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Mei Baojiu
Mei Baojiu () (29 March 1934 – 25 April 2016) was a contemporary Chinese 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''.Wu Ying (吴迎), ''From Mei Lanfang to Mei Baojiu'' (从梅兰芳到梅葆玖) Page 50 Mei Baojiu was the master of the second generation of ''Méi School'' descendant, he was also Mei Lanfang's only child who was 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 (Peking opera), Wang Yaoqing (), who had been the teacher of Mei Lanfang. Tao Yuzhi () was his teacher of martial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mei (surname)
Mei () is a romanized spelling of a Chinese surname, transcribed in the Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin dialect. In Hong Kong and other Cantonese-speaking regions, the name may be transliterated as Mui or Moy.Louie, Emma Woo: "Chinese American Names"., p.29. McFarland & Co, Inc., 1998. In Vietnam, this surname is written as Mai (Vietnamese surname), Mai. In romanized Korean, it is spelled Mae. The name literally translates in English to the Prunus mume, plum fruit. The progenitor of the Méi clan, Méi Bo, originated from near a mountain in ancient China that was lined at its base with plum trees.Li, Jin Sheng: "Yún hé Sān Bai Xìng.", p. 77. Print date unavailable. "Mei" is also an Italian surname, and one transcription of the Slavic surname also spelt Mey (Мей). Origins The Méi clan came from the Zi (surname), Zi (子) family. They were awarded a Monarchy, kingdom in the southeast of Bo County in Anhui called Mei kingdom. The Méi Ancestral home (China), ancestral hometown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xi Shi
Xi Shi (Hsi Shih; , ), also known by the nickname Xizi, was one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China. She was said to have lived in a small Yue village (today part of Zhuji, a county-level city in Shaoxing, Zhejiang) during the end of the Spring and Autumn period. According to legend, Xi Shi was originally a girl who regularly washed gauze in the Huan Sha river. In traditional stories, Xi Shi was named Shi Yiguang (施夷光). She was discovered by the Yue minister Fan Li and given to King Fuchai of Wu by King Goujian of Yue in a sexpionage operation which successfully brought down the State of Wu in 473 BC. This account first appeared in '' Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu and Yue'' published five centuries after the conquest, and is completely absent in earlier works such as '' Guoyu'', ''Zuo zhuan'', and ''Records of the Grand Historian''. Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Diao Chan and Yang Guifei are known as the “Four Beauties in Ancient China”, among which Xi Shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiang Miaoxiang , ancient Chinese state in modern Gushi County, Henan
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Jiang may refer to: * ''Jiang'' (rank), rank held by general officers in the military of China *Jiang (surname), several Chinese surnames **Jiang Zemin (1926–2022), as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party *Jiang River, an ancient river of China *Jiang County, in Shanxi, China *Fermented bean paste, known as 酱 (jiàng) in Chinese *Jiāng (state), ancient Chinese state in modern Zhengyang County, Henan *Jiǎng (state) Jiang () was a vassal state that existed during the Zhou dynasty until the middle Spring and Autumn period. In 617 BC it was annexed by the state of Chu. The state was established right after Duke of Zhou allocated his fourth son Bo Ling to a pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiao Changhua
Xiao may refer to: * Filial piety (), or "being good to parents", a virtue in Chinese culture * Xiao (flute) (), a Chinese end-blown flute * Xiao (rank) (), a rank used for field officers in the Chinese military * Xiao County (), in Anhui, China * Xiao Mountain (), a range of mountains in Henan, China, or the surrounding Xiao region * Xiao River (), a tributary of the Xiang River, in Hunan, China * Xiao (mythology) (), certain legendary creatures in Chinese mythology * Ling Xiaoyu, a character from the ''Tekken'' video game series, also known as Xiao * Xiao, a character in 2020 video game ''Genshin Impact'' People * Xiao (surname), a Chinese surname sometimes also romanized as Hsiao, Siaw, Siew, Siow, Seow, Siu or Sui * Duke Xiao of Qin, Chinese ruler of the state of Qin * Prince Xiao of Liang, the posthumous title of Liu Wu, younger brother of the Han emperor Jing * Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang (1613–1688), empress dowager of the Qing Dynasty * Xiao Guodong (born 1989), Chinese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bai Suzhen
Bai Suzhen ( zh, t=白素貞), also known as Lady Bai (), is a one-thousand-year-old white snake spirit and the title character of the ''Legend of the White Snake'', one of China's "four great folktales". The legend has been adapted into several Chinese operas, films, television series and other media. In some versions of the legend, Bai Suzhen becomes a goddess; her worshippers refer to her as Madam White Snake (). Bai Suzhen is regarded as a symbol of true love and good-heartedness by the Chinese people. Depiction Bai Suzhen is often depicted as a white snake with the ability to transform into a beautiful young woman. During earlier depictions of this script – the Tang tale “Li Huang” and the Song “huaben” version Bai Suzhen was shown as a she-demon who was a malevolent seductress. She was seen as a seductress who would hunt down male partners. In the Ming and Qing version, Bai Suzhen depiction was changed to have a morally good depiction, showing more of a cari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Story Of Su San
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legend Of The White Snake
The Legend of the White Snake is a Chinese legend centered around a romance between a man named Xu Xian and a female snake spirit named Bai Suzhen. It is counted as one of China's Four Great Folktales, the others being '' Lady Meng Jiang'', '' Butterfly Lovers'', and '' The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl''. Early versions "Li Huang" The Tang-dynasty story collection ''Boyi zhi'' (; "Vast Records of the Strange"), from the early 9th century, contains a '' chuanqi'' tale about a man named Li Huang () meeting an attractive woman clad in white (whose aunt is clothed in blue-green). After mating with the beauty at her residence, he returns home and falls ill, his body dissolving into water. His family searches for the woman and discovers that she is a giant white snake. "The Three Pagodas of West Lake" In the Ming dynasty, some time before 1547, a collection of early '' huaben'' tales was printed by Hong Pian (); in it was "The Three Pagodas of West Lake" (), likely the first work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Silang Visits His Mother
Yang may refer to: * Yang, in yin and yang, one half of the two symbolic polarities in Chinese philosophy * Korean yang, former unit of currency of Korea from 1892 to 1902 * YANG, a data modeling language for the NETCONF network configuration protocol Geography * Yang County, in Shaanxi, China * Yangzhou (ancient China), also known as Yang Prefecture * Yang (state), ancient Chinese state * Yang, Iran, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province * Yang River (other) People * Yang, one of the names for the Karen people in the Thai language *Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the constitutional monarch of Malaysia * Andrew Yang, American Politician and Co-Founder of the Forward Party. * Yang (surname) (楊), a Chinese surname * Yang (surname 陽), a Chinese surname * Yang (surname 羊), a Chinese surname * Yang (Korean surname) * Yang Rong (businessman) (, born 1957), Chinese businessman Fictional characters * Cristina Yang, on the TV show ''Grey's Anatomy'' * Yang, from the show ''Yin Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mei Baoyue
Mei may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Mei'' (film), a 2019 Tamil thriller * ''Mei'' (album), by Echolyn, 2002 People * Mei (surname), including a list of people with the surname * Mei (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Roger Meï (1935–2025), French politician Places * Mei County, Shaanxi, China * Mei County, Guangdong, China * Mei Pass, Guangdong, a mountain pass * Mei River, Guangdong * Eiras e Mei, a civil parish of Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal Other uses * ''Mei'' (dinosaur), a genus of bird-like Chinese dinosaur * Methyl iodide, MeI, a chemical compound * Midob language of Sudan, ISO 639-3 language code mei * ''Prunus mume'', or ''mei'', the Chinese plum * Meilin "Mei" Lee, a main protagonist from a 2022 American animated film ''Turning Red'' * Mei-chan, a pet name of Tadakuni's younger sister in ''Daily Lives of High School Boys'' * Mei or Méi, month May in several Indonesian local languages, including Mala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mei Baojiu As A Child
Mei may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Mei'' (film), a 2019 Tamil thriller * ''Mei'' (album), by Echolyn, 2002 People * Mei (surname), including a list of people with the surname * Mei (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Roger Meï (1935–2025), French politician Places * Mei County, Shaanxi, China * Mei County, Guangdong, China * Mei Pass, Guangdong, a mountain pass * Mei River, Guangdong * Eiras e Mei, a civil parish of Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal Other uses * ''Mei'' (dinosaur), a genus of bird-like Chinese dinosaur * Methyl iodide, MeI, a chemical compound * Midob language of Sudan, ISO 639-3 language code mei * ''Prunus mume'', or ''mei'', the Chinese plum * Meilin "Mei" Lee, a main protagonist from a 2022 American animated film ''Turning Red'' * Mei-chan, a pet name of Tadakuni's younger sister in ''Daily Lives of High School Boys'' * Mei or Méi, month May in several Indonesian local languages, including M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
