BEIJING: MEI LAN FANG, POETS, WRITERS & PAINTERS

The following sections are included:

• Beijing: The Capital in the North

• The Culture of Beijing Rén

  • The legacy of the bird-keeping hobby

  • Class distinctions in Beijing society

  • Cultural characteristics of Beijing Rén

  • The Hutong culture of Beijing Rén

• Peking Opera and Its Great Master Mei Lan Fang

  • Lan Fang's contacts with foreign VIPs

  • Lan Fang's visits to America and Soviet Union

• Ai Qing: The Poet Persecuted by the Gang of Four

• Xiao Qian: The Chinese War Correspondent in Europe

• Lao She: The Manchu Novelist Who Committed Suicide During the Cultural Revolution

  • Charmed by the children of Malaya

  • Lao She in China

• Chinese Painters in Beijing

  • Huang Zhou: The painter of the donkey

  • Li Ke Ran: The painter of the water buffalo

  • Wu Zuo Ren: The painter of the yak