The Peony Pavilion is a Chinese play written by Tang Xianzu and first performed as Kunqu in 1598. Tang Xianzu was one of the greatest poet-playwright that lived in Ming dynasty of China. The Peony Pavilion was a very popular play on that time, and it was also a very long play that had total fifty-five scenes. The Peony Pavilion is not only told a story of love but also revealed women in the feudalistic society of China was mostly control by clan and didn't have chances to do what they wanted to do
from The Peony Pavilion, a Kunqu Opera. Kunqu Opera is a form of Chinese musical drama consisting of three components that work concurrently and in synchronization. The Qing Yi Arias adheres to these principles and is successful in executing them. The recital was composed of three performers, Ms. Yang Ling as Qing Yi, a virtuous and noble woman, Mr. Chen Tao on Kundi, a bamboo flute and Mr. Huang Shi-Rong on percussion. This performance in particular featured two scenes from the Peony Pavilion, “Stroll
This is a poem wrote in Southern Tang, when Li Yu was the emperor. Different from most emperors’ ambitions of expanding their territory, Li Yu was fond of poems, songs, and other entertainments. Bodhisattva Barbarian is a form of Ci describing the romance between a young man and a young late at night. In fact, Li Yu wrote this poem to commemorate the scenes of his secret meeting with the sister of his empress. This poem is famed for the intimate relationship between two main characters. The heroine
Chinese Drama “Love art in yourself, and not yourself in art.” ― Konstantin Stanislavski Introduction To numerous Westerners, Chinese writing remains a concealed crease in the rich strata of Chinese society. Indeed, it is a fortune of an extremely impressive number of splendid and significant acts as every administration, in the long history of China, has passed down its legacy of great occasions and works. For a long time, they have woven an assortment of kinds and structures enveloping verse, expositions