The story scene comes from a marvel play Legend of the Jade Hairpin, which is not to be confused with the scene in Romance of the Western Chamber. Read the following article to find out details of the story and how this figural scene is depicted.<...

The Hundred Children motif (百子图) represents the most elaborate and auspicious extension of the broader Children at Play theme in traditional Chinese art. While both mot...

Children at Play is a classical motif in traditional Chinese art, portraying lively scenes of children engaged in games and daily amusements. These depictions often feature children flying kites, kicking balls, turning somersaults, enjoying lanterns, performing lion or dragon dances, tending flowers, pla...

Paintings featuring mothers (and/or fathers) and children are commonly referred to as ‘Ke Zi Paintings 课子图’, which in modern terms would be called ‘Parent-Child Paintings’. In these images, the mother is depicted either sitting or standing, guiding, and disciplining one or several children as they play, read, or...

Pun Design ：

Five + Boy + Fighting over + Helmet

Punning Details：

– The action of five (more or fewer) boys fighting over something refers to ‘夺 duo’. ‘Five’ is a function word.

– ‘kui 盔 helmet’, ...

Legend of the Jade Hairpin (Yu Zan Ji 玉簪记) is a Ming-dynasty ‘marvel play’ which was the major drama genre of the time. The play, consisting of thirty-three scenes, was written by Gao Lian (高濂 fl. 1573-1581) around 1580 and remained to be a popular classic for the following three hundred years. It is a Shakespea...