112 years ago today, on February 26, 1913 (January 21, 1913 in the lunar calendar), China's first film actress appeared. China's first actress Yan Shanshan In 1913, Li Minwei, the host of My Mirror Drama Club in Hong Kong, met Blasky and Wan Weisha from the United States and discussed co-production. It was agreed that Blasky and others would finance and provide technical equipment, and our Mirror Drama Club would provide sets and actors, which would be produced and distributed under the name of Huamei Film Company. The short film "Zhuangzi Tests His Wife" was completed. The film was written by Li Minwei, and Lai also played the wife of the heroine Zhuangzi in the film. Li Minwei's wife Yan Shanshan played the role of a maid, becoming the first actress in a Chinese film. Yan graduated from Yide Normal School in Hong Kong, and participated in the Guangdong Northern Expedition Army Women's Bomb Team during the 1911 Revolution. Stills of Zhuangzi's wife played by Li Minwei