Butterfly Chronicle

Author: Aoran
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
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Butterfly: Original name Hu Ruihua. Born in Shanghai, originally from Heishan, Guangdong. In 1928, she played a beautiful and elegant leading role in White Cloud Pagoda. After the film's completion, Butterfly received praise from millions of viewers. Following White Cloud Pagoda, Butterfly starred in 20 films within five years, including Blazing Red Lotus Temple, Love Between Huang and Lu, Red Tears Shadow, Flowers of Freedom, Falling Sunset and Lonely Bird, and the sound film Singing Beauty Hong Mantan, as well as the six-episode Cries and Laughter. The film industry recognized her as a contemporary superstar. In 1933, the Shanghai press launched a female star election, and Butterfly received the most votes, being crowned "Film Queen." Starting in 1933, Butterfly shifted her style, starring in films like Turbulent Flow, Salt Tide, and Cosmetics Market. Especially in Zheng Zhengqiu's Sisters, Butterfly played dual roles, setting box office records, and the film became a classic of Chinese cinema. In 1935, Butterfly was invited to attend the Soviet International Film Exhibition in Moscow with the Chinese film delegation. She later traveled to Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, and other countries for inspections. In the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japan, she moved to Hong Kong and later returned to Chongqing. After 1965, she developed her career in Taiwan and moved to Canada in 1975. At the age of 81 (1989), Butterfly passed away. Her last words as the Film Queen were, "The butterfly has flown away!" Butterfly's life was filled with emotions. In the 1920s, she became engaged to actor Lin Xuehuai and later married a bank clerk, Pan Yousheng. Du Yuesheng and Dai Li once coveted Butterfly's beauty. Dai Li had a brief affair with her, living with her for some time, but this ended when Dai Li died in a plane crash, finally closing this tragic chapter.