The Romance of the West Chamber is also a typical China opera, a poetic musical, and many famous aria have become the classic aria of Yue Opera, which makes people never tire of listening to it.
The Story of the West Chamber is a zaju created by Wang Shifu in Yuan Dynasty, which was written in the years of Yuan Zhen and Dade (1295- 1307). It mainly tells the story that Zhang Sheng, a scholar (whose real name is Jun Rui), and Cui Yingying, a young lady, with the help of the matchmaker, broke through the obstacles of Sun Feihu, Cui Mu, Zheng Heng and others and finally got married.
Introduction:
Matchmaker Xun Huisheng wrote and performed, mainly with matchmaker, until "Copying Red". Zhang Junqiu and others adapted the performance, mainly Yingying, and named it The West Chamber.
In the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Xun, a young boy from Luoyang, went to try it, stayed at Pujiu Temple on the way, met Cui Jue's daughter Yingying, and fell in love at first sight. The garrison in Sun Feihu mutinied, surrounded the temple and tried to seize Yingying. Cui Furen was in a hurry, claiming that Yingying was going to marry someone who could pay back the thieves and soldiers. Zhang Xun invited his good friend General White Horse Du Kui. Repel Sun Feihu.
Cui Furen, on the other hand, broke his word and made Zhang commensurate with Yingying's brother and sister. Zhang passed the poem through Cui Maid's matchmaker, and went over the wall to see Yingying at night. Yingying blamed Zhang for being indecent. Zhang was very ill, so the matchmaker invited Yingying to pay his respects, and they were engaged.
Hearing this, Cui Furen angrily beat the matchmaker, who accused him of breaking his word. Cui Furen had no choice but to make an appointment to get married after the pilot.
Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-The West Chamber