What are the characteristics of Mei Lanfang in Beijing Opera? In what ways?

Mei Lanfang, who comes from a family of Peking Opera, ranks first among the "Four Famous Dances". His performance style was elegant, elegant and fresh, and his performance attracted people's attention at that time, which laid a decisive foundation for the formation of Beijing opera art in its heyday. He brought Beijing opera art to the international stage and improved the status of national art.

Mei Lanfang was born in a famous family, studied under many famous artists, studied hard since childhood, was open-minded and eager to learn, respected tradition and devoted himself to innovation. His stage style is rigorous and exquisite, and he can creatively break through traditional habits and break the boundaries of Dandan's business. He combines the blues of Tsing Yi, Hua Dan and Peking Opera, and is good at Kunqu Opera and Pi Chun Opera, forming a peak of Dandan performing arts that can represent an era.

In singing, his voice is sweet and bright, his words are clear and clear, his lines are round and smooth, and his charm is mellow; When writing a new song, the tune is refined and refined, without grandstanding or affectation, and refined but not vulgar. Mei Lanfang can absorb the tunes of other operas (Kunqu Opera, Bangzi, etc.) in her singing. ) and other businesses (such as old students), so that it can be skillfully integrated into her own singing, sound harmonious. Mei Lanfang also has in-depth research on reading white, with a solid foundation, and has also made great efforts in delivering speeches. His tone emphasizes four tones and five tones. It just doesn't sound angular, soft but not weak, mellow and round.

Mei Lanfang's creation in doing, performing and dancing (including martial arts) is also outstanding. On the basis of tradition and drawing lessons from the advantages of other operas, he created many new stage performances and achieved great success in shaping characters and beautifying the stage image. In particular, he applied the performance method of singing and dancing in Kunqu opera to Beijing opera, with delicate expression and beautiful figure, which changed the tendency of his predecessors in Beijing opera, Tsing Yi, to sing and despise the table. In the newly edited drama Scattered Flowers in the Sky, his characters and dance creations are all based on a Chinese painting Scattered Flowers. He also creatively applied martial arts, Kunqu opera and folk dance to Beijing Opera. Sword dance in Farewell My Concubine, flower sickle dance and water sleeve dance in the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, flower hoe dance in Daiyu Burying Flowers, and clam dance adapted from folk dance Lian Jinfeng, etc. With its delicate expression and graceful movements, it brings the audience into the realm of art.

Mei Lanfang's greatest contribution to costume reform is costume creation in costume drama. In his newly edited fairy plays, such as the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, Goddess Scattering Flowers, Ma Gu Shou Li and Daiyu Burying Flowers in a Red Chamber, in order to portray the characters more accurately, he imitated the bun in the painting, replaced the small pieces with two patches, and added a ribbon on his forehead, creating a "costume head". In terms of clothing, ancient clothing has replaced "purse" and "purse", and these pioneering works have created a new business of "flower shirt".