A biographical film of Mr. Mei Lanfang, a master of Peking Opera, but many descriptions do not match the historical facts.

After Mei lanfang’s eldest uncle, who had been singing for most of his life, was given a paper shackle for not wearing red at the family funeral during the birthday of the Empress Dowager, the young Mei Lanfang took a letter left by him at his death with him and started learning to sing and manner under the famous Peking Opera veteran Yan shisan (Xueqi Wang), who is the relative to Mei. Ten years later, Mei Lanfang (Shaoqun Yu) came to prominence in the pear garden, thinking that he could sing and behave for the rest of his life.
　　
After his eldest uncle, who has been singing for most of his life, is given a paper shackle for not wearing red at the family’s funeral during the birthday of the Empress Dowager, the young Mei Lanfang takes a letter he left behind with him and starts to learn to sing and behave with the famous Peking Opera veteran Yan shisan (Wang Qi), who is a family friend of Mei. Ten years later, Mei Lanfang (Yu Shaoqun) came to prominence in the pear garden, thinking that he could sing and behave innocently for the rest of his life.
　　
Qiu Rubai (HongLei Sun), head of the Judiciary Bureau who has studied abroad deeply in drama art, complaints about traditional Peking opera, but after seeing Mei Lanfang’s performance, he can’t help being excited and writes letters of encouragement and advice to him. Mei Lanfang also wanted to create new performances and was very grateful to Qiu Rubai. During the exchange of letters and long talks between them, Mei Lanfang’s understanding of Peking Opera gradually deepened and revised, gaining a lifelong friendship with “third brother” Qiu Rubai.
　　
But Mei Lanfang also had a divergence from Yan shisan. Under the initiation of troublemakers, they decided to compete, and Mei Lanfang won a great victory, ushering in his own era. The success of Mei Lanfang was not only due to his own extraordinary perception and Qiu Rubai’s encouragement but also with the help of a great banker “Master Six” Feng Ziguang (Da Ying).
　　
Mei Lanfang (Ming Li) married Fu Zhifang (Chen Hong) and begins to try to live the life of a woman on stage and a man off stage, he is destined to live in a struggle: after meeting the popular star Meng Xiaodong (Ziyi Zhang), they fall in love, but regrets his death; during the anti-Japanese period, to his patriotism. He left his beloved stage in pain. During the stay in the United States, which helped him to shine in the international arena.