![]() ![]() The main influential productions include SONG Shijie, The Alliance of Still Water, XU Ce Runs to the Imperial Palace, Black Whirlwind LI Kui, Taking the Bandits Stronghold, Harbour, Ode to the Dragon River, Pan Shi Bay, Adventures of Emperor Qianlong, CAO Cao and YANG Xiu, Pansi Cave, The Beaver Cat for the Prince, The Great Events of Zhenguan, Honorable Official YU Chenglong, Success and Failure on Account of XIAO He, and many other traditional classics. It has gathered a great variety of talents and repertoire. The Company is steeped in the unique humanistic atmosphere of Shanghai, forming a special artistic style and cultural landscape. It is a famous performing arts group in China, founded in 1955, with its first director being the master of Peking Opera, ZHOU Xinfang. Shanghai jingju Theatre Company is a national key theatre company assessed by the Ministry of Culture, and a national intangible cultural heritage protection unit. She has received Plum Blossom Award, Excellent Performance Award in the CCTV Competition for Young and Middle-aged Peking Opera Artists, and Shanghai Magnolia Stage Performance Award for Best Opera Artist, etc. Her representative works include HU Sanniang and WANG Ying, Leopard Cat for Prince, Tragic Love in Bell Tower, New Dragon Gate Inn, Lotus Lantern, etc. She used to study under numerous Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera elites, such as ZHANG Meijuan and LU Wenqin. SHI is the successor of Intangible cultural heritage (Peking Opera) representative project by Shanghai government. SHI is granded as cultural celebrity by the “Four Batches of Talents” project of the Publicity Department of the CPC, and enjoys the special allowance of the State Council. SHI is a graduate of the first Graduate Class for Outstanding Young Peking Artists in China and was elected as the Vice-president of Shanghai Dramatists Association. SHI Yihong is a national first-class actress, Qingyi and Daomadan actress of the MEI-school. To deal with the friction between the two men, the emperor appoints AN as Fanyang Governor, leaving a hidden threat. ![]() As AN gains favour from YANG Yuhuan, the conflict between him and her cousin YANG Guozhong is intensified. AN Lushan, who suddenly comes to the Pear Garden, offers dance to please the couple and recognizes Yuhuan as his foster mother shamelessly. He plays drums for YANG Yuhuan who dances on the Jade Plate. The emperor establishes the Pear Garden as a performance venue to show the greatness of the Tang Dynasty. He gives her a gold hairpin and a mother-of-pearl-inlaid box as gifts, and allows her to bathe in the Huaqing Hot Springs. In a spring, LI Longji takes YANG Yuhuan to visit Lishan Mountain. The cousin sees AN Lushan, the Governor of Pinglu, as a political enemy and they both want to bring each other down. YANG Yuhuan, a beautiful woman good at singing and dancing, becomes a beloved consort of LI Longji, the Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, leading to her cousin YANG Guozhong’s rising to power. ![]()
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