Whose story is the success of Beijing Opera? Han was a woman in the Song Dynasty, who was taken away as a slave by the Jin people. Its owner gave it to Cheng Sheng, a Song man who was also captured, as his wife. On their wedding night, Yu Niang blamed Cheng Sheng's sense of honor. He shouldn't live here. He should flee to his old country and serve his country. Although Cheng Sheng had this intention, he was afraid of sending someone to seduce Jin people, so he had to report to his master's family. The master was furious and sold Yu Niang to others as a concubine. Cheng Sheng regretted that it was too late, but Yu Niang advised him to escape again and be himself. This time, after Cheng Sheng fled back to the south, he wanted to raise an official. After many twists and turns, Yu Niang had to return to the south. It's been 20 years since they last met. Although it was a painful experience, Yu Niang died the day he saw Cheng Sheng again, when he was very ill. The whole play is over.
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Among the colorful representative plays of Mei School, Life and Death Hate is a play with special historical background and profound social influence. In the mid-1930s, Japanese imperialism launched a war of aggression against China, and the Chinese nation reached a critical juncture of life and death. Mei Lanfang, who has a strong patriotic thought, has integrated his art into the tide of resisting Japan and saving the nation out of the artist's ardent feelings of worrying about the country and the people and national responsibility. 1936, the Peking Opera "Life and Death Hate" met the audience at the Shanghai Toad Stage, and Mei Lanfang played Han. The play aroused strong resonance among the audience, caused great repercussions, caused panic and anxiety of Japanese consultants of Shanghai Social Bureau at that time, and attempted to ban it. However, Mei Lanfang sternly refused on the grounds of the audience's request and acted correctly. Life and Death Hate became a famous patriotic drama of Mei Lanfang in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period.
The script of "Han" retains the wonderful aria and aria of the original drama "Spinning Yarn"; Subtract scenes and characters that are not closely related to the plot to solve the problem that the original drama is too long and protracted; Han, the main character in the play, is portrayed around the theme, highlighting her patriotism, loyalty and virtue; Cheng, another protagonist in the play, changed from a young student to an old student to adapt to the age span of many years. Deleted the plot of his three informers to the enemy, and emphatically expressed his regret and yearning for Han, which made Han's lifelong adherence to him and his love for life and death credible. Especially in the last scene, Han is described as going through hardships and enduring the great grief of reunion and farewell between husband and wife. She has no resentment towards her relatives, only attachment and good wishes, which are touching and tear-jerking. The adapted version of "Han" was re-created from more than four hours to more than two hours, which became a new drama that not only inherited the essence of the original work, but also thoroughly transformed itself, providing a successful example for the adaptation of traditional Peking Opera. When the play was performed in Beijing and Tianjin, it also aroused strong response and unanimous praise from people in the industry and the audience.