There are many love stories in the Peking Opera world, but the love between Mei Lanfang and Meng Xiaodong is very special. Today Xiaobian should talk about it.
Mei Lanfang, the famous master of Peking Opera, the founder of the Danjiao Mei Sect, and one of the four famous Dans, played a vital role in the development of the history of Peking Opera.
Mei Lanfang, "Noble Concubine Drunk"
Mei Lanfang's first wife was Wang Minghua, the husband and wife were very affectionate, but the two people's children died early, and Wang Minghua could not have children again because of physical reasons.
Therefore, in order to pass on the generations, Mei Lanfang married Fu Zhifang, and Wang Minghua also retreated behind the scenes, and Fu Zhifang accompanied Mei Lanfang, so many people did not know that Mei Lanfang also had a wife Wang Minghua.
After that, Mei Lanfang and Meng Xiaodong met. One is a Qiandan celebrity, the other is a Kunling rookie, and the two quickly develop a hot love. Meng Xiaodong is also willing to quit the stage for Mei Lanfang, just imagine how important the Peking Opera stage is for a Peking Opera artist. Meng Xiaodong was able to give up the Peking Opera stage to follow Mei Lanfang, which shows how much she attaches importance to Mei Lanfang.
However, this matter was opposed by Fu Zhifang, and the eldest lady Wang Minghua was supportive. Because Wang Minghua is absolutely in love with Mei Lanfang, he also supports him in loving others.
Later, something happened, Meng Xiaodong's fans quit the stage because of Meng Xiaodong and wanted to assassinate Mei Lanfang. Later, mei Lanfang's friend who did not kill Mei Lanfang but accidentally injured mei Lanfang.
Mei Lanfang had lingering palpitations in this matter, so she deliberately avoided Meng Xiaodong. Coupled with Fu Zhifang's obstruction of Meng Xiaodong's entry into the house, the two finally broke up.
Later, Meng Xiaodong became the "Winter Emperor" in the Peking Opera circle, and it was precisely because of this that Meng Xiaodong also breathed a sigh of relief.
After that, Meng Xiaodong married Du Yuesheng, the boss of the Green Gang on the beach. Du Yuesheng held a charity performance on his sixtieth birthday, Meng Xiaodong and Mei Lanfang were the protagonists, Mei Lanfang acted for the first eight days, and Meng Xiaodong performed for the last two days. It is precisely this arrangement that although both of them participated in the charity performance, they were deliberately separated.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Meng Xiaodong followed Du Yuesheng to Hong Kong, while Mei Lanfang was the first director of the National Peking Theatre.
In recent years, there has been a controversy over whether Du Jinfang is the daughter of Mei Lanfang and Meng Xiaodong. The main points of controversy are as follows.
First: Du Jinfang and Mei Lanfang look very similar. We can see from the Peking Opera appearance of the two people that there are almost 80% or 90% similarities. Du Jinfang's appearance is also very similar to Mei Lanfang's daughter Mei Baoyue.
Du Jinfang, "Noble Concubine Drunk"
Second: Mei Lanfang is very concerned about Du Jinfang. Yan Huizhu, who was also a disciple, recalled that others were chasing Mei Lanfang to learn and Mei Lanfang was chasing Du Jinfang to teach. And Du Jinfang took her husband to visit Mei Lanfang, and Mei Lanfang would kindly say that her daughter and son-in-law had returned to the door.
Third: many old people in the Peking Opera circle recall that Du Jinfang is the daughter of Mei Lanfang and Meng Xiaodong, and said that Du Jinfang also said it. Of course, this is inconclusive, maybe it's a rumor, maybe it's the truth.
From the left, Mei Baoyue, Mei Lanfang, and Mei Baojiu
Of course, these things master Mei Lanfang himself did not mention, Meng Xiaodong did not mention, Du Jinfang did not mention, so it can only be inconclusive.