Mei Lanfang, the Peking Opera master from Taizhou, grew a beard during the War of Resistance as a silent vow of defiance. This photo from the Taizhou Mei Lanfang Memorial Museum captures his unyielding patriotic spirit. This spirit lives on in his hometown's opera Mei Lanfang • The Beard Story, staged at the 10th China Peking Opera Art Festival in 2023.