Ever since, art has played an important role in passing on the legend of the Jade Rabbit. In his ode “Ask the Sky,” poet and aristocrat Qu Yuan (c. 340–278 B.C.) conjures the image of a pregnant moon ...

This year, a new version of the 2013 epic commissioned by the Beijing Music Festival (BMF) and composed by Zhou will be ...

In short, a minister called Qu Yuan, is wrongly accused of treason by his king, and is exiled. During his exile, he writes lots of poems. When the state is invaded and conquered by another state ...

As China’s first festival recognised by Unesco’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list, the Dragon Boat Festival commemorates the life and death of the revered poet Qu Yuan, a loyal minister who ...

In 2010, composer Zhou Long was commissioned by the Beijing Music Festival and Boston Opera House to write Madame White Snake ...

The legend goes that Qu Yuan served in high offices and wrote a lot of poetry about China while banished from the country. Following his death in a river, people rowed out in boats to try and find ...

Legend holds they originated as a way to honour patriotic poet Qu Yuan, who drowned himself, and attempts by local fisherman to save him in their boats. It’s customary for Chinese families to ...

Legend says when Qu Yuan, a great poet, was exiled by his king, he committed suicide on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. The community was deeply saddened by his death and paddled out in ...

The festival commemorates the life and death of Qu Yuan, the poet Qu Yuan and statesman. Eating zongzi during this festival is a way to pay tribute to Qu Yuan and ward off evil spirits, but I like to ...

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