Escorting Lady Jing Home

In 1960-61, the Northern Kunqu Opera Troupe of China (Beifang Kunqu Juyuan; hereafter, Beikun) createdEscorting Lady Jing Home(Qianli Song Jingniang;hereafter,Escorting),a masterpiece ofkunqutheatre that is still regularly performed and enthusiastically embraced by twenty-first-century audiences (Chen 2010). Dramatizing a journey that Zhao Kuangyin (926-976), the founder of the Northern Song dynasty (960-1125), allegedly took with Lady Jing,Escortingtells a substantive story that has deeply touched Chinese hearts and minds, and triggered numerous discussions, both causal and serious. The story has not only appeared onkunqustages, but has also been performed as cartoons, TV shows, movies, and regional Chinese operas. There is even aJingnianghu(Lake Lady Jing)-a tourist theme park built at a scenic site outside Handan in Hebei Province, China-celebrating Jing's historical/fictional trip home

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