chinese".
It was he, seven years after his death, who proved once again:
The Spring Festival Gala is inseparable from sketches, just as the West is inseparable from Jerusalem.
He is Yan Shunkai.
In 1983, the director team of the Spring Festival Gala found Yan Shunkai, hoping that he could perform a program on the Spring Festival Gala.
The news spread quickly, and countless people persuaded him:Don't go.
You must know that at that time, people experienced the turmoil of the times, and all kinds of wastes were waiting to be rebuilt, but they were also soldiers.
If in this kind of nationwide activity, what is said is misinterpreted by people with good intentions, and if it is not done well, it will be fatal.
But Yan Shunkai is not afraid.
When a person uses playing suona as a means to earn money, this is called making a living.
But when a person doesn't even want his life in order to blow suona, this is called art.
Yan Shunkai is such a person, for the sake of performing arts, he can throw his head and spill blood.
So, on the Spring Festival Gala in 1983, we saw a "new era" Ah Q wearing a suit.
That night, countless people in the audience of the Spring Festival Gala laughed, but they didn't know it.
Yan Shunkai even broke his ribs in order to play the role of Ah Q well.
And it all started with a director named Lu Ren.
In 1981, Yan Shunkai suddenly received a ** from Shanghai Film Studio.
The person who hit the ** is Lu Ren, the director of the movie "Li Shuangshuang".
Yan Shunkai has been crawling in the drama industry before, and he doesn't understand why Lu Ren suddenly gave himself a **.
But when the famous director came to make an appointment, he naturally didn't dare to slack off, and immediately put on his clothes and rushed over.
In the past, I found out that Lu Ren was just a "matchmaker".
It turned out that Lu Ren wanted to introduce Yan Shunkai to director Cen Fan to play "The True Story of Ah Q".
After a brief introduction, Cen Fan was very satisfied with Yan Shunkai, but the other main creators disagreed.
Their reasoning is highly consistent:Yan Shunkai is too ugly.
But in the opinion of director Cen Fan, the actor fights for acting, and he will only know if he can act.
After the filming of the movie started, the staff present opened their eyes and finally understood what it means to have superb acting skills.
On the set, as soon as the camera is turned on, Yan Shunkai will become Ah Q.
He shrunk in the face of people, and when he was alone, he showed off his might, showing the character of the ignorant and backward little people to the fullest.
Especially in a dog show, he also paid a terrible price.
At that time, there was a scene where Yan Shunkai was chased by a dog.
The crew knew that Yan Shunkai was afraid of dogs, so someone suggested that he could find someone to replace him.
But he waved his hand and refused, signaling that the director could turn on the film.
According to the plot, a ladder was placed next to the wall, and the dog chased after him, Yan Shunkai ran in front of him, and then climbed to the wall.
In order to show the joy of escaping after the catastrophe and the triumph of the little people on the wall, Yan Shunkai danced with his hands.
Unexpectedly, an accident happened!
Yan Shunkai fell from the wall and smashed on the ladder, resulting in broken ribs.
This dedication was well received by everyone present.
And he also won the Chaplin Golden Crutch Award for this movie.
The following year, the Swiss Film Festival suddenly called** and invited him to be a jury member of the festival.
But in fact, being a judge is not the only purpose of this trip.
It turned out that it was Chaplin's family who wanted to meet this "Chaplin of the East".
Chaplin died in 1977, but in fact, from the perspective of a bystander, it may have been to see people think about people.
And this also verifies Yan Shunkai's acting skills and achievements from the side.
But he was able to achieve this because of more than just talent and luck.
Yan Shunkai was born in Shanghai, and if he can live until 2024, he will definitely be able to get a role in "Flowers".
Although he is a star from Shanghai, his background is actually not good.
Yan Shunkai was born in an extremely ordinary family, so ordinary that as soon as he was born, his parents were worried that he would not be able to marry a daughter-in-law.
But he didn't care, because as he grew older, he had his own hobbies.
That's acting.
Although Yan Shunkai's family income is not high, he fortunately has a good geographical location.
Not far from his home is Zhongshan Park.
At that time, some elderly people from wealthy families liked to go to the park to perform two operas.
In addition, there are a number of amateur repertory troupes that come to the park to rehearse.
Gradually, Yan Shun in his childhood became familiar with his ears and eyes and fell in love with acting.
After graduating from high school, he chose to apply for the local Shanghai Theater Academy without hesitation.
But at that time, if you wanted to learn acting, you not only had to have excellent cultural achievements, but also had to have a passable facial image.
It's a pity that Yan Shunkai was turned away because of his appearance.
For the next three years, he tried his best, but he couldn't do it.
It wasn't until 1959 that his fortunes took a turn for the better.
In 1959, ** Drama Academy came to Shanghai to enroll students, but this enrollment was a very special enrollment.
Don't look at the appearance, just look at the acting skills.
As a result, Yan Shunkai successfully entered the Chinese opera with a piece of "Really Happy to Die".
It was precisely with this as a springboard that he had the opportunity to receive "The True Story of Ah Q".
But he didn't go crazy, he didn't survive, and he was disabled because of this.
In 2009, 72-year-old Yan Shunkai received a script called "My Ugly Dad".
At that time, he was already suffering from high blood pressure, and it stands to reason that at this age, such a body should be at home for a long time.
But Yan Shunkai doesn't accept the old! It has the spirit of Don Quixote.
Even his wife persuaded him to stop acting, but he still didn't listen.
I remember that there was a plot at that time, which was Yan Shun driving into the sea to pick up bottles.
In fact, for a large scene like this, the use of stand-ins will not affect the effect of the show.
But Yan Shunkai insisted on going into battle in person.
As a result, shortly after filming, he suffered a stroke due to cerebral infarction and was paralyzed in bed for eight years.
In 2017, Yan Shunkai finally lost to the invasion of the disease and passed away helplessly.
At the memorial service, Yan Shunkai's wife cried heartbreakingly, and even had to sit in a wheelchair to hold on to the end.
If Yan Shunkai didn't leave that year.
If Mr. Yan Shunkai can appear on the 2024 Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Dragon.
If ......It's a pity that there are no ifs.
The Si people have taken the yellow crane to go, and this building is vacant to the morning and sunset.
I hope that under the artistic brilliance of Mr. Yan Shunkai, there will be more unicorn talents in my generation.