Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.s2.t7.18

v2.c11.s2.t7.18

That night, Mei Lanfang went to the railway station to see Tagore off. Before departure, Tagore invited him to visit and perform in India. In 1935, Mei Lanfang went to visit Soviet Union and Europe, and “returned by way of Bombay (present-day Mumbai), where he went ashore and had a rest for half of a day. Regrettably, he did not go to see Tagore. In the winter of 1954, a Chinese cultural delegation visited India and gave Peking opera performance in New Delhi, Calcutta (present-day Kolkata), Bombay (present-day Mumbai) and Madras (present-day Chennai). For some reason, Mei Lanfang did not go. He felt excited when hearing Li Shaochun’s account of his visit to Tagore’s former residence in Santiniketan.