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(Dong Cuina and her husband Zhang Xuehao)
Dong Cuina is a representative of the Peking Opera Zhang School Tsing Yi, starring in many excellent plays such as "Yutang Spring", "Wangjiang Pavilion", "The Legend of the West Chamber", "Qin Xianglian", "Zhuangyuan Media", "Santang Trial" and many other excellent plays.
Dong Cuina's singing voice is sweet and clear, and the Tsing Yi she plays is delicate and beautiful, dignified and generous. On stage, she has a long meaning with her vocal cords, and the audience is easily attracted by her performance.
In 1998, Dong Cuina won the 16th Plum Blossom Award for Chinese Theatre, and not only that, but she also won the Honor Award for Outstanding Young Performers of Peking Opera and the Outstanding Performance Award for New Repertoire of the National Peking Opera Youth Team.
Dong Cuina had a failed marriage, and her remarried husband was Zhang Xuehao, the son of her mentor Zhang Junqiu. The other party is 15 years older than her, with such a disparity in age, is their marriage happy?
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(Dong Cuina)
Dong Cuina was born in 1962 in Wangyuanliu Village, Huili Town, Fushan District, Yantai City, Shandong Province, her father Dong Yuting is a cadre of Yantai Building Materials Bureau, and her mother is an intellectual woman.
Dong Yuting likes literature and art, and he is good at blowing, playing and singing. In his spare time, he likes to pull Jinghu under the locust tree at the gate and let Dong Cuina sing Peking Opera with the accompaniment.
In that era, model dramas swept the country, Dong Cuina would be "Li Tiemei" in "Red Lantern", and "A Qing's sister-in-law" in "Shajiabang" for a while.
Dong Yuting's Jinghu is relaxed, and Dong Cuina sings clearly. Whenever this happens, neighbors and passers-by surround them, and from time to time they are cheered and cheered.
Under the influence of her father, Dong Cuina's literary and artistic talent is unrivaled in the class, and she is the absolute protagonist every time the school holds a theatrical performance.
My father once said meaningfully to Dong Cuina: By mistake, my father has not been able to engage in literature and art in his life, this is a regret in my heart, I hope you can become a professional actor in the future and realize this dream for me.
The sensible Dong Cuina nodded while listening.
However, fate once again played tricks on Dong Yuting, and he failed to see the day when his daughter was radiant and became famous.
In 1975, Dong Yuting died of a sudden illness, and Dong Cuina was only 13 years old this year.
The early death of her father pushed Dong Cuina and her mother into a whirlpool of grief. Dong Cuina knew that her father was watching her and her mother from the sky, and she had to do her best to help him realize his dream.
(Dong Cuina's alma mater)
In 1977, after graduating from junior high school, Dong Cuina was admitted to the Peking Opera Department of Yantai Art School with excellent results. took a big step towards her dream, and after receiving the admission letter, Dong Cuina was so excited that she couldn't sleep all night.
Dong Cuina is slender, handsome, and agile, and the teacher arranged for her to learn martial arts after entering the school.
Soon, teacher Song Yanling taught her "Hujiazhuang", which is good at playing. Dong Cuina is smart and clever, with extremely high artistic talent, and many difficult singing and action teachers can do it at all. Teacher Song saw it in his eyes and was happy in his heart.
However, the accident still happened, in the spring of 1978, Dong Cuina accidentally broke her ankle while practicing jumping and rolling.
(Dong Cuina when she was young)
Dong Cuina was lying on the hospital bed, tears overflowing her eyes again and again, she was afraid that she would never be able to go on stage again. Fortunately, three months later, Dong Cuina regained her walking function.
Affected by the sequelae, Dong Cuina could not complete many difficult actions of Wudan, and she had to sing Tsing Yi after that.
Dong Cuina successively followed Li Meiyun, Wang Yunqing, Fang Yuezhu and other teachers from the art school to learn traditional Peking Opera such as "Wangjiang Pavilion", "The Legend of the West Chamber" and "Qin Xianglian".
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In 1981, Dong Cuina graduated from the opera school with honors and was assigned to the Yantai Peking Opera Troupe and became a professional actor.
(Dong Cuina's acting career starts here)
As a "recruit", Dong Cuina always compares the gap with her predecessors everywhere and finds shortcomings. In order to become a pillar in the troupe as soon as possible, Dong Cuina found tapes of famous Peking Opera artists such as Mei Lanfang, Xun Huisheng, Shang Xiaoyun, and Zhang Junqiu, listened to them repeatedly, and thought about them carefully.
In just one year, she broke 3 tape recorders. A hard work and a harvest, Dong Cuina has reached a new level in the details of ventilation, high-position recitation, and sound interruption.
In 1983, the Yantai Peking Opera Troupe rehearsed the traditional Peking Opera "Shilang Visits the Mother", and the leader arranged for Dong Cuina to play the role of "Empress Dowager Xiao".
Dong Cuina accurately expressed the dignity and domineering of Empress Dowager Xiao through her changeable eyes and decent movements. Especially when she sang "My lord Golden Beach died early", every word and every line of singing contains sadness and atmosphere, which is shocking.
(Dong Cuina stills)
With "Shilang Visits the Mother", "Wangjiang Pavilion" and "The Legend of the White Snake", the young Dong Cuina began to become famous in the Peking Opera industry.
In the spring of 1984, Dong Cuina's fate ushered in a major turning point. In May of this year, Peking Opera master Zhang Junqiu came to Yantai, Shandong Province to perform, and the leaders of the troupe asked Zhang Junqiu to accept Dong Cuina as an apprentice.
Zhang Junqiu was born in Beijing in October 1920, is one of the "Four Little Famous Dans" of Peking Opera, and is famous for singing "Yutang Spring", "The Legend of the West Chamber" and "Wangjiang Pavilion", especially the "Sacrifice to the River" he sang, which can be called the sound of the pear garden.
(Zhang Junqiu)
Not only that, the "Zhang School" created by Zhang Junqiu is the most influential and widely circulated genre in modern Peking Opera after the "Four Famous Dans".
Zhang Junqiu never accepted apprentices easily, and after listening to Dong Cuina's singing, he was so excited that he accepted Dong Cuina as a personal disciple on the spot.
Facing the kind and kind Peking Opera master in front of her, Dong Cuina's heart was full of admiration and excitement. It's just that she never imagined that 22 years later, she would marry Zhang Xuehao, the son of her teacher, and she and her teacher would become a family.
In his later years, Zhang Junqiu settled in Tianjin, and when it was a holiday, Dong Cuina rushed from Yantai to Tianjin to receive the true inheritance of her teacher.
(Dong Cuina and mentor Zhang Junqiu)
Zhang Junqiu admires Dong Cuina's hard work and outstanding artistic talent, and she has no reservations. One loves to teach, the other loves to learn, Dong Cuina is making very fast progress.
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In 1987, a major event occurred in the Peking Opera world. CCTV held the first National Young Peking Opera Performers Grand Prix in October of this year.
Shandong, a major province of Peking Opera, was only allocated 15 places, and Dong Cuina and many young actors held their breath and wanted to go to CCTV to show their skills.
However, after the primary election, Dong Cuina was not on the list, and her heart was full of regret and loss.
(Dong Cuina in the early years)
Zhang Yufeng, chairman of the Shandong Dramatists Association, couldn't sit still, she went to Beijing in person, found relevant leaders of CCTV, and won 5 places for Shandong.
The selection competition in Shandong Province continued, the top 19 came out, and Dong Cuina, who lacked connections, still failed to win, and her eyes were full of tears of grievance.
He Guanqi, director of the Yantai Peking Opera Troupe, stepped forward: If Dong Cuina does not participate, it will not reflect the overall level of our Shandong Peking Opera. After several discussions among the on-site judges, Dong Cuina finally boarded the last train of the Grand Prix.
In October, 51 outstanding young Peking Opera performers from all over the country gathered on CCTV.
On the day of the finals, Dong Cuina sang "Wangjiang Pavilion", and she played "Tan Jier" who was beautiful and smart, singing euphemistically and beautifully, and conveying love every word. The applause of the audience lasted for a long time, and the judges of the competition were also impressed by Dong Cuina's perfect performance.
(Dong Cuina stills)
Zhang Junqiu, who was far away in Tianjin, also watched the whole game in front of the TV, and when he saw Dong Cuina's perfect performance, he suddenly stood up from the sofa and applauded and cheered for her.
In the end, Dong Cuina won the Best Performance Award in the first National Young Peking Opera Performers Grand Prix.
Holding the trophy in her hand, Dong Cuina was wrapped in excitement and joy. She thought of the hard work of her mentor Zhang Junqiu, and thought of her father in heaven, and her eyes were full of tears.
Facing the direction of her hometown, she said silently in her heart: Dad, I helped you realize your dream, and my daughter didn't embarrass you tonight! Tears welled up again.
The National Young Peking Opera Performers Grand Prix made Dong Cuina famous all over the country. In the following ten years, she starred in many classic plays such as "Sacrifice Tower", "More Than Every Year", "Dragon and Phoenix Pavilion", new playwrights "Qiu Jin" and "Jiawu Hate" at the Yantai Peking Opera Company, and her career continued to be brilliant.
(Dong Cuina won the "Plum Blossom Award")
In 1998, Dong Cuina won the 16th Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award for her successful roles in "Champion Media" and "Thief of Fairy Grass".
Dong Cuina has a smooth career in her career, but the emotional world has been bumpy and vicissitudes.
At the beginning of the 90s of the last century, Dong Cuina got married, and her husband was a colleague of the Peking Opera Troupe. Because they didn't understand love when they were young, the union between the two was a little sloppy.
Soon after marriage, her husband and in-laws hoped that Dong Cuina would get pregnant and have a child as soon as possible, but Dong Cuina was worried that premature pregnancy would affect her career and refused to agree.
Not only that, but there are also many differences in the values and living habits of the couple. The heavy marriage is like a shackle, don't do it, in 1997, Dong Cuina and her husband broke up peacefully.
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(Dong Cuina's life photo)
Without the drag of marriage, Dong Cuina went all out to work hard in her career. In 1999, Dong Cuina was elected as the head of the Yantai Peking Opera Troupe.
After experiencing emotional vicissitudes, Dong Cuina feels that a happy marriage is a luxury, which can be met but not sought. What she didn't expect was that a beautiful marriage was quietly coming to her.
As early as 1997, Zhang Junqiu died of illness at the age of 77. Although her mentor is gone, Dong Cuina moves frequently with her sisters and brothers, as well as her mentor's family.
In October 2005, to commemorate the 85th anniversary of the birth of Peking Opera master Zhang Junqiu, the Zhang Pai performance was held in Tianjin, and Dong Cuina went to the scene to help.
(Zhang Xuehao)
During the dinner, a little junior sister suddenly said to Dong Cuina: Senior sister, how good are you and the seventh brother next to you? The people next to him coaxed: Seventh brother, seventh brother confess quickly! Dong Cuina and Seventh Brother looked at each other, and their faces were red.
It turned out that the seventh brother was Zhang Junqiu's fourth son Zhang Xuehao, and he also had two older sisters, ranking seventh in the family, so the younger brothers and sisters all called Zhang Xuehao "seventh brother".
Zhang Xuehao was born in 1947, worshiped Ru Yuanjun as his teacher in his early years, and the foreman relied on Dawusheng. In the 60s, affected by the movement, Zhang Xuehao was sent to work in Tianjin Bayi Farm.
(Zhang Xuehao and his father performed "Three Niang's Godson" on the same stage)
Due to a bumpy fate, Zhang Xuehao did not enter into marriage with an actress of the Beijing Peking Opera Company until 1982. In the second year after marriage, the couple gave birth to their son Zhang Di.
In 1992, Zhang Xuehao divorced, and his 9-year-old son lived with him.
For more than 10 years after that, Zhang Xuehao was both a father and a mother, and it was difficult to raise his son. Over the years, Zhang Xuehao has had the idea of remarrying many times, but he has never met a suitable one.
Now that the little junior sister and everyone are coaxing, Zhang Xuehao looks dignified and beautiful again, and the little junior sister Dong Cuina, who is also single, has become very uncomfortable.
(Dong Cuina)
During the banquet, Dong Cuina and Zhang Xuehao sat side by side, or she took the initiative to speak and talk with Zhang Xuehao about art, teachers, and the past. Although they are 15 years apart, Dong Cuina and Zhang Xuehao have a lot of common topics, and many past events resonate with each other and talk happily.
It was this gathering that made Zhang Xuehao's heart ripple again, he admired Dong Cuina's outstanding artistic talent, and admired her dignified and beautiful.
With Zhang Xuehao, Dong Cuina feels that he is an amiable and respectable brother and teacher. Because of the loss of her father at a young age, she is particularly attached to the love of her brother and teacher.
In the days of separation, they complained to each other through their mobile phones, and their hearts gradually got closer.
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(Dong Cuina and Zhang Xuehao)
On February 28, 2006, Dong Cuina and Zhang Xuehao got married in Yantai, Shandong.
At this time, Zhang Xuehao's son was 24 years old, and he asked his father: What should I usually call Aunt Dong Cuina?
Dong Cuina next to her said: Don't be embarrassed, you can call me sister. Zhang Xuehao stared at his son's eyes and asked: What do you think you should shout?
Zhang Di was stunned for a moment, and solemnly shouted "Mom" at Dong Cuina, Dong Cuina stepped forward and grabbed his shoulder, looked up and down, tears of joy and excitement welled up in her eyes......
After getting married, Zhang Xuehao was still in the Peking Opera Company in Beijing, and whenever he had time, he ran to Yantai to reunite with his wife.
(Zhang Xuehao)
He knew that as long as his wife went to Beijing, it would be difficult for him to become popular with her outstanding artistic talent, so he came up with the idea of letting his wife go to Beijing for development.
However, the leaders of Yantai had already been released, and Sun Yongchun, the secretary at the time, found Zhang Xuehao and said with a smile: Although you and Teacher Dong have difficulties in life and work, you must support our Peking Opera career in Yantai, and you must not "dig into the wall".
After that, Zhang Xuehao changed his thinking and settled in Yantai for a long time. Dong Cuina took him to the beach to taste seafood, and accompanied her husband to visit Yantai Mountain and Penglai Pavilion. Because of a person, falling in love with a city, Zhang Xuehao is willing to be an authentic Yantai person.
Dong Cuina felt the sweetness in her second marriage, and when eating seafood, Zhang Xuehao took the initiative to peel shrimp and crabs for her; The two went out together, Zhang Xuehao took the initiative to help his wife carry the bag, and he spoiled his little wife as a princess.
(Dong Cuina and Zhang Xuehao accepted Xu Min of Zibo Peking Opera Company as apprentices)
In order to carry forward the art of the Zhang School, in 2013, Dong Cuina and his wife accepted Peking Opera rookie Xu Min as an apprentice.
In June 2015, after several investigations, Dong Cuina and Zhang Xuehao accepted Zhang Jing of the Beijing Comrades-in-Arms Art Troupe as a disciple.
Over the years, Dong Cuina and Zhang Xuehao have been lecturing, teaching, and performing everywhere, and have held a number of social positions, and their lives are colorful.
(Dong Cuina's recent photo)
In 2024, Dong Cuina will be 62 years old and Zhang Xuehao will be 77 years old, they have been married for nearly 20 years, and they still don't get tired of seeing each other.
Dong Cuina felt that her happiness was hidden in the cracks of the stone, and under the baptism of the years, the skin of the stubborn stone was worn away, and the flowers of happiness quietly bloomed. She is grateful for the second marriage and cherishes the most important "Seventh Brother" in her life.
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