The blackmailer destroyed the painting angrily.
Mei Lanfang has performance income. When she went to Hong Kong, she took it to Hong Kong and deposited it in the bank. However, shortly after returning to Shanghai, Hong Kong under the rule of the Japanese aggressors froze all this high deposit and could not withdraw it. Mei Lanfang, who has been living on interest, suddenly has difficulties in family life, and how the whole family can survive has become a problem that Mei Lanfang thinks day and night. He asked his wife what to do. The woman said, "Recently, the newspaper published the news that Ms. He Xiangning sells paintings for a living. We might as well learn from her. Give full play to your painting talent. How do you make a living by selling paintings? "
In fact, Mei Lanfang had this idea for a long time, but she didn't say it, for fear that her wife wouldn't agree. Since the lady took the initiative to speak, he naturally nodded. The two set out to conceive, the wife grinds ink and the husband paints. In less than eight days, I drew more than 20 pictures of fish, shrimp, plum and pine. When the public saw the eye-catching advertisement "Our store sells Mr. Mei Lanfang's latest works, welcome to visit", they snapped them up one after another. In less than two days, more than 20 paintings were all sold out.
After the news came out, the Shanghai literary and art circles, the press and the business circles reacted very strongly. Many celebrities proposed to hold an exhibition for Mei Lanfang. Mei Lanfang was particularly excited when she learned that. In order to live up to expectations, he practiced hard for half a month and painted dozens of works for the organizers to arrange. The organizer selected the Double Ninth Festival to be exhibited in the Shanghai Exhibition Hall, and invited Mei Lanfang and his wife to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
However, the news spread like wildfire, and the Japanese, puppet and traitors colluded with each other and made trouble at will. They sent a group of plainclothes policemen into the exhibition hall in advance.
The hall was manipulated and many visitors left. Mei Lanfang was surprised to find that the door was empty. When he entered the exhibition hall, he found a note pinned to each painting, which read "President Wang's Order", "Vice President Zhou's Order" and "Chief Okamura Ningji's Order" ... Some of them read "Send to Tokyo for Exhibition". Mei Lanfang and his wife saw this scene, and their eyes were burning. They immediately picked up the paper cutter on the table and stabbed the picture. "wow! Wow! Hey! " After a few minutes, the Chinese painting turned into a piece of paper.
Mei Lanfang's indignant destruction of paintings soon spread throughout Shanghai and the whole country. The newspaper of Shanghai authorities published the first news, saying: "Minister Chu was dumbfounded, and an art exhibition was a false alarm!" Soong Ching Ling, Guo Moruo, He Xiangning and Ou Yangyuqian delivered speeches of solidarity, praising Mei Lanfang's integrity and being admired by the world. The masses also sent letters to support Mei Lanfang's patriotic action. Mei Lanfang was moved to tears when he saw that the people of the whole country appreciated and supported him so much. He excitedly said to his wife, "I, Mei Lanfang, am no longer a lonely swallow!" "
Make a living by borrowing money.
Mei Lanfang was cut off from economic resources and lived in natural poverty. He had to sell his house in Beijing in tears, and then sold his collection for many years. Nevertheless, I borrowed money from my relatives and friends. A friend learned that his family's life was desperate, so he donated money to help each other. Ye Yuhu, an old painter, proposed to hold a Chinese painting exhibition in cooperation with him, highlighting the theme of plum and bamboo and expanding social influence.
In the occupied area of Shanghai, there is chaos and panic, and people have to live in fear because of water and electricity cuts or air raid alarms. It is in this difficult environment that Mei Lanfang made great progress in painting and overcame a series of unimaginable difficulties. After eight months' hard work, he painted more than 70 works of/kloc-0, with a wide range of subjects, including ladies, Buddha statues, flowers, pine trees and plum blossoms. Together with Ye Yuhu's works, it was exhibited in a villa of China Bank on Chengdu Road in the spring of 1945, which was well received by the majority of visitors.
After the exhibition, Mei Lanfang was forced to sell most of her works in order to make a living. Income is to pay off debts, to arrange the livelihood of the family, and to support people with more difficulties in the troupe. Mei Lanfang bitterly recalled the vicissitudes of these years and said gloomily to his friends, "I can't describe the pain of an actor who refused to perform on stage because of his beard because he resisted the harsh social environment." I paint partly to make a living and partly to amuse myself. Otherwise, I really want to suffocate. "
During the Anti-Japanese War, Mei Lanfang resolutely refused to perform for the national enemy, which showed the indomitable strength of a generation of artists. This incident has become a touching story of China, widely praised by the people of China, and greatly inspired the determination of the people of China to fight bravely.
Brief introduction of Mei Lanfang
Mei Lanfang (1894 ~ 196 1) is a master of Peking Opera. Form your own artistic style, which is called "Mei School" internationally. The representative plays of Beijing Opera include Drunk Imperial concubine and Farewell My Concubine. Kunqu Opera includes Fanfan, Dream in the Garden and so on. The thesis is compiled as Collected Works of Mei Lanfang, and the play is compiled as Selected Plays of Mei Lanfang. Li Shifang, Zhang Junqiu, Yan Huizhu, Du Jinfang and Mei Baojiu are the artistic successors of Mei School.
Mei Lanfang (1894 ~ 196 1), whose real name is Lan and whose real name is Hua, was named Sister Skirt. Han nationality, a native of Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, has long lived in Beijing. Born into a family in Liyuan, he studied drama at the age of 8, took Wu Lingxian as his teacher at the age of 9, and took to the stage at the age of 10. He lost his mother at the age of four, his father at the age of twelve, and his uncle lived in a private house in Yunhetang. Gong Qingyi also plays Beijing opera blues. Good at dandan, beautiful appearance, mellow singing and graceful typhoon, known as one-way loyalty. Later, he asked Qin Zhifen and Hu Ergeng to learn from Hua Dan. He studied Kunqu opera hard, practiced martial arts, and widely watched the local operas of Dan Jiao and the performances of other people from all walks of life. After long-term stage practice, he created and developed the singing, recitation, dance, music, clothing and makeup of Beijing opera, and formed his own artistic style, which is known as "Mei School" internationally.
Mei Lanfang's outstanding achievements in art have attracted the attention of foreigners. Before 1949, he performed in Japan, the United States and the Soviet Union, and received honorary doctor of literature from Pomona College and the University of Southern California. Mr. Mei is also a great patriot. During the Anti-Japanese War, he had a beard and a clear head, refused to perform, and made a living by writing and selling paintings. After liberation, he served as the president of China Peking Opera Theatre, the president of China Opera Research Institute, the vice chairman of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the vice chairman of Chinese Dramatists Association. /kloc-joined the China * * * production party in 0/959, and rehearsed the last new drama "Mu is in command" at the age of 65. 196 1 died of a heart attack in Beijing on August 8th. At the age of 67.
Grandfather Mei Qiaoling, the eldest son Mei Yutian (Dassault) and the second son Mei Zhufen (Sol) inherited their ancestral business and became famous singers. Mei Zhufen is the second master of Jinghetang, born in Mei Lanfang. She is weak, singing during the day and drinking at night. She was all skin and bones because of lung disease and died a few days ago. Mei Lanfang was lonely and raised by her uncle's big lock. A little longer, he sent Yunhe and Tang Zhu Xiaofen (grandfather's door, Doris's brother-in-law) to learn, together with his classmates Xiaofen and Youfen, Doris's cousin Wang Huifang, and enlightened Wu Lingxian. At the beginning, Doris was not very artistic. Wu Shi felt that she was very smart and special. In the meantime, there is also a wine business. Lai Shishang was favored by Te, whose Yan Hedu was very rich, so he took a class and joined together, 14 years old. When I met Feng Gengguang (a famous banker), I especially tried my best to live in Beilu Caoyuan, spending money like water without stint. At that time, officials and businessmen formed a plum party, and Lan Fang quickly became popular and became the leader of the pear garden. Not only timing, but also morality and art are important!
Mei Lanfang (1894- 196 1) was born in Beijing, 1894. He was born in a Beijing opera family. Photo of Mei Lanfang's drama (20)/KLOC-0 was staged in Guanghe Building in Beijing at the age of 0/0, and he served as Hua Dan in 65438+ 19 13, and performed in Shanghai for the first time. He has performed such plays as Colorful Houses, Jade Tang Chun and Woodcut Zhai. AtNo. Dangui 1 at the Daxin intersection of Sima Road. When he first came to Shanghai, he became popular in Jiangnan. At that time, there was a saying circulating in the alley: "Please be like Mei Lanfang and have a son like Zhou." He absorbed the improved elements of Shanghai civilized opera, such as new stage, lighting, makeup and costume design. After returning to Beijing, he created a new fashion drama "Rough Sea". The following year, he came to Shanghai again, and performed such famous works as Five Flowers Cave, True and False Pan Jinlian and Drunken Lady, and sang for 34 days.
After returning to Beijing, Mei Lanfang continued to rehearse the new plays "the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon", "Spring fragrance makes snow" and "Dai Yu buries flowers". 19 16 came to Shanghai for the third time and sang for 45 days. 19 18 and then moved to Shanghai, which was the pinnacle of his dramatic art, and he performed on the Tianchan stage many times. Combining the performances of Tsing Yi, Hua Dan and Beijing Opera blues, it created a mellow and beautiful singing voice and formed a unique Mei school. 19 15 years, Mei Lanfang rehearsed a large number of new plays, and made unique artistic innovations in singing, chanting, dancing, music, clothing and other aspects of Beijing opera, and was called the master of Mei School.