"Beautiful Silk" is a famous aria of Du Liniang in Peony Pavilion and Scared Dream. This is to describe the scene in the yard in spring. In spring, the spider's silk is blown off by the wind, and the spring is as thin as a thread. Deep in the landscape is Du Liniang's thought.
Source: The Peony Pavilion by Tang Ming Xianzu.
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The Peony Pavilion describes the story that Du Liniang, the daughter of an official, fell in love with Liu Mengmei, a scholar, in her dream, but died of injury. In reality, she turned into a soul to find a lover, fell in love with a ghost, finally came back to life, and finally became one with Liu Mengmei forever. The play has elegant wording and beautiful language.
This play is one of the outstanding works in the history of China opera. Together with Cui Yingying's The Romance of the West Chamber, Dou E's Imprisonment and The Palace of Eternal Life (The Romance of the West Chamber, Peach Blossom Fan and The Palace of Eternal Life by Cui Yingying), it is called the four classical dramas in China.
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