What is the origin of Liyuan?
LiYuan, originally a place name in Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, because of the Tang Dynasty Xuanzong Li Longji in this place to teach performers, and later associated with the art of opera, and become synonymous with artistic organizations and artists. The origin of "Liyuan" in the Qing Dynasty Qianlong scholar Sun Xingyan and Jiaqing nine years (1804) written in the "Wu County, the old Lang Temple of the record" in; "...... more than to and from the capital, to see there is the old Lang Temple (: refers to the Xuanzong) of the gods. Legend has it that when Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Geng Linggong's son named Light, elegant good (Nei Shang Yu Yi dance), given the surname Li, En Yang Palace to teach his children. Light nature of the pear, so the value of the pear tree, so the name is Pear Park. Later generations worshiped as the ancestor of music. ......" modern Li Youbai wrote the "Pear Garden Examination", testified the origin of the Pear Garden. Tang Zhongzong (705-710 years), the pear orchard is nothing more than the royal forbidden garden with jujube, mulberry, peach and cherry orchards coexist in a fruit garden. Fruit and wood in the garden with the Palace, wine pavilion pitch, etc., is for the emperor and queen, the emperor and the relatives, the noble ministers to feast and drink places of amusement. Later by Tang Xuanzong Li Longji's vigorous advocacy, the nature of the pear orchard has changed, there is a simple fruit and wood garden nursery, and gradually become the Tang Dynasty, a "pear orchard children" practicing songs and dances opera pear orchard, become China's history, the first set of music, dance, opera, a comprehensive "College of the Arts "Li Longji himself served as a member of the Pear Garden. Li Longji himself served as the Liyuan Cui Gong (or Yagong), equivalent to the current principal (or dean). Under Cui Gong, there were two sets of editors and music camp generals (also known as Kui Ling). Li Longji for the pear orchard has engaged in creative writing, but also often instructed the then Hanlin scholar or famous literati to compile programs, such as the poet He Zhizhang, Li Bai and so on have been written for the pear orchard staged programs. Li Longji, Lei Haiqing, Gongsun Daniang and others all held the position of music camp general. They were not only famous entertainers of great talent, but also tireless instructors. The poet Du Fu, in his poem "Watching Gongsun Daniang's Disciples Dancing Sword and Instrument Line," marveled at Gongsun Daniang's bold and spirited dance, "like Yi She nine sunsets, as the group of emperors and horses of the dragon soar; come as thunder to collect the wrath of shock and fury, and leave as the river and the sea to condense the light of the blue." And in the preface to this poem, it is said that there is a calligrapher named Zhang Xu, since watching Gongsun Daniang's sword dance, his cursive has grown a lot. Tang Xuanzong Li Longji relied on these outstanding creators and directors to produce a large number of performing artists. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (712-756), also known as the "Kaiyuan Sheng Shi", the development of the feudal economy and culture reached an unprecedented high. Not only did it produce a number of famous Chinese and foreign writers and poets, but it also made outstanding achievements in the fields of dance and music. In the history of Chinese opera plays an important role in the "Liyuan", was produced in the Tang Dynasty in this piece of fertile soil.