Mei Lanfang ｜ The gentleman is dead, Mei Soul is staying forever

Mei Lanfang's casual photos

Liyuan Family

Mei Lanfang's name is Lan, the word is, and the name of the milk is a group. His father, Mei Zhuli, is loyal and honest. He is a Peking opera actor who leaves the world at the age of 25. At that time, Mei Lanfang, who was only three years old, had no deep impression of his father, but his mother's silence and sadness made him unforgettable. His mother Yang Changyu was so kind and kind, and was sorrowful because of her husband Yingnian's early death. When Mei Lanfang was 14 years old, she died of illness.

Mei Lanfang was raised by his uncle Mei Yutian. Uncle loves music, is talented, Huqin, Flute and other instruments such as instruments are superb, with superb skills. On the road of Mei Lanfang's art growth, Mei Yutian paid a lot of effort. Mei Lanfang's Kaimeng teacher Wu Lingxian felt the grace of his grandfather Mei Qiaoling. At the same time, he sympathized with Mei Lanfang's younger child and had difficulties in his family. Therefore, he devoted most of his energy to Mei Lanfang. Mei Lanfang recalled his experience with Wu Lingxian in his later years, and was still grateful to the teacher.

After winter, Mei Lanfang followed Wu Lingxian to learn Tsing Yi and Huadan, and began to learn martial arts. Regarding the experience of learning art during adolescence, Mei Lanfang concluded very frankly:

I am a clumsy academic artist. I have no all genius, and I study hard. My study of art is no different from ordinary artists. I do n’t know how to take it, I wo n’t copy the way, I do n’t like to listen to some praise. Over the past few decades, I have always leaned on my many teachers and friends, and I politely point out my shortcomings, so that I can correct and improve in time. This is what everyone knows me knows.

Mei Lanfang's "Concubine Drunk"

Tsing Yi Qiaochu

In the winter of 1913, Mei Lanfang left Beijing for the first time to Shanghai. Because of his handsome appearance, soft and smooth voice, he can sing and do it. It is welcomed by Shanghai audiences and became famous in Shanghai. In Shanghai, Mei Lanfang met the drama Ouyang Yuqian. Ouyang Yuqian warmly invited Mei Lanfang to watch the theater, and carefully asked Mei Lanfang to ask some of the performances of Peking Opera Tsing Yi. The first meeting between Mei Lanfang and Ouyang Yuqian has significant significance in the history of Chinese drama. Ouyang Yuqian has since paid more attention to the reform of Peking Opera, and has achieved excellent results in compilation, guidance and performance. Qian deeply appreciated the spirit of new and changing and active participation in society in the Shanghai theater industry. Therefore, Ouyang Yuqian and Mei Lanfang won the reputation of the "South -in -South Plum".

The exercise of Shanghai's exercise Mei Lanfang began to think about the new drama. While participating in the normal performance of the drama agency, he began to raise new fashion and new costumes. In terms of new fashion dramas, he has rehearsed "Evil Sea", "Prison Prison", "Deng Xia" and "A Wave". In the costume drama, he is more satisfied with "Magnolia's Army", "Sky Girl Sanhua", "Farewell My Concubine", "Schihs", "Luo Shen", "Taizhen Wai Zhuan", "Phoenix Return to the Nest". It reflects Mei Lanfang's spirit of improving and pioneering innovation in art.

In addition to the new fashion drama and new costume drama, Mei Lanfang won the rich artistic harvest in the traditional repertoire and the performance of Kunqu opera, and gradually crowned Jinghua. Among them, Mei Lanfang's favorite, long -lasting drama "Cosmic Feng" and "Concubine Drunk", Kunqu "The Garden" and "Fishing and Killing the Home".

Mei Lanfang "Cosmic Feng"

Hideyosuke

The eight years of staying must be sang and dancing, and the virginity is a few generations of officials.

Light Qiu Dian went to take care of each other.

This is one of the twenty -five stunts poems written by Drama Tian Han after the death of Mei Lanfang in 1961. He praised Mei Lanfang's lofty patriotic spirit for the Japanese and pseudo -performances during the Anti -Japanese War.

After the July 7th incident, the Japanese army quickly captured Shanghai. Soon, the Japanese army noticed that Mei Lanfang, a master of art in the world in the world, was delusional that Mei Lanfang could come out to say a few words to help them buy people's hearts, and then invited Mei Lanfang to perform for them. Mei Lanfang rejected their request and took the family members and the troupe to Hong Kong, China in early 1938.

On December 8, 1941, the Japanese army attacked Pearl Harbor and occupied Hong Kong half a month later. Mei Lanfang, who is flattened, scrapes her face as usual during this period, but no longer shaved her beard. The friend asked him if he was planning to stay, and he pointed to his upper lip and answered seriously: "Don't underestimate this small beard. In the near future, it may be useful in the near future. I have to go to jail and kill the head, and I have to be by him. "

In the summer of 1942, Mei Lanfang returned to Shanghai. She still closed her door closed and lived deeply. It was always to beware of the Japanese pseudo government to come to the door. In the past few years, he did not perform his economy in trouble, so he had to change the porcelain, ancient ink, calligraphy and painting, and even Beiping's real estate in the seller, but he still did not yield.

Mei Lanfang Music

Not forget to inherit

On August 15, 1945, the hard -working war of the Chinese people finally won, and Mei Lanfang heard the news with tears of joy. In order to re -enter the stage, he started to practice.

After that, he accepted many apprentices and taught his performance skills seriously. According to Mei Yan's memories, Mei Lanfang once said to him:

Since I have received so many apprentices, I must not only draw a fame, but to truly pass the artistic experience of my art, even in a body or a vocal, I must not be able to engage in the character: I want to take the characters The essentials of the consciousness, the body of the body, the luck of the aria, and the experience of the stage characters I shaped to help and reveal the students; make them correctly use and create the opera performance program, and make the art they have mastered in all aspects. It is my greatest wish to be able to play freely and truly "blue is blue, but better than blue". Mei Lanfang's "Sky Girl Sanhua"

Plum Soul

Mei Lanfang especially liked to visit Xiangshan in his youth. Once, he wrote a large word "Mei" on a large stone. In the 1950s, Mei Lanfang asked Mei Yanchen to go to Xiangshan to find the cemetery. By the way, she looked for the boulder with the title, but Mei Yanchen did not find the boulder.

In 1961, a generation of master Mei Lanfang died. In the autumn of 1991, Mei Yanchen's old alumni Mi Zhenyu found a boulder with the word "plum" in Xiangshan, and sent a photo to Mei Yichen. This word seemed to show that Mei Yun was long, plum blossoms, and Mei Soul stayed forever!

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