The audience is admiring the cloak that Mei Lanfang used in the Peking Opera "Farewell to the Overlord". (Photo by Jiang Dong, a reporter from China Daily)
Beijing, January 20, 2022 (Reporter Jiang Dong) On January 20, 2022, the "Mei Lan Fanghua - Mei Lanfang Art Life Exhibition" co-sponsored by the National Museum of China, Mei Lanfang Memorial Hall and the Taizhou Municipal People's Government was exhibited at the National Expo and opened to the public. The exhibition exhibits nearly 400 physical objects (sets), all of which are precious cultural relics and documents related to Mei Lanfang's artistic life, in addition to nearly 600 related pictures.
At the exhibition site, stills from the Peking opera "Life and Death Hate" were exhibited, in which Mei Lanfang played Han Yuniang. (Photo by Jiang Dong, a reporter from China Daily)
Mei Lanfang, whose ancestral home is Taizhou, was born in Beijing in 1894. Born into a famous family, he is a world-famous Peking Opera performance artist in the 20th century. The Mei Lanfang art school he founded reversed the situation of "life-oriented" on the previous Peking Opera stage and created a new era of "equal emphasis on life and dan".
Media reporters reported in the exhibition hall, the background of which was Mei Lanfang's collection - "old-fashioned", a table and two chairs and a table and chair. "Old-fashioned" is a traditional opera stage installation, that is, the "tent" used in the performance and the backdrop used as a background. (Photo by Jiang Dong, a reporter from China Daily)
As a pioneer in the overseas dissemination of Peking Opera art, Mei Lanfang has visited and exchanged abroad many times, highlighting the unique value of Chinese opera art in the treasure house of world art, and making positive contributions to the exchange and mutual learning of Chinese and foreign civilizations.
The audience watched the large-scale oil painting "Roselle" created by the Indian painter for Mei Lanfang. (Photo by Jiang Dong, a reporter from China Daily)
The exhibition site exhibits tuan fan written by the Indian poet Tagore for Mei Lanfang. (Photo by Jiang Dong, a reporter from China Daily)