That year Meng Xiaodong and Mei Lanfang broke up. Later, she told the reporter interviewed: "Mei Lanfang is a hypocrite. I was deceived by him and will never have anything to do with him again..."
More than a year later Du Yuesheng died. In the same faced with questions from media people, Meng Xiaodong's answer this time was very different: "Du Yuesheng is also a hooligan, but to me he is a real hooligan..."
Why did Meng Xiaodong have such an evaluation? What kind of stories does she have with these two storm figures during the Republic of China period? Let’s talk about it today.
" Donghuang " Meng Xiaodong: Become famous as soon as possible
907 Meng Xiaodong was born in Beiping . His grandfather, father and uncle are all Peking Opera actors, and they can be called Peking Opera family. Influenced by such a family atmosphere, Meng Xiaodong also embarked on the path of the pear garden.
html When I was 14 years old, I started to practice basic skills, I started to learn opera at the age of 9, and I was able to sing on stage at the age of 12 and attracted applause. Two years later, Meng Xiaodong performed at the Qiankun Grand Theater in Shanghai, and the people on the same stage were all famous actors.
"Meng Xiaodong has a handsome appearance, a wide and bright voice, without a female voice." This is a comment from the opera industry about her. Perhaps it is because of this. In that era when she favored boys over girls, her father spent his energy to cultivate her.
The ancients said, "A jade cannot become a weapon without carving, and people cannot know the meaning without learning." During the Republic of China period, Peking was the most popular and popular place in Peking Opera. In order to further improve one's skills, Meng Xiaodong became a disciple of Yu Shuyan to learn skills.
There are many factions of Peking Opera, so why did Meng Xiaodong specifically choose Yu Shuyan? Because she thinks that Yupai is very delicate in art, and the tune and style are very consistent with herself. Of course, Yu Shuyan also admires Meng Xiaodong very much.
Someone once asked him who has a better opera level. Yu Shuyan said: "Meng Xiaodong is the person closest to me." After a long wait and years of getting along, the two finally became masters and apprentices in 1938.
To this female disciple Yu Shuyan, Meng Xiaodong is also very talented in opera. He learns every move, every song and tune, and the older generation of opera masters praised him.
Meng Xiaodong was not as popular as Ma Lianliang , Tan Fuying , Yang Baosen and many other people. Some viewers even called her "Winter Emperor", perfectly interpreting the saying "Highlight of fame" by Zhang Ailing , "Be famous as soon as possible."
Since ancient times, beautiful women have been very poor in life. Although Meng Xiaodong's career is booming, it's a pity that such a talented woman has a very bumpy relationship. She first met Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang, and then met Shanghai boss Du Yuesheng.
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As we all know, Mei Lanfang is a famous Peking Opera master in my country. He became famous earlier than Meng Xiaodong. He had already gotten married and had children before he met Meng Xiaodong, and had his own family, so how did he marry Meng Xiaodong?
Meng Xiaodong often performed when he first arrived in Beijing. His prime and his super high acting skills soon became a famous actor in Beijing, not inferior to the current traffic stars. By chance, he had an entanglement with Mei Lanfang.
One year, the Beijing TV General Office held a birthday for my mother and invited Mei Lanfang and Yu Shuyan to perform a song "Silang Talking to Mother ". Originally, things were going well, but before the performance was approaching, Yu Shuyan fell ill, and after discussion, Meng Xiaodong played on behalf of the master.
Mei Lanfang is called "King of Pity" by the audience, good at dressing up as a man, Meng Xiaodong is called "The Emperor of Winter" and good at dressing up as a man. Once the two of them have a lifetime (the role), they will fully interpret the story and feelings of "Silang Teng Mother".
From this time Meipai and Meng Xiaodong's audience began to deliberately match the two. From the beginning, both boycotted. Mei Lanfang was already a family member, and she was very different from Meng Xiaodong's age.
If Meng Xiaodong married Mei Lanfang, she could only be a concubine. At the same time, after she got married, she could not play on stage again. The restriction of marriage and career made her and Mei Lanfang stop her relationship, and this relationship has been put on hold.
Career is determined by hard work, fate is destined. Since the general meeting of the mother's birthday party, Mei Lanfang will always choose Meng Xiaodong as long as she starred in "Silang Talking to Mother", 组大子 will inevitably choose Meng Xiaodong, which makes the relationship between the two continue to grow invisibly.
Later, the two performed a song " Dragon and Phoenix " on stage. Meng Xiaodong and Mei Lanfang's outstanding performance not only made the audience in the audience shout wonderful, but even the two were deeply involved in the role and could not extricate themselves.
Lang has a love and a deliberate match with some intentional people, Mei Lanfang and Meng Xiaodong finally determined their relationship, which became a good story in the opera industry of the Republic of China. However, the beginning of this story is a beautiful ending but a very sad ending.
After the relationship was confirmed, Meng Xiaodong became a full-time wife. Because she was afraid that her wife and concubine would be dissatisfied with this relationship, Mei Lanfang bought a courtyard house for Meng Xiaodong in Beijing, practiced opera with Meng Xiaodong during the day and returned home at night.
Although this relationship is very bitter, Meng Xiaodong can still find sweetness from it and love Mei Lanfang as before. When the water is full, the moon is full, the loss is lost. When they are immersed in beautiful happiness, an unexpected disaster comes.
mentioned above that Meng Xiaodong was in her prime when she became famous. Naturally, there are many people who admire her with such appearance and talent. Among them, there are many high-ranking officials and noble sons in the capital, and Wang Weichen is one of them.
At that time, Wang Weichen was a student who had just dropped out of school. He still hated Mei Lanfang because of his admiration for Meng Xiaodong. One day he went to Mei Lanfang's home to find fault. The one who came out to meet him was the housekeeper of the Mei family.
Wang Weichen took out his gun and asked the butler to call Mei Lanfang out, the reason was that Mei Lanfang snatched Meng Xiaodong. The butler quickly told Mei Lanfang about the matter. After the latter understood the mystery, he called the police.
When the police surrounded the Mei family, Wang Weichen saw that the situation was not good and he killed the housekeeper, and he was also killed by the police in chaos. This incident caused a great sensation at the time, because Wang Weichen called Meng Xiaodong his fiancée in the Mei family.
Various scandals are constantly fermenting in the outside world. The noble son Wang Weichen asked the Mei family to pay a lot of money. The old lady of the Mei family thought that Meng Xiaodong was a disaster star and refused to let him in. It was at this time that another thing broke out. The specific plot of
cannot be sorted out. The general situation is that Meng Xiaodong thought he was the main wife of the Mei family. After this incident, not only could he not even be able to do the main wife, but he could not even enter the Mei family's door, which became a joke at that time.
A few years later, something happened between Mei Lanfang and Meng Xiaodong, which directly led to the two's divorce. At that time, Old Lady Mei passed away. Meng Xiaodong paid tribute as a daughter-in-law, but was stopped outside the door by the Mei family's second wife.
Mei Lanfang naturally didn't want to make things worse, so she could only let Meng Xiaodong go home first. This move was undoubtedly a public statement that she would not recognize her identity. Meng Xiaodong went home crying and cut off her relationship with Mei Lanfang.
Meng Xiaodong and Mei Lanfang have never been on the same stage again in the years since then. Meng Xiaodong did not attend the event because of Anita Mui . This shows how deeply the two things that happened that year were hurt.
When I left Mei Lanfang, Meng Xiaodong once said a famous saying: "In the future, I will either not sing operas, and if I sing, I will be better than you, or if I don't get married, I will not be worse than you." This sentence later became a reality.
Du Yuesheng and Meng Xiaodong: Lovers finally get married
Du Yuesheng is Meng Xiaodong's second man. His relationship with her was earlier than Mei Lanfang. When Meng Xiaodong became famous, Du Yuesheng had admired her and even went to the Meng family to visit and chat. It's a pity that Meng Xiaodong has no feelings for this hooligan in Shanghai.
Although Du Yuesheng is the king of Shanghai, he did not force the Meng family to marry his daughter to him. He was always treated very well with the Meng family until he left. Who would have thought that the two would still come together many years later? This may be the fate mentioned above.
Meng Xiaodong and Mei Lanfang separated and left Beijing and went to Shanghai. She had a friend named Yao Yulan in Shanghai. It happened that Yao Yulan was Du Yuesheng's fourth wife again. After a while, Meng Xiaodong and Du Yuesheng had another entanglement.
Du Yuesheng paid a lot for Meng Xiaodong during those years. When the breakup, Meng Xiaodong and Mei Lanfang had a property dispute of 40,000 yuan, because she had already given up her career and became a housewife. How could she be a rival to Mei Lanfang's team? The 40,000 yuan has been dragged down and refused to give it to you.
Du Yuesheng called after learning about this, and soon Mei Lanfang gave Meng Xiaodong 40,000 yuan, and the latter's life improved greatly. Many years ago, Meng Xiaodong gave up his opera career for love, and was even more depressed due to love.
Fortunately, with the encouragement of Du Yuesheng and the oath he said to Mei Lanfang (sing better than you) he re-entered the path of opera. It was at this time that he officially confirmed the relationship between master and apprentice with Yu Shuyan.
After experiencing the ups and downs and experiences of life, Meng Xiaodong made great progress in this assassination. Her super high artistic talent and years of hard work made her the number one person in the school. Tickets were hyped up and it was hard to find a ticket, and she realized her bold words back then.
It’s a pity, " Search for Orphans and Save Orphans " is the last drama in Meng Xiaodong’s life. After the drama of , Meng Xiaodong ended his acting career.
Although the name "Winter King" is still circulating in the streets and alleys, Meng Xiaodong’s "Search for Orphans and Save Orphans" has become a masterpiece, which makes people feel sad and regretful!
There is no source of income without performances. In addition, Meng Xiaodong's parents are old and urgently need some money to support their elderly care. Du Yuesheng knew that this matter not only bought a house for Meng Xiaodong, but also gave him a lot of money in time.
Du Yuesheng had already moved to Hong Kong at that time, but he still could not forget Meng Xiaodong, which shows how deep he loved her. In 1946, Du Yuesheng returned to Shanghai and took this opportunity to write a letter to let Meng Xiaodong go south. Du Yuesheng's subtle consideration over the years made Meng Xiaodong feel deeply warm. Soon he left Beijing to find Du Yuesheng.
Although Yao Yulan is Du Yuesheng's concubine, she doesn't mind serving the same husband with this close friend at all, and even matches the two in private. Soon, the relationship between Du Yuesheng and Meng Xiaodong was finally confirmed.
When Du Yuesheng and Meng Xiaodong were together, the former had reached the end of his life, and his body was already broken and plagued by illness. Meng Xiaodong had to take on the burden of taking care of Du Yuesheng, and this incident also made the latter feel sorry for his wife.
After all, from the perspective of reality, Meng Xiaodong and Du Yuesheng only confirmed that the relationship was not a husband and wife. After confirming the relationship, Meng Xiaodong basically did not enjoy any blessings and was always taking care of Du Yuesheng.
949 New China was founded , Chiang Kai-shek and his people around him kept fleeing abroad, and Du Yuesheng also planned to immigrate to France a year later. While he was thinking about what he needed to prepare to immigrate to France, Meng Xiaodong said:
"I will follow you, should I go in the name of a maid? Or in the name of a girlfriend?" After hearing this, Du Yuesheng was stunned at first, and then happily declared to the public that the two were married.
That year, that day, Meng Xiaodong helped Du Yuesheng, who was terminally ill, walk into the hall. After more than 30 years of acquaintance, the two became formal couples. Since Mei Lanfang's sad relationship, a long-lost and happy smile appeared on Meng Xiaodong's face again.
Mei Lanfang is a big shot in the opera world, and Du Yuesheng was also a stolen figure in Shanghai. In terms of influence alone, the latter is much bigger than the former. Meng Xiaodong realized the second half of the bold words he said back then (who married is better than you).
The sunset is infinitely good, but it is almost dusk. Du Yuesheng's love made Meng Xiaodong feel unprecedented warmth and also made her feel a kind of strong support. Unfortunately, such sweetness ended in just two years.
Before his death, Du Yuesheng divided his property and gave Meng Xiaodong 200,000 yuan to 20,000 yuan. On his dying day, he took out 7,000 yuan from his pillow and took out 3,000 yuan of it to Meng Xiaodong...
In order to seek priceless treasure, it is rare to have a lover. Perhaps in the eyes of others, Du Yuesheng is a "rogue" in Shanghai, but at this moment, he is a "real villain" in Meng Xiaodong's eyes. Such a person is much better than a "hypocrite". Meng Xiaodong cried bitterly when he saw her husband's death.
After Du Yuesheng's death, Meng Xiaodong never performed on stage again. On the one hand, his body did not allow it, and on the other hand, Du Yuesheng did not want her to perform on stage again, as if a husband was caring for his wife.
Of course, Meng Xiaodong did not go to France but went to Taipei to live and died in 1977.
What exactly is love in terms of love? True love is to give willingly for the other party. No matter how hard or tired it is, it is worth it. Such efforts are without regrets. A woman gives marriage without hesitation with a word. This is Meng Xiaodong and Du Yuesheng.
It is not difficult to imagine that Meng Xiaodong was somewhat moved at that time. Mei Lanfang, who is also a Peking Opera master, did not give her what she gave, but Du Yuesheng gave it, and it was given in the danger of her life. She gave Meng Xiaodong a formal wedding, which was more of a public recognition and recognition of her.
Why do many people now say that Du Yuesheng is a real villain and a real hooligan? You can see from this matter one or two, As a woman in a chaotic world, Meng Xiaodong is happy to be able to meet Du Yuesheng in this life.
What are your different opinions on this matter?
