The Peony Pavilion - A Walk in the Garden

The Peony Pavilion - A Walk in the Garden

The Chinese Kunqu musical / opera A Walk in the Garden is an excerpt of the 20-hour long play The Peony Pavilion, which was produced by the Lincoln Center Festival, New York, and the Festival d'Automne à Paris, the Sydney Festival and the Hong Kong Arts Festival. The 16 year-old young lady Du Li-niang, raised by her strict parents, is forbidden to leave her boudoir without permission. One day, she goes to the backyard garden while her strict father is out, accompanied by her maid, Chun Xiang (Spring Fragrance).

The Peony Pavilion - A Walk in the Garden with English subtitles

The Peony Pavilion - A Walk in the Garden with English subtitles

The Peony Pavilion is a long play revolves round the love story of a young scholar Liu Meng-mei (Willow Dreaming Plum), and a cloistered girl Du Li-niang (Beautiful Du), the daughter of a high official in Nanan, ancient China.

A Walk in the Garden is an excerpt of the long play. The 16 year-old young lady Du Li-niang, raised by her strict parents, is forbidden to leave her boudoir without permission. One day, she goes to the backyard garden while her strict father is out, accompanied by her maid, Chun Xiang (Spring Fragrance). She is sentimental on the scene that the spring flowers are in full bloom. Du Li-niang feels the mysterious beauty and joys of the spring, and longing of nature life and love.

崑曲《牡丹亭 ● 遊園》英文字幕

來此已是花園門首

Here we are at the garden gate.

請小姐進去

Please go in, young mistress.

進得園來

Now we are inside the garden,

看畫廊金粉半零星

Look at the gallery, half of its gilding peeled off.

小姐 這是金魚池

Young mistress, this is a goldfish pond.