Original title: Zhou Lei, screenwriter of 87 version of a dream of Red Mansions, died of illness. He had a wish before his death. Ouyang Fenqiang mourned
Mr. Zhou Lei, one of the screenwriters of the 87 TV series "a dream of Red Mansions", a famous red scientist and the editorial board member of the Journal of a dream of Red Mansions, died in Beijing on August 1 at the age of 81. The reporter of Beijing Youth Daily noted that Ouyang Fenqiang, the actor who played Jia Baoyu in the 87 edition of a dream of Red Mansions, sent a microblog to mourn Mr. Zhou Lei on August 2. It is understood that at 9 a.m. on the 7th, Zhou Lei's farewell ceremony will be held in the farewell Hall of Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University. At that time, Zhang Qingshan, President of China dream of Red Mansions society, will participate.
He has studied a dream of Red Mansions since 1973
According to public information, Zhou Lei was born in 1938 in Zhuji, Zhejiang Province. In 1962, Zhou Lei graduated from the History Department of Jilin University. After that, he served as the editorial board of the Journal of a dream of Red Mansions and a member of the academic committee of China Society of a dream of Red Mansions.
In 1973, Zhou Lei began to study a dream of Red Mansions and published a series of Redology papers under the pseudonym of 'Wen Lei' in cooperation with his friends. From 1975 to 1977, Zhou Lei participated in the annotation of the new version of a dream of Red Mansions organized by the Ministry of culture. Since then, Zhou Lei has also served as one of the screenwriters of the CCTV TV series dream of Red Mansions (1987).
Zhou Lei loves the cause of Redology and cooperates with his friends to compile books such as Redology Cong Tan, collection of Gao E's poems, selected Redology papers in Taiwan, selected Redology papers in Hong Kong, selected Redology papers abroad and Redology world.
Once participated in the establishment of China Red Cross Society
In the impression of Zhang Qingshan, President of the Chinese society of the dream of Red Mansions, Zhou Lei was full of energy when he was young. He could stay awake for several nights when he invested in Redology research and creation. He played a very important role in the founding of a dream of Red Mansions and the establishment of the red chamber society.
There are three screenwriters in the '87 version of a dream of Red Mansions -- Zhou Lei, Zhou Ling and Liu Geng Lu. The play can still have such a far-reaching impact and reputation, which is inseparable from the successful adaptation of the plot by these writers. " Zhang Qingshan said.
Zhang Qingshan still remembers that Mr. Zhou Lei especially liked photography. When he was on the crew of a dream of Red Mansions, he hung two or three cameras around his neck and followed the shooting everywhere, leaving many classic stills and gags behind the shooting for a dream of Red Mansions.
Ouyang Fenqiang: Duke Zhou, go all the way
On the evening of August 2, Ouyang Fenqiang, who once played Jia Baoyu in the 87th TV series dream of Red Mansions, posted a photo of Zhou Lei through the social platform and added that "Duke Zhou is going well all the way".
At the same time, Ouyang Fenqiang also forwarded an ancient poem signed by Mr. Zhou Ling, saying, "it's because of the half world situation in the red chamber. I sent three words of comfort in that year. Suddenly I heard that a crane was heading west, and the remnant flute complained sadly about the old alliance. "
Zhang Qingshan also expressed deep condolences over Zhou Lei's death. He told the Beiqing daily that he had entrusted his client to send a wreath to Zhou Lei's home mourning hall and planned to participate in the farewell ceremony of Mr. Zhou Lei's body held in the farewell Hall of Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University at 9 a.m. on August 7.
In addition to his annotation of a dream of Red Mansions, Zhou Lei also wrote many works. I believe many friends from the post-60s to the post-80s are familiar with them. For example, he wrote the anthology of Hongxue congtan, the collection of gao'e poems, the plum in the Golden Vase (rewritten version), the preface to the analysis of poems in a dream of Red Mansions, wishing Cao Xue and Hongxue soar with each other, the spring and autumn of red drama and the World Declaration on environmental protection, And the TV series scripts "a dream of Red Mansions" and "the story of a dream of Red Mansions", etc.
In 2018, Zhou Lei completed the joint development planning of the Remake Project of 112 episodes of the TV series a dream of Red Mansions. He said he wanted to make up for the regrets and shortcomings of the 87 edition of a dream of Red Mansions.
CCTV version of a dream of Red Mansions premiered in 1987
The CCTV version of a dream of Red Mansions, which premiered in 1987, is an ancient costume series produced by CCTV and China TV drama production center based on the famous Chinese classical literature novel a dream of Red Mansions. Directed by Mr. Wang Fulin, and participated in the production by many Redskins such as Zhou Ruchang, Wang Meng, Zhou Ling, Cao Yu and Shen Congwen. The first 29 episodes of the play are basically faithful to the first 80 chapters of Cao Xueqin's original works. In the last 7 episodes, the main plot still adopts Cheng gaoben's last 40 chapters, in addition, Baoyu Zhongju, LAN GUI Qifang Jiafu Zhongxing's happy ending, modified the plot of Xiangling's death, Tanchun's distant marriage, Jia's mother's death and Qiao's sister's rescue according to the research results of Zhipi and Hongxue, and recreated the plot of getting out of prison, visiting the temple, Feng's death in prison, Xiangyun's exile, Jia's family scattered, etc. After the play was broadcast, it has been highly praised by the public and replayed more than a thousand times. It is known as' a wonderful chapter in the history of Chinese television 'and' insurmountable classic '.
The play premiered on CCTV in 1987.