伶人成名的基础是演技,然捧角威力不可小觑,一个好角能不能红,能红多久,很大程度上依赖有没有人捧和捧角者的声势与力度。现代大众传媒兴起之前艺人扬名的途径主要限于剧场内的喝彩声以及观众的口耳相传,少见文字的渲染。谭鑫培时代演员与报刊开始互动,到了梅兰芳时代,得益于现代报刊杂志的兴起,捧角方式从“口耳相传式”向“大众传媒 The foundation of the actor’s fame is acting, but the power of holding the corner can not be underestimated. Whether a good angle can be red or not, how long it can be, largely relies on the momentum and strength of those who have no one to hold and stand in the corner. Before the rise of the modern mass media artists entertained mainly limited to the applause of the theater and the audience’s word of mouth, rare words rendering. Tan Xinpei era actors and newspapers began to interact, to the era of Mei Lanfang, thanks to the rise of modern newspapers and magazines, holding the way from the ”word of mouth “ to ”the mass media