{"id":1287705,"date":"2022-11-24T07:26:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T23:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hkadc9.tecturasystem.com\/archives\/event\/stage-dedication-and-open-day-performances-excerpts-from-the-purple-hairpin"},"modified":"2024-01-26T22:26:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T14:26:54","slug":"stage-dedication-and-open-day-performances-excerpts-from-the-purple-hairpin","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/event\/stage-dedication-and-open-day-performances-excerpts-from-the-purple-hairpin\/","title":{"rendered":"Stage Dedication and Open Day Performances &#8211; Excerpts from The Purple Hairpin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four excerpts from The Purple Hairpin: \u201cPicking up the Purple Hairpin\u201d, \u201cBreaking the Willow Branch at the Yangguan Pass\u201d, \u201cReunion of Sword and Pin\u201d and \u201cPrincely Favours\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Playwright: Tong Tik-sang<\/p>\n<p>A Tong Tik-sang staple, this is the love story of Huo Xiaoyu, a beautiful courtesan and Li Yi, a talented young scholar.<\/p>\n<p>On the night of the Spring Lantern Festival \u2013 Chinese Valentine\u2019s Day \u2013 Li picks up a purple hairpin that Huo has dropped. Before the night ends the two have fallen deeply in love and married. The same night, Lu Yanzhen, the daughter of a high official, also has a chance encounter with Li and lets him know that she is keen to marry him. When Li declines, Lu\u2019s father punishes him by sending him to a distant military post.<\/p>\n<p>In Li\u2019s absence, Huo struggles to make ends meet and is soon forced to pawn her jewellery, including the precious purple hairpin. But the arrival of a mysterious horseman in yellow garb brings hope that the pair may soon be reunited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","location_type":[350136],"event_category":[373392,373316],"area_type":[350138],"event_language":[],"series":[],"event_category_other":[],"class_list":["post-1287705","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","location_type-indoor-en","event_category-xiqu-cantonese-opera-en","event_category-xiqu-en","area_type-local","search-detail"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/1287705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1287705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"location_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location_type?post=1287705"},{"taxonomy":"event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category?post=1287705"},{"taxonomy":"area_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area_type?post=1287705"},{"taxonomy":"event_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_language?post=1287705"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1287705"},{"taxonomy":"event_category_other","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category_other?post=1287705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}