Yang Likun on the front and back cover, beautiful Ashima.

On July 2, 20001,Yang Likun, known as "the first beauty in China movies", died of illness at her home in Shanghai.

Yang Likun became famous in 1959' s Five Golden Flowers. It is said that director Wang Jiayi happened to see Yang Likun cleaning the glass and was moved by her innocence, so she immediately decided to play the role of Vice President Jinhua.

Shanghai Tianma Factory's Five Golden Flowers and A Man in Spring are both gifts for National Day 10 anniversary. Because "A Man in Spring" is starring the big star Poplar, the special issue of the tribute film of popular movies uses Poplar as the cover and Yang Likun as the back cover.

That year, Yang Likun was just 17 years old, with a chubby face and a stocky figure. At that time, her aesthetics was like a "face like a red apple", but according to the current standards, she is not a big beauty. Some people even think that Yijing Zhu, who plays the third woman, is more beautiful than her.

From 65438 to 0963, Shanghai Haiyan Film Studio traveled all over the country looking for an actress to play Ashima. Director Liu Qiong and photographer Xu Qi traveled to Kunming, Chongqing, Wuhan and other places, while the assistant director searched for a needle in a professional dance company in Beijing. Finally, Yang Likun was chosen. At this time, Yang Likun was 2 1 year-old, with a thin face and figure, and became a great beauty.

Chen Huangmei, then director of the Film Bureau, attached great importance to Ashima, demanding that it be made into the first color wide-screen stereo music song and dance feature film in New China. Haiyan Factory invited a makeup artist from Xia Meng, a Hong Kong star, to pose for Yang Likun, spent several hours painting an eyebrow, and used a full set of imported cosmetics and false eyelashes, thus creating an incredible Ashima.

At that time, Xu Qi took a set of makeup photos for Yang Likun, which is a classic in popular movies. Later, China Tea Native Products Import and Export Corporation also used this photo on a tea can as a national gift.

Here's another episode. In fact, Ashima's stills were originally intended to be the cover of the popular film 1 1, but they were advanced for the pre-screening publicity of the film. As a result, the cover of the issue 1 1 was changed to The Story of Sun Bo by Zhao Dan's son. Yang Likun came to Shanghai to shoot Ashima and met Zhao Mao in the studio. They were in love, but it's hard to say why they broke up later.

During the Cultural Revolution, five golden flowers and Ashima were smashed into poisonous weeds, so Yang Likun became the focus of criticism, and suffered serious mental and physical injuries, resulting in mental disorders and long-term lack of treatment.

After the Cultural Revolution, people have completely forgotten this beautiful actress, but there is still one person who remembers it. He is the main producer of Ashima, Chen Huangmei. On September 3rd, 1978, Chen Huangmei, who had just been rehabilitated, published an article entitled "Ashima, where are you? In the article, he revealed Yang Likun's tragic fate in the Cultural Revolution and her current situation of active treatment and mental illness in Shanghai. As a result, Yang Likun returned to the public's field of vision, and the second issue of 1979 "Popular Film" finally put Yang Likun on the cover, using the stills of Ashima shot by Xu Qi in that year. Yang Likun on the screen is beautiful, and her eyes are full of love and beauty. This issue was also sent to Yang Likun, but she was afraid to read it. For her, everything seems like a lifetime ago.

On July 2, 2000, Yang Likun passed away peacefully. Because of long-term medication, my hair turned white at the age of 58.