At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Shili Qinhuai was the prosperous place of Nanjing, and there were eight singers living here. They may have real talent and practical learning, or have noble integrity, or have beautiful faces, but they have been involved in the whirlpool of national contradictions and political struggles, and have been called "Qin Huai Bayan" in history.
According to the Ming Dynasty Yu Yuanxin's "Banqiao Miscellaneous Records", "Bayan" is Liu Ruyi, Chen Yuanyuan, Li Xiangjun, Dong Xiaowan, Gu Hengbo, Ma Xianglan, Kou Baimen, Bian Yujing eight people, the former four are the most famous, can be called the "Eight Yan" of the strange women.
Qin Huai Bayan hung a painting
High wind bright festival willow is like this. Liu Ru is the head of the "Eight Yans", who was abducted and sold as a child, became a maid, and was later sold into the wind and dust farm. Later, he married Qian Qianyi, who was more than half a hundred years old, and lived a sweet life. When the country fell, she persuaded her husband to throw herself into the water and martyr the country together, and when she saw her husband hesitate, she "tried to sink into the pool", and was forcibly stopped by Qian Qianyi. After Qian Qianyi surrendered to the Manchu Qing, he resigned from the government under her persuasion, but he was planted and imprisoned, and after several rescues by her, Qian Qianyi finally saw the light of day. She fully supported the anti-Qing forces such as Zheng Chenggong and persuaded her husband to fund the rebels. Unfortunately, after Qian Qianyi's death, the Qian clan wanted to seize the property, and Liu Ru hanged herself in order to protect her husband's family property, leaving the property intact. Her fragrance disappeared, and it was inevitable that people would sigh at the impermanence of the world.
Legendary woman Willow is like this
The duckweed in the chaotic world is round and round. The story of Chen Yuanyuan is well known to everyone: after Li Zicheng, the king of the ming dynasty, attacked Beijing, his subordinates took Chen Yuanyuan away, and Wu Sangui, who guarded shanhaiguan for the Ming Dynasty, was furious when he heard it: "The big husband can't protect a woman. So he surrendered to the Qing army, which is the allusion to "rushing the crown and turning red in anger". For the sake of Chen Yuanyuan, Wu Sangui did not hesitate to lead the Qing army into the pass, and helped the Qing army defeat Li Zicheng; later, Wu Sangui claimed the title of king in Yunnan and wanted to make Chen Yuanyuan a princess, but she pushed back, thus being ostracized and even endangering her life. Chen Yuanyuan's life is full of helplessness and ups and downs, being manipulated, manipulated, and involuntarily, like duckweed in a storm, lonely and lonely, fluttering with the wind.
Statue of Chen Yuanyuan
Blood stained peach blossom Li Xiangjun. Li Xiangjun is the protagonist of "Peach Blossom Fan": at the time when many evil slaves forced marriage, this woman vowed to die, hitting the mirror with her head, mingzhi, and splashing peach blossom fans with blood, which was convincing. She was forced to go to a banquet to accompany the wine, and seeing that the country was in trouble, the powerful ministers were still drunk and dreaming of death, so she stood up and angrily rebuked the courtiers, and almost died. After experiencing countless sorrows and joys, Li Xiangjun finally became a family member with his lover Hou Fangyu, and the two never forgot their national integrity regardless of hardships and hardships, and finally, they both entered the Tao. Li Xiangjun's life has witnessed the rise and fall of history, exposed the decadent nature of the late Ming society, and also showed his own high style and bright festival to the world.
Li Xiangjun and Hou Fangyu
Independent Dong Xiaowan. When Dong Xiaowan was thirteen years old, his father died of illness, and when he was cornered, he changed his name and surname, and went to the painting boat on the banks of the Qinhuai River to sell art, because of his color and art, he was famous for Qinhuai in a few years, but she did not sell herself. Until he encounters a child who takes the risk of breaking new ground, is happy with each other, privately decided for life, running around, regardless of hardship, no matter what the situation, he does not bow to the predicament. Only because of his delicate nature and illness, he died at the age of 27. She is meticulous and good at learning, not only has a level of Chinese painting, Xiao Kai also writes exquisitely, the strokes are moving, the strength is through the back of the paper, and she can still feel the concentration and rarity of it.
Yue Opera "Dong Xiaowan and the Venture to Break The Frontier"