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Description: In mid-Imperial China, characters in theatrical performances wore elaborate costumes and stereotyped facial makeup, shown here in a large Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368 CE) mural in a hall (明应王殿) of the Guangsheng Temple (广胜寺) in Hongtong county (洪洞県), Shanxi province. On the top of this mural is a banner that reads Ráodū jiànài Dàxíng sǎnyuè Zhōng Dūxiù zàicǐ zuòchǎng Tàidìng yuánnián sìyuè (堯都見愛/大行散樂忠都秀在此作場/泰定元年四月 "Ráodū liked it. Zhōng Dūxiù, a famous actress of sǎnyuè performed here. The fourth month of year one in era Tàidìng.")
Title: Theatre actors, Yuan Dynasty
Credit: Scanned from Patricia Ebrey's Cambridge Illustrated of China (1999)
Author: Yuan Chinese artist(s)
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