Expert Interview from the Tang Xianzu Academic Symposium (No. 8) | Liu Wenhui: Unearthing the Cultural Spirit of Eminent Figures to Provide Practical Momentum for Development

“I hope that the Tang Xianzu Symposium, as an important platform for cultural exchange in Tang studies, will become a well‑established brand and attract more experts to participate,” said Liu Wenhui, vice dean of the School of Teacher Education at East China University of Technology, in an interview on November 11 during the 2022 China (Fuzhou) Tang Xianzu Academic Symposium. In his view, the symposium’s scope has expanded beyond the field of opera studies to encompass the preservation and development of Linchuan culture, with its discussions becoming both deeper and broader.

Event News | Highlights from the “Welcoming Fortune and Prosperity” New Year Community Education Event

The custom of pasting the character “fu” (meaning “good fortune”) during the New Year is a time-honored tradition in Chinese folk culture. As early as three thousand years ago, inscriptions on Shang and Zhou bronze vessels already featured the character “fu” in various forms. Over time, with the emergence of scripts such as ancient seal script, small seal script, clerical script, cursive script, regular script, and running script, the calligraphic styles of “fu” grew ever more diverse and increasingly artistic. Whether today or in the past, the character “fu” has always embodied people’s yearning for a happy life and their hopes for a bright future.

Collection News | Mr. Tang Tingshui, the 13th-generation direct descendant of Tang Xianzu, has donated calligraphy works to our museum.

On the morning of December 13, 2022, Mr. Tang Tingshui, the 13th-generation direct descendant of Tang Xianzu, donated to our museum a calligraphic work titled “Twelve Family Precepts of Tang Xianzu,” further enriching our collection. Deputy Director Wei Wentao expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the esteemed elder and presented him with a certificate of acquisition.

Opera Trivia | How Much Do You Know About Opera Proverbs?

On stage, a single cry brings tears to thousands below; on stage, a single laugh fills the hearts of ten thousand. 02 The performance may be fake, but the spirit and vitality are real.

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.