Mei lan fang biography definition
Mei Lanfang, the greatest Beijing opera actor of female roles, was born in Beijing in into a family of actors, which included his....
Mei Lanfang () was a world famous maestro of Peking Opera in China.
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Mei Lanfang (1884-1961) was a world famous maestro of Peking Opera in China. He made a prominent contribution to the improvement and popularization of Peking Opera.
The Chinese Peking Opera performing system named after Mei Lanfang is regarded as the model of oriental drama performing systems and one of the "Three Major Drama Performing Systems in the World" together with Russian Stanislavsky Performing System and German Brecht Performing System.
Mei Lanfang is his stage name, and in Chinese it is generally considered a feminine name.
His real name was Mei Lan.
Born in an opera actor's family in Beijing, Mei Lanfang began to learn opera performing at eight. At the age of twenty, he became famous in Beijing and Shanghai. As an outstanding Peking Opera representative serving as a link between the past and the future, Mei Lanfang was brave in conducting reforms and innovations in numerous areas such as music, dressing, performance and dance.
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