China has a history of 5,000 years, and in the long river of history, it has also produced many enduring cultural products, especially the drama culture, which is the quintessence of China.
When it comes to theatrical culture, there are naturally many such as Yue Opera, Peking Opera and Henan Opera, each of which has a unique style, which is also a treasure that cannot be surpassed by other countries, and the person we are talking about today is related to drama.
And she is engaged in the Peking Opera industry, Peking Opera as one of the quintessence of our country has a great influence in the theater industry, when it comes to Peking Opera, everyone must think of "Red Lantern", and this is not only a Peking Opera but also a love for heroes.
Perhaps the first thing that comes to everyone's mind when it comes to this drama is Li Tiemei, the main character in the opera, I believe many people are very familiar with this name, but few people know when it comes to the actors who have played Li Tiemei.
One of the most famous is the version played by Liu Changyu, and no one has surpassed her version since her, living in a rich compound, when almost all the streets and alleys were hung with her posters.
And the reason why she succeeded not only relied on this role, but also took ten years of hard work to achieve such an effect, and now she has not only won the honor of "national first-class actor" for opera, but also the inheritor of the national intangible culture Peking Opera.
She is really very good in opera, but she is such an excellent opera actor emotionally.
But she was hurt a lot, and her husband died just four months after she was married, which also brought her a big blow, but now how is she doing after many years?
Liu Changyu was born in 1942 in a very powerful family in Jiangsu, and his father Zhou Dawen served as the mayor of Beiping for a period of time.
Needless to say, there are three wives alone, and Liu Changyu has more than ten brothers and sisters, because the mother is the youngest, although she was born poor, she is deeply loved by her father, and Aiwu and Wu are also very loving to their children.
At that time, many dignitaries and nobles also liked to listen to Peking Opera, and Liu Changyu's father was even more so, and he would bring her with him every time he listened to it, so Liu Changyu fell in love with Peking Opera when he was a child.
Later, at the age of 9, she was sent by her father to a school specializing in opera and began to learn Peking Opera, first beginning to learn the performing arts of Peking Opera.
Not long after studying, Liu Changyu showed a talent born in Peking Opera, because of her outstanding performance, she also won the praise of many teachers, her family background is prominent, and her talent is extraordinary, her life path is really like embarking on the road of Shuangwen.
But such a person who is excellent in all aspects of that turbulent society still had a bumpy life in the end, when his father was regarded as a traitor and imprisoned because of the influence of the great era.
Later, his mother also divorced his father, and Liu Changyu began to live with his mother.
Also because of her father's identity, Liu Changyu is often ostracized by her classmates in school, and even many people think that her father is a traitor and doesn't play with her, which is why her father's surname is Zhou but her surname is Liu.
Originally, she did have the same surname as her father, Zhou's name was Zhou Changyu, but it was because of this incident that she changed her surname at the suggestion of the teacher, and she has followed her mother's surname since then.
Although she received a lot of rumors because of her father's identity, fortunately, she was a person with a very firm goal, and for her, maybe Peking Opera was all she had at that time, and it was the only direction she could work towards.
So no one played with her, so she put all her time into Peking Opera, and it was because of her firm determination not to be disturbed by the outside world, and later she was admitted to her dream school with excellent results.
When she was in school, she worked very hard every day, and later because of her excellent performance, she was praised by Xun Hui, the master of Peking Opera at that time, and not only that, but she also taught her a lot of experience in acting.
And Liu Changyu is precisely because of the teacher's mentorship, and later came into contact with Tsing Yi, Dao Ma Dan and Hua Dan, among which her best performance is Hua Dan, talent, hard work, coupled with the guidance of the master, soon Liu Changyu has great attainments in Peking Opera.
After graduating, she not only successfully entered the experimental troupe of the Chinese Opera School, but also became an opera teacher, because of her outstanding performance in the theater, she was soon valued by the leaders of the theater.
Although she has appeared in many dramas, what made her famous in the Peking Opera circle was the role of "Li Tiemei" played by her in "Red Lantern".
You must know that the original candidate for this role was not her, but someone else, but when the performance was approaching, the actress was delayed and couldn't perform because of some things.
At that time, I was also very panicked when I heard that the crew was about to perform, after all, the performance was imminent, and in order to make the performance go smoothly, I could only hurry to find a suitable role in the play, so I summoned the most prominent performers in the theater to try out the play.
The people who can be selected are naturally the best people in the crew, and in the face of such a role, many people hope that they can play it, and the competition is also very fierce, although Liu Changyu is not the best among these people.
However, many members of the crew thought that Liu Changyu was the most suitable candidate for Li Tiemei, and after thinking about it again, they still agreed that Liu Changyu was chosen as the heroine of this play.
I was naturally very happy to be selected Liu Changyu, but after being happy, I began to feel nervous, after all, this drama is not like some small plays that I usually starred in, and the characters this time are not ordinary people.
And that's what makes her nervous, but fortunately, her years of study and stage experience have allowed her to behave in danger no matter what stage she stands on.
In the end, not only did she successfully finish this scene, but she also completely opened up her fame in the opera circle with this play, but before she was happy, she was jealous of others, and sure enough, that circle couldn't escape the law of many people.
After Liu Changyu became popular, the people who competed with her for this role before became jealous, and for Liu Changyu, although she received a lot of praise from the outside world at that time, her success in the theater was very cold.
Not only was no one celebrate her, but she was also isolated by her theater colleagues, but fortunately, Bai Jiyun's appearance became a light when she was dim, and he finally became Liu Changyu's second husband.
In fact, everyone who knows Liu Changyu knows that her husband is called Bai Jiyun, in fact, she had a marriage long before Bai Jiyun, and the two were classmates when they studied together, but Liu Changyu, who was focused on studying at school, didn't care about these children's private affairs.
But after graduating from the circle, it was a coincidence that the two were assigned to work in the same theater, and it was time for them to think about life events without studying problems, and both of them were engaged in opera-related work.
And it is not chaotic to talk about it in opera or in thought, because working together also has more time to get along, so the two came together after chatting like this, and finally entered the palace of marriage with the blessing of their parents.
However, this happy marriage did not last long, and the two separated, and this separation is goodbye, the husband has some discomfort shortly after they got married, and at first he thought it was a small problem and took some medicine casually.
But in the end, it didn't get better before it began to pay attention to it, but at first it was not detected that it was a malignant disease, but it was just that there was a problem with the lungs, and then they were allowed to cooperate with the instructions of their lives.
But later, she was told that her husband was already in the advanced stage of lung cancer, and Liu Changyu was stunned when she heard the news, she never expected that she had been diagnosed with cancer less than four months after she married her husband.
Liu Changyu was also very sad when she heard the extent of her condition, but although she was filled with a sad atmosphere during that time, she would still go to the theater every day to complete her work, although she needed to run back and forth, Liu Changyu didn't want her drama to be sad.
Because the medical level was also very underdeveloped at that time, the husband's body was quickly engulfed by cancer cells, and he finally passed away, and his father, who had not been married for a long time, was separated forever.
The husband has a lot of reluctance to Liu Changyu for a long time, but it is useless, and the sadness is only left to the living, and after the death of her husband, Liu Changyu spent a very bleak time by herself.
However, she has not been depraved, fortunately, the opera he loves has supported her, because she has experienced a life and death, so Liu Changyu does not dare to try it easily.
Until they met Bai Jiyun, the two were both actors in the theater, but Bai Jiyun would do a little more behind the scenes, and Liu Changyu basically performed on stage, and it was precisely because Liu Changyu played Li Tiemei and was encouraged at the same time that Bai Jiyun had the opportunity to pursue Liu Changyu.
It is precisely because of his appearance that Liu Changyu did not become depressed because of isolation at the same time, but Bai Jiyun also gave her a lot of motivation to perform, and Bai Jiyun often supported and encouraged her behind her during that time.
And he also took great care of her, for Liu Changyu at that time, Bai Jiyun was like her sun, warming her heart, and at the same time, it also made this girl who lacked love have a good impression of him.
It didn't take long for the relationship between the two to heat up rapidly, and Bai Jiyun didn't mind that Liu Changyu had been married once, and then the two entered the palace of marriage.
Because when she got married, it was Liu Changyu's career rising period, in order to develop her career first, Liu Changyu decisively chose not to have children first, and started performances in various places, and her husband Bai Jiyun was also very supportive of her approach.
Liu Changyu naturally saw her husband's dedication to herself, and later she also gave birth to a son for her husband, but after giving birth to a son, Liu Changyu also wanted to keep doing her own work, but taking care of her son became a problem for the two.
In the face of having a career, the husband decisively chose to give up returning to the family, taking care of his son, and supporting his wife's career.
However, Liu Changyu also returned to his family, but he still did not give up his opera career, but he did not often perform on stage but became a teacher who taught and educated people, promoting Chinese traditional culture to the next generation.
Now Liu Changyu has not only become an old artist with both virtue and art in the audience's mouth, but also lives a very happy life, has a husband who loves her, and her son has also been influenced by her and has also embarked on the Peking Opera industry.