Master Mei Lanfang’s name is Lan and his courtesy name is Wanhua. He had a special liking for Wanhua Mountain, and he chose to place his cemetery here. There are two reasons: First, Mei Lanfang was very satisfied with the beautiful scenery here, especially because "Wanhua" and "Wanhua" are homophonic, which is God's will; secondly, this place is far away from the big "Mei" character carved by his own hands in his youth. , can look at each other day and night. So "on this auspicious soil, a good city was built in advance. The surrounding foundations were planted with short stilts and the three characters "Yuxuan" were engraved on them...". Mei's first wife, Wang Minghua, was buried here after she died of illness.
Mr. Mei was very optimistic about life and death during his lifetime, and once said that he would be cremated after his death. On August 8, 1961, Mr. Mei passed away at the age of 67. When planning the funeral, his wife Fu Zhifang was unwilling to cremate him. Qi Yanming, the then Vice Minister of Culture, decided to bury Mr. Mei here after asking for instructions. . The Mei family cemetery is carefully designed, with a giant plum blossom cast in cement in the center. Master Mei and his two wives are buried in the center of the flower. Behind the tomb is a 2-meter-high white marble monument with a biography written by the dramatist and calligrapher Xu Ji engraved in the center. "Mei Lanfang's Tomb" is written in large cursive script.
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