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Forty Years of Cherished Love 梦断香消四十年-鸾凤分飞 Meng Duan Xiang Xiao Si Shi Nian-Luan Feng Fen Fei
File — Box: 2, Folder: 52
Identifier: 2009.015.192
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Forty Years of Cherished Love 梦断香消四十年-鸾凤分飞 Meng Duan Xiang Xiao Si Shi Nian-Luan Feng Fen Fei. All music manuscripts were stamped by 曲艺苑 Arts and Performance Center. The story tells that when the Central Plains are looted by Huns in the Southern Song Dynasty, the poet Lu You marries his cousin, Tang Wan. His mother thinks that Tang will harm her husband and so she forces the two to separate, which they strenuously resist. Lu’s mother prevails, and the two lovers end up marrying other...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Forty Years of Cherished Love Forty Years of Cherished Love 梦断香消四十年-再进沈园（生）(Meng Duan Xiang Xiao Si Shi Nian-Zai Jin Shen Yuan (Sheng))
File — Box: 2, Folder: 37
Identifier: 2009.015.177
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Forty Years of Cherished Love 梦断香消四十年-再进沈园（生）(Meng Duan Xiang Xiao Si Shi Nian-Zai Jin Shen Yuan (sheng)) All music sheets were stamped by 莲花曲艺社 Lotus Art Club of Singing. The story tells that when the Central Plains are looted by Huns in the Southern Song Dynasty, the poet Lu You marries his cousin, Tang Wan. His mother thinks that Tang will harm her husband and so she forces the two to separate, which they strenuously resist. Lu¡¯s mother prevails, and the two lovers end up marrying other...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Meng Duan Ying Hua Nian Si Qiao 梦断樱花廿四桥 Meng Duan Ying Hua Nian Si Qiao
File — Box: 2, Folder: 53
Identifier: 2009.015.193
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Meng Duan Ying Hua Nian Si Qiao 梦断樱花廿四桥 Meng Duan Ying Hua Nian Si Qiao. All sheets and booklets are stamped by the Arts and Performing Center 曲艺苑. The story is adapted from Su Manshu’s autobiographical novel Lone Swan. The novel tells the story of Saburo, a young man who is unsure of whether he want to be a Buddhist monk or be married. At the start of the novel he is just finishing his thirty-day probation at the Sea Clouds monastery. On completion he goes to work for an abbot. He has to...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009
The Flower Girl 卖花女 Mai Hua Nv
File — Box: 2, Folder: 54
Identifier: 2009.015.194
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The Flower Girl 卖花女 Mai Hua Nv. All manuscripts were stamped by 莲花曲艺社 the Lotus Club of Singing. The grief-stricken, lamenting and heart-rending melody tells the miserable life of a flower girl who makes a living roaming the streets.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Xue Ping Gui-Farewell at the Cavern 薛平贵-别窑 Xue Ping Gui-Bie Yao
File — Box: 2, Folder: 55
Identifier: 2009.015.195
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Xue Ping Gui-Farewell at the Cavern 薛平贵-别窑 Xue Ping Gui-Bie Yao. The story tells the legend of Xue Pinggui and Wang Baochuan. Wang Yun was the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty. He had three daughters. The eldest one Jinchuan married the Minister of Labor Su Long; the second daughter Yinchuan married Wei Hu, the Deputy Minister of Military; but the spoiled little girl Baochuan decided to choose her husband at random. She stood on the furnished tall tower at a crossroad, threw a ball to the...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Xue Ping Gui-The Swan Goose Carries a Message 薛平贵-鸿雁传书 Xue Ping Gui-Hong Yan Chuan Shu
File — Box: 2, Folder: 57
Identifier: 2009.015.196
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Xue Ping Gui-The Swan Goose Carries a Message 薛平贵-鸿雁传书 Xue Ping Gui-Hong Yan Chuan Shu. All music manuscripts were stamped by 曲艺苑 Arts and Performance Center. The story tells the legend of Xue Pinggui and Wang Baochuan. Wang Yun was the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty. He had three daughters. The eldest one Jinchuan married the Minister of Labor Su Long; the second daughter Yinchuan married Wei Hu, the Deputy Minister of Military; but the spoiled little girl Baochuan decided to choose her...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Lu An Zhou 潞安洲 Lu An Zhou
File — Box: 2, Folder: 57
Identifier: 2009.015.197
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Lu An Zhou 潞安洲 Lu An Zhou. The story is about Lu Deng, governor of Lu’an province in Song Dynasty. During the reign of Shaoxing, the royals are corrupt. Jin Wushu, the fourth prince from the Jin kingdom, commands an army to invade Song territory and conquers Lu'an province, where Protectoral General Lu Deng and his wife sacrifice their lives for the city, leaving behind their baby, Lu Wenlong, who is spirited away by his nurse.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009
An Order to Annihilate Dragon Mountai 蟠龙令 Pan Long Ling
File — Box: 2, Folder: 58
Identifier: 2009.015.198
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An Order to Annihilate Dragon Mountai 蟠龙令 Pan Long Ling. All music manuscripts were stamped by 莲花曲艺社 Lotus Art Club of Singing. The story tells the revenge of Yao Gang. Yao Qi, a founding courtier of the Eastern Han dynasty, is murdered by Guo Rong, the father-in-law of the emperor. His son Yao Gang is saved by his childhood wet nurse and changes his name to Bai Yaotian. After entering a martial arts contest leading to marriage, he marries Wang Lingxian, daughter of Wang Ying, whom he thinks...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Dreams of tthe Blue Bridge 蓝桥梦（生）Lan Qiao Meng (Sheng)
File — Box: 2, Folder: 59
Identifier: 2009.015.199
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Dreams of the Blue Bridge 蓝桥梦（生）Lan Qiao Meng (Sheng) All music manuscripts were stamped by 莲花曲艺社 Lotus Art Club of Singing. The story tells the love between Xiong Ge and Qing Mei. Xiong Ge receives the order to fight for his country, and thus has to separate with his lover Qing Mei who is a sing song girl. Later Qing Mei receives the news that Xiong Ge has died in the battlefield. Giving up her hope, Qing Mei becomes a prostitute, selling her body for living. However, Xiong Ge has not died...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Immortal At The Magpie Bridge 鹊桥仙 Que Qiao Xian
File — Box: 2, Folder: 60
Identifier: 2009.015.200
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The story tells the love between Niu Lang and Zhi Nv. Niu Lang (Cowhand)’s parents died when he was a child. Later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law. So he lived by himself herding cattle and farming. One day, a fairy from heaven Zhi Nv (Weaver Maid) fell in love with him and came down secretly to earth and married him. The cowhand farmed in the field and the Weaver Maid wove at home. They lived a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl. Unfortunately, the God of...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009