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White Dragon Pass 白龙关（上） Bai Long Guan (Part I)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 51
Identifier: 2009.015.104
Scope and Contents
White Dragon Pass 白龙关（上） Bai Long Guan (Part I). All sheets are stamped by 莲花曲艺社 the Lotus Arts Club of Singing or the 团艺中乐社 Tuen Ngai (Yip Yue) Chung Lok She. The crown prince of the Northern Han besieged the Emperor Taizu of the Song within White Dragon Pass. General Huting Shouting and his siter Huting Jinding utilized the Beauty Strategem to break the siege with reinforcements and achieve victory. The crown prince fled to the Flying Dragon Ridge, where he met Lady Jinding. Lady Junding,...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009
White Dragon Pass 白龙关（下） Bai Long Guan (Part II)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 52
Identifier: 2009.015.105
Scope and Contents
The crown prince of the Northern Han besieged the Emperor Taizu of the Song within White Dragon Pass. All sheets are stamped by 莲花曲艺社 the Lotus Arts Club of Singing. General Huting Shouting and his siter Huting Jinding utilized the Beauty Strategem to break the siege with reinforcements and achieve victory. The crown prince fled to the Flying Dragon Ridge, where he met Lady Jinding. Lady Junding, against military orders commanded the relase of the crown prince, who she secretly had feelings...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Jade Hairpin Series-Love Poem 玉簪记-诗稿定情 Yu Zan Ji-Shi Gao Ding Qing
File — Box: 1, Folder: 53
Identifier: 2009.015.106
Scope and Contents
Handwritten Cantonese opera manuscript; all sheets are stamped by the Lotus Art Club of Singing. Written by Ming Dynasty playwright Gao Lian. While the scholar Pang Bizheng is on his way to the capital, he came to the residence of his aunt Fa Cheng and the virgin Gu Guang to study for his exam. He also met the nun Chen Miaochang, and fell in love with her. Fa Cheng is displeased about Pang Bizheng’s distraction, and persuaded him to leave immediately for the exam. Chen Miaochang tried to...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Jade Hairpin Series-Farewell at River Qiu 玉簪记-秋江哭别 Yu Zan Ji-Qiu Jiang Ku Bie
File — Box: 1, Folder: 54
Identifier: 2009.015.107
Scope and Contents
Handwritten Cantonese opera manuscript; all sheets are stamped by the Lotus Art Club of Singing. Written by Ming Dynasty playwright Gao Lian. While the scholar Pang Bizheng is on his way to the capital, he came to the residence of his aunt Fa Cheng and the virgin Gu Guang to study for his exam. He also met the nun Chen Miaochang, and fell in love with her. Fa Cheng is displeased about Pang Bizheng’s distraction, and persuaded him to leave immediately for the exam. Chen Miaochang tried to...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Bai Qiu Ping 白秋萍 (Bai Qiu Ping)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 55
Identifier: 2009.015.108
Scope and Contents
Handwritten Cantonese opera manuscript, It is a story about a woman Bai Qiu Ping.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Legend of the White Snake-Broken Bridge 白蛇传-断桥 Bai She Zhuan-Duan Qiao
File — Box: 1, Folder: 56
Identifier: 2009.015.109
Scope and Contents
Handwritten Cantonese opera Sheet Music, stamped by 曲艺苑 the Performance and Art Center. Broken Bridge is Act I of the play Legend of the White Snake.Lü Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals, disguises himself as a man selling tangyuan at the Broken Bridge (斷橋) near the West Lake in Hangzhou. A boy called Xu Xian (simplified Chinese: 许仙; traditional Chinese: 許仙; pinyin: Xǔ Xiān; Jyutping: Heoi2 Sin1) buys some tangyuan from Lü Dongbin without knowing that they are actually...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Legend of the White Snake-Covered by the Gold Bowl 白蛇传-合砵 Bai She Zhuan-He Bo
File — Box: 1, Folder: 57
Identifier: 2009.015.110
Scope and Contents
Handwritten Cantonese opera Sheet Music, stamped by 曲艺苑 the Performance and Art Center and 莲花曲艺社 the Lotus Art Club of Singing. The Legend of the White Snake, also known as Madame White Snake, is a Chinese legend which existed in oral tradition long before any written compilation. It has since been presented in a number of major Chinese operas, films and television series. The earliest attempt to fictionalise the story in printed form appears to be The White Maiden Locked for...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Legend of the White Snake- Shi Lin Sacrificed the Temple 白蛇传-仕林祭塔（生） Bai She Zhuan-Shi Lin Ji Ta (Sheng)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 58
Identifier: 2009.016.111
Scope and Contents
Legend of the White Snake- Shi Lin Sacrificed the Temple 白蛇传-仕林祭塔（生） Bai She Zhuan-Shi Lin Ji Ta (Sheng). Handwritten manuscripts in Cantonese Chinese.The Legend of the White Snake, also known as Madame White Snake, is a Chinese legend which existed in oral tradition long before any written compilation. It has since been presented in a number of major Chinese operas, films and television series.The earliest attempt to fictionalise the story in printed form appears to...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009
White Hair Intonation 白头吟（旦） Bai Tou Yin (Dan)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 59
Identifier: 2009.015.112
Scope and Contents
White Hair Intonation 白头吟（旦） Bai Tou Yin (Dan). Handwritten Cantonese opera manuscript.
White Hair Intonation is a song cycle that originated from the division in charge of official songs and dances for rites during the Han Dynasty. One possible author is Zhuo Wenjun, though this attribution has been contested. The song, written from the perspective of a lady, is about the frustration of losing one’s beloved and the challenge of finding the meaning of love.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009
The Tale of the West Loft - Making a Pledge at the West Loft 西楼记-西楼订盟 Xi Lou Ji-Xi Lou Ding Meng
File — Box: 1, Folder: 60
Identifier: 2009.015.113
Scope and Contents
The Tale of the West Loft - Making a Pledge at the West Loft 西楼记-西楼订盟 Xi Lou Ji-Xi Lou Ding Meng . Handwritten Cantonese opera Sheet Music. All sheets are stamped by 莲花曲艺社 Lotus Art Club of Singing.The signing girl Mu Suwei fell in love with Yu Shuye at the West Loft, and made a secret life pact with him. But due to internal meddling by Zhao Xiang, the owner evicted the Mu family from the West Loft, even though Mu Suwei and Jie Yuanyu did not have a chance to bid farewells. In...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009