Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.s2.t7.6

v2.c11.s2.t7.6

He moved to Shanghai in 1918. He was good at ‘Qingyi, Huashan’ and ‘Daomadan’, and after Wang Yaoqing, he made innovations and inventions to ‘*dan*’ role’s singing, speaking, dancing, music, attire and makeup, and form the unique “Mei School”. He was good at both Peking and Kunqu opera. His look was pretty and singing melodious. He was a master of ‘*dan*’ role and enjoyed an international fame. In a half century, he had performed nearly 400 plays, including among others ‘*Yuzhou Feng, Guifei Zuijiu, Bawang Bieji, Duanqiao, Youyuan Jingmeng, Feng Huan Chao, Kang Jinbing, Mu Guiying Guashuai*’ and ‘*Tiannv Sanhua*’, and was acclaimed by the international community as the “incarnation of beauty”. He was patriotic and refused to perform during the Japanese