Mural guide
In a courtyard a timber stage with a hip roof and a white curtain holds one performer in a blue robe with a fan, while spectators sit on benches at both sides; at the left stand an instrument rack, drums, a prop table with cloths, and a flowering tree.
Yuan Goulan
Goulan of Yuan capital and county towns and the performers in them
Introduction
In Yuan times the capital and the county towns all had what were called goulan, where performers appeared, from all over north and south and in zaju, yuanben and zhugongdiao, and the viewers “threw gold to them.” Xiaochunyan worked a goulan and wrote her play titles on the beams all around for the audience to choose from; Wei Daodao danced the four Zhegu pieces alone in a goulan.