Dream of Spring and Autumn: Selected Plays of Li Zhongcheng

Author: Mao Shian
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Zhongcheng has built for us a vast dramatic space: the ups and downs of the imperial court, the vicissitudes of the common people, the heavens and earth of the mythological world, and the incorruptible integrity of a generation of Qing court officials. The endless (spring and autumn) in dreams, the boundless (universe) in dreams. This light and this thread form the backbone of Zhongcheng's plays. Dreams are infinite and endless, Zhongcheng's life is also a dream of infinity and endlessness. Under such inciting circumstances, Zhongcheng and his team behind the Shanghai Peking Opera have consciously taken on their historical mission. "The Cat-Stealing Prince," transforming decay into magic, has transformed an old Shanghai-style serial play into a representative work of the new Shanghai style. His "The Spider Cave" went through eight drafts, and "The Cat-Stealing Prince" took three years. Other works are no exception to the "，" (gradually growing thinner but never regretting, willing to waste oneself for love) creative process. Our ancestors had a great talent for dreaming. Today, our nation is pursuing a magnificent dream like the (Kuafu), chasing the sun. How many dream-creators are needed for this great nation that dreams!