This is the lyrics at the beginning of "The Flower of the King", which is a very nice song sung by Gong Yi. It interprets classic operas with popular singing methods, and with brand-new arrangement, music and high-quality recording, it produces the effect of interweaving the old and the new.
"Empress Xiang" was adapted by Peng Qinghua and the electronic music producer of Cantonese opera "Empress Xiang" in the "New Yuefu" project.
The lyrics are about Princess Changping, the eldest daughter of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty. At the age of fifteen, she was ordered by the emperor to choose a spouse under the Lilian tree in front of Gan Qing Palace and betrothed to Zhou Shixian, the son of a servant. At the end of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng, the king of Zhuang, invaded Beijing, and the imperial capital was broken. Chongzhen, after cutting the maid-in-waiting, hanged himself in Meishan. Princess Changping was hacked to death by her father, but she didn't die and was rescued in the middle of the week.
Later, the Qing army wiped out the invading army and founded the country in Beijing. Princess Changping was very sad when she learned that Zhou Zhong wanted to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Later, with the help of Zhou's daughter Zhou Ruilan and an old nun, she took refuge in Wei Mo 'an in the name of the late nun Hui Qing.
Zhou Shixian occasionally went to Wei Mo 'an and met Princess Changping dressed as a nun. She was very surprised. After several explorations, Changping was willing to recognize Shixian again, and met in Ziyushan House that night. After the Qing emperor knew it, he ordered Shixian to be coerced in the middle of the week and let him take the princess back to the palace. In order to bury the emperor's father Chongzhen and release the emperor's younger brother, the husband and wife pretended to return to the palace, reunited under the tree before the Qing Dynasty, and then both committed suicide.
Extended content:
Complete lyrics of Emperor Flower:
Diwanghua
Lyrics: Deng Deng
Woman: The fallen flowers cover the moonlight. I'd like to borrow a cup to recommend it to Fengtai.
The emperor's daughter smelled tears and hoped to die, so she went back to thank her parents.
I stole a look, and he was in tears.
I'm a little scared, afraid of this couple.
Don't want to die for love, accompany me to the spring land
M: I look forward to being buried together. All shall be well, jack shall have Jill.
Quantai will build a new house, and the underworld will find Pingyangmen Lane.
Woman: Alas, people who spend their lives wish to die, but it is hard for Xu to drink arsenic at night.
Man: Jiangshan is sad to be robbed, and I am grateful to the first emperor.
Take your wife to ask the emperor.
W: Oh, I hope so. Flowers and candles are in harmony with white hair. Who wants to see the flowers turn into blood waves?
I'm tired of burying you by mistake. I want to salute you and bow deeply.
Then, we will get married, pay a cup of grave to build a new house, and wait for Qian Qiu to sing a hymn and remember the horse on the spirit tablet.
Man: With Liu Yin as the hibiscus account, Xu will take care of the bride of the Ming Dynasty.
Pick up the lamp in the middle of the night and peek at makeup.
Female: Phoenix's eternal love is always worth Phoenix's infatuation. I would like to raise my glass to my husband.
Man: Pass the golden cup and taste it slowly. Rub arsenic on the grapes with tears.
Female: Acacia is drunk and dreamy.
Man: clink glasses at the stage.
Woman: One hundred crowns instead of burial clothes.
Male: Xu Majia's Tomb Collection
Woman: Hug each other.
Man: snuggle up to each other
Together: one tree with two branches, revealing the fragrance of the emperor and his daughter.
Man: the king flower.
Female: Long companion has a heart.
Together: the tree looks the same when the husband and wife are dead.
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