The Beauty Of Mei School's Artistic Rhythm And Verve

Mei lanfang is a Chinese Peking Opera actor,an representative notable during the heyday of Peking Opera,the founder of Mei performing system,one of the Four Greatest Dan Actors,denominated as the Three Greatest Sages in Peking Opera with Yang Xiaolou the Wusheng and Yu Shuyan the Laosheng.The Mei performing system Represented by Mei lanfang is well-established around the world.Mei lanfang was the first that brought Peking Opera oversees,which made Peking Opera spring in many countries.Master Mei not only expanded the influence of the Peking Opera,but also impressed theater circle through continents,he's performance won great praise from many famous theater masters.Mei lanfang's accomplishments of performing were of treasure,he adhered with the principle of "Development with original principles",consistently learning,developing and innovating,improved originals pieces which only focused on singing and ignored movements to well-known classic pieces of Mei style with singing,speaking,movements and performing,such as “Sword of the universe” and “Drunken Beauty”.And He put the performance and singing on the equal footing,created countless costume dramas of singing and dancing,such as "farewell my concubine" and "Floral Nymph".These theaters with Mei style are not only various in figures and rich in expressions,but also lay foundation of Chinese classical aesthetics.The characters in those theaters present different charm via skillfully using performance means of Chinese opera.Studying the charm of Mei performing is inseparable from its external of performing,researches aesthetics of external through movements and expressions.The external will be the threshold of this research.The question is what elements formed the external form of mei lanfang's performance? In my opinion,the external forms are integrated by movements and expressions.Movements mainly refers to body moves or dancing,it is kind of techniques,visualized and tangible emotions.Expressions refers to functions of eyes in the performance and the metal activities expressed.Starting from the movements and expressions,the research analyzes the constructive characteristics and aesthetics of Mei performing.