Jade frost flows in front of the water curtain, and Zhao Jiafei waits on Zhaoyang.
Dancing in the palm of your hand, the sound of the flute is absolutely unique, and the autumn night in the thirty-six houses is long.
-"Han Gong Qu"
Song of the Han Palace, a quatrain in the Tang Dynasty, sang: "Before the curtain of jade frost and flowing water, Zhao Jiafei waited on Zhao Yang, dancing in the palm of her hand and stopping the flute, and the autumn night in the thirty-sixth palace was long." In the poem, Zhao, who served the emperor in Zhaoyang Palace, played a beautiful melody with his flute and danced in the palm of his hand with the ups and downs of the music. Later generations learned from this poem that there was a woman named Zhao in the history of our country, who could actually dance on the palm of someone else's hand. This is a miracle among miracles.
Zhao, a native of Han Dynasty, was born in a musical family. My sister and I are twins. They are smart and beautiful. My sister sings very well, but she dances very well. After the death of their father, their financial resources were cut off, and the two sisters were forced to live on the streets of Chang 'an and make a living by playing straw sandals. By chance, Emperor Han Chengdi found her and called her two sisters into the palace. Soon, the former queen was abolished and Zhao Yanfei was established, so she became the apple of the emperor's eye and was loved by Zhaoyang Palace.
Zhao has a slim figure, light posture and light steps. Perhaps because of her rare figure and extraordinary "internal strength" gained through hard work, it is said that she can dance on the palm of her hand. Eunuch hands folded, stretched forward, palms up. Zhao Yanfei stood on the palm of his hand, making various dance movements on a small area, waving his sleeves like a swallow. Emperor Han Chengdi made a crystal plate specially for her, and let the two maids put it on the plate. Zhao ups and downs on the mattress, waist gently, rotating, flying, just like a fairy dancing in the wind in the sky of Wan Li.
"Once every emperor is a courtier." After the death of Emperor Han Cheng, when the throne was passed to Emperor Han Ping, officials in the DPRK denounced her for having no royal descendants and demoted her to a civilian. An extraordinary dancer was finally forced to commit suicide and died tragically.