Anguo ( simplified Chinese : 安国 ; traditional Chinese : 安國 ; pinyin : Ānguó ), nicknamed "Medicine Capital" ( 药都 ), is a county -level city under the administration of and 52 kilometres (32 mi) south of Baoding , central Hebei province, China.
4-476: It has a provincially protected Temple of the God of Medicine ( 藥王廟 ) established around 100. In premodern China, Anguo was Qizhou (Chinese: 祁州 ; pinyin: Qízhōu ). In 1991, Anguo was changed from county into a city. The city governs 20 town-level entities in 486 km (188 sq mi), of which the centrally placed Yaocheng ( 药城 ; Yàochéng ) is the municipal seat. The Chinese playwright Guan Hanqing
8-464: Is credited with the writing of 68 plays, of which only 18 survive, three in fragments. These were written mostly in the vernacular of the time. In some cases, attribution is highly disputed. In addition to playwriting, Guan Hanqing is also said to be a master of songs (sanqu 散曲). 57 of his songs (xiaoling 小令) and 14 song suites (taoshu 套數) survive. Guan spent much of his later life in Dadu and to Hangzhou in
12-571: The most prolific and highly regarded dramatists of the Yuan period. Guan Hanqing was undoubtedly the most productive and creative playwright of northern plays. Described by Jia Zhongming as “the leader of the Pear Garden ” (liyuan lingxiu 梨園領袖), Guan was fully immersed in the theatrical scene of his time and was well known amongst both actors and his fellow peers. He is even said to have painted and powdered his face (mianfu fenmo 面傅粉墨) while acting on stage. He
16-487: Was born here. Subdistricts: Towns: Townships: This Baoding location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Guan Hanqing Guan Hanqing ( traditional Chinese : 關漢卿 ; simplified Chinese : 关汉卿 , c. 1241–1320); sobriquet Yǐzhāi (已齋), Yīzhāi (一齋), Yǐzhāisǒu (已齋叟); was a Chinese dramatist, playwright, and poet during the Yuan Dynasty . He has been described as among
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