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Mei Baojiu () (born 29 March 1934 in Shanghai, China, ancestral home Taizhou, Jiangsu),〔Mei Shaowu (梅绍武), Mei Weidong (梅卫东), ''Biography of Mei Lanfang'' (梅兰芳自述) :''Appendix - studies'' (附录：年谱简表)〕 is 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 is the 9th and youngest child of Mei Lanfang. For this reason, he is called ''Baojiu'', since in Chinese, ''jiu'' means ''nine''.〔Wu Ying (吴迎), ''From Mei Lanfang to Mei Baojiu'' (从梅兰芳到梅葆玖) Page 50〕 Mei Baojiu is the master of the second generation of ''Méi School'' descendant, he is also Mei Lanfang’s only child who is now a performer of the Dan role of the Peking Opera.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=梅氏家族 (May Family) )〕 From childhood, Mei had learned Peking Opera from many artists. Mei Baojiu’s first opera teacher was Wang Youqing (王幼卿), the nephew of Wang Yaoqing (王瑶卿), who had been the teacher of Mei Lanfang. Tao Yuzhi (陶玉芝) was his teacher of martial arts, while Zhu Chuanming (朱传茗), the famous performer of the Dan role type in Kunqu opera, taught him Kunqu. After that Mei learned the Dan role from Zhu Qinxin (朱琴心). Mei’s regular performances of traditional opera include ''Farewell My Concubine'', ''Guifei Intoxicated'' (貴妃醉酒), ''Lady General Mu Takes Command'' (穆桂英挂帅), ''The story of Yang Guifei'' (太真外传), ''Luo Shen'' (洛神), ''Xi Shi'' (西施), 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 (李胜素), Dong Yuanyuan (董圆圆), Zhang Jing (张晶), Zhang Xinyue (张馨月), Hu Wenge (胡文阁) (the only male student),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=胡文阁被梅葆玖"看"得紧紧的(组图) (Mei Baojiu keeps a close watch on Hu Wenge (photo)) )〕 Tian Hui (田慧), Wei Haimin (魏海敏).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=梅葆玖简介 (About Mei Baojiu) )〕 ==Biography== In the spring of 1934, Mei Baojiu was born at No. 87 Sinan Road, Shanghai.〔 Because of his comely appearance and delicate voice, his father decided to send Baojiu to learn Peking opera and hoped that Baojiu could make contributions to ''Méi School''. Baojiu himself also showed great interest as well as gifts in Peking opera in his early life. In 1942, Mei Lanfang and his wife Fu Zhifang (福芝芳) invited Wang Youqing (王幼卿), the disciple of famous Dan role performer - Wang Yaoqing (王瑶卿), from Beijing to teach Baojiu as his first ''qingyi'' teacher while requesting Zhu Chuanming (朱传茗), one of the most prestigious performers of the Dan role type to teach Baojiu Kunqu Opera. When Mei Lanfang was free from work, he also gave directions to his son himself.〔Li Zhongming (李仲明), ''The Family of Mei Lanfang'' (梅兰芳家族) Page93〕 When Baojiu was ten years old, he played ''Xue Yi'' (薛倚) in ''San Niang teaches the child'' (三娘教子) as his first performance in Shanghai. At the age of twelve, together with his sister Mei Baoyue (梅葆玥), Baojiu acted in ''Yang Silang Visits His Mother'' (四郎探母). Being a ''Qingyi'' (青衣) performer, he started giving performances of the ''Legend of the White Snake'', ''The Story Of Su San'' (玉堂春) and some other traditional plays for charity since the age of 13. He also performed in ''Wu Jiapo Hill'' (武家坡) with Baoyue (梅葆玥) at the same time. When Baojiu was 16, he took part in the national tour of the Mei Lanfang Troupe, and toured the country with the troupe. Usually, Baojiu performed for the first three days, and Mei Lanfang performed plays in the rest, sometimes they also performed cooperatively, such as in ''Legend of the White Snake''. Baojiu played the part of ''Xiao Qing'' the green snake, while his father played ''Bai Suzhen'' the white snake.〔 Mei Lanfang used to make suggestions to Baojiu in order to make the performance of Baojiu perfect when Baojiu was young. Once, after watching the play ''The Story Of Sue San'' (玉堂春), in which Baojiu performed, he came to Baojiu and suggested that Baojiu change the way of acting the spoken parts. He mentioned that it was the most exciting time when the heroine, Sue San, got the Senior judge. For this reason, Baojiu should speak infectiously, he should speak faster and faster to create tension.〔Li Zhongming (李仲明), ''The Family of Mei Lanfang'' (梅兰芳家族) Page 96〕 Baojiu also got a chance to share the stage with some prestigious senior performers, such as Xiao Changhua (萧长华), Jiang Miaoxiang (姜妙香) and Yu Zhenfei (俞振飞).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=梅兰芳的剧照 Mei Lanfang snapshot )〕 Due to the guidance of the actors from the earlier generation, Mei Baojiu’s acting greatly improved and hemade a great effort to promote Méi School as well.〔Li Zhongming (李仲明), ''The Family of Mei Lanfang'' (梅兰芳家族) Page92 - 93〕 In 1961, after Mei Lanfang died, Baojiu took over the position of the leader of Mei Lanfang Peking Opera troupe. During this time, he acted in some other well known plays, such as ''The mulan'' （木兰从军）, ''Return of the Phoenix'' (凤还巢) and ''Lian Jinfeng'' (廉锦枫). However, after 1964, almost all performance of traditional plays was forbidden, according to central government regulations. For this reason, Baojiu was forced to do recording and stage lighting related work.〔Li Zhongming (李仲明), ''The Family of Mei Lanfang'' (梅兰芳家族) Page110〕 Fourteen years later, in 1978, Baojiu returned to the Mei Lanfang Peking Opera troupe and came back to stage. He reformed the troupe and rearranged many traditional plays like ''Yuzhoufeng the Sword''（宇宙锋）, ''The story of Yang Guifei'' (太真外传), ''Luo Shen'' (洛神), ''Xi Shi'' (西施) as well as ''Royal pavilion'' (御碑亭) at the same time.〔Li Zhongming (李仲明), ''The Family of Mei Lanfang'' (梅兰芳家族) Page112-113〕 From 1981 to 1984, together with his sister Mei Baoyue and descendants of other schools, he participated in the performance of a series memorial activities to commemorate his father. Making the eight-hour long play lasts for only three hours, he also rearranged ''The story of Yang Guifei'' in the late 1980s.〔Xu Beicheng (徐北城), ''Mei Lanfang and the 20 th century'' (梅兰芳与二十世纪) :''chapter 10. the Dance of Mei'' (第十章：梅之舞)〕 In 1993, led by Baojiu, the Mei Lanfang Peking Opera troupe visited Taiwan and gave elaborately prepared performances to the public. He has made significant contributions to cultural exchanges and promoting Peking Opera culture.〔Li Zhongming (李仲明), ''The Family of Mei Lanfang'' (梅兰芳家族) Page113-121〕 Baojiu cultivates more than twenty students, such as Li Shengsu (李胜素), Dong Yuanyuan (董圆圆), Zhang Jing (张晶), Zhang Xinyue (张馨月), Hu Wenge (the only male student), Tian Hui (田慧), Wei Haimin (魏海敏). In the last twenty years, he mainly focused on training these students. As a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Mei Baojiu put forward a proposal on introducing Peking Opera into elementary schools in 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mei Baojiu )〕 In March 2012, at the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Mei put forward a proposal on introducing the form of animation into Peking Opera in order to make more teenagers be interested in Peking Opera.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mei Baojiu )〕 On 26 March 2012, Mei received his Ph.D. from J.F.Oberlin University in Japan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mei Baojiu )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mei Baojiu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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