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Place of Birth: Shanghai, China
About Mei Baojiu
- Mei Baojiu (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Méi Baojiu) (29 March 1934 – 25 April 2016) was a contemporary Peking opera artist, also a performer of the Dan role type in Peking Opera and Kunqu opera, the leader of Mei Lanfang Peking Opera troupe in Beijing Peking Opera Theatre.
- Mei's father Mei Lanfang was one of the most famous Peking opera performers.
- Mei Baojiu was the ninth and youngest child of Mei Lanfang.
- For this reason, he was called Baojiu, since in Chinese, jiu means nine.
- Mei Baojiu was the master of the second generation of Méi School descendant, he was also Mei Lanfang's only child who is now a performer of the Dan role of the Peking Opera.From childhood, Mei had learned Peking Opera from many artists.
- Mei Baojiu's first opera teacher was Wang Youqing (???), the nephew of Wang Yaoqing (???), who had been the teacher of Mei Lanfang.
- Tao Yuzhi (???) was his teacher of martial arts, while Zhu Chuanming (???), the famous performer of the Dan role type in Kunqu opera, taught him Kunqu.
- After that Mei learned the Dan role from Zhu Qinxin (???).
- Mei's regular performances of traditional opera include The Hegemon-King Bids His Concubine Farewell, Guifei Intoxicated (????), Lady General Mu Takes Command (?????), The story of Yang Guifei (????), Luo Shen (??), Xi Shi (??), etc.
- Mei has made significant contributions to cultural exchanges and promoting Peking Opera culture.
- Meanwhile, he also trains more than twenty students, such as Li Shengsu (???), Dong Yuanyuan (???), Zhang Jing (??), Zhang Xinyue (???), Hu Wenge (???) (the only male student), Tian Hui (??), Wei Haimin.
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