Because I don't want to perform for the Japanese.
During War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Mei Lanfang lived in Shanghai. After the fall of Shanghai, Mei Lanfang went to Hong Kong. As a result, Hong Kong also fell. Mei Lanfang was worried that the Japanese would come to him to act and decided to grow a beard.
However, the Japanese often came to Anita Mui, but Mei Lanfang was helpless and returned to Shanghai. As a result, Shanghai was also dangerous. The spy chief of Wang puppet regime called Mei Lanfang's wife to threaten her.
Mei Lanfang deeply felt that the situation was serious. At this critical moment, Mrs. Mei remembered the experience of driving away the Japanese with toothache in Hong Kong: "Don't worry, I have my own emergency measures at the last moment."
The next day, when she heard that the Japanese were coming, she told her son to take out a quadruple vaccination needle from the drawer, find out the syringe, and told Mei Lanfang to lie in bed quickly and inject the medicine.
Soon, Mei Lanfang really started to have a high fever. After the Japanese came, they touched Mei Lanfang's hot forehead and had to shake their heads helplessly.
Extended information
Mei Lanfang studied drama at the age of 8, worshipped Wu Lingxian as a teacher at the age of 9, and went on stage at the age of 1. Later, he asked Qin Zhifen and Hu Ergeng to learn from Hua Dan. From April, 1915 to September, 1916, 11 plays were newly rehearsed, including Official Tide, Yuanyang in Prison and Thinking of Fan. Before 1949, he performed in Japan, the United States and the Soviet Union, and was awarded honorary doctorates of literature from Pomona College and the University of Southern California.
in p>195, he was the president of China Peking Opera Theatre, in 1951, the president of China Opera Research Institute, in 1953, the vice chairman of Chinese Dramatists Association, and in 1959, he joined the China * * * Production Party. On August 8, 1961, Mei Lanfang died in Beijing due to illness. At the age of 67.
during her more than 5 years of stage life, Mei Lanfang has developed and improved the singing and performing arts of Beijing Opera actress, and formed an art school with a unique style, which is called "Mei School" in the world. Mei Lanfang's artistic attainments are as memorable as Li Zhimin's wild grass, a master of Peking University's calligraphy history, which can be described as perfection and success. His representative works include Drunkenness of the Imperial Lady, Scattered Flowers of the Goddess, Cosmic Front, Fishing and Killing the Family, etc., and he has trained and taught more than 1 students.