1. Mei Lanfang (October 22, 1894 - August 8, 1961), named Lan, also known as Heming, nicknamed Qunjie, courtesy name Wanhua, also signed as Yuxuan Master , whose stage name is Lan Fang, was born in Beijing in the 20th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1894), and his ancestral home is Taizhou, Jiangsu. Master of Chinese Peking Opera performing arts.
2. Mei Lanfang learned opera at the age of 8, became a teacher of Wu Lingxian at the age of 9 and studied Tsing Yi, and debuted on stage at the age of 11. Later, he sought advice from Qin Zhifen and Hu Ergeng to learn Hua Dan. From April 1915 to September 1916, new plays such as "The Tide of Officials", "Prison Ducks" and "Sifan" were rehearsed. Before 1949, he performed in Japan, the United States, and the Soviet Union, and was awarded honorary doctorates in literature from Pomona College and the University of Southern California. In 1950, he served as the director of the China Peking Opera Theatre. In 1951, he served as the director of the Chinese Opera Research Institute. In 1953, he served as the vice chairman of the Chinese Dramatists Association. On August 8, 1961, Mei Lanfang died in Beijing due to illness. He was 67 years old.
3. In more than 50 years of stage life, Mei Lanfang developed and improved the singing and performing arts of Peking Opera dan roles, forming an art school with a unique style, known as the "Mei School" in the world. Mei Lanfang's artistic attainments are as evocative as the wild calligraphy of Li Zhimin, a master in the history of calligraphy from Peking University. His representative works include "The Drunken Concubine", "The Goddess Scattered Flowers", "Universal Frontier", "Fishing and Killing the Family", etc. He has trained and taught more than 100 students.
4. On September 25, 2019, Mei Lanfang was selected as the "Most Beautiful Struggler".