{"id":1464,"date":"2014-05-24T05:34:14","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T05:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/min-on.matthewbyrt.com\/ko\/blog\/2014\/05\/24\/peking-opera-comes-to-life-at-the-min-on-culture-center\/"},"modified":"2018-08-07T15:07:05","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T15:07:05","slug":"peking-opera-comes-to-life-at-the-min-on-culture-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/1464\/peking-opera-comes-to-life-at-the-min-on-culture-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Peking Opera Comes to Life at the Min-On Culture Center"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Mei<\/div>\n

Through July 6, 2014, the Min-On Music Museum in Tokyo\u2019s Min-On Culture Center is hosting a special exhibition entitled The Century\u2019s Greatest Master Artist of Chinese Opera\u2014Mei Lanfang and His Contributions to Sino-Japanese Friendship.<\/em> The exhibit commemorates the 120th anniversary of Mei\u2019s birth in 1894 and the 95th anniversary of his first visit to Japan for the introduction of Peking opera to Japanese audiences in 1919.<\/p>\n

Making his stage debut in 1904 when he was just 10 years old, Mei Lanfang was one of the most famous Peking opera artists in modern history. During his long stage career spanning more than 50 years\u2014a tumultuous era from the late Qing dynasty through the revolutionary periods of the Republic of China to the formation of the People\u2019s Republic of China\u2014he maintained his strong presence in the Chinese theatrical world while always working on new acting techniques and concepts. Mei was also the first Chinese artist to spread Peking opera to foreign countries, actively participating in cultural exchanges with Japan, the United States and other regions. His skillful portrayal of female roles in particular won him international acclaim. He became the first president of the China National Peking Opera Company, which was founded in January 1955 under the Ministry of Culture of the People\u2019s Republic of China.<\/p>\n

\"Mei<\/div>\n

This special exhibition showcases over a half-century of Mei\u2019s outstanding career as a master artist, with panel displays and a variety of original costumes and artifacts. Through the exhibits, visitors can enjoy leaning about Mei Lanfang\u2019s life and Peking opera in advance of the China National Peking Opera Company\u2019s Japan tour from May through July this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Through July 6, 2014, the Min-On Music Museum in Tokyo\u2019s Min-On Culture Center is hosting a special exhibition entitled The Century\u2019s Greatest Master Artist of Chinese Opera\u2014Mei Lanfang and His Contributions to Sino-Japanese Friendship. The exhibit commemorates the 120th anniversary of Mei\u2019s birth in 1894 and the 95th anniversary of his first visit to Japan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[212,12],"tags":[148],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Korean - Min-On Website","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1464"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3983,"href":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464\/revisions\/3983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}