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  2. Beauty's Rival in Palace - Wikipedia

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    She uses Shen'er's life to threaten and force Yunxi to change her name to Dou Yifang and become a spy in Dai, monitoring the behavior of the Prince of Dai and the Princess Dowager of Dai . The people who escort Dou Yifang to Dai are Zhou Yafu, a general of Dai, and her maid, Mo Xueyuan, who is also the Empress Dowager's spy. In Zhou Yafu's mind ...

  3. Dai Jianye - Wikipedia

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    Dai Jianye (Chinese: 戴建业; born 1956) is a Chinese Classical literature researcher who is a professor at Central China Normal University. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Biography

  4. Peacock Princess - Wikipedia

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    The peacock dance or peafowl dance is a traditional Asian folk dance that describes the beauty and the movement of peacocks. There are several peacock dance traditions developed in Asia , among others are peacock dances of Myanmar , and in the western and northern parts of Cambodia , West Java in Indonesia , also peacock dances of Indian ...

  5. Daji - Wikipedia

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    In most literature involving Daji, there is some reason as to why she cannot be killed in human form since she is too beautiful. [3] In Fengshen Yanyi, a magical weapon is required to kill her. In Wang Fa Zhou Pingua, a mirror is used to expose and destroy her. In this piece of literature, Daji's true form was a nine-tailed fox with a woman's face.

  6. Dream of the Red Chamber - Wikipedia

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    While she still has standing as the Dowager's maid, the Dowager gave her to Baoyu so, in practice, Xiren is his maid. Considerate and forever worried about Baoyu, she is the partner of his first adolescent sexual encounter in the real world in Chapter 5. After Baoyu's disappearance, she unknowingly marries actor Jiang Yuhan, one of Baoyu's friends.

  7. History of Chinese dance - Wikipedia

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    Feather Dance , as tribute to ancestral temples or the Gods of the Four Directions. Imperial Dance , performed as homage to the Gods of the Four Directions or as a rain dance. Yak-tail Banner Dance , performed at sacrificial sites in Biyong (辟雍), a seat of learning. Shield Dance (干舞), performed for military purpose or for the veneration ...

  8. Kagura - Wikipedia

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    Kagura (神楽 (かぐら), "god-entertainment") is a type of Shinto ritual ceremonial dance. The term is a contraction of the phrase kami no kura ("seat of god"), indicating the presence of gods in the practice. One major function of kagura is chinkon (purifying and shaking the spirit), involving a procession-trance process.

  9. Emperor Wu of Han - Wikipedia

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    Emperor Wu was also a patron of literature, with a number of poems being attributed to him. [41] As to the poetry on lost love, some of the pieces attributed to him are considered of well-done, there is some question to their actual authorship. [41] The following work is on the death of one of his concubines: [42] The sound of her silk skirt ...