Charming social butterfly.

The gathering of beautiful women made the old Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s look particularly glamorous.

Sixty years ago, Paramount in Shanghai was known as "the first Yuefu in the Far East". Fantastic lighting, rose-patterned floor, romantic jazz music and mirror-like elastic dance floor all seem to tell the glory and luxury of Shanghai. There is a graceful woman who often comes here to dance, relax and spend her youth. This is Tang Ying. At that time, she and Lu Xiaoman, the most popular in the communication field, were called "Southern Tang and Northern Land".

However, Lu Xiaoman is well known for the poet Xu Zhimo, while Tang Ying's face is gradually hidden in the floating world. An important reason for this result is that although Tang Ying is beautiful, there is no sensational marriage history after all.

However, just from the name "social butterfly", she is much more "capable" and "worthy of the name" than Lu Xiaoman.

In the past, novels or film and television works with the theme of Shanghai life became fashionable, and "social butterfly" was one of the indispensable main roles in these works. They are beautiful and sociable, and live among some rich people all the year round. They are supported by these men, and their material life is very comfortable.

In fact, such a group of women did exist in old Shanghai at that time. At that time, some first-class hotels in Shanghai such as "Dadong", "East Asia" and "Greater China" all had such female guests. The "grade" of such women who have rented super hotels such as International, Kinmen and Huamao Apartment for a long time is even higher.

Some of these women are matchmakers in major dance halls in Shanghai; Some are red believers who used to be in the bookstore and senior three. After they got married, they came out to attract bees and butterflies. Others leave their families to live outside, to make "friends" and get support from others ... These women are rich and have considerable ostentation and extravagance, even from politicians to gangsters, but at best they can only be regarded as "communication grass". To qualify as a "social butterfly", the first condition is recognized as a "celebrity" at that time. At that time, the social butterfly was imported and monopolized by the rich and famous ladies. After systematic and orderly training, they combine talent and beauty, which is really enviable. In fact, a social butterfly is like a special agent, the latter aims at stealing information, while the former focuses on "stealing feelings", both of which have the same distinct goal. In short, it is a lubricant and talcum powder for communication occasions, and it is a tassel that whitewashes peace in troubled times.

So, in the 1930s and 1940s, which women were the most famous socialites on the beach?

Half a century ago, there was an old story about Shanghai's "social butterfly", which wrote: "Shanghai's social butterfly is famous for its communication, which started in Tang Ying and Lu Xiaoman. The successors are Zhou Shuping and Chen Yuming. " These social flowers are graceful and graceful, like a group of beautiful butterfly elves. Among these beautiful butterfly spirits, Tang Ying, with beautiful appearance and exotic features, is the most attractive and radiant. Tang Ying was born in 19 10. Her father, Tang Naian, was the first overseas student sponsored by the Qing government and the first western doctor in China. After returning to China, he became a doctor in beiyang fleet, and later opened a private clinic in Shanghai, which was designed to treat the extended family in Shanghai at that time. Therefore, Tang's family is naturally rich.

Tang Ying is not only slim, with a sweet voice and avant-garde clothes, but also versatile and good at Kunqu Opera. She graduated from Shanghai missionary school-Chinese and Western Girls' School. She is good at both Chinese and English, and her artistic attainments are extremely high.

The reason why Tang Ying can become the top social butterfly in old Shanghai is not only her beautiful appearance, but also her strict family education since childhood. In addition to excellent self-cultivation, Tang Ying is well-dressed and avant-garde, and has always been a weather vane leading the fashion trend in Shanghai. ChannelNo5 perfume, Ferregamo high heels, CD lipstick, Celine clothing, Channel sachet, LV handbag ... She also had everything that a French lady had at that time.

According to the rumors at that time, Tang Ying had ten gold lacquer boxes, all of which were clothes, and leather clothes hung all over a large wardrobe with a whole wall. Tang Jiayang has a tailor who makes clothes for her. Therefore, Tang Ying's clothes have always represented the most fashionable girls in Shanghai at that time. Even if you have sharpened your knife for more than ten years, you still need a chance to enter the society. Lu Xiaoman entered the social sphere for a grand reason. Being proficient in English and French, she was hired as a part-time diplomatic translator by Gu, Foreign Minister of Beiyang Government. In this way, Lu Xiaoman just justifiably cut a dash in meetings and dance. At that time, Tang Ying was a 13-year-old young girl from the old Shanghai Chinese and Western Girls' School (the predecessor of the Santa Maria Girls' School where Zhang Ailing once studied), and she was in an ignorant age looking forward to the future.

Tang Ying's father was deeply influenced by western civilization, and the Tang family was a Christian family, so some people preferred sons to daughters. Girls' high status does not mean that they can go out to socialize casually. They can't start socializing until a man comes to the door or gets married. Tang Ying officially entered the social circle around 1926, which is completely in line with the western rules of 16 years old.

At that time, "socialization" was introduced into China as a new thing. A magazine called Linglong encourages women to learn to socialize all day, and regards Tang Ying as a model of "social butterfly". Once the British royal family visited China, Tang Ying once performed the piano and Kunqu opera, which was very dazzling. At that time, her large-scale jade photos were published in major newspapers, overshadowing the royal family, and it was also the most prominent period of her communication career.

At that time, there was a saying: "South Tang and North Tu", which probably meant that there was a beautiful woman Tang Ying in the south of China and a stunning Lu Xiaoman in the north. Later, after Lu Xiaoman went to Shanghai, she and Tang Ying appreciated each other and soon became good friends.

1927, Lu Xiaoman and Tang Ying jointly performed the Kunqu Opera "Picking up Paintings and Calling for Paintings" at the Shanghai Comfort Women Theatre Art Conference. There is a photo of Lu Xiaoman and Tang Ying, with Lu Xiaoman shaking a folding fan and Tang Ying walking on the runway. Both are a play.

/kloc-in the autumn of 0/935, Tang Ying made another amazing move-he performed the whole Wang Baochuan in English at the Kalden Grand Theatre. At that time, Fang Bofen, one of the directors of Wen Wei Po when it was founded in Shanghai, played Xue Pinggui and Yang Xianyang. Lin He, president of Hujiang University, plays. This time, because Beijing Opera was performed in English for the first time, it aroused great interest of the audience. Besides, Tang Ying is not only fluent in English, but also good at acting. Therefore, this performance caused a sensation in China at that time. Tang Ying is young, beautiful and enterprising. Naturally, many celebrities around her fell at her feet, and Yang Xingfo, then Sun Yat-sen's secretary, was one of them.

Yang Xingfo, Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman are good friends, and LULU is a frequent visitor to Tang Ying's family. Yang Xingfo naturally met Tang Ying, who is outstanding in beauty and amorous feelings.

At that time, Lu Xiaoman had not divorced Wang Geng, and her love affair with Xu Zhimo had been widely circulated. Here, I found my sweetheart for beauty, and Tang has already made a marriage. Tang Ying's future husband is Li Zufa, a member of the Li family in Xiaogang, Ningbo, who has returned from studying in Yale University. And Yang Xingfo just know Li Zufa, and also with Li Zufa as brothers, so in a dilemma, gaunt.

At that time, Tang Ying, Yang Xingfo, Li Zufa, Lu Xiaoman, Xu Zhimo and Wang Geng became the most famous "love triangle".

1925 in the second half of the year, in order to solve this problem, the famous painter Liu Haisu decided to treat him to dinner at the request of Xu Zhimo. This is the famous "most embarrassing meal" in modern history.

On that day, Liu Haisu invited Lu Xiaoman, Xu Zhimo, Li Zufa, Tang, Xu Zhimo's ex-wife Zhang Youyi's brother, etc. People related to these six friends are invited to eat such a meal.

During the dinner, Liu Haisu and Kan Kan talked about anti-feudalism, first talking about the relationship between life and love, and then talking about the love of couples should be based on congeniality. Marriage without love is immoral.

After dinner, Wang Geng agreed to divorce Lu Xiaoman, which satisfied both of them. On Tang Ying's side, however, "the flowing water is intentional, but the water is ruthless", and she also explicitly rejected Yang Xingfo. Yang Xingfo returned disappointed.

1933 on June 8, 2008/kloc-0, Yang Xingfo was killed by an ambush agent on Abbott road in Shanghai. This is really "is there any pride in the past, flowers bloom and fall?"

Her robe is made of clouds and her face is made of flowers.

1927, Tang Ying and Lu Xiaoman, who have rich fashion experience, founded "Shang Yun Clothing Company". Shang Yun Clothing Company is located in a three-story building on Jing 'an Temple Road. China is the first clothing company specially set up for women.

The image representatives of Shang Yun Clothing Company are Tang Ying and Lu Xiaoman. The star-studded opening ceremony of the company attracted the attention of Shanghai media, and the major media rushed to report it.

Tang Ying called their company Art Clothing Company. The company adopts the most popular clothes in the world, and its purpose is "new" rather than "expensive". In addition, Tang Ying also hired Jiang Xiaoyu, who returned from studying fine arts in France and Japan, as the designer of Shang Yun Garment Company. With the participation of Jiang Xiaoyu, Shang Yun Clothing Company's clothing has the guarantee of master and high fashion.

In addition, when opening, Tang Ying and Lu Xiaoman personally tried on new clothes for customers in the store, which was equivalent to professional models of Parisian Haute Couture Store. This kind of service is certainly attractive.

1927 In winter, in the streets of Shanghai and nearby cities such as Ningsuxi, where fashionable women appear, there will be beautiful scenery composed of Shang Yun brand coats.

Soon, Shang Yun brand coats went to Beijing and Tianjin, becoming an indispensable winter dress for fashionable women.

In the second year, Shang Yun Company designed and produced double coats, single coats and silk coats with decorative functions for mid-summer nights in the Spring and Autumn Period, which were quickly introduced to the market and became popular in Shanghai. ...

The success of Shang Yun Clothing Company promoted the development and prosperity of Shanghai clothing. In 1930s, Shanghai became the fashion capital of the Far East and even Asia. Rich businessmen from Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, India and other countries will all rush to Shanghai to buy fashion-some people have done statistics, and a certain fashion popular in Paris will appear on the streets of Shanghai in 10 days.

Tang Ying's first commercial attempt was an absolute success, which made her the focus of Shanghai celebrities. Such a smart woman naturally has unparalleled attraction. At the moment, with her dazzling charm, she finally attracted Song Ziwen, the richest and most admired woman in China at that time. The world is familiar with the love and hate between Miss Sheng Qijia and Song Ziwen, but I don't know that after Miss Sheng Qiqi, Tang Ying became Song Ziwen's favorite.

The friendship between Tang and Song Dynasties goes back to ancient times. Tang's two sons, Tang Tanlu and He, are good friends. They not only studied together in the United States, but also became Song Ziwen's secretary after returning home. In the eyes of Tang people, politics is not a good career, so Tang Naian and his wife are not optimistic about their son's career. But Tang Maolu didn't take his parents' words to heart. He not only keeps close contact with Song Ziwen, but also often takes Song Ziwen home. In the long run, Song Ziwen finally met Tang Ying.

At the first sight of Song Ziwen, he was deeply attracted by Tang Ying, who was in his prime. Song Ziwen began to pursue Tang Ying, and the passionate love letter was submitted to the dressmaker in Tang Ying. Although Song Ziwen is older than Tang Ying 16 years old, Song Ziwen is regarded as the richest, most mature and most handsome man in the world, which naturally attracted Tang Ying. However, Tang Ying's father was very opposed to her association with Song Ziwen. Tang Nai 'an believes that "one courtier is once an emperor". In his view, getting involved in politics is not a glorious thing, but it may bring unpredictable troubles to his family. Unexpectedly, his worry really happened.

193 1 year, Luo Tang was stabbed to death.

On the same day, Tang Tanlu and Song Ziwen are going to Shanghai Railway Station to take the early train to leave. Unfortunately, Tang Tanlu's clothes are very similar to Song Ziwen's. After they arrived at the railway station by bus, Tang Tanlu got off first and walked to the train. Then suddenly someone released a smoke bomb, and then a piece of smoke dispersed. At this time, Song Ziwen had got off the train, but when he saw the smoke bomb, he immediately got under the train.

Sure enough, just as Song Ziwen was hiding, a gunshot rang out from the smoke, and Tang Shen fell to the ground.

After the incident, the driver and Song Ziwen immediately sent Tangtan Road to the nearest German hospital. At that time, Tang Tanlu was shot in the bladder many times, and the situation was very critical. But the doctor from the hospital didn't come. Finally, when the German doctor was ready to go to the operating table, Tang Tanlu was already dead.

The assassination shocked Shanghai. At that time, there were many rumors that Tang Tanlu was killed because he took a bullet for Song Ziwen. In fact, insiders know that Tang Tanlu was killed by mistake, because his clothes are very similar to those of Song Ziwen.

Tang Naian originally opposed his children's association with Song Ziwen. After Tang's death, Tang Naian hated politics and people related to politics even more. And the relationship between Tang Ying and Song Ziwen, also doomed to no longer have any results.

And here, after escaping a life, he naturally feels guilty and grateful to Tang people. Because of this, he didn't want to disturb Tang's life, so he gave up the idea of continuing to associate with him.

It is unknown whether Song Ziwen's departure has caused emotional harm to Tang Ying, but more than 20 love letters written by Song Ziwen have been locked in a small drawer in Tang Ying, which shows her true feelings for Song Ziwen. Shortly after breaking up with, she married Li Zufa, the son of Li, a wealthy businessman in Shanghai and a "Li family in Xiaogang Village" in Ningbo. The Li family is a celebrity or a wealthy businessman, and Li Zufa's father, Li, is a giant businessman in Shanghai. Married to such a rich royal family, Tang Ying's life was pleasant at first. She still maintains the ostentation and extravagance of social butterfly and continues to live a life of infinite scenery.

Contrary to Tang Ying's "too busy" lifestyle, her husband Li Zufa is a quiet person. He doesn't like socializing, and naturally he doesn't like his wife always living a "flower" social life.

All this is naturally incompatible with Tang Ying, which regards communication as its life. From 65438 to 0937, Tang Ying and Li Zufa finally divorced because of their incompatible personalities. After the divorce, Tang Ying didn't feel depressed. On the contrary, she became more comfortable in social life.

"Color sleeve politely hold the jade clock. Those days, I was drunk and red. Dance with a low heart and sing the bottom of a peach blossom fan. "It is fitting to use this poem to describe Tang Ying's life in those days.

Later, Tang Ying married Xiong Qi, then the general agent of AIA in China and the nephew of Xiong Xiling.

Xiong Qi's son is not tall and handsome, but he has a lively personality. He is "like-minded" with Tang Ying and has a strong spirit of entertainment. The combination of the two can be regarded as bringing out the best in each other. 1948, Tang Ying went to Hong Kong with Xiong Qi's son and later immigrated to the United States. In 1970s, when Tang Ying returned to Shanghai to visit relatives, she wore a green cheongsam, which made people think that she was still a young girl. In fact, she is a 60-year-old woman, but the sadness of beautiful death always seems to be carefree with her.

After Tang Ying, several famous celebrities emerged in old Shanghai. Such as Zhou Shuping and Chen Haoming. But compared with Tang Ying, they always seem to be missing something, not as smart as me; People smarter than me are not as beautiful as me. "This is the pride of Tang Ying and the unforgettable root of the old Shanghai communication queen. The article is taken from Ten Weird Women in the Republic of China. Author: Xiao Publishing House: Zhong * * * Party History Publishing House.