Mei Lanfang and Meng Xiaodong

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The meeting between Mei Lanfang and Chaplin was a bit dramatic because they didn't know about it in advance. It was on the night of Mei Lanfang's arrival in Los Angeles that he was invited by the theater manager to attend a cocktail party at a nightclub. As soon as he sat down, he saw a familiar man coming from not far away. When he was thinking about where he had seen him, the theater manager came to introduce him and said, "This is Mr. Chaplin." Mei Lanfang was suddenly enlightened and immediately got up. At this time, the manager introduced to Chaplin: "This is Mr. Mei Lanfang." The two hands of the two masters of art clasped tightly. Chaplin said, "I've heard your name for a long time. It's a pleasure to meet you today.". Ah! I didn't expect you to be so young and enjoy such a name. You are really the first person in the world to be envied. Mei Lanfang said, "I saw you on the screen more than ten years ago.". Your walking stick, top hat, big leather shoes and moustache are really interesting. When I saw you just now, I hardly recognized you, because your demeanor was different from that of the stage. As a result, the reception became a private gathering of Mei Lanfang and Chaplin. As they sipped wine, they talked about drama. Mei Lanfang said he learned from Chaplin's silent films how to rely on action and expression to express the character's heart, while Chaplin asked Mei Lanfang about the performing art of clowns in Peking Opera. Although it was their first meeting, they had no sense of strangeness because of their common pursuit of drama. Instead, they talked freely and happily. After six years of separation, they met again in Shanghai. At that time,interactive panels for education, Chaplin's "Modern Times" had just finished shooting, and when he was newly married, he brought his wife Pauline. (Played the female lead in Modern Times) Honeymoon trip to Shanghai. Mei Lanfang gladly attended the reception held by the Shanghai literary and art circles at the International Hotel. The reunion of old friends was particularly intimate. Chaplin did not embrace Mei Lanfang's shoulders at all. He sighed with emotion: "I remember when we met in Los Angeles six years ago, everyone's hair was black. You see, now most of my hair is white, but you can't find a white hair. Isn't it unfair?" His words were full of humor and ridicule,interactive touch screens education, but Mei Lanfang still felt Chaplin's rough situation, and comforted him by saying: "You work harder than me. Every film is written, directed, acted and produced by yourself. It takes too much thinking.". I hope you take care of yourself. In the evening, Mei Lanfang accompanied Chaplin and his wife to watch Liantai Opera, which was very popular in Shanghai at that time, and then took them to Xinguang Theatre to watch Ma Lianliang's Famen Temple. Chaplin only stayed in Shanghai for a short day, and Mei Lanfang almost accompanied them for a day. It was only on this day that China remained in Chaplin's memory forever, so that when he returned home, he communicated completely in Chinese with Fan's Chinese servants at Fan Punk's reception dinner, which was really shocking. Mei Lanfang is also unforgettable to Chaplin. When he retreated to Hong Kong during the War of Resistance Against Japan, he often passed the hard time by watching Chaplin's films. He watched The Great Dictator six times in succession, interactive whiteboard for schools ,86 smart board, but he was still not satisfied. He urged his two sons, Baochen and Shaowu, to see it too. After that, he patiently analyzed the scene so that the children could understand its political implications. In 1954, when Zhou Enlai visited Geneva, he hosted a banquet for Chaplin, who was here, and invited him to watch the film Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. Chaplin praised Chinese traditional culture, especially Chinese Peking Opera and Mei Lanfang. Hearing the news, Mei Lanfang looked forward to meeting Chaplin again, but failed to do so because of their deaths. For a long time, besides being conscientious and down-to-earth, Mei Lanfang has never forgotten his responsibility, that is, to save the declining Peking Opera and enhance the social status of opera performers. Therefore, he constantly innovates and endows Peking Opera with new content, but he never abandons tradition, and he finds a good balance between inheritance and innovation. Watching his plays, people still see Peking Opera, but it is a brand-new Peking Opera different from the tradition, and his artistic achievements are obvious to all. Mei Lanfang was the first Peking Opera actor to make friends with intellectuals, unlike his predecessors who only focused on the pear orchard and their own "toys" and neglected to pay attention to the world outside the pear orchard and made friends outside the circle. Of course, the social contempt for opera artists and the humble social status of opera artists are the main reasons why it is difficult for pear orchard artists to jump out of the small circle. Mei Lanfang believes that the more so, the more difficult it is to get rid of the situation at the bottom of society, the pursuit of equality is human rights, and rights are not innate, it is necessary to work hard. So he boldly jumped out of the box to break away from the shackles and took the initiative to make friends with people from all walks of life. With his modest personality, gentle and reserved personality, constant innovative spirit, magnanimous and indifferent attitude, he has gradually won friendship and respect. But in spite of this, some people still follow the old rules in addressing him, such as "Mei Lang", "Xiao You", "Artist", "Actor" and "Boss", which are not very pleasant to the ear. During the performance in the United States, Mei Lanfang felt that this was a new world from the name. He no longer heard the indecent appellation of "Mei Lang" or "Xiao You" everywhere, but "great artist",smartboard for business, "rare master of style", "the most outstanding actor", "artistic envoy" and so on. He is eager to be respected in his own country. hsdsmartboard.com