Singing, laughter, fine wine, delicious food, poetry recitation... It's hard to imagine that this is a farewell memorial service for a 97-year-old man who just passed away. The protagonist of the memorial service is Su Xiu, a famous dubbing performance artist and dubbing director who left this world on January 7 this year. Of course, there were also tears at this memorial service. The tears came from people’s reluctance and longing, but everyone can accept her to go to another world and meet her favorite lover and old business partners in heaven. .

Memorial site

Don't let go of mourning, say goodbye with a smile

April 17th is the 100th anniversary of Su Xiu's death. At the end of last year, Su Xiu was infected with the new crown and failed to survive the winter that worried countless people. She walked in the most anxious and hectic moment of the city. The fall of an art superstar was too late for more people to recall her afterglow, and more close people were unable to come to say goodbye at that time.

Three months later, when the spring was warm and the flowers were blooming, a group of people who still missed her came from all over the country to hold a "farewell party" for her at the blues and jazz bar she loved during her lifetime.

Su Xiu

Lin Dongfu, a student who is as close as a son, said that this is what her "mother" told her many years ago - she hopes that when she leaves this world one day, her good friends will all smile to see her off, "Don't let the sorrow ” was something she specifically ordered, and she even handpicked the gospel song “Amazing Grace” she wanted to hear at that moment.

Lin Dongfu

Different from the memorial service of most outstanding old artists, there is no "sounding" red tape at this event, and there is no fame and fortune of any extraneous possessions. Everyone is well aware of how wonderful and influential she has brought to the world, and they can know her works very well, but here, people look at photos of her from childhood to old age, and talk about her dissection. The "bourgeois lifestyle" of making homemade burgers with pickled cucumbers and stinky tofu between steamed buns; talking about her favorite sweet-scented osmanthus, so every year when the osmanthus is fragrant, she would move a small table to eat under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree; talking about her watching The Winter Olympics complained about Yuzuru Hanyu; talking about the last time she saw her, she asked "Do you know what is the Metaverse?"; talking about her wanting to have a piece of land to grow some fruits and vegetables by herself; Playing video games in the competition, the game evaluation results show that she can reach the level of "20 years old"...

Su Xiu's family portrait

The granddaughter Hou Zuxin, who Su Xiu appraised as "different", is now also a director. She used an "alternative" talk show to share her "alternative grandma". "Grandma is a very cool woman. She has lived a very wonderful and unscrupulous life." Hou Zuxin vividly told the love story between grandma and grandpa in that era. Burned out several pots, but when they went to repair the pots, they would still try to save face and say, "The old woman leaked the pot again..." She also shared that her grandma chose Qiao Zhen when she chatted with her about "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth" "The Voice of the Prince" is matched with a funny "cross-eyed" interesting experience-"Grandma is not only a dubbing director, she is also an awesome director!"

Hou Zuxin

Hou Zuxin's father, Hou Muren, one of China's first generation rock musicians, is now also unable to move due to physical reasons. That day, he walked onto the stage tremblingly, playing the piano and leading the chorus "Shake, shake, shake to Grandma Bridge..." The singing voice of the rock veteran is gentle, and his thoughts are as long as the lyrics.

Hou Zuxin, Su Xiu, Hou Muren, three generations of artists "in the same frame"

Actor Lin Dongfu said that Su Xiu "taken in" him in his most bewildered youth, and since then his life has changed because of following such a good teacher. "After the death of Teacher Qiu Yuefeng, I was a very confused young man. I studied with her, and she helped many people of my generation. So having her, we have a miraculous grace." Lin Dongfu was at the scene He shared with the guests the portraits he had drawn for Su Xiu in the past few months, "I have been with her recently, in my studio, she looked at me." Lin Dongfu said, "I want to stay The loving light in those beautiful soulful eyes."

Many of the loyal fans who have followed her for decades have already become friends with her in life. They rushed from Hangzhou, Chengdu, Nanjing, Beijing and other places to tell and share the details of their relationship with Su Xiu. The translator at the French Consulate talked about the whole story before and after Su Xiu was awarded the French Military Order of Culture and Art. Su Xiu’s voice once opened her imagination to the distant world, and one day she will use her expertise to introduce her to the Western world. A great artist, which made her feel extremely fulfilled and meaningful.

In heaven, there is "Friends" waiting for her

For those who love her, every detail of their relationship with Su Xiu can be vividly remembered. Infected with the new crown at the end of last year, Liu Guangning's son Pan Zheng remembered that the last words Su Xiu left him were, "I will do my best."

Shi Rong, a good friend and voice actor who is far away in a foreign land, still remembers, "On December 30, we exchanged WeChat for the last time. Lao Su said that he was infected with the new crown. She said, 'the fever has subsided, we can escape from death', and then There will be no news of her..."

Su Xiu's death is regrettable and unwilling. People around her thought that she could live to be 100 years old—except for some inflexible legs and feet, Su Xiu didn't look like an old man at all. Shi Rong shared his feelings with Su Xiu in recent years, "In addition to the inconvenience of walking, her quick thinking, super memory, interest in world affairs, yearning for life, and love for relatives and friends, all of these are in her coma. Nothing has changed before.”

farewell party

At the same time, the people who loved Su Xiu were calm about Su Xiu's death. What is moving is that at this memorial service, people did not shy away from talking about death. Because of this matter, Su Xiu had already talked frankly with them. From these few words of nostalgia, we can also feel how open-minded and transparent this old man is.

Granddaughter Hou Zuxin remembers that when she came to Shanghai to see her grandma for the last time, her grandma once said to her, "I have lived enough, I have seen everything I should see, I just read books and do Sudoku here every day, just waiting to die, it's nothing .”

Cheng Xiaohua, a junior at Shanghai Translation Factory and a dubbing performance artist, remembers that once she saw old sisters Su Xiu and Zhao Shenzhi chatting while eating noodles, "These two old cuties are so cute, Teacher Zhao Shenzhi told Teacher Su Xiu In a word, you boiled everyone to death, when will you die?"

Su Xiu is the longest-lived voice actor among her peers. The Shanghai-translated "dubbing troupe", which created a glorious golden age of dubbed films, once opened a window for a generation of Chinese people to understand the world. In the 1950s, in a workshop of only 20 square meters on Wanhangdu Road in Shanghai, Chen Xuyi, the pioneer of Chinese film dubbing, led Su Xiu, Bi Ke, Shang Hua, Zhao Shenzhi, Qiu The first generation of dubbing performance artists such as Yue Feng ushered in an era. Since then, generations of translators have left countless classics and eternity with the charm of language and the charm of sound, opening up and promoting the dubbing business to continuously create new peaks and brilliance.

Su Xiu, who continued to write in her later years, used her memory and pen to write a "memorandum" for the history of dubbing films. Reporters interviewed her in large numbers. Record a stroke of Spring and Autumn. The old fellows who were of her generation have passed away one after another in the past few decades, and most of the Shanghai Translation colleagues who have left in these years are already her juniors. She sent off her partners one by one, stayed in this world by herself, and continued to share and communicate with fans who love the art of translation and dubbing for decades.

"My Dubbing Career" was displayed on the spot

When Su Xiu was interviewed during her lifetime, she always talked about her love for the dubbing career tirelessly, and her dear relatives and friends who knew her firmly believed that the most tacit old guys in the sky were already waiting for her. .

Shi Rong wrote a commemorative article for Su Xiu. At the end of the article, he described a very warm scene with a very vivid picture——

"Old Su left, and went to a world that she has always been thinking about, where there are her wife, eldest son, and her dubbing companions.

I seemed to see the reunion of Lao Su with Lao Hou and Mu Xin (Su Xiu's lover and son respectively), and also saw the joyous reunion of her and her dubbing partners. When the old factory manager saw her, he said with a smile, "Su Xiu, you are really good. You drove everyone away, but you were the last one to report." '

Lao Qiu said at the side, "Thanks to her coming a few years later, she helped us all renew our relationship with the audience." '

Lao Shang urged Lao Su, "Okay, okay, everything is ready, and the conductor of our "symphony orchestra" has also arrived, let's work quickly." '"

Photos of Su Xiu's work when she was young