Mei Lanfang is an outstanding actor in modern Beijing-Kunming Danxing, ranking first among the "Four Famous Danxing". At the same time, he is also an internationally renowned master of performing arts, and his performance is regarded as one of the "three major performance systems in the world".
Second, the story about Mei Lanfang's diligence.
Story content
When Mei Lanfang was young, she went to learn drama from a teacher. The teacher said that he has a pair of dead fish eyes and is dull and dull. It's not drama material at all, so I refuse to accept it.
The lack of talent did not discourage Mei Lanfang, but made him more diligent. He feeds pigeons, looks up at the sky every day, and follows the flying pigeons with his eyes. He keeps goldfish, looks down at the bottom of the water every day, and his eyes swim closely with the goldfish, seeking immediate results.
Later, Mei Lanfang's eyes became like clear autumn water, sparkling and affectionate, and finally became a famous Peking Opera master.
Mei Lanfang (1894101October 22nd-1961August 8th) was born in Beijing in the 20th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1894), and his ancestral home was Taizhou, Jiangsu. Master of Chinese Peking Opera Performing Arts. Mei Lanfang studied drama at the age of 8, took Wu Lingxian as her teacher at the age of 9, and took to the stage at the age of 10. Later, he asked Qin Zhifen and Hu Ergeng to learn from Hua Dan. 1965438+April, 2005 to1965438+September, 20061/official tide, Yuanyang in prison, Fanfan, etc. Before 1949, he performed in Japan, the United States and the Soviet Union, and received honorary doctorates in literature from Pomona College and the University of Southern California. 1950 was the president of China Peking Opera Theatre, 195 1 the president of China Opera Research Institute, 1953 was the vice chairman of Chinese Dramatists Association, 1959 was the China * * *, 19 1.
At the age of 67. Mei Lanfang has developed and improved the singing skills and performing arts of Beijing opera actresses in her stage life for more than 50 years, and formed a unique artistic school, which is internationally known as "Mei School". His representative works include Drunk Maids, Goddess Scattering Flowers, Cosmic Front, Fisherman Killing Father and so on. He has trained and taught more than 65,438+000 students.
Three stories about Mei Lanfang
1, in the early stage of Mei school.
In the early stage of Peking Opera, a generation of old artists, represented by Mei Qiaoling, opened a chapter in the art of Peking Opera. The Mei School art initiated by Mei Qiaoling has made outstanding contributions to the perfection and development of Peking Opera performance art, and has also become an important founder of Mei School. Mei Zhufen, the son of Mei Qiaoling, the second generation successor of Mei School, inherited Mei Qiaoling's singing style well, and he made great contributions to the inheritance of Mei School art.
2. The establishment of Mei School.
In the 1920s and 1930s, Mei Lanfang, the grandson of Mei Qiaoling, inherited and developed the Mei School art. At that time, there were four famous artists in the history of Peking Opera, namely "Sung Hoon", which made the development of Peking Opera reach its peak and was an important symbol of Peking Opera's prosperity.
Mei Lanfang founded the Dan School from the Mei School, and the best performance of Mei Lanfang in Peking Opera is Dan, so Mei Lanfang is the first person to establish an art institution in China.
In Beijing opera, women are collectively called "Dan", which can be subdivided into many occupations according to the age and personality of the role. The woman who plays a well-off family and has status is called "Zheng Dan", and Zheng Dan is commonly known as "Tsing Yi" in Peking Opera, which is named after Zheng Dan's character often wears a blue robe. Dou E, the heroine in the Peking Opera Dou E Yuan, is a typical Tsing Yi character. Tsing Yi's performance is solemn and demure, beautiful, elegant and gentle, and mainly focuses on singing. Generally speaking, Tsing Yi's singing is beautiful and delicate.
Through continuous efforts, Mei Lanfang finally merged the fine arts of Beijing Opera, and merged the industries of Tsing Yi, Hua Dan and Beijing Opera Blues into one furnace, creating a unique performance form and singing style, which is known as the "Mei School" internationally and has a great influence.
3. Innovation of Mei School
Mei Lanfang's innovative Peking Opera Mei School art is not only the pinnacle of Chinese Peking Opera and even the whole China opera art, but also one of the three major performance systems in the world. The development of Mei school art naturally benefits from the opportunities of the times. At that time, elites gathered in Beijing, theaters and teahouses, and Mei Lanfang's "Mei Party" gathered in Yu Xuan also showed their magical powers, which made great contributions to Mei Lanfang's Mei School art at that time.
4. Integration of art and drama
China's plays can be said to be active ink paintings in terms of costumes, props, makeup and performances. Mei Lanfang knows to learn from paintings to help the drama. So he studied painting and asked some famous painters, including Qi Baishi, who loved Mei Lanfang's plays very much.
Qi Baishi is Mei Lanfang's teacher and friend. Mei Lanfang integrated art, life and interest, which allowed China traditional calligraphy and painting to enter drama, expanded the art field, broke the original art barrier, opened up a new way, and spread this new thing abroad.
(3) Extended reading of Mei Lanfang's story:
Inspirational story
Mei Lanfang was born in a family of Peking Opera. His grandfather Mei Qiaoling was a famous actor in early Peking Opera. Father Mei Zhufen is also a Peking Opera actor.
Uncle Mei Yutian is a famous violinist and flute player, accompanying Beijing Opera and Kunqu Opera and playing a lot. Influenced by her elders, Mei Lanfang likes watching plays and plays since she was a child.
I began to study drama at the age of eight, and I also studied the role of Dan. Boys should imitate women in singing, reading and doing things, and sing and speak in falsetto. This requires hard practice. At first, his natural conditions were not good. Sometimes the teacher has been teaching a play for a long time and has not learned it yet. Once, a teacher saw him learning slowly and said angrily, "No, this bowl of rice was not given to you by my grandfather!" " "
Mei Lanfang blushed. He made up his mind that he must learn how to look at it, so he pondered and studied again and again. A song is usually sung six or seven times, but he has to sing twenty or thirty times. Gradually, he developed a wide, bright, round and sweet voice, which made people particularly fond of listening. After becoming famous, he once again met the teacher who first taught him. The teacher said shyly, "I was really ignorant at that time!" " "
"Don't say that." Mei Lanfang said, "I have benefited too much from you. If I hadn't been scolded by you, I wouldn't know how to make progress! " "
When Mei Lanfang was a child, her eyes were a little nearsighted, her eyelids drooped and her eyes lacked air. And Danny's eyes on the stage are particularly important. What shall we do? Later he raised some pigeons. Whenever the pigeon flies, he turns his eyes and sees farther and farther as the pigeon flies. In this way, over time, his eyes and problems disappeared, and he became particularly radiant. He still shines on the stage until he is old.
Some people always think that Mei Lanfang's artistic achievement is good natural conditions, but in fact it should be mainly attributed to his hard study and hard study.
Mei Lanfang started acting at the age of ten. At the age of fourteen, he formally performed with Xi Liancheng Troupe.
"Xi Liancheng" was later renamed as "Fu Liancheng", which is the most famous Peking Opera class in China and has trained many famous Peking Opera actors, such as Hou, Ma and Tan. Mei Lanfang acted with this troupe and learned a lot of plays, which enriched her performance experience.
At the beginning of acting, Mei Lanfang mainly sang industrial dramas, that is, she sang mainly on the stage, such as Erjin Palace, Third Mother's godson, Sacrifice to the River, Yutangchun and so on. These plays can be popular as long as their voices are good and their pronunciation is clear. But later, with the demise of the Qing Dynasty and the progress of society, the people's requirements for Peking Opera were also high. They are no longer satisfied with just listening to singing, but demand to watch those dramas with content and performance.
Mei Lanfang thought to herself, "It seems that the Tsing Yi opera, which only plays two-person turn, can't meet the requirements. I want to relax my tricks. "
Therefore, he learned a lot about figure, expression and martial arts from his teacher, such as woodcut Zhai, Fan Jiangguan and Rainbow Guan, which are very popular. Mei Lanfang often watches the performances of her peers, learning from others' strengths and using them for her own use. Kunqu Opera is an ancient and elegant opera with rich performance skills. Mei Lanfang studied Kunqu Opera with her predecessors and staged such famous dramas as Thinking of Fan, Spring Fragrance and Dream in the Garden. In this way, his acting skills have been greatly improved.
Four short stories about Mei Lanfang
When I was young, Mei Lanfang once went to worship an old artist as a teacher. After careful examination, the famous teacher shook his head and refused, thinking that Mei Lanfang had a pair of "dead fish eyes": dark, dull, dull and ineffective.
Mei Lanfang was not discouraged, but strengthened her confidence in learning art. He keeps exercising and correcting his eyes. He feeds pigeons and keeps goldfish, looks up at the sky every day, flies with pigeons and chases them, looks down at the bottom of the water every day, swims with goldfish and looks for shadows.
After a while, Mei Lanfang went on stage and asked the famous teacher to personally guide her. Seeing Mei Lanfang's performance, he was dumbfounded and shocked. Mei Lanfang's eyes are black and bright. Like a clear spring, sparkling and beautiful, he immediately accepted the apprentice.
Mei Lanfang's story
Mei Lanfang is a Peking Opera actor named Hua, whose ancestral home is Taizhou, Jiangsu, and who has lived in Beijing for a long time. During her more than 50 years of stage career, Mei Lanfang studied hard and was brave in innovation, created many beautiful artistic images, accumulated a large number of excellent repertoires, developed and improved the singing and performing arts of Beijing Opera, and formed a unique artistic school, known internationally as the "Mei School", which was deeply loved by the broad masses at home and enjoyed a high reputation internationally. Mei Lanfang's artistic achievements have played a connecting role in the development of modern opera art in China.
Mei Lanfang 1894 was born in Liyuan family on September 24th. Grandpa Mei Qiaoling (1842 ~ 1882), a famous Peking Opera dancer, is one of the "Thirteen Musts with the Same Light". Father Mei Zhufen (1874 ~ 1897) is also the main actor of Kunqu Opera and Peking Opera. Mother Yang Changyu (1876 ~ 1908) is the daughter of famous warrior Yang Longshou. Uncle Mei Yutian (1865 ~ 19 12) is a famous pianist who has cooperated with Tan Xinpei for a long time. Mei Lanfang's parents died young and was raised by her uncle Mei Yutian.
Mei Lanfang began to study drama at the age of 8, and learned to sing Tsing Yi with the famous Wu Shanling at the age of 9. In the 30th year of Guangxu (1904), on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, 10-year-old Mei Lanfang made her debut as a weaver of the Kunqu Opera "The Secret Oath of the Palace of Immortality and the Queqiao Bridge" in the Chinese Valentine's Day drama "Tianhe Pei". 1908, Daxi performed in a class. At this time, while continuing to teach in Wuling County, he also learned Hua Dan Opera from the famous Qin Danzhifen and the clown Hu Ergeng, and studied Kunqu Opera hard, practiced martial arts, and widely watched the performances of local operas in Danjiao, which laid a solid foundation for future artistic creation.
19 13 years, Mei Lanfang was invited to perform in Shanghai for the first time, and Wang Fengqing was the first card (starring). What is the second card? At that time, Wang Fengqing was a well-known student in the north and south, and Mei Lanfang was a rookie. Wang Fengqing warmly recommended Mei Lanfang to star in the big-axis drama. Mei Lanfang's first stage performance was "Wood Carving Zhai" taught by teacher Ru Laiqing. He created Mu's artistic image brilliantly and was warmly welcomed by the audience in Shanghai. During his stay in Shanghai, he observed the "new drama" in Shanghai, which mainly showed modern and contemporary themes, and was inspired. He also visited the lighting of the new stage in Shanghai, the makeup methods of some actors and the design of clothing styles. All these have had a positive impact on his artistic thought. In the same year, after he returned to Beijing from Shanghai, he starred in Yiwen Society, and released the first new fashion drama "Evil Sea and Turbulent Waves". 19 14 In the autumn, Mei Lanfang was invited to perform in Shanghai again, and the attendance rate was enduring and unprecedented, attracting many audiences from Japan, Britain, the United States and other countries until the end of the year. Two performances in the south laid a unique foundation for his art, and began a large number of new drama rehearsals and artistic innovations.
April 19 15 to September 19 16 Mei Lanfang's new rehearsal 1 1. Among them, there are new fashion dramas "Official Tide", "Deng Guxia" and "A wisp of hemp"; New drama in ancient costume, Yuanyang in prison, the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, Daiyu burying flowers, and her daughter laughing; There are also traditional operas of Kunqu Opera, such as Thinking of Fan, Spring Fragrance Disturbs School, and Copying Red with Rites, as well as Surprising Ugliness, Pre-marriage, Forced Marriage and Kite Mismarriage. The new fashion dramas "Rough Sea", "A wisp of hemp" and Deng complained about the tragic fate of women's oppression and marital autonomy. Dai Yu Buries Flowers and Daughter Laughs (also known as Qingwen Tearing Fan) are costume dramas adapted from the novel A Dream of Red Mansions. Since then, Mei Lanfang has continued to rehearse a large number of new dramas in ancient costumes, such as Lian Jinfeng, Farewell My Concubine, Fairy Flowers, Ma Gu's Birthday, Luo Shen, Xi Shi, and Legend of Taizhen. , composing and performing traditional plays, such as "The Peak of the Universe", "The Drunk Lady" and "Blame body double".
The Story of Liu Meilanfang
At the age of eight, Mei Lanfang began to study drama, and she also studied Dan Jiao. Boys should imitate women in singing, reading and doing things, and sing and speak in falsetto. This requires hard practice. At first, his natural conditions were not good. Sometimes the teacher has been teaching a play for a long time and has not learned it yet. Once, a teacher saw him learning slowly and said angrily, "No, this bowl of rice was not given to you by my grandfather!" " "
Mei Lanfang blushed. He made up his mind that he must learn how to look at it, so he pondered and studied again and again. A song is usually sung six or seven times, but he has to sing twenty or thirty times. Gradually, he developed a wide, bright, round and sweet voice, which made people particularly fond of listening. After becoming famous, he once again met the teacher who first taught him. The teacher said shyly, "I was really ignorant at that time!" " "
"Don't say that." Mei Lanfang said, "I have benefited too much from you. If I hadn't been scolded by you, I wouldn't know how to make progress! " "
When Mei Lanfang was a child, her eyes were a little nearsighted, her eyelids drooped and her eyes lacked air. And Danny's eyes on the stage are particularly important. What shall we do? Later he raised some pigeons. Whenever the pigeon flies, he turns his eyes and sees farther and farther as the pigeon flies. In this way, over time, his eyes and problems disappeared, and he became particularly radiant. He still shines on the stage until he is old.
Some people always think that Mei Lanfang's artistic achievement is good natural conditions, but in fact it should be mainly attributed to his hard study and hard study.
Mei Lanfang started acting at the age of ten. At the age of fourteen, he formally performed with Xi Liancheng Troupe.
"Xi Liancheng" was later renamed as "Fu Liancheng", which is the most famous Peking Opera class in China and has trained many famous Peking Opera actors, such as Hou, Ma and Tan. Mei Lanfang acted with this troupe and learned a lot of plays, which enriched her performance experience.
What are the stories of Mei Lanfang?
Shencheng's debut was an instant hit.
19 13 autumn, Xu, the boss of Shanghai Dangui No.1, made a special trip to Beijing and invited famous actors Wang Fengqing and Mei Lanfang to perform in Shanghai. Wang Yaoqing's younger brother Wang Fengqing was a martial arts student at first, and later became an old student. /kloc-at the age of 0/4, he entered Sixi class and then went to Sanqing class. Wang Guifen admired him very much and accepted him as an apprentice. He personally taught him Zhu Shazhi, Take Chengdu and other famous works, and pointed out his plays such as Wen Zhaoguan and Fish hide the sword. Wang Fengqing has a broad and bright voice, full of momentum and profound martial arts skills. In the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1908), he was elected to the Qing Palace. By the early years of the Republic of China, he was already a famous bearded student in the north and south. Mei Lanfang is just a young man under 20 years old. Decided that Wang Fengqing would grow a beard and hang a top card, with a monthly guarantee of 3,200 yuan; Mei Lanfang hangs two single-corner cards, guaranteed monthly 1800 yuan. In fact, at first, Xu's artistic evaluation of Mei Lanfang was not too high. Yin Bao only offered 1400 yuan, but Wang Fengqing, a helpful teacher, insisted on raising it to 1800 yuan, and said, "If you can't afford this price, then share it equally with 400 yuan in my Yin Bao." Xu Shaoqing listened to his words and reluctantly agreed.
After arriving in Shanghai, Wang Fengqing first led Mei Lanfang to visit friends in the press and literary and art circles, such as Di of The Times, Shi of Shen Bao, Wang of The News, Wu Changshuo, Zhu, Yu Sulu of the literary and art circles. Before performing the sex scene, Yang from the financial department invited Wang Fengqing to sing "Wu Jiapo" at the wedding. Afraid that the fresh head would be robbed by others, Xu refused to agree at first. When people are finished, they agree. The meeting place is in Zhangjia Garden, that is, Bird, also called Weichong Garden, which is located at Nanjing West Road and Taixing Road. The whole garden has elegant scenery and lush flowers and trees. Scholars often gather here gracefully, and exhibitions or performances of China traditional operas and civilized dramas are often held here. The church will be located in a hall in the garden. This is Mei Lanfang's first appearance in Shanghai, which is unusual. However, he has cooperated with Wang Fengqing many times in this play, and he is still familiar with it, so he is not flustered. On that day, the curtain was lifted and the audience was packed. That [Adagio Xipi] and its counterpart [Allegro] are full of colorful sounds. The audience also watched the works very carefully, and the figure of going out of the kiln applauded. The audience is very friendly and enthusiastic about this strange corner. Wang Fengqing's singing is even more popular with the audience. The performance was a great success, and it can be said that the first battle was a success.
1October 4th, 165438+ officially performed in the first phase of Tangui. This theater is located in Daxinjiekou, Sima Road (now Fuzhou Road) in downtown area. On the first day of the sex scene, Mei Lanfang's drama was The Story of the Colorful Building, which was the second from the bottom. He went to the dressing room early, a little nervous, but soon calmed down. When she took the stage, a small gong was played on the stage, and the curtain of inspecting the scene was lifted. Mei Lanfang suddenly felt that all the lights in front of the stage were on at once. When he first set foot on the carpet of this strange stage, he saw a new semi-circular stage, which was far from the old stage. Two pillars blocked the audience's view. Mei Lanfang was filled with joy and excitement at that time. After he finished the introduction, he sat down to read a poem and explain it, followed by eight adagios, which were full. On the colorful floor, singing "Xipi Adagio", turning to [26], "Look at the railing with your hands ..." When singing the chorus "Soldiers, Agriculture, Industry and Commerce are also standing on both sides", Mei Lanfang used a relatively novel singing method, and the audience warmly applauded. The audience in Shanghai appreciated the young actor's elegant appearance, novel singing style and proper performance. Mei Lanfang made her debut in Shanghai and became an instant hit. After the play, Xu Shaoqing said to Mei Lanfang with a big smile: "Mr. Mei, the public opinion of the audience is very good to you today." The next day, Yutangchun posted it in Chengdu, and the third day was Wujiapo. The three-day sex scene was hot and sold well. The audience is generally full of praise for the new role, who can sing and do, look and sound, and is not picky.
Mei Lanfang's life story.
Mei Lanfang once refused to perform for the invaders. Are there any interesting stories besides that? The following is the answer of Zqnf.Com Case Network. I carefully arranged and recommended the life story of Mei Lanfang for everyone. I hope readers will be interested.
Mei Lanfang's life story:
Go to the Soviet Union and refuse to set foot on the "Puppet Manchukuo"
193 1 After the September 18th Incident, the Japanese army invaded the northeast of China, and Mei Lanfang was forced to move from Beijing to Shanghai. In view of the domestic anti-Japanese war atmosphere, he devoted great patriotic enthusiasm, and arranged plays such as "Anti-Jin Bing" and "Life and Death Hate" in order to stimulate the people's anti-Japanese fighting spirit throughout the country. At the same time, I received an official performance invitation from the Soviet Union. But if he goes to the Soviet Union by train, he must pass through the "Puppet Manchukuo". Knowing this, he made it clear to the Soviet side that he would never go to the Soviet Union through the land occupied by the Japanese invaders, otherwise he would rather cancel his trip. Seeing his resolute attitude, the Soviet side had to dispatch a special train to send him to Vladivostok first, and then go directly to Moscow by train there. After arriving in the Soviet Union, his performance was a great success. The original eight games were increased to 15. Most members of the Political Bureau of the Soviet Union and celebrities in the literary and art circles, including Gorky, were present to watch, and finally the curtain call reached 18 times.
1937 after the lugouqiao incident, the Japanese invaders launched a full-scale war of aggression against China and quickly occupied Shanghai. From then on, Mei Lanfang resolutely refused to perform on stage and did not give performances to the Japanese aggressors. As a result of cutting off economic resources, Mei Lanfang's family lived in distress and even lived on classics.
When he was alive. During this period, a traitor disguised as a good man came to the door several times to lobby. "Playing a few ordinary commercial dramas has nothing to do with politics. You are living in an empty pocket now. As long as Boss Mei comes out to play, 100 gold bars will be delivered to your home immediately! " In this case, many friends advised Mei Lanfang to give several performances to make a living. However, some friends strongly suggested that Mei Lanfang refused to perform, so as not to make excuses for the Japanese. Multiple pressures gathered on Mei Lanfang alone. Finally, Mei Lanfang shouted: "This hole can't be opened! The embankment of a thousand miles, collapsed in the ant nest, we can't be fooled! "
Hu refused to stage for the Japanese.
1938 At the beginning of this year, Mei Lanfang's family moved to Hong Kong, lived in seclusion and rarely appeared. He paints every day. He likes to draw birds, Buddha statues, grass insects, swimming fish, shrimp and so on.
194 1 year, when Japan occupied Hong Kong, Mei Lanfang began to think about countermeasures and came up with a way to "save the ambition of invention". Recalling this experience, he said: "At that time, I only felt that the situation was getting worse and worse, and I had to find a way to deal with it. One morning, when I was shaving in front of the mirror, it suddenly occurred to me that if only I could grow a beard like Tagore. So I didn't shave for three days, my beard grew really fast, and my moustache soon grew out. Although I didn't become a beautiful man floating on my chest, I didn't expect this to really become a trump card for me to refuse to perform. "
During this period, a traitor Chu Minyi came to surrender. He is a veteran fan himself. After Mei Lanfang refused, he laughed at him and said, "If you play well, you might as well play it yourself." Mei Lanfang also said to her friends, "Don't look at my beard, it will be useful in the future. If the Japanese are unreasonable and insist that I come out to sing, then he will have to go to jail and be beheaded. "
1942 65438+ 10 In October, Sakai, commander of Japanese troops stationed in Hong Kong, saw Mei Lanfang grow a beard and asked in surprise, "How can a great artist like you quit the stage art?" Mei Lanfang replied: "I am a singer. Now that I am old, I have a bad appearance and a bad voice, and I can't act any more. I have been studying painting at home for several years to support myself! " A few days later, Sakai sent someone to find Mei Lanfang and insisted that he perform several performances on stage to show the prosperity after Japan ruled Hong Kong. Coincidentally, Mei Lanfang suffered from severe dental disease at this time, and half of her face was swollen. Sakai had no choice but to give up.
Selling paintings for a living, getting typhoid injections and pretending to be sick.
In order to get rid of the entanglement of Japanese and puppet troops in Hong Kong, Mei Lanfang's family decided to leave Hong Kong and return to their hometown in Shanghai after more than three years' absence. This move angered the Japanese invaders and frozen all their high deposits in Hong Kong banks. The life of Mei Lanfang's family was suddenly difficult. Mrs Mei Lanfang used her quick wits to propose selling paintings for a living like Ms He Xiangning. When the public saw the eye-catching advertisement "Our shop sells Mr. Mei Lanfang's paintings, welcome to come", they snapped up one after another. It was sold out in less than two days, and many celebrities offered to hold an exhibition for Mei Lanfang.
However, when the Japanese, puppet and traitors learned of this incident, they made a big scene, and sent plainclothes policemen into the exhibition hall in advance to make a big scene and drive away the people who came to visit. When Mei Lanfang walked into the exhibition hall, she found that each painting was pinned with a piece of paper, which read "President Wang's Order" and "Chief Executive's Order" respectively ... Some of them read "Send to Tokyo for exhibition". Seeing this, Mei Lanfang and his wife immediately picked up the paper cutter on the table and stabbed at the picture.
Shortly thereafter, Wu Shibao, the head of the Wang puppet spy, offered to host a condolence performance for Mei Lanfang, and said to Mrs. Mei Lanfang the next day: "Now that the Japanese are in power, it is better to be sensible." Mrs May immediately hit back and said, "Mei Lanfang is from China. How can she betray her ancestors and give up moral integrity! " After hearing this, the spy chief flew into a rage, forcibly led Mrs. Mei to see the bloody instruments of torture, and then threatened with a tin can of saltwater on the top of the banquet. Mrs. Mei said calmly without fear, "saltwater can destroy his national dignity and personality!" Said, and left.
In this grim situation, Mei Lanfang and his wife remembered the experience of driving away Japanese people with toothache in Hong Kong. They injected typhoid injections three times in a row, risked their lives and had a high fever of 40 degrees for several days, pretending to be seriously ill. When the Japanese came, they felt Mei Lanfang's hot forehead and believed it, so they shook their heads and left.
Victory in the Anti-Japanese War must restore youth.
1August, 945, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression won. On the day when the whole family celebrated, Mei Lanfang suddenly disappeared from the living room, and people of all ages were surprised. Mei Lanfang beamed with a folding fan and covered her face from the bottom of the back room. She smiled humorously.
"Look! I'll give you a trick! " Then, like a magician, he slowly took off the folding fan, revealing his youthful face, and the moustache suddenly disappeared! This caused cheers from the whole family and many old friends present.
Historical pursuit
Mei Lanfang Memorial
Mei Lanfang Memorial Hall is located at No.9 Huguosi Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, where Mei Lanfang spent the last 10 year of her life. The former residence is open to the public. There are some costumes, props, library materials used by Mei Lanfang and souvenirs such as calligraphy and painting presented by friends at home and abroad.
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Mei Lanfang joined the Party.
1959 March 16, Mei Lanfang joined China. When he joined the party, he said of himself: "I showed a little patriotism during the Anti-Japanese War. I feel great comfort, because the party affirmed me and the people encouraged me. I know that the party and the people encouraged me because they were considerate of my actual situation at that time, and I think it is commendable to be able to maintain integrity. But I realized that I didn't do enough. For example, when the country is in danger, Chinese people live in seclusion like me. Can the Chinese nation be liberated? Therefore, compared with the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, especially those literary and art fighters who fought bravely and sacrificed their lives for the national liberation and people's liberation of China, I feel ashamed. I will learn from them in the future. " Contributed by Party History Research Office of Beijing Municipal Committee
Nine short stories about Mei Lanfang
1, Mei Lanfang really hit the basin.
Mei Lanfang is always dissatisfied with the "sudden surprise" of a woman she plays. One day, Mei Lanfang came home from work and found his wife Fu Zhifang absorbed in sorting out clothes.
He thought, at this time if let her listen to a loud noise, what surprise will appear? So he picked up an orchid porcelain basin and threw it on the ground.
Sure enough, the lady cried in surprise and threw her clothes away. It took half a ring to speak. At the moment of this loud noise, Mei Lanfang accurately captured his wife's surprised expression and movements.
2. Be critical of others
19 17 12, Mei Lanfang sang The Goddess Scattered Flowers several times. A local wealthy businessman was full of praise: "This play is too vulgar and rigid. It is better to look at the bitch who scolds the street than the goddess who is neither dead nor alive.
What does it feel like for a man to pretend to be a woman? I strongly suggest that you stop pretending to be a fairy, dirty! "This word reached Mei Lanfang, and he just laughed it off. Soon, Li Weicheng, a good friend of Mei Lanfang, came to see him. Li Weicheng is a die-hard opera fan.
He saw "Goddess Scattered Flowers" and said, "I didn't sing very well today. There are too many silk dances in the two Kunqu operas, which make people see things in a blur and can't distinguish paragraphs and levels. If you keep singing like this, it's easy to walk on a slippery road. I suggest you correct it. "
Mei Lanfang was deeply ashamed when she heard this, and she did increase or decrease her figure and dance at will. Later, Mei Lanfang decided to figure and dance, and sang "Rules". Gai Jiaotian, a famous Peking Opera actor, watched The Goddess Scattered Flowers for three consecutive days.
3. Degrade yourself in the face of criticism.
On one occasion, Mei Lanfang performed the Peking Opera "Killing People" in a big theater, and the audience was filled with cheers. At this moment, a voice came from the corner of the theater: "No! Not good! " Mei Lanfang looked inside and turned out to be an old man in plain clothes.
After the break, Mei Lanfang found the old man and took him to his residence by car, waiting for him as a guest. Mei Lanfang respectfully said, "Those who say I am a good teacher are also my teachers. If the teacher says I'm not good, I must have a good opinion. Please give me advice. Students are determined to make up for it. "
Seeing that Mei Lanfang was so courteous, the old man solemnly pointed out: "According to the regulations of the pear garden, the corner walk upstairs and downstairs should be up and down. How do you go up and down? " When Mei Lanfang heard this, she suddenly realized what she had missed, so she bowed her head and thanked her.
4. Understand the righteousness and aim high.
1937, the lugouqiao incident broke out, and the Japanese invaders invaded China in an all-round way, and soon Beijing fell. Mei Lanfang didn't want to live under Japanese occupation, so she moved her family to Shanghai. Soon Shanghai was also captured. In order to whitewash the peace and win people's hearts, the Japanese army sent people to persuade Mei Lanfang to come out and act.
Mei Lanfang decisively rejected the Japanese aggressors' demands and kept a clear head. The Japanese army failed to win over, so they arrested Mei Lanfang for interrogation. In the face of intimidation and inducements, Mei Lanfang did not change her original intention. Japanese senior officials were furious and scolded: "On the stage, you are just putting on airs!"
Mei Lanfang replied forcefully word by word: "Under the stage, I am a man!" Mei Lanfang showed the national justice to the fullest. During the whole Anti-Japanese War, Mei Lanfang never performed for the Japanese aggressors.
5. Confrontation with Chiang Kai-shek's argot
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, on the third day after Mei Lanfang resumed her performance, Chiang Kai-shek went to the theater to watch. After the performance, Chiang Kai-shek met Mei Lanfang and said to him, "You are a patriotic artist. Nice to meet you today. "
When he left, Chiang Kai-shek personally wrote four characters: "China of the Nation" to Mei Lanfang. From then on, Mei Lanfang and Chiang Kai-shek met. Subsequently, Chiang Kai-shek unilaterally tore up the agreement and openly provoked a civil war, and the country fell into war again. Mei Lanfang was extremely anxious and wanted to persuade Chiang Kai-shek.
1947 In August, when Mei Lanfang performed at Shanghai Meiqi Grand Theatre, it happened that Chiang Kai-shek was also in Shanghai, so people sent two tickets to Chiang Kai-shek and attached a note.
It said, "Here are two tickets. You can bring a friend, if you still have friends. " Obviously, Mei Lanfang hinted that Chiang Kai-shek would lose friends and become a loner.
Chiang Kai-shek certainly understood the meaning after reading it, but still stubbornly replied: "I am very busy, so I won't go to see this in person, but I will see your fate, if you have a good end."
Chiang Kai-shek's answer was a pun, and he was not polite. Mei Lanfang read the note and sighed. Everyone knows everything, and the words have reached this point. Since then, Mei Lanfang has never had contact with Chiang Kai-shek again.