Chiese Yueju Opera-Legend of Lady Yang(Yang Guifei)-杨贵妃后传

Yang Guifei,born Yang Yuhuan (楊玉環), was one of the Four Beauties of ancient China.She was the famous concubine of Xuanzong,emperor of China 's Tang dynasty. As a daughter of a high official, Yang Guifei was originally the concubine of one of Xuanzong's sons, but the emperor found her so attractive that he took her for himself. Despite Yang Guifei 's obesity, her beauty was proverbial, and she consolidated her position by introducing her sisters into the imperial harem and sharing a passion for music with the emperor. Through her patronage, the half-Turkish general An Lushan and Guifeis cousin Yang Guozhong both rose to positions of power. After rivalry between the two led to the devastating An Lushan rebellion, Yang Guifei fled with the emperor towards Sichuan. Xuanzong's angry troops stopped at the post station of Mawei and forced him to agree to Guifeis execution,whereupon she was strangled by a monk. But there is a saying that Yang Guifei didn't die but escape successfully with the help of a general to Japan.there is also a memorial tomb for her in Japan.