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梅兰芳
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Mei Lanfang as Yang Guifei, Liangyou, 1928-04-30
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Photo credit

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潘公展先生（左）授旗予伶王梅蘭芳博士（右）
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梅兰芳

梅蘭芳
Méi Lánfāng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Mei Lanfang
  2. 2 master of Peking opera, celebrated specialist in female (dan) roles

About Mei Lanfang

1894–1961 · 艺术家 artist

The best-known star of 京剧 (Peking opera), a man who played female roles. He toured Japan, the US and the USSR, and under Japanese occupation grew a moustache so he could not perform, the story of 蓄须明志.

Also called  梅澜、 畹华

Examples

HSK 5
陈凯歌导演拍过一部电影《梅兰芳》。
Chén Kǎigē dǎoyǎn pāi guo yí bù diànyǐng 《 Méi Lánfāng 》.
Director Chen Kaige made a film called 'Forever Enthralled' about Mei Lanfang.
HSK 7-9
梅兰芳是京剧旦角的代表人物。
Méi Lánfāng shì jīngjù dànjué de dàibiǎo rénwù.
Mei Lanfang was the defining figure of the dan (female) role in Peking opera.

Tips

culture
Seeing him perform in Moscow in 1935 shaped Bertolt Brecht's idea of the 'alienation effect', and on the same tour Sergei Eisenstein filmed him in the play 虹霓关.

Stroke Order

梅 méi
兰 lán
芳 fāng