Celebrating the Lunar New Year with You | An Appreciation of the Sequential Art Series “One Hundred Scenes of Ancient Customs” (No. 11)

The Year of the Rabbit, Gui Mao, has arrived! All the staff of the Tang Xianzu Memorial Hall in Fuzhou City extend their New Year greetings to you. Wishing you a year filled with abundant wealth, boundless good fortune, and great prosperity!

Celebrating the Lunar New Year with You | An Appreciation of the Comic Series “One Hundred Illustrations of Ancient Customs” (No. 12)

The Year of the Rabbit, Gui Mao, has arrived! All the staff of the Tang Xianzu Memorial Hall in Fuzhou City extend their New Year greetings to you. Wishing you a year filled with abundant wealth, boundless good fortune, and great prosperity!

Good News | Our museum’s education and outreach team achieved outstanding results at the 2023 Fuzhou Cultural Tourism Interpretation Competition.

To study and implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, further enhance the quality of cultural and tourism interpretation services in our city, and cultivate a team of docents characterized by high‑level service standards, solid professional expertise, and strong professional ethics, the Fuzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Press and Publication, and Tourism hosted the 2023 Fuzhou Cultural and Tourism Interpretation Competition from January 31 to February 1 in the multi‑purpose hall of the Fuzhou Museum.

Event Preview | Lantern Festival Puzzle: Virtual Exhibition Viewing

The Lantern Festival, also known as the Shangyuan Festival, Little New Year, Yuanxi, or the Lantern Fair, falls on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month each year. The first lunar month is called “Yuan” in the lunar calendar, and since ancient times, “night” was referred to as “xiao.” As the fifteenth day of the first lunar month marks the first full-moon night of the year, it came to be known as the Lantern Festival. On this auspicious occasion…

Event Recap | The Tang Xianzu Memorial Hall Hosts a “Joyful Lantern Festival” Celebration

A vibrant new century, a joyous Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival, observed on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, is one of China’s time-honored traditional festivals. According to custom, families gather to enjoy tangyuan—sweet rice balls—and solve riddles. On the morning of February 5, 2023, our museum hosted a special Lantern Festival event, creating a festive and harmonious atmosphere that allowed visitors to immerse themselves in the charm of Chinese traditional culture.

Appreciation of a Fine Essay | The Official‑Life Tragedy of the Dramatist Tang Xianzu: Why Did This “Tough Nut” of the Bureaucracy Draw Criticism?

In 1591, a comet—widely regarded as an ill omen—appeared; that year also proved to be a fateful one for Tang Xianzu. He witnessed the devastation of Lake Tai, where the surrounding lands lay scorched and barren for hundreds of miles, “white bones strewn along the riverbank.” The imperial court dispatched hundreds of thousands of taels in disaster relief funds and sent a special envoy, Yang Wenju, to console the afflicted. Yet Yang Wenju seized the opportunity to embezzle the relief money, accept bribes, and sell official posts. Most infuriating of all, the reigning grand chancellor, Shen Shixing, even promoted and elevated him, while demoting several loyal and outspoken censors who had dared to expose such corruption.