In 2007, a song "New Noble Concubine Drunk" spread all over the country, and the name of singer Li Yugang began to be known to more people, and the audience was surprised by his unique voice and flowing dance posture, and they were circled by him, believing that this was a reproduction of traditional culture.
People's eyes are focused on Li Yugang's beautiful drama, and then the invitations to various programs emerge in an endless stream, Li Yugang also took this opportunity to step onto a larger stage from the spotlight of the Avenue of Stars, according to Li Yugang's own description, this period was not smooth sailing, but also encountered many setbacks.
Most of them are over-the-top, saying that the past has passed, but there is one person who has always been the biggest obstacle to Li Yugang's psychology.
Li Yugang mentioned more than once in an interview that he wept and blamed himself for how sad and self-righteous this person was, and in the end he did not have the courage to face him, until this person died, he never had the opportunity to apologize and seek forgiveness, which became a permanent regret in his heart.
This person is Mei Lanfang's son, Mei Baojiu.
Mei Baojiu
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As early as before Li Yugang became famous, Mei Baojiu was already a well-known Peking Opera master in the circle for a long time, and as the son of Mei Lanfang, a famous Peking Opera master in the last century, Mei Baojiu's attitude towards Peking Opera was awe-inspiring and rigorous.
In his heart, his father is his original intention to inherit the drama, and he is also the person he most admires. But unfortunately, the fledgling Li Yugang touched Mei Baojiu's reverse scale.
Once, Li Yugang hung a banner during the performance, with ten eye-catching characters on it: "There is Mei Lanfang in the front, and Li Yugang in the back," as if he put himself in the position of a famous theater artist, and even proud enough to sit on an equal footing with Mei Lanfang.
In fact, before that, there were also Li Yugang's fans shouting such slogans everywhere, Mei Baojiu knew it, although he was very dissatisfied, he did not say anything, he regarded these as an accidental behavior of fans.
But this time is different, at the performance scene, someone actually held up such a banner in a dignified manner, which is really intolerable, in short, it is because of these ten words that Mei Baojiu is angry.
It should be known that Master Mei Lanfang is a nationally recognized outstanding dramatist, named the first of the "Four Famous Dans", he has passed the test of the times and made indelible contributions to the inheritance and innovation of traditional Chinese drama.
At that time, Li Yugang, who was just starting out, because he was from a popular singing background, did not have a particularly deep understanding of drama.
The drama in "The New Noble Concubine Drunk" actually has a big gap with the national art that Master Mei Lanfang has studied all his life. Objectively speaking, from a professional point of view, Li Yugang is really difficult to compare with Master Mei Lanfang.
Therefore, as Mei Lanfang's son and inheritor, the only thing Mei Baojiu could not forgive was this incident. In Mei Baojiu's view, traditional drama has extremely high requirements for Danjiao, which requires performers to polish with their lives.
Although Li Yugang worked hard to learn to dress up and sing, if he put himself and Mei Baojiu's father at a high level, it was really difficult for Mei Baojiu to accept.
It is for this reason that Mei Baojiu, who has always been good-tempered, began to express her dissatisfaction in public. Although no one was nominated, everyone knew who he meant.
Mei Baojiu and her father Mei Lanfang
Mei Baojiu said unceremoniously: "For those who bear the banner of Mr. Mei Lanfang, I strongly protest that Nandan was originally a very pure art, but it was vulgarized to please the audience and become a joker." ”
In Mei Baojiu's view, although Li Yugang has many fans, his artistic attainments cannot be compared with Mei Pai art. In the orthodox art that he has come into contact with, Fang is the first element, and an artist like Li Yugang who debuts in a sensational performance style is fundamentally different from a Meipai artist.
Li Yugang did not realize that something was wrong with him after being criticized by Mei Baojiu, when his career was on the rise.
Knowing that someone was alluding to "touching porcelain", he immediately sharply refuted the past: "Although some people in the Beijing circle do not recognize my art, how many male Dan actors since the new century have been as popular as me?" ”
After this sentence was disseminated, more and more people said that they could not agree with it, believing that Li Yugang lacked respect for old artists. Since then, Li Yugang's popularity has also become lower and lower.
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Unlike Li Yugang's fearless ignorance, Mei Baojiu has taken every step from contact with drama to inheritance drama. He walked on the path of the inheritors of Mei Pai art, from the initial caution, to the increasingly skilled and enduring, and now, full of heavy responsibility.
Father Mei Lanfang's well-intentioned, Mei Baojiu from childhood to see in the eyes, father dedicated his life to drama, but also founded the "Mei Pai art", but the development of art needs to be inherited.
Although there are four children in the family, not all children have talents, and not all children are willing to learn drama, in the end, only Mei Baojiu took over his father's crown.
But his start was not smooth, and theatrical art was picked up again after a special period of shelving, when Mei Baojiu had missed the best age to learn drama.
There is not much difference between learning drama and learning martial arts, if it is a shallow taste, naturally there is no need to strictly examine, but if it is for the purpose of seniority, we must pay attention to tong zi gong.
If a person who does not practice martial arts for a day is unfamiliar with his fists and feet; if he does not practice for a day, his temperament will immediately be different. Moreover, Mei Baojiu has not practiced for many years, and the beginner's age is relatively old, and in order to achieve extraordinary results, it is necessary to redouble his efforts.
Mei Baojiu stood behind his father Mei Lanfang, from a distance only felt that the figure was so majestic, simply unattainable, Mei Baojiu also said in an interview, because as a father is too perfect, how to catch up with himself can not catch up, which makes himself very hard for a long time, but then he figured it out, since he can't catch up, it is better to inherit it.
In fact, the gap between Mei Baojiu and Mei Lanfang may only be in the "figure", and some viewers occasionally ridicule "Jiu Ye has no waist", which is caused by the "golden decade" of the drama because he missed the "golden decade" of the drama when he was a child.
This also makes Mei Baojiu work harder in singing, talented, willing to work hard, coupled with a natural good voice, so that Mei Baojiu has successfully become a generation of celebrities after Mei Lanfang, and has also received heartfelt praise from many famous artists" "Mei Baojiu is slightly better than his father in singing."
But even so, Mei Baojiu still does not dare to call himself the inheritor of Meipai art, he is very modest every time to say that he is just a conscientious person, in Mei Baojiu's view, Meipai art is an unattainable mountain, can not be casually "represented" and "self-proclaimed".
It was at a CCTV party, the opening session, Li Yugang picked up the microphone and said his first words: "On behalf of the profound Meipai art, I extend sincere greetings to the national audience!" ”
As soon as Li Yugang opened his mouth, he touched the red line in Mr. Mei Baojiu's heart, and out of upbringing, Mei Baojiu did not argue with him on the spot, but got up and left the table, flicking his sleeves away, leaving only a back shadow for Li Yugang in front of the stage and even the whole party.
Everyone could see that Mei Baojiu was really angry, only Li Yugang was confused and didn't know what had gone wrong.
However, at that time, few people sympathized with Li Yugang, and things developed to this point, which was caused by the phrase "Meipai Art". Until others reminded him of what he said, Li Yu just realized the problem with hindsight.
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Li Yugang may not have meant it, in his view, traditional art is being covered by the heat of popular elements. Unlike Mr. Mei Baojiu, who is rigorous and conservative in his art and strives for excellence, Li Yugang's love is expressed in the innovation of old traditional art, and even the combination with the trend of the new era.
In fact, not only Li Yugang, but also some people also believe that the traditional culture represented by Peking Opera has gradually become blurred and distant in the eyes of young people.
Few people are willing to spend decades mastering these "old and cumbersome" cultures. Therefore, many people have found that the proportion of Peking Opera on the modern stage is decreasing.
You know, in the line of Peking Opera, whether in ancient times or in modern times, it is not an easy thing, they need to practice from an early age, and even every detail must be deliberated thousands of times, every step must be in place, every singing voice, every expression must be just right, and behind this is the result of their hard work for decades.
It can be said that the great success of Peking Opera is simply more difficult than ascending to the heavens. This is also the reason why there are so few Peking Opera masters who can really be praised.
On the contrary, some pop singers usually enter the public eye in an incredible way, for them, catching people's attention is very important, as long as they can be liked by most people, they can not stick to any form, in the new popular elements can be combined with Chinese and Western, in the old traditional form can also be infinitely innovative.
Because for art, the new will also become old, the old will also be renovated, whether new or old, from the love in people's hearts, love can not be disappointed.
The efforts made by Li Yugang to renovate and disseminate the art of Peking Opera cannot be ignored, and for Mr. Mei Baojiu, the consequences caused by the gaffe are also immeasurable.
As a traditional art form, "Meipai Art" not only has a difficult learning process, but also a big difficulty from worshiping teachers to self-reliant portals, which is completely different from modern popular art from the class or grassroots, and this is exactly what Li Yugang does not understand.
For traditional artists, there is a big gap between the era in which they lived from childhood and today's era environment, and there is nothing wrong with publicity, but once the way of propaganda has a negative impact on the traditional culture, they cannot understand and accept it, because they value art itself more than traffic.
In the eyes of Mr. Mei Baojiu, "Meipai Art" is not only a precious art form, but also the painstaking efforts of countless people, which have not faded in the long and arduous years of the past.
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Li Yugang, who had just arrived, obviously did not know the status of Mr. Mei Baojiu in the Beijing circle, and because of his inappropriate speech, which aroused the disgust of various Meipai art-related people, he only knew that his resources were decreasing day by day, and his career was stagnant.
Li Yugang spent a very dark period of time alone according to him, and in desperation, he had to ask Teacher Wang Kun to apologize to Mr. Mei Baojiu on his behalf many times.
Teacher Wang Kun is a famous soprano singer in China, since Li Yugang spoke at the symposium on the 70th anniversary of her career, the two have been in contact, fortunately, There is also a friendship between Teacher Wang Kun and Mr. Mei Baojiu.
Due to the special situation, Teacher Wang Kun suggested that Li Yugang write a letter to apologize, which was more sincere, but Li Yugang still wrote a letter to Teacher Wang Kun here, still hoping to be handed over, because he did not know how to face Mr. Mei Baojiu. When Teacher Wang Kun said for the third time, "You must tie the bell to the ringer", Li Yugang cried.
It was shortly after the death of Mr. Mei Baojiu, Li Yugang said in an interview with the media: "I cried three times, and finally I gave up, because the contradiction was already very deep, I couldn't solve it, I still just wanted to be myself." ”
Li Yugang did not go to Mr. Mei Baojiu to apologize until Mr. Mei Baojiu died, and Li Yugang did not go to the funeral, so everyone knew that Mei Baojiu did not forgive Li Yugang until his death.
Although he did not go to the funeral, on the day of Mr. Mei Baojiu's death, Li Yugang posted an article of condolences with guilt, and later, Li Yugang also mentioned when participating in the program that he hoped that Mr. Mei Baojiu would have knowledge and forgive himself who was reckless at that time.
It can be seen that Mei Baojiu has left a deep mark in Li Yugang's heart. Unfortunately, even if Li Yugang had realized his mistake at this time, it would not help.
Mei Baojiu was childless and childless in his life, but there were many disciples in the inheritance, and he fulfilled his responsibility for the art of Mei Pai, so that the theatrical genre created by his father Mei Lanfang was passed down from generation to generation, which was his lifelong career and a lifelong cause.
Therefore, when Li Yugang only adapted the popular singing method of "Noble Concubine Drunk", Mr. Mei Baojiu, although slightly uncomfortable, did not show dissatisfaction.
The real root of the contradiction between them is that Mr. Mei Baojiu respects Li Yugang's innovation, while Li Yugang does not respect Mei Baojiu's special feelings for "Meipai Art".
In the following years, Li Yugang's career gradually moved to the other end of the parabola, except for a song "New Noble Concubine Drunk" that year, there seemed to be no work that could arouse people's impressions, and the figure that floated out of the dust at that time also began to be forgotten by people in the passage of time.
The Slovaks have passed away, and the grievances are gradually buried in the dust. Importantly, the inheritance of true traditional culture is still on the way.