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.

New Exhibition Info | The “Tang Xianzu: The Dream of Linchuan” Collection Exhibition Opens Tomorrow

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2025-09-01

The “Tang Xianzu: The Dream of Linchuan” Collection Exhibition Opens Tomorrow

To commemorate the 475th anniversary of the birth of the world-renowned dramatist and “Sage of Eastern Drama,” Tang Xianzu (September 24), our museum, in collaboration with the Linchuan District Museum and the Linchuan District Red Culture Research Association, is hosting the “Tang Xianzu: The Dream of Linchuan” collection exhibition in the temporary exhibition hall of the Linchuan District Museum. The exhibition will run from September 2 to October 15.

“The Eastern Master of Drama, Tang Xianzu”

This exhibition coincides with the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, and the exhibits within… The master of theatrical performance, Mei Lanfang He was the anti-Japanese patriot who “grew a beard and boycotted performances.” Qing Dynasty, Yanshan Jiang Shiquan was also a master of drama who championed patriotism. As history has shown, the patriotic spirit within the theatrical community has been continuously passed down and sustained.

The exhibition is divided into four sections: “A Kaleidoscope of Colors,” “The Charm of Opera and the Fragrance of Ink,” “Eternal Love,” and “The Enduring Legacy of the Three Masters.” All the exhibits are provided by… Honorary Position of the Municipal Red Culture Research Association Provided by Sun Huogen, president and senior advisor of the District Red Culture Research Association, together with his daughter, Sun Li. Among the exhibits are numerous… Rare and precious item , worthy of exploration and research. Key exhibits include:

① The complete musical score of Ye Tang’s “Linchuan Four Dreams,” transcribed in the gongche notation system, from the Qing dynasty, printed in the 28th year of the Daoguang era (1848), during the Qianlong period. ；

② In the Qing dynasty, Jiang Shiquan of Qianshan composed “Nine Plays of Cangyuan,” among which “The Dream of Linchuan” is a work that… An innovative adaptation that fuses Tang Xianzu with the principal characters from his “Four Dreams of Linchuan.”

③ A carefully curated selection of nearly one thousand items, including “The Four Dreams of Linchuan” and specialized publications and cultural‑creative products related to Tang Xianzu, issued during the Republic of China era and in the People’s Republic of China.

④In 1960, Opera Performance Master A film poster (still) for “The Garden Amusement, a Dream of Surprise” and “The Return of the Soul,” starring Mei Lanfang and the renowned Gan opera performer Pan Fengxia—marking the first time that Tang Xianzu’s operatic works were brought to the screen.

⑤ Over one hundred art, film, and paper‑based cultural‑creative products featuring Tang Xianzu, in various formats, are available domestically (including Taiwan and Macao).

⑥ Dozens of artistic works by the three masters of the Republic of China and modern eras—Tang Xianzu, Shakespeare, and Cervantes—including foreign-language editions.

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Editor: Deng Chao | Written by: Jiang Yuanping | Reviewed by: Rao Fang