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The Goddess of Plum Blossom 梅花仙 Mei Hua Xian

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
Identifier: 2009.015.084
Scope and Contents The Goddess of Plum Blossom 梅花仙 Mei Hua Xian. All sheets are stamped by 曲艺苑 the Arts and Performance Center. In the early Sui Dynasty, an amorous and sensual Master Zhao passed by the Luofu Mountains. At daybreak, he met a beautiful girl in the plum blossom forest. They became close after their first meeting while children danced, sang, and slept together on branches. When he woke up, the beauty is gone, and looking at the plum blossom trees he saw the branches brushing noisily against each...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Found in: Museum of Chinese in America / 2009.015, Mui Yuen Kung Chiu & Hung Fook Chiu collection / Opera Manuscripts

Resentment of Imperial Concubine Mei 梅妃怨 Mei Fei Yuan

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 32
Identifier: 2009.016.085
Scope and Contents Resentment of Imperial Concubine Mei 梅妃怨 Mei Fei Yuan. Sheet has a stamp that is not recognizable. Based on the tragedy of Jiang Caiping, or Consort Mei as she is better known for her love of plum blossoms, she was one of the Emperor Xuanzong's concubines during the Tang Dynasty. She was beloved by the Emperor until concubine Yang was married to him. Consort Mei was then sent to the cold bench by the Emperor. She laments the Emperor's forgotten memory of her and, and consoles herself by...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Found in: Museum of Chinese in America / 2009.015, Mui Yuen Kung Chiu & Hung Fook Chiu collection / Opera Manuscripts

Courtesan Dong 董小宛 Dong Xiao Wan

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 33
Identifier: 2009.015.086
Scope and Contents

Courtesan Dong 董小宛 Dong Xiao Wan. All sheets were stamped by Lotus Art Club of Singing. The song is about a courtesan in late Ming Dynasty. She was born in 1624 in a wealthy family and died at 28 years old. When she was 15, their family business went bankrupt, which forced her to become a courtesan. She was later married to Mao Rao, who was a famous Chinese scholar.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Found in: Museum of Chinese in America / 2009.015, Mui Yuen Kung Chiu & Hung Fook Chiu collection / Opera Manuscripts

Heart-broken Poetry 断肠词（旦） Duan Chang Ci (Dan)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 34
Identifier: 2009.015.087
Scope and Contents

Heart-broken Poetry 断肠词（旦） Duan Chang Ci (Dan). All sheets are stamped by 莲花曲艺社 the Lotus Arts Club of Singing. A song based the poetry of Zhu Shuzhen, a female poet the Southern Song Dynasty. Duanchang Ci uses colloquial dictions, direct expression, allusion and rehtoric to express the author's agitation.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Found in: Museum of Chinese in America / 2009.015, Mui Yuen Kung Chiu & Hung Fook Chiu collection / Opera Manuscripts

The Soul of Chu 楚国魂 Chu Guo Hun

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 35
Identifier: 2009.015.088
Scope and Contents

The Soul of Chu 楚国魂 Chu Guo Hun. This is a handwritten Cantonese opera manuscipt. Based on the tragedy of Qu Yuan, a poet and minister from the kingdom of Chu during the Warring States Period. Hearing that his homeland has been invaded by the Qin, Qu Yuan wrote a poem about his home before comitting suicide.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Found in: Museum of Chinese in America / 2009.015, Mui Yuen Kung Chiu & Hung Fook Chiu collection / Opera Manuscripts

The Butterfly Dream 蝴蝶梦 Hu Die Meng

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 36
Identifier: 2009.015.089
Scope and Contents The Butterfly Dream 蝴蝶梦 Hu Die Meng. Based on a famous story of Zhuangzi who had a dream that he became a butterfly. After he became awake, Zhuangzi wondered if he had become a butterfly, or the butterfly had become human. In the same story, Zhuangzi's wife had died recently, and a friend asked why he did not mourn. To which Zhuangzi replied, "When she died, I was in despair, as any man well might be. But soon, pondering on what had happened, I told myself that in death no strange new fate...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Found in: Museum of Chinese in America / 2009.015, Mui Yuen Kung Chiu & Hung Fook Chiu collection / Opera Manuscripts

Zhang Tai Liu Visits the Sick Man 章台柳-探病/问病 (Zhang Tai Liu-Tan Bing/Wen Bing)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 37
Identifier: 2009.015.090
Scope and Contents

It is a love story between Chinese famous Tang dynasty poet Han Yi and his wife Liao Yao Jin. The story is based on a letter from Han Yi to his wife during the war. On the letter, he told her that he was still alive and he missed her very much. 2 versions of handwritten Cantonese opera manuscripts, both are stamped by the Lotus Art Club of Singing.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Found in: Museum of Chinese in America / 2009.015, Mui Yuen Kung Chiu & Hung Fook Chiu collection / Opera Manuscripts

Zhang Tai Liu- Sell Sword 章台柳-卖剑 (Zhang Tai Liu-Mai Jian)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 38
Identifier: 2009.015.091
Scope and Contents Zhang Tai Liu- Sell Sword 章台柳-卖剑 (Zhang Tai Liu-Mai Jian). 3 copies of legal size handwritten Cantonese opera manuscripts, stamped by the Lotus Art Club of Singing; plus one copy of booklet, folded and bound from the 2 sheets with covers, stamped by the Performance and Arts Center. The story's description: Both the princes of Jin Chen and Hong are in love with Liu Hongluan. She fancies Prince Chen, who is handsome, and conceives his child after a drunken rendezvous with him. Prince Hong, the...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Found in: Museum of Chinese in America / 2009.015, Mui Yuen Kung Chiu & Hung Fook Chiu collection / Opera Manuscripts

Fairy Hongluan 红鸾喜（旦）Hong Luan Xi (Dan)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 39
Identifier: 2009.015.092
Scope and Contents All sheets are stamped by 莲花曲艺社 the Lotus Arts Club of Singing. Both the princes of Jin Chen and Hong are in love with Liu Hongluan. She fancies Prince Chen, who is handsome, and conceives his child after a drunken rendezvous with him. Prince Hong, the ugly one, thought of a deceitful plan that would land him with Hongluan and leave her ugly sister to Chen. Later on, Hong felt guilty and gave up his wicked plan. Hongluan then marries Chen. After Honluan returned to heaven, the fairy maiden...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Found in: Museum of Chinese in America / 2009.015, Mui Yuen Kung Chiu & Hung Fook Chiu collection / Opera Manuscripts

Worship River Yu 祭玉河（生）Ji Yu He (Sheng)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 40
Identifier: 2009.015.093
Scope and Contents

Booklet is stamped by 曲艺苑 the Arts and Performance Center. The play is about a couple who were forced by their families to be apart. The male was sent to the capital, where he achieved the highest distinction in the examinations. When he returned, he discovered that his beloved had drowned by tradition. He worshipped and mourned her loss along the river.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Found in: Museum of Chinese in America / 2009.015, Mui Yuen Kung Chiu & Hung Fook Chiu collection / Opera Manuscripts

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