The Tang Xianzu Memorial Hall in Fuzhou is a comprehensive cultural venue built to commemorate Tang Xianzu, one of the world’s hundred great cultural figures and a master of Ming‑dynasty drama in China. It is also one of Jiangxi Province’s ten major memorial halls dedicated to historical luminaries.
Event Preview | Welcoming Fortune and Embracing the New, Lion Dance in Splendid Finery
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2025-12-28
The lingering echoes of 2025’s happiness still linger in our ears, as the bells of 2026 are about to chime. At year’s end, we banish the old and ward off epidemics; at the start of the new year, we welcome fortune and embrace renewal. With the turn of the year, all things are reborn. To enrich the cultural lives of our citizens, carry forward China’s time-honored New Year traditions, and create a vibrant festive atmosphere, our museum has specially curated a series of New Year‑welcome events, inviting visitors to experience the charm of traditional customs, share in the blessings of the Spring Festival, and together look forward to a bright and promising future.
The museum will be open as usual for three days during the New Year holiday, from January 1 to 3. It will resume regular operations on Sunday, January 4, and remain closed for maintenance on Monday, January 5.
Location: No. 1325 Wenchang Avenue, Fuzhou City (opposite Rui Shui Forest Park)
Bus routes: Take bus routes 9, 11, 21, or 22 to reach the destination.
Participants will use traditional rubbing tools to hand‑rub woodblocks adorned with “horse” motifs, auspicious patterns, and the character “fu,” creating one‑of‑a‑kind calendars exclusive to the Year of the Horse in 2026. Drawing on the fortunate symbolism of the “Horse Trampling the Flying Swallow,” the design embodies the spirit of “success at once,” as a galloping steed carries blessings and heralds a propitious beginning for the New Year. We will provide, free of charge, specially crafted rubbing kits, ink pads, and high‑quality, hardbound calendar bases.
Participants can use materials such as felt, fabric, and string to craft exquisite “Fulu” pendants following the video instructions. The gourd, whose name sounds like “fú lù,” is a lucky charm in Chinese culture that symbolizes good fortune, health, and longevity. Making your own gourd pendant embodies the hope that the new year will bring abundant blessings, prosperous luck, and peace and fulfillment.
The lion dance is a auspicious beast that symbolizes good fortune, prosperity, and courage. Performing the lion dance to welcome the new year is believed to ward off evil spirits and bring luck. Crafting a lion‑dance lantern is meant to light up the New Year, signifying family reunion, a thriving life, and a bright future. We will provide free DIY kits for making lion‑dance lanterns.
Among the costumes of successive dynasties in Chinese civilization, Ming‑era attire both inherited the traditions of the Zhou and Han periods and drew upon the elegance of the Tang and Song eras, making it a culmination of China’s sartorial heritage. It exerted a broad and profound influence on the clothing of later generations and on the neighboring countries. Even centuries later, we can still glimpse, through each garment, the dignified grace and vibrant vitality of women in Tang Xianzu’s time, bearing witness to the splendor and character of history.
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Editor: Deng Chao | Copy Editor: Jiang Yuanping | Reviewer: Rao Fang
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National Level-3 Museum
Chinese Qu Culture Education Base
Chinese Overseas International Culture Exchange Base
On-site Teaching Site of the Jinggangshan Cadre Academy of China
Jiangxi Province Patriotic Education Base
Jiangxi Provincial Base for Popularizing Social Sciences
Jiangxi Province Museum Demonstration Unit for Integrated Development
Jiangxi Province Primary and Secondary School Research-and-Practice Education Base
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