Mei Lanfang (1894 101October 22-196/August 8, 2008), whose real name was Lan, also known as He Ming, whose birth name was Hua, and whose stage name was Yuxuan, was in the 20th year of Guangxu (65438+.
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 year was the president of China Opera Research Institute, 1953 was the vice chairman of Chinese Dramatists Association, 1959 joined the China * * * production party,1965433. 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". Mei Lanfang's artistic attainments are as unforgettable as Li Zhimin's Wild Grass, a master of calligraphy history in Peking University, which can be described as perfect and remarkable. 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.
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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.
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.