Escorting Lady Jing Home
A Journey of Chinese Opera, Gender, and Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3133696 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph S C Lam (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Pages | 114-139 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Yearbook for Traditional Music (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0740-1558 • E-ISSN: 2304-3857 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5921/yeartradmusi.46.2014.0114 |
| OpenAlex | W2713275664 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
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
Archaeology · Art · Art history · China · Media studies · Opera · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |