吕瑞英的童年是很不幸的:家庭生活穷苦,从小便依别人为生,她甚至连自己的父母是谁都不知道。九岁,她开始学戏,师父抄了剧本给她,聪颖的吕瑞英很快就能背诵了,她的接受能力是很强的。十二岁,她被介绍到小戏班子里,开始了她的职业演剧生活。她在向我讲起那一段的生活时说:「我参加的那些班子,都是很小的,在农村里流动演出的草台班。我们终年住在船上,沿着河到各乡各镇上 Lü Ruiying’s childhood is very unfortunate: family life is poor, from childhood to others, she did not even know who their parents. When she was nine, she started learning to play. Master copied the script to her. The clever Lü Ruiying was able to recite it very quickly. Her ability to accept was strong. Twelve years old, she was introduced to the little opera team, began her professional career. As she told me about the life of that period, she said: "The groups I participated in are all very small grass-shift classes that perform in the rural areas. We live on board all year round, on