What does Mei Lanfang grow a beard for?
Mei Lanfang's son, Mei Baojiu, was taught and guided by his father. As a leading figure of Mei school art and an important actor in Beijing Opera, Mei Baojiu deeply felt the importance and urgency of inheriting Mei school art and worked hard for it.
Among the outstanding successors of Mei School art, Hu Wenge is regarded as a rising star of Mei School. He studied under artists such as Mei Baojiu and worshipped Mei Baojiu. In the process of learning from Mei Baojiu, he inherited the Mei school art well, showed the charm of the male Dan art, and contributed his own strength to the inheritance and development of the Mei school art and the male Dan art.
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Mei Lanfang chose the combination of the old and the new in Peking Opera performance, removed its ugliness and vulgarity in inheritance, left its essence and elegance, and actively studied and absorbed it. Mei Lanfang's "Mei School" road, like the creators of other schools, first follows the path of teachers, and then follows his own path of innovation on the basis of teachers.
The biggest feature of Mei school is that it has no characteristics. It is difficult to grasp a certain feature, which stresses the beauty of the model. No matter how much emphasis is placed on one stroke, one style, one word and one cavity, and one luck, it is very standardized.
The artistic expression of Mei Lanfang's stage actors, he said: "I have never seen any actress on the stage who can show the characteristics of women to the fullest like Mei Lanfang." In addition, he was deeply impressed by Mei Lanfang's "great power of performance rhythm". In contrast, he felt that Soviet drama had "many defects". He believes that Mei Lanfang's performance in the Soviet Union has a lasting "special influence" on Soviet drama.