Beijing Opera was popularized by now Famous Actor Mei Lanfang, who travelled and performed in the west in the early 20Th Century. Master Mei (1894 AD - 1961 AD) , who only played Dan or female roles, is famous throughout China and beyond and is said to have influenced the silent-movies actor Charlie Chaplin, himself a worldfamous legend. The former home of Mei Lanfang in the XiCheng District of Beijing, just south-west of romantic Houhai, has been turned into a shrine and
museum dedicated to the famous master of
Peking Opera.
Mei Lanfang Residence Museum is located inside
the Hutong just one block up from ... This big road
runs east-west passing between BeiHai and
Qianhai just a short stop East from Mei Lanfang
Residence.
The Museum is closed during winter times, when
tourists and local visitors are nearly absent.
One of the historic stages in Beijing where master
This small Theatre, inside the Xuanwu Hutong just East of Hepingmen ...
Full Information coming Soon !
Photos - A Caligraphy by Master Dan Actor Mei Lanfang ,and it's Proud Owner Grant Menzies, internet writer, historian and China Buff.
