https://learning.hku.hk/ccch9051/group-35/files/original/20ffa35122b02bb603b8f85227365997.jpg dee9698bde28741d4b13ef0ace9215f9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Scripts of Chinese Opera Performance IIIF Collection Metadata UUID a620a584-09e0-4c22-bf5e-d323e9928394 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tragedy of the Emperor's Daughter Subject The topic of the resource Play Script Description An account of the resource It is a Chinese fictional story about Princess Changping of Ming Dynasty and her husband/lover Zhou Shixian. First (original) version was a Kunqu script written in Qing Dynasty while the second version was a first Cantonese opera from early 1900s later found in Japan and Shanghai. Little information is available from this early 1900s version. The contemporary popular version, not meant to be historically accurate, comes from the second Cantonese opera script. They meet and get engaged, with the blessing of parents. Her father, the emperor, is overthrown by revolutionists. She hides as a nun in a monastery but meets Zhou again. Being found by the new regime, she follows Zhou's plan to commit suicide eventually. Zhou formulates a plan to make sure the late emperor, her father, properly buried while her little brother released to safety. Zhou alone returns to negotiate with the new regime using the bargaining power vested in him by a written request from her. Once the new regime makes good on these promises, the couple return to her former home for a wedding ceremony. They take poison at wedding night in the palace garden where they are introduced to each other as potential marriage candidate on day one. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wong Sit Ching Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1957 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tong Tik Sang Language A language of the resource Chinese Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context tragedyoftheemperorsdaughter1957 IIIF Item Metadata UUID 8bca949d-f48e-40d1-819f-930f8669efd1