I don’t like giving gold trophies or silver trophies. These are not as important as people praising me.

This sentence is a famous saying of Mr. Mei Lanfang, the master of Peking Opera in my country. The full sentence is "A gold cup or a silver cup is not as good as the reputation of the people, and a gold medal or a silver medal is not as good as the praise of the people."

Author: Mei Lanfang (1894-1961), named Lan, also known as Heming, with the courtesy name Wanhua, Huanhua, also signed as the owner of Yuxuan, and his stage name is Lanfang. A native of Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, he was born in Beijing in 1894. He was born into a Peking Opera family.

Experience: Mei Lanfang, who has been fascinated by Peking Opera since childhood, gradually revealed his talent for opera with the help of his uncle. A successful performance in Shanghai made him famous all over the country and became the first of the "Four Famous Danks". The Japanese war of aggression against China was in full swing. Mei Lanfang lived in seclusion in Hong Kong. He grew a beard and resolutely refused to act for the Japanese government and all traitors. He also battled wits and courage with the Japanese who continued to harass him. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Mei Lanfang's Peking Opera art rejuvenated for a second time, and he worked tirelessly for the development of Peking Opera art in China and the cultivation of successors. In 1959, the Beijing People's Theater premiered "Mu Guiying Takes Command" performed by Mei Lanfang and his children Mei Baojiu and Mei Baoyue on the same stage. At this moment, Xiao Sheng, Wen Xin and Qi Rushan, who were in Taiwan, seemed to be listening to Lan Fang's performance. Fang's last song, the curtain slowly fell - Mr. Mei Lanfang unfortunately passed away due to illness on August 8, 1961, at the age of 67.

Representative works:

Xu Yanzhen in "War at Puguan" (also known as "Loyalty Festival")

Cheng Yingzhi in "Searching for Orphans and Saving Orphans" Wife

The Huansha Girl in "The Story of Huansha"

The Jin family in "The Son of the Mulberry Garden"

Zhao Jinrong in "The Story of Zhuhen"

Sister Yue Yun in "Yuejiazhuang", etc.