The Twenty-Four Solar Terms at the Soup House | Great Snow

Great Snow is the 21st of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms and the third solar term of winter. When the Dipper points to Ren, the sun reaches a celestial longitude of 255 degrees, and the term begins between December 6 and 8 on the Gregorian calendar each year. As the starting point of the Zi month in the sexagenary cycle, Great Snow officially marks the beginning of mid-winter.

Public Notice of Recruitment Results for Docents at the Tang Xianzu Memorial Hall, Fuzhou City, 2022

In accordance with the Recruitment Plan for Museum (Memorial Hall) Guides, and under the guidance and supervision of the competent authorities, following preliminary screening, interviews, and other procedures, the list of newly hired personnel is hereby announced as follows: Wan Xiuping, Deng Lin, and Ou Wenqing. Based on a comprehensive evaluation, these candidates meet the recruitment requirements. The announcement period is from December 6 to December 12, 2022. Any objections should be promptly reported to our museum. Contact telephone: 0794–8220300. Tang Xianzu Memorial Hall, Fuzhou City. December 6, 2022.

Zou Zizhen: On Xu Wei’s Influence and Inspiration on Tang Xianzu — Commemorating the 500th Anniversary of Xu Wei’s Birth

), courtesy name Wenchang, art names Tianchishanren and Qingteng Daoshi, was a native of Shanyin (present-day Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province). After the age of twenty, he repeatedly took the provincial examinations but failed each time, remaining a mere student throughout his life. He once accepted an appointment to serve as chief scribe in the staff of Hu Zongxian, the Governor-General of Zhejiang and Fujian, where he devised ingenious strategies to resist the Japanese pirates and earned distinguished military achievements. Later, when Hu fell into disgrace, was imprisoned, and died, Xu Wei too suffered political persecution and at one point lost his mental equilibrium. Subsequently, he was jailed for the accidental killing of his second wife, but thanks to the efforts of his friends, he escaped the death penalty. In his later years, he eked out a living by selling his calligraphy and paintings, ending his days in poverty. Xu Wei was bold and unrestrained, disdainful of conventional propriety, and held the view that “one should not be bound by Confucianism.”

Expert Interview from the Tang Xianzu Academic Symposium (No. 13) | Yin Rong: Promoting and Passing Down Tang Xianzu’s Cultural Legacy

From November 11 to 12, Yin Rong, an associate professor at the School of Humanities of Nanchang University, attended the 2022 China (Fuzhou) Tang Xianzu Academic Symposium by invitation. Following the conference, she granted an exclusive interview to a reporter.

Expert Interview from the Tang Xianzu Academic Symposium (X): Gu Xiangqiang — Continuing the Cultural Heritage and Extracting the Essence of Thought

On November 12, the experts and scholars invited to attend the 2022 China (Fuzhou) Tang Xianzu Academic Symposium continued to focus on “Tang Studies,” engaging in in-depth exchanges and discussions. During a break in the proceedings, Gu Xiangqiang, executive editor-in-chief of “Chinese Opera Critique” and “Kunqu Opera Critique” and an adjunct associate professor at the Shanghai Academy of Drama, granted an exclusive interview to a reporter.

Expert Interview from the Tang Xianzu Academic Symposium (No. 12) | Li Ying: Fuzhou and Jinxi Opera Should Advance in Tandem; Inheriting and Unearthing Their Heritage Is Our Sacred Duty

From November 11 to 12, the 2022 China (Fuzhou) Tang Xianzu Academic Symposium was held in our city. Li Ying, an editor of the Tianjin-based magazine “Jinmen Qu Tan,” granted an exclusive interview to a reporter.