Reporter Xiao Caiwei / Interview
Xiaoxun (Huang Jingyi) is the only familiar face among newcomers and amateurs in the film “Ha Yong’s Family”, she went to fight without makeup and gained 7kg, playing the role of a middle-aged peasant girl in a lively tribe. There is a plot in the film about a tribe “killing a pig” for a wedding. Xiaoxun, who has been in a stable relationship with Zheng Renshuo for many years, also confessed to “ETToday Starlight Cloud” that she “killed a pig!” under the testimony of the tribal elders.
▲ Xiao Xun played the role of a middle-aged peasant woman in the tribe in “Ha Yong’s House”. It took six months to slowly lose weight after finishing. (Photo/photographed by reporter Lin Jingmin)
Xiaoxun played the role of a peasant girl with two children in the mountains in “Ha Yong’s Family”. At first, her son Zhang Zujun was shy when he saw her and didn’t dare to look at Xiaoxun. He also said, “How can my mother be Kaoru! How can my mother be so beautiful!”
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Xiaoxun not only gained weight for it, but also wore several layers of pants over XL. She laughs at herself that it’s easy to gain weight, she wore puffy skirts when she was a “seductive black girl.”
▲Xiao Xun (Right) and Chen Jieyao (Left), the director of “Ha Yong’s Family”, collaborated on “As long as I grow up”. (Photo/photographed by reporter Lin Jingmin)
The story of “Ha Yong’s Family” focuses on how the three-generation family of the Atayal tribe on the high mountain has conflicts due to values such as elections and foreign cultures. For example, the heroine is suddenly pregnant and a foreign boyfriend visits the tribe unknowingly. Because she does not understand Chinese and Atayal, she “kills a pig” and performs a wedding in a daze.
Director Chen Jieyao explained that the custom of “killing pigs” is different from the “treat” or “celebration” understood by the Han people. It is an act of informing ancestors and receiving blessings. Xiao Xun also said with a smile that in the tribe, if you want to ask someone euphemistically about the progress of their marriage, they will always say: “When can I eat your pork?”
▲Xiao Xun (middle) gained seven kilograms for filming “Ha Yong’s Family”, and also wore a few more pants to increase the weight of the “butt”. (Photo/Supplied by Huaying)
However, in addition to killing pigs when they marry, the tribe has also developed the custom of “killing unmarried pigs for peace” in response to the late marriage or even non-marriage of modern people in recent years. Xiaoxun said that a few years ago, a tribal elder reminded her that “it’s time to kill a pig.” She thought the other part of her was urging her to get married, and she shot back, “I’m living a good life! Why do you want to kill a pig!” But it turned out that as long as the relationship is stable, she can “kill pigs.”
▲ Zheng Renshuo and Xiaoxun have been in a stable relationship for many years. (Photo/photographed by reporter Huang Kexiang)
Xiaoxun said, “The purpose of pig slaughter is to let the tribal elders know that we are dating, to receive the blessings given to us by the elders, and to be the one to bless the whole family.” the workload of the “Ping An Pig” increased significantly after killing the “Ping An Pig”. Kaoru also won the Golden Bell Award in the following year, it seems that the power of the ancestor’s spirit is really super strong.
▲ In recent years, Xiao Xun has transformed from an idol into an actor and has been affirmed by the Golden Bell Award. (Photo/photographed by reporter Lin Jingmin)
However, each tribe’s customs are not necessarily the same. For example, one reporter was curious: “Can you kill a pig to pray for blessings if you are single?” Xiao Xun immediately said, “Why do you kill a pig when you are single! You must be in a stable relationship!” But director Chen Jieyao said, “Before the Taipei Film Festival won awards, the pigs were slaughtered and distributed to the people of the tribe.”
▲ Director Chen Jieyao (left) took out a photo of Gong Li playing a peasant girl and persuaded Xiao Xun (right) to perform “Ha Yong’s House”. (Photo/photographed by reporter Lin Jingmin)
Although Xiao Xun has been in the entertainment industry for many years, she still feels that the tribe is her belonging. When she is not working, she will go home. She claims to be the “Freedom of Pheasant” in the entertainment industry. And since the reception of the tribe is not good, they often cannot find anyone when they return. For example, when she was shortlisted for the Golden Bell Awards, her agent couldn’t find her if he wanted to warn her. After several hours, Xiao Xun answered her phone. She laughed and said, “Because I went diving!”
