I am shocked to learn that the famous "People's Artist" actress Qin Yi passed away in the early morning of May 9, 2022 at the age of 100. When I visited her home in August 1997 and invited her to Gaoyou in October of that year, the scene clearly reappeared in my mind. I wrote this article to express my deep nostalgia and condolences. 
I have reported to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, and the provincial government several times with relevant leaders to report and discuss related preparatory work. It was agreed that Qin Yi would be the chief host for the theatrical performance "Soul of Mail" at the opening ceremony of the conference. Cai Xiaosheng, chief of the Finance Department of the Municipal People's Hospital, and his wife are both from Shanghai. They have relatives who work in the Shanghai Film Studio and are familiar with Qin Yi. After contacting, Qin Yi promised to meet us at home at 9:00 am on August 22nd.
At about nine o'clock, a group of 6 of us arrived at Qin Yi's house. She lives in Room 903, Door 3, Lane 246, Wuxing Road, Xuhui District.
As soon as we entered the door, we saw Qin Yi smiling: please come in, please come in, welcome, welcome! No need to change shoes when entering.
At that time, she was 75 years old, with a little makeup, red lips, blond hair, graceful, square, bright eyes, and she looked like she would lose 20 years.
Facing the north window, there is a desk with manuscript paper and some materials on the table. She is writing. In November, the Filmmakers Association will hold a commemorative event for her 60 years in film work and publish two books for her. She said that she was busy all day, and could only write in bits and pieces. Her sister Qin Wen fell and suffered a fractured femoral neck the day before. She lives in the foreign guest ward of Zhongshan Hospital and is paid $100 a day. She has to visit often.
During our interview, Qin Yi’s old nanny came to add tea from time to time, and her schizophrenic son Jin Jie would sometimes walk outside the living room and occasionally laugh, but would not come in to disturb him.
She said she was very busy. Yesterday was Deng Xiaoping's birthday, and he participated in the performance tonight. The 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in September, and he was going to perform in Beijing. She has just returned from the United States and South Korea. She went to the United States to visit by invitation; she went to South Korea to attend the unveiling ceremony of the statue of her husband, Jin Yan, who is Korean. Qin Yi said: She is the chairman of the literary salon run by the Filmmakers Association, and she works there at night.
Qin Yi claimed to be a descendant of Qin Shaoyou, and her Shanghai ancestor was Qin Yubo, the Lord of the City God, who moved from Wuxi. Qin Bangxian (Bo Gu) of Wuxi is a descendant of Qin Shaoyou. I said: Qin Huasun, Chinese ambassador to the United Nations, a native of Gaoyou, is also a descendant of Qin Shaoyou. The Qin family has produced many famous people! Qin Yi showed joy on her face, she said: I am the 36th grandson of Qin Shaoyou, and my roots are in Gaoyou.
Qin Yi's speech is always unhurried, always answering any questions, being modest and amiable, and never having the air of a star, which makes people respect from the heart.
In Shanghai, Qiao Zhen and Ding Jianhua, dubbing experts from Shanghai Film Studio, were invited to Gaoyou in October.
On the afternoon of October 7, 1997, Qin Yi and Qiao Qi arrived in Gaoyou and stayed at Hualian Hotel. I went to the hotel to visit at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Qiao Zhen and Ding Jianhua arrived at five o'clock. After dinner, I accompanied Qin Yi and the other four to Beihai Cinema to meet the audience. The crowd was crowded, and the scene was warm and spectacular. The audience admires Qin Yi very much. Qin Yi's speech is also very popular. She said: I have only been engaged in literary and art work for a long time, but in fact, my contribution is not large. I will continue to work hard to make more good films for the people. Her speech was drowned out by the enthusiastic cries of the crowd. She also talked about the scene of going to elementary school when she was a child. She liked art since she was a child and was determined to perform well for the people.
At 7:30 a.m. on October 8, I went to Hualian Hotel to accompany Qin Yi and others to have breakfast. At the same time, Ju Yunbao, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, and Wang Lufeng, vice chairman of the CPPCC, also attended. Qin Yi praised Gaoyou's dim sum for being unique, delicious and unforgettable.
At nine o'clock in Beihai Cinema, he participated in the "Retrospective Exhibition Celebration of Qin Yi's 60 Years of Cinematography". At the meeting, Qin Yi recited Ai Qing's poem "Life", cadence and emotion. When reciting this poem, Qin Yi incorporated her background, understanding of the value of life, and her hard work and determined struggle to deal with the misfortunes in her life. Gray and white, against the backdrop of the new vibrant red.
Jorge recited the poem "A Man's Life". I remember the poem said that there are only "three days" in a person's life: yesterday, today, and tomorrow. If you seize today, you will achieve tomorrow. The crowd in the venue was excited and jubilant. Then, Qin Yi, Qiao Qi, Qiao Zhen and Ding Jianhua took a group photo with the audience at Beihai Cinema Plaza. People's artists will always be among the people.
After the incident, I was busy receiving Liu Pingyuan, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, and presided over the postal culture academic seminar. I could not accompany Qin Yi and others to visit the cultural relics such as Yucheng Station and Wenyoutai, nor could I accompany Qin Yi to Wuning, the hometown of Qin Shaoyou. Township Shao travels to the village to recognize the ancestors and return to the clan, deeply regretted.
In the theatrical performance, Zhang also sang 4 songs including "Everything Goes Well", Wu Yanze sang 4 songs including "The Sun That Rises on the Grassland" and Ma Dehua performed "Pig Bajie and Gaoyou".
At about seven o'clock on October 10, I went to Hualian Hotel to say goodbye to Qin Yi and others. Qin Yi said: I will come to Gaoyou next time, Gaoyou is my root.
After Qin Yi moved into Xinzhuang's new residence, she occasionally called to greet her. Later, I gradually lost contact, but I often pay attention to her movements and health. A few years ago, Comrade Xu Weizhong from Gaoyou and the Qin clan followed Qin Shaoyou's footsteps for more than two years. They planned to visit Qin Yi, but she was unwell and was hospitalized.
Qin Yi has made more than 40 films for the people in her life. People deeply love her characters and performing arts in the films. She is a well-deserved "people's artist".
Qin Yi's life is a glorious life, a bright red life.
Qin Yi will always live in the hearts of the people.
The evening of May 9, 2022
Qin Yi participates in activities in Gaoyou
Gaoyou is the only city in the country named after "Post", and has the best preserved Mengchengyi in the country. In order to further develop the "post" culture and promote the development of local economic and social affairs, the Gaoyou Municipal People's Government decided to hold the China Post Culture in Gaoyou on October 9, 1997 with the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the Jiangsu Provincial Government. Festival. I am one of the leaders of the organizing committee of the conference.I have reported to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, and the provincial government several times with relevant leaders to report and discuss related preparatory work. It was agreed that Qin Yi would be the chief host for the theatrical performance "Soul of Mail" at the opening ceremony of the conference. Cai Xiaosheng, chief of the Finance Department of the Municipal People's Hospital, and his wife are both from Shanghai. They have relatives who work in the Shanghai Film Studio and are familiar with Qin Yi. After contacting, Qin Yi promised to meet us at home at 9:00 am on August 22nd.
At about nine o'clock, a group of 6 of us arrived at Qin Yi's house. She lives in Room 903, Door 3, Lane 246, Wuxing Road, Xuhui District.
As soon as we entered the door, we saw Qin Yi smiling: please come in, please come in, welcome, welcome! No need to change shoes when entering.
At that time, she was 75 years old, with a little makeup, red lips, blond hair, graceful, square, bright eyes, and she looked like she would lose 20 years.
Qin Yi
The living room is small and simply furnished. There is a large oil painting of her hanging on one wall. It is Qin Yi when she was young, sitting and looking forward, showing fortitude in softness. In several bookcases, in addition to books, there are toys and porcelain plates, some of which are fired with a portrait of her in her youth, which is graceful and youthful.Facing the north window, there is a desk with manuscript paper and some materials on the table. She is writing. In November, the Filmmakers Association will hold a commemorative event for her 60 years in film work and publish two books for her. She said that she was busy all day, and could only write in bits and pieces. Her sister Qin Wen fell and suffered a fractured femoral neck the day before. She lives in the foreign guest ward of Zhongshan Hospital and is paid $100 a day. She has to visit often.
During our interview, Qin Yi’s old nanny came to add tea from time to time, and her schizophrenic son Jin Jie would sometimes walk outside the living room and occasionally laugh, but would not come in to disturb him.
"Rolling Waves"
During the '97 China Post Culture Festival, Gaoyou will hold a retrospective exhibition of Qin Yi's 60 years of film. Qin Yi couldn't help but talk about the films she made. I said that most of us have admired it and left a very deep and beautiful impression. Qin Yi talked about the 1964 film "Rolling Waves" co-produced with her husband Jin Yan. Jin Yan played the director of the Water Conservancy Engineering Bureau, she played the party secretary, and she was also a husband and wife. The two quarreled about their work and fought fiercely. It was criticized during the review in 1965 and could not be staged. Later, Premier Zhou Enlai watched the film, and Jin Yan and Qin Yi were also there. Premier Zhou said to the two: I think it looks good! The quarrel between the two reflects the intense and profound ideological struggle, and the depth of the character performances. In recent years, TV stations have shown clips. She hopes to show it in Gaoyou in October. The film is in the reference room of the Beijing Film Studio, and the director is Yue Xiaomei.She said she was very busy. Yesterday was Deng Xiaoping's birthday, and he participated in the performance tonight. The 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in September, and he was going to perform in Beijing. She has just returned from the United States and South Korea. She went to the United States to visit by invitation; she went to South Korea to attend the unveiling ceremony of the statue of her husband, Jin Yan, who is Korean. Qin Yi said: She is the chairman of the literary salon run by the Filmmakers Association, and she works there at night.
Qin Yi
Qin Yi readily agreed to serve as the host of the '97 China Post Culture Festival, but she said that she could not stand for a long time, because of the hyperplasia of the lumbar vertebrae, which compressed the nerve, and the right leg was often painful; she hoped to take her son to Gaoyou. As for the male host, she mentioned Sun Daolin and Qiao Qi. Sun Daolin is busy filming "Zhan Tianyou", and he is also the director of the film "Meng Lijun" starring his wife Wang Wenjuan, and often has foreign affairs activities. Qiao Qi is also an artist of the older generation. For decades, he and Jin Yunzhi (Danny), the wife of the great director Huang Zuolin, have been the main actors of the Shanghai People's Art Theater. Immediately Qin Yi called Qiao Qi, Qiao Qi agreed, and said: Gaoyou's comrades don't come to invite me, you can call Qin Yi to inform me. From this we can also see the deep friendship between the two artists.Qin Yi claimed to be a descendant of Qin Shaoyou, and her Shanghai ancestor was Qin Yubo, the Lord of the City God, who moved from Wuxi. Qin Bangxian (Bo Gu) of Wuxi is a descendant of Qin Shaoyou. I said: Qin Huasun, Chinese ambassador to the United Nations, a native of Gaoyou, is also a descendant of Qin Shaoyou. The Qin family has produced many famous people! Qin Yi showed joy on her face, she said: I am the 36th grandson of Qin Shaoyou, and my roots are in Gaoyou.
'97 China Post Culture Festival related program list
When it comes to appearance fees, she doesn't say anything. She said: I don't pay attention to this, asking me to go is to respect me.Qin Yi's speech is always unhurried, always answering any questions, being modest and amiable, and never having the air of a star, which makes people respect from the heart.
In Shanghai, Qiao Zhen and Ding Jianhua, dubbing experts from Shanghai Film Studio, were invited to Gaoyou in October.
On the afternoon of October 7, 1997, Qin Yi and Qiao Qi arrived in Gaoyou and stayed at Hualian Hotel. I went to the hotel to visit at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Qiao Zhen and Ding Jianhua arrived at five o'clock. After dinner, I accompanied Qin Yi and the other four to Beihai Cinema to meet the audience. The crowd was crowded, and the scene was warm and spectacular. The audience admires Qin Yi very much. Qin Yi's speech is also very popular. She said: I have only been engaged in literary and art work for a long time, but in fact, my contribution is not large. I will continue to work hard to make more good films for the people. Her speech was drowned out by the enthusiastic cries of the crowd. She also talked about the scene of going to elementary school when she was a child. She liked art since she was a child and was determined to perform well for the people.
Ding Jianhua, Qiao Qi, Qin Yi and Qiao Zhen
Then, I accompanied Qin Yi and the other four to the rehearsal at the '97 China Post Culture Festival (former gymnasium). Qin Yi, Qiao Qi, Qiao Zhen, and Ding Jianhua hosted, and Ma Dehua, who played Zhu Bajie in "Journey to the West" (also invited by us when we went to Beijing, the community he lived in was developed by Qiu Yingdong from Gaoyou) sang the Huangmei opera "The Husband and Wife Return Home" . At 7:30 a.m. on October 8, I went to Hualian Hotel to accompany Qin Yi and others to have breakfast. At the same time, Ju Yunbao, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, and Wang Lufeng, vice chairman of the CPPCC, also attended. Qin Yi praised Gaoyou's dim sum for being unique, delicious and unforgettable.At nine o'clock in Beihai Cinema, he participated in the "Retrospective Exhibition Celebration of Qin Yi's 60 Years of Cinematography". At the meeting, Qin Yi recited Ai Qing's poem "Life", cadence and emotion. When reciting this poem, Qin Yi incorporated her background, understanding of the value of life, and her hard work and determined struggle to deal with the misfortunes in her life. Gray and white, against the backdrop of the new vibrant red.
Jorge recited the poem "A Man's Life". I remember the poem said that there are only "three days" in a person's life: yesterday, today, and tomorrow. If you seize today, you will achieve tomorrow. The crowd in the venue was excited and jubilant. Then, Qin Yi, Qiao Qi, Qiao Zhen and Ding Jianhua took a group photo with the audience at Beihai Cinema Plaza. People's artists will always be among the people.After the incident, I was busy receiving Liu Pingyuan, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, and presided over the postal culture academic seminar. I could not accompany Qin Yi and others to visit the cultural relics such as Yucheng Station and Wenyoutai, nor could I accompany Qin Yi to Wuning, the hometown of Qin Shaoyou. Township Shao travels to the village to recognize the ancestors and return to the clan, deeply regretted.
A group photo of the author and Qin Yi
At 7:00 p.m. on October 9th, the '97 China Post Culture Festival opened. Liu Jian, Secretary-General of the Provincial Government, presided over the ceremony, Vice Governor Ji Yunshi, Deputy Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Liu Pingyuan (Director of the Organizing Committee), and Director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage Ma Zishu (Deputy of the Organizing Committee) Director), Xu Quqian, Secretary of the Gaoyou Municipal Party Committee (Secretary General of the Organizing Committee), and Wu Donghua, Secretary of the Yangzhou Municipal Party Committee, presented the festival flag to Gaoyou Mayor Bu Yu. Qin Yi, Qiao Qi, Qiao Zhen and Ding Jianhua hosted the theatrical performance of "Soul of the Post", and Zhou Tao of CCTV also came to participate in the hosting.In the theatrical performance, Zhang also sang 4 songs including "Everything Goes Well", Wu Yanze sang 4 songs including "The Sun That Rises on the Grassland" and Ma Dehua performed "Pig Bajie and Gaoyou".
At about seven o'clock on October 10, I went to Hualian Hotel to say goodbye to Qin Yi and others. Qin Yi said: I will come to Gaoyou next time, Gaoyou is my root.
After Qin Yi moved into Xinzhuang's new residence, she occasionally called to greet her. Later, I gradually lost contact, but I often pay attention to her movements and health. A few years ago, Comrade Xu Weizhong from Gaoyou and the Qin clan followed Qin Shaoyou's footsteps for more than two years. They planned to visit Qin Yi, but she was unwell and was hospitalized.
Qin Yi has made more than 40 films for the people in her life. People deeply love her characters and performing arts in the films. She is a well-deserved "people's artist".
Qin Yi's life is a glorious life, a bright red life.
Qin Yi will always live in the hearts of the people.
The evening of May 9, 2022
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