Li Yugang's Drunkenness of the Imperial Lady is very good. What does this paragraph describe at the beginning?

Personally, I like Li Yugang's Drunkenness of the Imperial Lady, which has a beautiful and melodious voice and is a famous work by Li Yugang.

The general view of this passage is from Drunken Maids, also known as Baihua Pavilion, which was created by Mr. Mei Lanfang, a famous Chinese performance artist and Beijing Opera master.

However, there are also different views. According to textual research, it is considered that the Beijing opera Drunk Imperial concubine is also a single-fold drama re-created by a genre of Kunqu Opera, which can be traced back to Bai Juyi's Song of Eternal Sorrow in the Tang Dynasty.

The play can be roughly divided into four parts:

Get Mei Fei; 2. Catch the imperial concubine; 3. The banquet is not coming; 4. The imperial concubine is drunk.

The main story is: Li Longji, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, indulged in debauchery in his later years. At first, he ordered eunuch Gao Lishi to look for beautiful women to fill the harem.

Gao Lishi found a beautiful woman and was stunned by Emperor Tang Ming. He held a grand banquet and enjoyed it, and awarded him the title of Mei Fei.

Later, due to an accidental opportunity, Tang learned that his son Shouwang had a beautiful concubine and was accepted as Yang Guifei.

Yang Guifei is arrogant and narrow-minded, and only Tang can spoil herself.

I made an appointment with Tang to enjoy flowers and drink. Not long after Tang arrived, I suddenly heard that Tang's picture frame had been moved to the palace. I was sad and hurt myself, so I used wine to drown my sorrows.

Eunuch Gao Lishi praised Yang Guifei for her beauty and asked her to play. Finally, Yang Guifei was helped back to her bedroom and drunk as a fiddler.

Although the plot of the Beijing opera Drunk Imperial concubine is simple, the scene is very grand, which shows the luxury of court life from etiquette, dance, costumes, props, singing and accompaniment.