Exploring an opera legend's connections with the city
China DailyThe poster for The Plum Blossoms in the East: Mei Lanfang in Shanghai. CHINA DAILY "I felt that everything on the Shanghai stage was evolving at the time, and it had already started to move forward in a new direction," Mei wrote in his memoir, Forty Years of Stage Life. "In the following years, Mei devoted himself to understanding and learning Shanghai-style culture and infused it into the Mei School," says Zhou Qunhua, president of the Shanghai History Museum. On Oct 9, 1956, the then 62-year-old Peking Opera maestro staged his last performance in Shanghai, concluding an illustrious career in the city that spanned over 40 years. If you go The Plum Blossoms in the East: Mei Lanfang in Shanghai East Wing, Shanghai History Museum, 325 Nanjing West Road, Shanghai.