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.
News | What a Spectacle! When Shakespeare Meets Tang Xianzu
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2025-11-28
When Shakespeare Meets Tang Xianzu
Two theatrical masters
Meet at the 7th Tang Xianzu International Theatre Exchange Month.
What will happen?
If they see their own work
Adapted into
Murder mystery games, immersive theater, short videos…
What will we talk about?
Let’s listen to this “cross‑time dialogue” together.
More than 400 years ago
Tang Xianzu, hailed as the “Shakespeare of the East”
At Yumingtang in Fuzhou, Jiangxi, my hometown.
Completed the immortal masterpiece “The Peony Pavilion.”
Here
The theatrical legacy of Tang Xianzu has been passed down through the ages.
“The Four Dreams of Linchuan”
Also from beneath a solitary lamp in Yuming Hall.
Stepped onto the world’s dazzling stage.
Step into Fuzhou’s Wenchangli Historical and Cultural District.
You might inadvertently step into…
The “officially designated check-in spot” for “The Peony Pavilion”
Or break into the “All-Hands-On-Deck Stage” at night.
Become part of the plot
Here
The audience is no longer just a bystander.
Everyone can be a character in the play.
Different theater enthusiasts
In different languages, in different forms
Performing the classics of two masters. Drama
It also made drama into
A “lingua franca” that transcends time and space
As night falls, the city lights begin to glow.
Du Liniang in the Works of Tang Xianzu
With the Juliet created by Shakespeare
Meeting on the same stage
When sleeves flutter and songs begin to rise
A distance of four hundred years
Hearts connect through the lyrics.
The two female leads
It also showcases the aesthetic systems of various theatrical traditions.
Life is like a dream.
The dream lives on in people’s hearts.
The freehand style of the East and the realism of the West
Merging at this very moment
Civilizations thrive through exchange.
Civilization is enriched through mutual learning.
More than four centuries ago, Tang Xianzu expressed his emotions through dreams.
More than 400 years later, drama conveys emotion through dreams.
A Month of Theatrical Exchange
Telling China through drama
Connecting the World Through Culture
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Editor: Deng Chao | Source: Fuzhou Publicity Department
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