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On the Wall and on Horseback · SR100092
Act One
Sent to Luoyang to buy flowers, Pei Shaojun trades poems with Li Qianjin over a garden wall
Mural guide
On a square ringed by spring peach blossom, actors perform on a raised stage while acrobats climb tall poles; crowds gather to watch among food stalls, with a small bridge over a stream.