Chinese Kunqu Opera: Peony Pavilion-part-8.3

青春版牡丹亭-离魂 Departed Soul

Unpropitiously, rain pours on Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional day for family reunion. Raising her eyes to the moonless sky, Du Liniang feels life ebbing. All she can think of is her dream lover.? Recovering briefly, she gives instructions to Chunxiang to hide her self-portrait under a rock in the garden, and pleads with her mother to bury her under the large plum tree. She apologizes for having failed her duties as a daughter.

Du Liniang's soul, receding into darkness, is cloaked in red--a hint that she will soon return to the land of the living.

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