Dance · ST10406
Tang Court Music and Dance
The original Tang court dances are lost; today they are reconstructed from scores, murals and texts.
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Mural guide
On a spring palace terrace beside a lake, dancers with long colored ribbons whirl before a hall where musicians play stringed instruments. Willows and blossoming trees surround them, with misty green mountains in the distance.
Ten ensembles, seated and standing troupes, the Rainbow Raiment and the Sogdian whirl