Opera · Qinqiang Opera · SSET10203

Wudian Slope

From Burning Incense in the Garden to A Letter by Wild Goose

8parts

Introduction

A traditional Qinqiang play drawn from folk legend and the Baochuan song text

Wudian Slope is a traditional Qinqiang play, also called Lienü Zhuan, whose story appears in old folk legend, the anonymous Ming Baochuan song text, the anonymous chuanqi Cailou Pei and the tanci Longfeng Jinchai Zhuan. Its first eight scenes are Burning Incense in the Garden, The Match at the Decorated Tower, Striking Palms Three Times, Taming the Demon Horse, Parting at the Cave Dwelling, The Western Campaign, Mother and Daughter Meet, also called Visiting the Cave Dwelling, and A Letter by Wild Goose. A later adaptation was made after 1949. The play has no named original author, and its early sources are all anonymous.

Parts

  1. Burning Incense in the GardenThe first of the opening eight scenes
  2. The Match at the Decorated TowerThe second of the opening eight scenes
  3. Striking Palms Three TimesThe third of the opening eight scenes
  4. Taming the Demon HorseThe fourth of the opening eight scenes
  5. Parting at the Cave DwellingThe fifth of the opening eight scenes
  6. The Western CampaignThe sixth of the opening eight scenes
  7. Mother and Daughter MeetThe seventh of the opening eight scenes, also called Visiting the Cave Dwelling
  8. A Letter by Wild GooseThe eighth of the opening eight scenes