page_title: Mei Qiaoling
section_title: In popular culture
hierarchical_section_title: Mei Qiaoling / In popular culture
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Картина «Тринадцать великих актёров поздней Цин» художника времён поздней Цин Шэнь Жунпу. Точные даты жизни художника неизвестны, но к моменту обнаружения картины в 1943 году его уже не было в живых.
context_page_description: Mei Qiaoling, born Mei Fang, courtesy name Xiaobo and art name Huixian, was a Qing dynasty Peking opera and kunqu artist based in Beijing. He specialized in playing dan roles, or women. Originally from Taizhou, Jiangsu, he was sold to a childless man in Suzhou at age 8. After that man remarried and begot a son, Mei was sold again, this time to a theatrical troupe where he had to train to become a performer. He rose to stardom despite his pudginess, which earned him the nickname "Fat Qiaoling". At age 30, he became the leader of the Four Happiness Troupe, one of the most famous troupes in Beijing, and rarely performed after that.
  His son Mei Yutian was also a performer. His grandson Mei Lanfang was the most accomplished Peking opera artist of all time.
context_section_description: In the 2002 comedy TV series The Best Clown Under Heaven (天下第一丑), Mei Qiaoling is portrayed by Peking opera actor Song Xiaochuan (宋小川).
caption: Thirteen Masters of the Tongzhi and Guangxu Reigns (同光十三絕), a painting allegedly by the late Qing dynasty court painter Shen Rongpu (沈容圃). Mei Qiaoling is 3rd from the left, cross-dressed in the role of Xiao Yanyan.
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