What are the traditional classic repertoires included in Ma Rufei's solar term "Song Tan Ci"?
The memory of laurel and the story of rainbow.
During the reign of Tongzhi and Guangxu in the late Qing Dynasty, Ma Rufei, a famous Suzhou tanci writer, wrote a novel "solar term song Tanci" with solar terms and drama names as lyrics, which was deeply loved by the audience. This tanci can be described as ingenious. It is not only elegant in its dictionary, but also cleverly embeds solar terms and opera names, blending with the phenology at that time, which amazed all listeners.
Beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms, and the author wrote a song "The Story of the West Garden" for it. Because the characters in the play are attached to plum blossoms, there is the word "plum blossoms in the West Garden". The Journey to the West was written by Wu Bing, a dramatist in Ming Dynasty. It tells the story of two women living together in the Zhao Garden. Zhang Jihua, a scholar, met Wang Yuzhen in the West Garden. It was love at first sight, but he was mistaken for Zhao Yuying. Soon, Zhao Yuying passed away, and Zhang Jihua was very sad to hear the news. Later, I met Yu Zhen in Xiyuan, and I thought it was the ghost of Yu Ying.
Miss, Zhao Fu wanted to marry Ji Hua, but decided that she was dead and refused to answer him. Zhang Jihua was terrified out of her wits at the thought that she would marry a ghost. Later, under the guidance of the maid Xiang Jun, I suddenly realized that I had a happy marriage with my sweetheart Yu Zhen.