Английская Википедия:Bai Yushuang
Li Guizhen Шаблон:Nowrap p Lǐ Guìzhēn; 1907–1942), better known by her stage name Bai Yushuang Шаблон:Nowrap Шаблон:Nowrap Yùshuāng, Шаблон:Nowrap Jade Frost"), was a Chinese Ping Opera singer and actress. She was one of "The Four Famous Dans" Шаблон:Nowrap Sì Dàmíng Dàn) and remains known as the "Queen of Pingju" Шаблон:Nowrap Шаблон:Nowrap Píngjù Huánghòu).Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Refn
Life
Li Guizhen was born in Guye, Luan County, Hebei.Шаблон:Sfnp As a child, she was sold to the wandering entertainer Li Jingchun and his wife Mrs Bian, who renamed her Li Huimin Шаблон:Nowrap Lǐ Huìmǐn). Her status within the family was reduced when Mrs Bian gave birth to a son, Li Guozhang.Шаблон:Sfnp She was then forced to earn money on the street by singing stories accompanied by a small drum or other instrument. At fourteen, she began learning pingju from Dong Faliang, taking supporting roles under the stage name "Bai Yushuang". She became celebrated in Beiping (now Beijing) and Tianjin for her extreme range, from very high notes to lower than lowest note of the erhu. Upon Li Jingchun's death, his widow Mrs Bian purchased more girls from poor families. The 4-year-old Xiaodezi was renamed Fuzi and instructed to refer to Li Guizhen as her mother.Шаблон:Sfnp
Bai Yushuang began to perform lead roles for the Yushun Opera Troupe. This company was owned by Mrs Bian, managed by her brother, and accompanied by her son on the erhu, a situation which led to its being generally known as the Li Troupe (Lijia Ban). Bai Yushuang eventually changed its name to the North China Opera Troupe Шаблон:Nowrap Шаблон:Nowrap Huáběi Xìshè). She became notorious as a "slutty performer" (Шаблон:Lang, yínlíng) and "contaminant" following her performance as a fly spirit in the 1933 Catching Flies Шаблон:Nowrap Шаблон:Nowrap Zhuō Cāngying), when her costume consisted of a red dudou and tight white clothes under some long scarves,Шаблон:Sfnp and was expelled from Beiping by its mayor for performing "obscene lyrics".Шаблон:Sfnp[1] The Chinese periodical Women's Lives reported icily that "thousands of square miles of Chinese territory have been occupied by the Japanese without any resistance, but if a woman offends public decency, she must be expelled."[1]
Relocating to Shanghai in 1935, Li Guizhen performed pingju alongside Ai Lianjun, Yu Lingzhi, and Zhao Ruquan to large audiences at the Enpaiya Theater and on tour through Suzhou, Wuxi, and Nanjing. The repertoire included Pan Jinlian, Spring in the Jade Hall (Шаблон:Lang, Yù Táng Chūn), The Little Matchmaker Шаблон:Nowrap Шаблон:Nowrap Hóngniáng), Yan Poxi, and The Lioness's Roar Шаблон:Nowrap Шаблон:Nowrap Hédōng Shīhǒu).Шаблон:Sfnp She was arrested and accused of murder but Mrs Bian was able to extricate her from the charges.Шаблон:Sfnp Her character was attacked by conservatives but defended by Zhao Jinshen and A Ying in the press and the reformers Tian Han, Hong Shen, and Ouyang Yuqian worked with her to work "anti-feudalist" messages into her historical dramas.Шаблон:Sfnp She became a movie star following her role in Zhang Shichuan's 1936 Red Begonia Шаблон:Nowrap Шаблон:Nowrap Hǎitáng Hóng) and was considered one of "The Four Famous Dans", alongside Liu Cuixia, Ai Lianjun, and Xi Cailian.Шаблон:Sfnp
She fell in love with the cymbal player Li Yongqi,Шаблон:Sfnp but Mrs Bian prevented their marriage to protect the profits she was deriving from her "money tree" (yaoqianshu).Шаблон:Sfnp The pair eloped to his hometown in Ba County, Hebei, in February 1937.Шаблон:Sfnp She dressed and lived as a peasant for six monthsШаблон:Sfnp before Mrs Bian ultimately negotiated for her return and the troupe's return to Tianjin and Beiping.Шаблон:Sfnp Around the time of the Japanese occupation of the city, Bai Yushuang was diagnosed with uterine cancer. She received treatment at Beiping's German hospital and her understudy Fuzi—under the name Little Bai Yushuang Шаблон:Nowrap Шаблон:Nowrap Bái Yùshuāng)—only replaced her once she was too ill to take the stage. In Spring of 1942, Li Guizhen returned to Tianjin to find that her bank accounts and property had been transferred to Mrs Bian's son. She collapsed on stage during a performance of Understanding after Death Шаблон:Nowrap Шаблон:Nowrap Sǐ Hòu Míngbai) with Li Yifen in July 1942 and subsequently died.Шаблон:Sfnp
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External links
- "白玉霜" on Baike.com Шаблон:In lang
- Historical Advertising Archive at the Nanjing Library Шаблон:In lang, including three ads by Bai Yushuang in the 1920s and '30s
- Gallery of images of Bai Yushuang Шаблон:In lang
- Английская Википедия
- Ping opera actresses
- People from Luanzhou
- Actresses from Hebei
- Singers from Hebei
- 1907 births
- 1942 deaths
- 20th-century Chinese women singers
- 20th-century Chinese actresses
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