In 1963, Zhao Lirong, the queen of the Spring Festival Gala, actually refused to meet Chairman Mao

belongs to the memories of the post-80s and post-90s generation of the Spring Festival Gala, and Zhao Lirong must not be absent.

As soon as he opened his mouth, the authentic and familiar Tangshan accent was always full of humor.

Zhao Lirong.

She is the "old mother" who sang "Tango beats is waddle and walk," and put the newly popular tango on the stage

She is the "spicy chicken shred" who wears a fashionable dress and sings "I can't open my mouth, I can't keep up".

Her sentence "Sima Jar smashed the light" spread the homophonic stalk all over the country.

She is the "real worker" who would rather not work than cheat and go away.

She is the "white-haired girl", she is the "Grandma Liu" in "Dream of Red Mansions", and she is the queen of Chechi in "Journey to the West".

She is the sketch queen of the Spring Festival Gala, and she is a people's artist admired by everyone.

The people like her, and even *** wanted to meet this silent artist, but she refused.

But she refused ***, but the chairman said three times in a row.

Why did Teacher Zhao Lirong refuse to meet with ***? What kind of life does this old artist have behind the stage?

* On the stage of the 10s, a 60-year-old lady can speak English, although it is Tangshan, she can sing a rap, dance a tango for you, and write a good calligraphy, which is simply legendary.

But before stepping on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, Zhao Lirong was a practitioner.

In 1928, she was born in troubled times, because her father made makeup for the theater club, and the makeup of the top hibiscus flowers at that time was responsible for Zhao Lirong's father Zhao Bingzhong.

Not long after she was born, Zhao Lirong also spent all day with her parents in the theater club.

may have been exposed to it since childhood, once Hibiscus needed to hold a doll on stage because of the content of the opera, and at that time, there was only one doll in the entire theater club, Zhao Lirong, so she could only be chosen.

I was worried that I would cry when I saw so many strangers on stage, but what I didn't expect was that I was extremely well-behaved and didn't cry from beginning to end.

The performance went well, and Hibiscus also received thunderous applause for her excellent performance.

Since then, Furong Hua felt that Zhao Lirong's child was very close to her, and she felt that this child was also destined for the stage, and she was very talented in this area, so she took her as an apprentice and followed her to learn opera since she was a child.

Hibiscus Flower In 1940, Zhao Lirong, who was already 12 years old, had already learned something, and Hibiscus Flower had taught him all her things, and there was nothing to teach him anymore.

So he took her to worship the master of drama at that time, Ma Jingui was his teacher, and he also became Master Ma Jingui's closing door**.

Hibiscus Hua didn't look at the wrong person, Ma Jingui didn't look at the wrong person, in 1943, when Zhao Lirong was only 15 years old, she had already reached a small climax in her artistic career, and the dramas she starred in were always full.

She was shining on the stage, but she was discovered by the National General Political Troupe in 1951, and her entry into the General Political Troupe became a major turning point in Zhao Lirong's life.

When it came to the General Political Group, Zhao Lirong's brilliance was overshadowed, Xin Fengxia was popular at that time, almost all of them were the protagonists, and Zhao Lirong could only play a supporting role here.

But this did not affect the relationship between her and Xin Fengxia, and the two tacitly partnered and achieved each other.

As the saying goes, "A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier", and Zhao Lirong also wants to have her own peak.

If Zhao Lirong wants to be seen by the audience, she can't rely on those stable and decent roles, Xin Fengxia's performance in this area is already very good, and it will be difficult for her to excel here.

In 1953, a script of "Little Erhei Gets Married" made Zhao Lirong change, and the role of "Three Fairy Aunts" in the script was different, she was an extremely selfish, lazy, and unreasonable villain.

At that time, no actress was willing to play such a role, for fear of being thrown rotten eggs while walking on the street.

Zhao Lirong doesn't think so, if you want to break through yourself, you have to get out of your comfort zone, and it is not easy to be brilliant when playing a safe role, but such a role can be remembered by attention.

In the face of everyone's opposition, Zhao Lirong still insisted on starring in "Three Immortal Aunts", and it turned out that her choice was right.

A character with such an unlikable character, with his humorous performance style, made the audience's eyes shine, and for a while the limelight of the supporting role overshadowed the protagonist.

It is because of this role that *** has praised her performance again and again.

It was a time when the country received foreign guests, the troupe was responsible for theatrical performances, and the audience was also amused by the performance of the "Three Immortals", and after the performance, the chairman also specially arranged to meet these actors and thank them for their wonderful performances.

Everyone was very excited when they learned that *** was going to meet, only Zhao Lirong said calmly: "You just go, I won't go."

The head of the troupe asked the reason to know that Zhao Lirong was because of low self-esteem, although her performance was liked by everyone, but only she knew that she was very lacking in culture.

She was worried that she had said the wrong thing, that she would not be able to speak and that she would ruin everyone's interest, and that she would bump into the chairman.

After listening, the head of the regiment also understood her difficulties, so he was not reluctant, and when the chairman asked, "Why is the three immortal aunts not here?" The head of the regiment explained what Zhao Lirong said to him just now.

Okay, good, this is good, victory is not arrogant, humble life, worthy of our learning" The chairman praised again and again.

When she was in the limelight, Zhao Lirong married Sheng Qiang, an elegant scholar and secretary of the China Ping Theater.

People are often more obsessed with things they don't have, Zhao Lirong is to Sheng Qiang, because of her lack of culture, so for a cultured person like Sheng Qiang, Zhao Lirong is more admiring.

And Sheng Qiang, who has always been in a state of rigid reading, also loves Zhao Lirong's unconventionality, the two can be described as a match made in heaven, and they are also in love after marriage.

However, the good times did not last long, and for special reasons, Sheng Qiang had to accept the transformation.

Zhao Lirong did not end her marriage with Sheng Qiang because of this, but encouraged Sheng Qiang: "My children and I will wait for you to come back."

Unfortunately, two years later, Sheng Qiang, who was exhausted, died of illness, and in the end she did not wait for her husband to return.

I want to find my father", "Mom, why hasn't Dad come back" "When will Dad come back, I miss Dad", in the face of the children's questions, Zhao Lirong also collapsed again and again in the middle of the night.

But after dawn, she is the strong mother again, taking care of the children, taking care of the paralyzed mother, and working to earn money to support the family.

Xu is mercy of God, close a door for you, it will inevitably open a window, in such a dark and boundless day, the appearance of Sheng Qiang's younger brother Sheng Hong is a light that illuminates Zhao Lirong's life.

With Sheng Hong's help, Zhao Lirong's family's life began to get better, when she was busy, Sheng Hong would help take care of the children, and there was some strength work at home, which was also done by Sheng Hong.

After coming and going, Zhao Lirong started a second marriage, and the two had a son and a daughter, but the daughter died in 1978 because she was born with cerebral palsy, and Zhao Lirong, who was nearly 50 years old, experienced the pain of losing her daughter.

In 1984, Sheng Hong also left her.

She has gone through most of her life, and she seems to have looked down on life and death, and may be destined to go through a life of ups and downs.

Fortunately, she still has the career she loves, and she transferred the pain she suffered for most of her life to acting.

Sixty-year-old Zhao Lirong stepped onto the screen and starred in "Journey to the West" and "Dream of Red Mansions".

In 1988, he stepped onto the stage of the Spring Festival Gala with "The Day of a Heroic Mother".

Since then, every year in the Spring Festival Gala, because of her presence, every Chinese New Year's Eve seems extraordinarily joyful.

Only she knows that behind this joy, she tries her best to let herself forget the grief behind her and bring laughter to the stage.

On July 17, 2000, 72-year-old Zhao Lirong ended her bumpy but glorious life.

People from all walks of life came to mourn, and the old artists of that era cried into tears in front of her mourning hall.

Because for them, they have learned too much from Zhao Lirong, in order to write the four big words "genuine" on stage, she can practice hard for four months;

For his godson Gong Hanlin, it is a person who has influenced his life, "art must be exquisite, not compromised", Gong Hanlin dare not forget it in his life.

On that day, Babao Mountain was crowded with people seeing them off.

Since then, on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala and on the TV screen, we have never heard the familiar Tangshan dialect, nor have we seen that familiar figure.

Fortunately, many years later, she has not been forgotten, and her tombstone is covered with flowers.

There will always be people who remember, and there will always be people who remember, and there will always be people who will miss.

What's more fortunate is that we are as she wishes, we don't need to sympathize with his rough life, we just need to remember the moments of happiness she brought us.

Those classic lines, classic songs, and classic pictures will always be circulated...

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