Mei Lanfang's title, masterpiece, main deeds and character evaluation

Title: Lan Lan, also known as He Ming, breast name skirt sister, the word Wanhua, alias the master of the embellished jade Xuan, the stage name Lanfang.

Chinese theater artist Ouyang Yuqian called Mei Lanfang "a true actor and a creator of beauty".

Representative works: The Cave of Five Flowers, The Drunkenness of the Concubine, Chang'e Runs to the Moon, Farewell My Concubine, The Burial of Daiyu and others.

Major events:

In the 1920s and 1930s, Mei Lanfang, the grandson of Mei Qiaoling, inherited and developed the art of the Mei School, and the art of the male dan appeared in the history of Peking Opera with the four great dans of "Mei Shangcheng Xun", which brought the entire development of Peking Opera to its peak, which was an important symbol of the prosperity of Peking Opera.

Meilanfang Dan line of the establishment of the school also from the "Mei school" began, and Peking Opera in the line of Mei Lanfang is the most adept at the performance of "Dan", so Mei Lanfang is the first person in China to create the art of Dan school.

Meilanfang brought art and life, and interest together, so that the traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy into the theater, expanding the field of art, while breaking down the original barriers to the arts, creating a new way out, and spreading this new style of things abroad.

Mei Lanfang put forward the "Three Points of Chinese Drama".

Meilanfang's paintings were elegant and clear, and he had a deep artistic cultivation. During the war period, he grew a beard and sold paintings for a living.

Character evaluation:

Lao She: "Suddenly heard the news of the death of comrade Mei Lanfang. We were all sad for a long time and we were in hot tears! Among us, some are friends of Master Mei, some only saw his performances, sadness is a speech. Who all know that this is a major loss to the national opera community!"

Opera theorist Qi Shan: "He was not only modest, and very trustworthy and kind, but also self-love and temperament."

"Mei Lanfang is one of the most brilliant actors ever seen, and New York has never seen such a performance." New York's Le Monde

Extended information:

Meilanfang innovated the makeup for the role of the Dan character

Melanfang's innovation for the role of the Dan actor in the north, not to speak of painting dark circles under the eyes, a few strokes of light painting on the line.

Pieces of sticking parts, high and wide, often sticking the face into a square, if the sideburns stick out a sharp angle, the insiders called "big open face". The head and then play a "Zi Ru Ye", which is the standard Qingyi disguise.

Meilanfang adopted the southern Danjiao make-up method, the eye circle painted quite black, plus a hanging eyebrow, the eyes look extraordinarily good god. And according to the individual's face shape, in the appropriate parts of the sheet, the audience looked at the feeling of beauty, for the performance added luster. At the same time also for the northern Danjiao make-up pioneered.

His artistic style in his later years was not as colorful as that of the middle period, but tended to be lighter and more subtle, and richer in inner charm. This signifies that his stage art has reached the realm of pure perfection.

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