In June 1949, the first National Congress of Literary and Art Workers was held in Beiping, Chairman Mao personally met with them, when Chairman Mao walked in front of an artist, he suddenly stopped, and said: "It turned out to be you, I have heard your name for a long time, do you know, in China, my Mao someone's reputation is not as big as yours!" and the person in the chairman's mouth is the famous Mei Lanfang!
One day in October 1894, a Peking Opera family in Beijing was full of joy, because today his family was happy to have a son, that is, Mei Lanfang, who later became a generation of Peking Opera masters!
Mei Lanfang's grandfather Mei Qiaoling is a very famous Peking Opera actor in Beijing and even in China, and Mei Lanfang's father Mei Zhufen is also a very good Peking Opera pianist, born in such a family, Mei Lanfang has been very fond of these things since he was a child, and his family also hopes that he can become a very good Peking Opera actor in the future.
However, unfortunately, when Mei Lanfang was four years old, his father died, and the cause of death was because he sang too much for the people in the class, and finally fell ill and died of illness. Without the pillars of the family, Mei Lanfang, his mother, and his younger brother lived a very difficult life.
In order to support the family, his mother often had to help with needlework, laundry, and relatives to make ends meet.
When she was eight years old, Mei Lanfang began to learn drama with her uncle, that is, Wu Lingxian, who was also famous in Beijing, Wu Lingxian was in her fifties at this time, and she didn't want to accept Mei Lanfang as an apprentice, but Mei Lanfang's grandfather had a very close relationship with Wu Lingxian during his lifetime, and it was very unbearable to see his descendants living such a difficult life, and finally accepted Mei Lanfang.
Wu Ling Xian is very kind and kind, but he is very strict with the training of his apprentices, every day when the genius is bright, Mei Lanfang needs to get up and follow him to Beijing Zhongshan Park and other places to practice his voice, often practice in the morning.
But Mei Lanfang is a child who can afford to endure hardships, he trains day after day, never misses a class, keeps all the knowledge taught by Wu Lingxian in mind, his talent and efforts are seen by Wu Lingxian, in order to cultivate Mei Lanfang into a talent, he began to find opportunities for Mei Lanfang to practice through various ways.
In 1904, Mei Lanfang was ten years old at this time, and there happened to be a Peking Opera troupe performing "Tianhe Pei" in Tiananmen Guanghe Building, and Wu Lingxian happened to know this class owner, and finally through his lobbying, the class owner gave Mei Lanfang a chance to play the Weaver Girl in it, but he almost made a mistake during the performance.
Mei Lanfang was relatively short at this time, and the Weaver Girl needed to climb the Magpie Bridge to meet the Cowherd, so Mei Lanfang couldn't climb up for a while. Relying on her own knowledge and skills, Mei Lanfang's performance was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and this time the performance was a success, and the class owner also praised Wu Lingxian for accepting a good apprentice.
In 1906, Mei Lanfang was twelve years old at this time, and there was still a year before she left school, but there was bad news, that is, his mother died!
In 1907, after five years of hard training, Mei Lanfang finally came out of the school, and through Wu Lingxian's dotting, the thirteen-year-old Mei Lanfang finally joined the very famous Peking Opera team, that is, Xilian Chengban, and began her Peking Opera career!
Mei Lanfang's childhood was unfortunate, born in a Peking Opera family but lived a very difficult life, but she was also lucky to meet an uncle like Wu Lingxian, it was Wu Lingxian's teaching that laid the foundation for Mei Lanfang to become a generation of Peking Opera masters in the future, Mei Lanfang can achieve such great success, inseparable from Wu Lingxian's earnest teaching.