Chapter 164 "It's hard to get better at the beginning"

In the early morning of August 8th, I was in the courtyard of a nursing home in Dalian, sweeping the fallen leaves after the rain. The radio was turned on upstairs. I was scanning, hoping to hear the verdict of the Matsukawa incident , but got the sad news of Mr. Mei Lanfang's death!The news was so sudden that I was stunned for a while; the morning breeze in late summer actually made my face cold, and I went upstairs to look at the mighty microwaves outside the mountains, and felt that the mountains and seas suddenly became much wider! The death of Mr. Mei is like a big and bright star falling from the vast blue sky of our art. There is no way to fill this emptiness.The poet Gong Zizhen of the Qing Dynasty had a poem: "It is better to start with something that is hard to find", and it is really inalienable to put it on Mr. Mei.

I remember the first time I saw Mr. Mei's performance, I was a child of twelve or thirteen years old, and the venue was Jixiang Theater in Dong'an Market, Beijing.I was standing upstairs by the railing of the audience, and there was a lot of voices in the theater, and the handkerchiefs were skillfully throwing handkerchiefs high over the audience's heads... There was a big red paper poster on the stage, a big axe play It's "Fenhe Bend" by Mr. Mei Lanfang and Mr. Wang Fengqing...Suddenly someone pushed me from behind, "Look quickly", Mr. Mei came out, pacing like flowing water, and sent out a dazzling person. With Yan's beautiful eyes, he swept left and right, and there was no sound from all around in an instant!Perhaps it was the deepest impression of my childhood. Among the many actors and actresses in the past few decades, I have never seen the dignified, graceful, graceful figure and wind spirit that Mr. Mei gave me at that time and that place!

I should admit that I don't know much about theater, but over the years, every time I watch Mr. Mei perform, I get new surprises and joys that I can't get from other actors.After liberation, there were many opportunities to see Mr. Mei in the audience. His modest, kind, unrestrained and natural demeanor made people feel like a spring breeze no matter when he was seated.After August 8th, I saw many articles mourning Mr. Mei. These articles, from different angles, different memories, and from every side, cast light and shadow on this generation of romantic figures. From these many articles , I got Mr. Mei's whole personality as an actor, a friend, a poet, a calligraphy and painting lover, a literary warrior...I also feel that the memory of Mr. Mei will never be temporary. In the future, on many occasions and occasions, we will mourn this noble person who is beneficial to the people.Mr. Mei is not dead, he will always live in people's hearts!

What I admire most about Mr. Mei is that he loves the motherland, the people and culture of the motherland, and his profession all his life.After liberation, under the respect and love of the people's own party, he was even more grateful and worked hard. In terms of ideology and art, he kept advancing and made progress every day! I read the newspaper and knew that Mr. Mei's coffin had been buried in Wanhua Mountain on the outskirts of Beijing.Mr. Mei, rest in peace among thousands of flowers!Let your voice and appearance forever live in people's hearts, encouraging us to learn from you and make progress every day!

Xiaozha". )