On The Evolution Of The Image Of Yang Guifei

Lady Young (high-ranking imperial concubine, next to the queen), is a disputable female in the history of China. The process of the idolization of her was just similar to the idolizing, mystifying of some other historical people, and also has its own characteristics. Aiming at the traditional performing arts, the changing process of Lady Young's image is reflected from the following analyzing aspects.Firstly, the judging and praising of the elite cultural circle, especially some officials who research in history and cultural workers made Lady Young rooted into the folk in different images and reflected in the traditional performing arts. Secondly, The mystifying images of emperor Li Longji and Lady Young in the traditional performing arts have close relationship with the worship of emperor Li and the whole Ming Dynasty toTaoism. Because of emperor Li, Lady Young was keen on Taoist activities, and she was intent to raise the Taoist 's status, which has something to do with the "Tai Zhen Concubine" (an immortal concubine with a high rank in the heaven) honoured by the later literature and art works. Consequently, she was gradually viewed as the celestial being of Taoism. Furthermore, behind the fact that the love of emperor-and-concubine between Li Longji and Lady Young is widespread and glorified and that Lady Young is universally accepted as the "prominent image and example", there are some folk custom elements which are acceptable by the public. As the writer looks into the phebnomenon of the idolization of Lady Young from the profound folk custom culture, she disposes that Lady Young was considered as the idol relating to the "worship of sex and reproduction". Besides, since Chinese drama derived from the ceremony of offering sacrifice to ancestors in the ancient folk, in the light of which, we can also find that the dramas connected with Lady Young belong to the unjust verdict ones when we observe and study the drama of Lady Young, and Lady Young ws offered sacrifice to in the ceremony of the folk as the...