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Contains 86 Results:

A Buddhist Recluse for Fourteen Years (Part I) 火网梵宫十四年 Huo Wang Fan Gong Shi Si Nian (Shang)

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 31
Identifier: 2009.015.171
Scope and Contents A Buddhist Recluse for Fourteen Years 火网梵宫十四年 Huo Wang Fan Gong Shi Si Nian. All music manuscripts were stamped by 曲艺苑 Arts and Performance Center. During the Tang Dynasty, there lived in Chang'an a Taoist Nun named Yu Xuanji. She was a poet of exceptional talent and beauty. Yu was in love with a charlatan called Wen Zhang. When he got into trouble after a drunken brawl, she sold her estate Chong Lou against her father's will to raise money to help him. Yu had an admirer named Li Yi. When he...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1996-2009

A Buddhist Recluse for Fourteen Years (Part II) 火网梵宫十四年 Huo Wang Fan Gong Shi Si Nian (Xia)

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 32
Identifier: 2009.015.172
Scope and Contents A Buddhist Recluse for Fourteen Years (Part II) 火网梵宫十四年 Huo Wang Fan Gong Shi Si Nian (Xia) All music Manuscripts were stamped by 莲花曲艺社 Lotus Art Club of Singing. During the Tang Dynasty, there lived in Chang'an a Taoist Nun named Yu Xuanji. She was a poet of exceptional talent and beauty. Yu was in love with a charlatan called Wen Zhang. When he got into trouble after a drunken brawl, she sold her estate Chong Lou against her father's will to raise money to help him. Yu had an admirer...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1996-2009

Ren Ru Yu Jian Ru Shuang 人如玉剑如霜 Ren Ru Yu Jian Ru Shuang

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 33
Identifier: 2009.015.173
Scope and Contents

Ren Ru Yu Jian Ru Shuang 人如玉剑如霜 Ren Ru Yu Jian Ru Shuang. The story happens in Song Dynasty, when the country was invaded by nomadic tribes from north. Disappointed by the corruption of the court, Yingge feels that he cannot save the country and loses his ambition. But his wife persudes him to cheer up and fight again.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1996-2009

Tong Shi Tian Ya Lun Luo Ren 同是天涯沦落人 Tong Shi Tian Ya Lun Luo Ren

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 34
Identifier: 2009.015.174
Scope and Contents Tong Shi Tian Ya Lun Luo Ren 同是天涯沦落人 Tong Shi Tian Ya Lun Luo Ren. This is a story adapted from a poem The Pipa Tune, which was written in 816 AD by Bai Juyi. In 815 Bai Juyi was demoted from the Capital to a local Officer of Jiujiang Prefecture. One autumn night of the following year, while seeing off friends on a boat leaving Penpu harbor on the Yangtze River, he suddenly heard a pipa tune being played from the neighboring boat. The music style was clearly from the capital. Being totally...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1996-2009

Di Lao Tian Huang Bu Lao Qing 地老天荒不了情 Di Lao Tian Huang Bu Lao Qing

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 35
Identifier: 2009.015.175
Scope and Contents Di Lao Tian Huang Bu Lao Qing 地老天荒不了情 Di Lao Tian Huang Bu Lao Qing. All music manuscripts were stamped by 莲花曲艺社 Lotus Art Club of Singing. It is a love story between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. Zhu Yingtai aspires to study under a famous master of Hangzhou. With her father’s consent, she leaves home disguised herself as a man. On their way, she and her maid encounter Shanbo and his loyal squire. They become the best of friends during their three years of study. Long suspicious of her...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1996-2009

Full Moon over Grand Realm 江山锦绣月团圆 Jiang Shan Jin Xiu Yue Tuan Yuan

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 36
Identifier: 2009.015.176
Scope and Contents Full Moon over Grand Realm 江山锦绣月团圆 Jiang Shan Jin Xiu Yue Tuan Yuan. All music manuscripts were stamped by 莲花曲艺社 Lotus Art Club of Singing. The story is about Tang Zhixiang and Wei Xixian, a couple who had lost contact for years. Tang Zhixiang and her younger brother lived at Fang Renjie's home. Jingwei contacted the resistance movement against Yuan army. However, their plan was divulged. Zhixiang calmly defended the fortress, and discovered that the general who searched the resistant force...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1996-2009

Ying Xiong Zhang Shang Ye Hua Xiang 英雄掌上野花香 Ying Xiong Zhang Shang Ye Hua Xiang

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 38
Identifier: 2009.015.178
Scope and Contents

Ying Xiong Zhang Shang Ye Hua Xiang 英雄掌上野花香 Ying Xiong Zhang Shang Ye Hua Xiang. The story tells General Yang Weiwang’s encounter with a beautiful girl Cheng Shangxiang, sells wine in a small restaurant, on his way back hometown. General Yang’s reputation and handsome appearance attracts Cheng Shangxiang; and General Yang admires Cheng Shangxiang’s talent and beauty. They soon fall in love with each other and get married.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1996-2009

Cai Wen Ji 蔡文姬 Cai Wen Ji

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 39
Identifier: 2009.015.179
Scope and Contents Cai Wen Ji 蔡文姬 Cai Wen Ji. During the era Han Dynasty, there was a talented woman named Cai Wenji. She was captured by the Huns towards the end of the Han Dynasty, and was married to King Zuo Xian. The General – Cao Cao then unified the Han Soil. He knew that the daughter of his old friend, Cai Bojie was talented in writing historical events. He sent messengers – Dong Su and Zhou Jin to bring her back to the Han Soil. Attila the Hun, awed by Cao Cao’s military might, agreed to release Cai...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1996-2009

Cai Wenji’s Return to the Han Soil 文姬归汉 Wen Ji Gui Han

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 40
Identifier: 2009.015.180
Scope and Contents Cai Wenji’s Return to the Han Soil 文姬归汉 Wen Ji Gui Han. The story tells that during the era Han Dynasty, there was a talented woman named Cai Wenji. She was captured by the Huns towards the end of the Han Dynasty, and was married to King Zuo Xian. The General – Cao Cao then unified the Han Soil. He knew that the daughter of his old friend, Cai Bojie was talented in writing historical events. He sent messengers – Dong Su and Zhou Jin to bring her back to the Han Soil. Attila the Hun, awed by...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1996-2009

Hu Jia Qing Lei Bie Wen Ji 胡笳情泪别文姬 Hu Jia Qing Lei Bie Wen Ji

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 41
Identifier: 2009.015.181
Scope and Contents

Hu Jia Qing Lei Bie Wen Ji 胡笳情泪别文姬 Hu Jia Qing Lei Bie Wen Ji. All music manuscripts were stamped by 莲花曲艺社 Lotus Art Club of Singing. This is a continuous story of “Cai Wenji’s Return to the Han Soil”. Cai Wenji followed Cao Cao’s orders to return to the Han Soil to write history. On the journey back to the Han Soil, Cai Wenji composed a piece for Gu Zhen to express her feelings of missing her family.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1996-2009