The Drunken Concubine, also known as "The Pavilion of Hundreds of Flowers", is derived from the Peking Opera play "The Drunken Yang Concubine", a local opera during the Qianlong period. The play was carefully crafted and processed by Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang who devoted his life to Embellishment is one of the classic representative repertoires of Mei School.
This script mainly describes Yang Yuhuan's self-admiration of his youth after being drunk, highlighting Yang Yuhuan's tenderness towards the emperor. In the 1950s, Mei Lanfang eliminated the bad and retained the essential, starting from the emotional changes of the characters, and corrected its non-artistic tendencies from an aesthetic perspective. Some sources say that this play originated from Kunqu opera, which can be seen from its libretto structure. In particular, the opening Siping tune is a Peking Opera treasure.
Extended information:
Opera plot:
Tang Xuanzong made an appointment with Yang Guifei one day and ordered her to hold a banquet at Baihua Pavilion, and they would go to enjoy flowers and drink together. The next day, Concubine Yang went to Baihua Pavilion to prepare the royal banquet. However, when it was too late to move, Tang Xuanzong's chariot did not arrive. Too late, too late.
It was suddenly reported that the emperor had arrived at Concubine Jiang's palace. Concubine Yang was so upset that she wanted to die. Concubine Yang is narrow-minded and jealous by nature, and women are the most reactive when they are resentful. As a result, all kinds of feelings are difficult to deal with for a while, and the wine is added to the sorrowful heart. Even after three cups, I am drunk. The love of spring is so intense that I can't help myself.
Related figures:
1. Li Longji
Li Longji, Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (September 8, 685 - May 3, 762), 685 AD He was born in Luoyang, the sacred capital, and reigned from 712 to 756. The longest-reigning emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the third son of Tang Ruizong, and his mother Dou Defei.
The temple name is "Xuanzong", and because of his posthumous title of "The Great Sage, the Ming Xiao Emperor", he is also called the Ming Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. In order to avoid the taboo of Emperor Kangxi's name "Xuan Ye" in the Qing Dynasty, he was often referred to as Emperor Tang Ming, and he was also titled "Emperor Kaiyuan Shengwen Shenwu".
Born in the sacred city of Luoyang, he is wise and decisive, versatile, knows music, is good at calligraphy, and has a majestic and handsome appearance. In June of the first year of Tang Long (710), when Gengzi was born, Li Longji and Princess Taiping jointly launched the "Tang Long Coup" to kill Empress Wei.
In 712, Li Danchan settled in Li Longji, and later consecrated Princess Taiping to death and gained the supreme rule of the country. In the early stage, he paid attention to bringing order out of chaos, appointed Yao Chong, Song Jing and other wise ministers, and worked hard to govern. His Kaiyuan era was the most prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty.
In the later period of his reign, he favored Concubine Yang Guifei, neglected government affairs, favored traitors Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, etc. In addition, he made policy mistakes and reused An Lushan and other ethnic groups outside the Great Wall in an attempt to stabilize the Tang Dynasty's frontiers.
The result was the eight-year Anshi Rebellion, which paved the way for the decline of the Tang Dynasty. In 756, Li Heng ascended the throne and respected him as the Supreme Emperor. He died of illness in 762 and was buried in Tailing.
2. Yang Yuhuan
Yang Yuhuan (June 22, 719 AD - July 15, 756 AD), nicknamed Taizhen. With gorgeous appearance, good at singing and dancing, and good at music, he was a court musician and dancer in the Tang Dynasty. Her musical talent was rare among concubines in the past dynasties, and she was praised by later generations as one of the four beauties in ancient China.
There are five main theories about his place of origin: Guozhou Nuxiang (now Lingbao, Henan), Puzhou Yongle (now Yongji, Shanxi), and Hongnong Huayin (now Huayin, Shaanxi). Said, Shuzhou (now Chengdu, Sichuan), Rongzhou (now Rongxian, Guangxi) said.
She was born into a family of eunuchs, and her father Yang Xuanyan once served as the chief minister of Shuzhou. She first became Princess Li Hao, the son of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. After being ordered to become a monk, she was canonized as a noble concubine by her father-in-law, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty.
In the fifteenth year of Tianbao (756), Anlushan launched a rebellion. He followed Li Longji out of Chang'an from Yanqiu Gate and went into exile in Shu. They passed through Mawei Station. Yang Yuhuan died in Mawei Station on July 15. In the chaos of the army, the fragrance disappeared and the jade died.
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