The Seven Laws have clouds: "Drums and chirping overflow beams, and the clouds flow melodiously." "The land of China, the essence of Peking Opera has been praised by the people. For thousands of years, peking opera singing has never been lost, and its artistic value should not be underestimated.
Among many traditional Chinese cultures, Peking Opera can be described as a unique existence, because Peking Opera has rich connotations and a long history, so our people also call Peking Opera the essence of the country. From people's evaluation of Peking Opera, we can feel that for the construction and development of Chinese culture, the importance of Peking Opera in it cannot be ignored.
In the process of understanding the art of Chinese Peking Opera, Mei Lanfang is a presence that cannot be ignored, and the Mei party he founded has made great contributions to the inheritance of Peking Opera. In Mei Lanfang's home, his son Mei Baojiu devoted his life to inheriting the art of Mei Pai and devoted his life's energy to the development of Peking Opera.
However, in Mei Baojiu's life, he refused to forgive Li Yugang, who debuted halfway to his death, and the enmity between the two also attracted the attention of many people. Why is there such a big grudge between Mei Baojiu and Li Yugang? What is the cause of the conflict between the two people?
As Mei Lanfang's youngest child, Mei Baojiu has developed a great interest in the art of Peking Opera since she was a child under the influence of her father. At the age of ten, he began to formally learn the arts. After just three years of study, Mei Baojiu was able to perform independently on stage, and from this point it can be seen that Mei Baojiu has a certain talent in the art of Peking Opera.
When Mei Baojiu was twenty-seven years old, Mr. Mei Lanfang died of illness, and in the days that followed, Mei Baojiu did his best to inherit the Meipai art performance form created by his father. In order to be able to devote more energy to the study of Peking Opera art, Mei Baojiu was even lifelong in childbearing, and after many people learned about this situation, they were also touched by Mei Baojiu's dedication.
Logically, Mei Baojiu, as the inheritor of the Mei Sect, should have helped many descendants, but when facing Li Yugang, Mei Baojiu did not have the intention of promoting him.
Through the understanding of Li Yugang's performance experience, it can be seen that by chance, Li Yugang on the stage realized the perfect switching of male and female voices, and this novel way of performing made Li Yugang a hit.
Because There are certain similarities between Li Yugang and Mei Lanfang in the process of Peking Opera performances, many people who do not know the art of Peking Opera very well will also refer to Li Yugang as "Little Mei Lanfang".
Although people say this sentence is only a kind of praise for Li Yugang, in Mei Baojiu's view, people's praise for Li Yugang is an insult to Mei Lanfang. Once, Mei Baojiu even publicly wrote that he opposed the group of men to become popular and vulgar, and he would also defend the true artistic core of Mei Pai to the death.
In the beginning, the young and vigorous Li Yugang did not care about Mei Baojiu's reprimand, but publicly stated that he was the most popular male singles actor today, and whether or not his art form was recognized in the Peking Opera circle, no one could shake his status.
Not only that, Li Yugang also publicly stated at an event that he could represent Meipai art. However, in fact, Li Yugang did not systematically study meipai art, and some of the songs he sang were also quite different from the male dan in traditional Peking Opera.
After hearing this, Mei Baojiu was furious, and he also believed that Li Yugang's various behaviors would have a negative impact on the inheritance of Mei Pai's art. Based on Mei Baojiu's rejection of Li Yugang, in the days that followed, many artists of the older generation in the Peking Opera circle were reluctant to contact Li Yugang, which also seriously affected Li Yugang's career.
Seeing this scene, Li Yugang also realized his problem, in order to ease the relationship with Mei Baojiu, Li Yugang also met Mei Baojiu many times. However, no matter how sincerely Li Yugang apologized, Mei Baojiu never eliminated his prejudice against Li Yugang, a halfway debutant.
For such an artist who strives for excellence, the significance of his life's efforts is to help Peking Opera culture achieve better development, and if someone makes a defilement of Peking Opera culture, he will also resist such defiling behavior at the first time.
Although in the eyes of some people, Mei Baojiu's attitude towards Li Yugang is too harsh, in fact, the reason why Mei Baojiu treats Peking Opera art so strictly is also because of his respect for his father Mei Lanfang and Mei Pai art.
By understanding the story between Mei Baojiu and Li Yugang, it will be found that for real artists, they cannot accept any form of desecration of the artistic ideals they pursue.
Although they will encounter many special obstacles in the process of passing on their art, with their firm belief in their hearts, they will not give up lightly.
Nowadays, with the improvement of the ideological level of our people, many people can realize the importance of traditional culture and art to China's development. It is believed that in the future society, China's art inheritance will also achieve better development, and Chinese culture will be renewed for a long time and bloom out of its due brilliance.
Reference: The Life of Mei Baojiu