There are many legendary women in the Republic of China period, Meng Xiaodong is one of them, she was born in the Liyuan family, known as the Winter Emperor of Liyuan, she is a rare talent in the theater industry, is a brilliant existence in the history of Peking Opera in the Republic of China, but her life is bumpy and tortuous, especially the road of feelings is the most unsmooth, what happened between her and Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang and the Qinggang gangster Du Yuesheng?
In 1907, Meng Xiaodong was born in Shanghai, starting from her grandfather, their family produced a lot of Peking Opera actors, her father, uncle, uncle, etc. are all disciples of Pear Garden, Meng Xiaodong heard in such an environment, had a strong interest in Peking Opera, she often learned to sing in the form of adults when she was a child, and when she was 9 years old, she began to learn to sing with her uncle.
She has made great progress, only 12 years old can perform on stage, many people will be nervous and afraid when they first appear on stage, but Meng Xiaodong is very calm at a young age, and plays steadily, although it is the first performance, but with a good singing voice to get unanimous recognition from the audience. At the age of 14, she performed on the same stage with Lu Lanchun and Yao Yulan, and performed brilliantly on the stage, quite a big horn style, and the seniors in the industry also evaluated her very well.
In the background, she is a beautiful girl, but as long as she stands on the stage, she is a handsome Kunsheng, and there is no female voice in the singing voice, this kind of talent that ordinary people do not have, so many people believe that she will shine in the future. Although young and famous, Meng Xiaodong was not arrogant, she thought that she still had a lot of room for improvement, so in 1925, at the age of 18, she went north alone and wanted to go to the Peking Opera Hall to learn art.
After she went north, she mainly specialized in Tan Pai art, and had humbly asked Chen Xiuhua, Su Shaoqing and other masters for advice, and even finally became Yu Shuyan's only closed female disciple, but this is already an afterthought. Meng Xiaodong is a girl singing male characters, and Mei Lanfang is a boy singing female horns, Meng Xiaodong is known as the Winter Emperor of Pear Garden, Mei Lanfang has the name of the King of the Lingjie, these two people are very right, so many good people have specially promoted them to sing on the same stage.
Although others want to have fun on a whim, they are not afraid of the stage as Peking Opera actors, and jointly performed dramas such as "Dragon Play Phoenix" and "Shilang Visiting Mother", the performance was wonderful and romantic, the audience was satisfied at the same time, the two of them also appreciated each other, secretly gave birth to a different kind of affection, and the two people who looked like Lang Cai and woman quickly came together.
It's just that Mei Lanfang already has two wives in the family, although the relationship between the two ladies in the family is good, but they have not agreed to let Meng Xiaodong enter the door. Meng Xiaodong is a capable person, she and Mei Lanfang are not for money or fame, a single picture of a love word, Mei Lanfang feel sorry for her, she bought a yard, with Meng Xiaodong to live in.
After marriage, Meng Xiaodong rarely sang on stage, causing the dissatisfaction of fanatical fan Wang Weichen, so he directly found the courtyard of the two people and asked Mei Lanfang why he hid Meng Xiaodong, but unfortunately he had not yet seen Mei Lanfang, he accidentally shot Zhang Hanju, who came to Mei Lanfang's house as a guest, Zhang Hanju's death caused a rift in the feelings between Mei Lanfang and Meng Xiaodong, coupled with mei Lanfang's second wife's great hostility to Meng Xiaodong, so the two parted ways in 1926.
With today's breakup can not be a friend a reason, Meng Xiaodong left Mei Lanfang has been avoiding it, in 1931, Liyuan celebrities in the Du Family Ancestral Hall party, people with heads and faces have gone, but Meng Xiaodong in order to avoid Mei Lanfang did not attend, the former golden boy and jade girl, has never performed on the same stage since then.
But fortunately, when Meng Xiaodong was lonely, Du Yuesheng sent warmth in time, Meng Xiaodong was Du Yuesheng's white moonlight, as early as 1925, when Meng Xiaodong just went north, he was very appreciative of Meng Xiaodong, but he was preempted by Mei Lanfang. In 1946, after years of hard work, Du Yuesheng finally won the heart of beauty, and in the same year, Meng Xiaodong went to Shanghai to live with Du Yuesheng's family.
But it was not until 1950 that Du Yuesheng held a wedding with her, and she had a bumpy life, and finally became Du Yuesheng's fifth aunt at the age of 43, and Meng Xiaodong, who was proud of her life, finally had a home. After Du Yuesheng's death in 1951, Meng Xiaodong was childless and lived alone in Hong Kong for more than ten years, until 1967, when he moved to Taiwan to meet his friends, and finally died of illness in 1977 at the age of 70.