Theatre_actors,_Yuan_Dynasty.jpg
Description Theatre actors, Yuan Dynasty.jpg |
English:
In mid-Imperial China, characters in theatrical performances wore elaborate costumes and stereotyped facial makeup, shown here in a large Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368 CE) mural in a hall (明应王殿) of the Guangsheng Temple (广胜寺) in Hongtong county (洪洞県), Shanxi province. On the top of this mural is a banner that reads
Ráodū jiànài Dàxíng sǎnyuè Zhōng Dūxiù zàicǐ zuòchǎng Tàidìng yuánnián sìyuè
(堯都見愛/大行散樂忠都秀在此作場/泰定元年四月 "Ráodū liked it. Zhōng Dūxiù, a famous actress of sǎnyuè performed here. The fourth month of year one in era Tàidìng.")
中文:
雜劇
壁畫。中國山西省洪洞縣廣勝寺明應王殿壁畫。畫上有一匾額:堯都見愛/大行散樂忠都秀在此作場/泰定元年四月。忠都秀應是一名女藝人。
日本語:
「雑戯図」(広勝下寺、水神廟明応王殿壁画) 元・泰定1年(1324) 山西省洪洞県
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Date | 1324(泰定元年四月日) |
Source | Scanned from Patricia Ebrey's Cambridge Illustrated of China (1999) |
Author | Yuan Chinese artist(s) |
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