The reason is that during the performance, fans pulled out a banner-Mei Lanfang in front and Li Yugang behind. This is the fans' high opinion of idol Li Yugang, but it has also aroused many people's dissatisfaction. They think that Li Yugang and Mei Lanfang are equal, which is a disrespect for Mei Lanfang. Among them, Mei Baojiu, Mei Lanfang's son and student, reacted most strongly.
Mei Baojiu thinks this is a great disrespect for his respect for his father. He thinks that Li Yugang just sang a few songs, even if he performed "Drunk New Guifei" on the stage of CCTV Spring Festival Evening, he is not qualified to be compared with his respected father Mei Lanfang.
His father Mei Lanfang is full of peaches and plums, and even he is one of his many disciples. Li Yugang can only be said to be a singer with some skills in Peking Opera, and has not been trained by the Mei school system. All the disciples dare not compare with Mei Lanfang. How can Li Can Yugang be so overreached?
Prior to this, Mei Baojiu once praised Li Yugang, who appeared in classic plays such as Drunken Princess, and even Mei Baojiu had the idea of accepting him as an apprentice. They once became friends. But the content of the banner made Mei Baojiu feel that it was an insult to his father and himself (because he had not accepted Li Yugang as an apprentice), and it was also an insult to the traditional Meipai art.
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Mei Baojiu once said in an interview: "I am a person who works, and a person who works is neither a master nor a peak. At best, I am a teacher-Miss Mei. Passing on the art that my father has done for a lifetime, even if it is world-famous, is enough for me as a teacher. "