游园惊梦

遊園驚夢

Yóuyuán jīngmèng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Strolling in the Garden, Waking from a Dream, the two garden scenes of The Peony Pavilion staged as one piece in Kunqu
2 Wandering in the Garden, Waking from a Dream, Bai Xianyong's short story of 1966

Characters

to startle; to wake with a start

梦

mèng

dream

Examples

HSK 6

《游园惊梦》是昆曲里最常演出的折子戏之一。

《 Yóuyuán jīngmèng 》 shì Kūnqǔ lǐ zuì cháng yǎnchū de zhézixì zhīyī.

'Strolling in the Garden, Waking from a Dream' is one of the most often performed excerpts in Kunqu.

HSK 7-9

白先勇的小说《游园惊梦》，写的是一位唱昆曲出身的将军夫人。

Bái Xiānyǒng de xiǎoshuō 《 Yóuyuán jīngmèng 》, xiě de shì yí wèi chàng Kūnqǔ chūshēn de jiāngjūn fūren.

Bai Xianyong's story 'Wandering in the Garden, Waking from a Dream' is about a general's wife who started out as a Kunqu singer.

Tips

culture

In 汤显祖's play the stroll and the dream are a single scene. Kunqu splits it into 游园, where 杜丽娘 walks through the neglected spring garden, and 惊梦, where she dreams of the scholar 柳梦梅. Performed together they are the part of the 牡丹亭 that most people know.

history

In 白先勇's story, part of his collection 台北人 'Taipei People', a former Kunqu singer attends a party in Taipei and is asked to sing this piece; memories of her life in Nanjing overwhelm her and her voice fails. He later produced the 'youth version' of the 牡丹亭 in 2004.

Stroke Order

游 yóu

园 yuán

惊 jīng

梦 mèng