Chinese Kunqu Opera: Peony Pavilion-part-12.1

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青春版牡丹亭-拾画 The portrait recovered

Liu Mengmei regains enough strength to explore the garden. He finds Du Liniang's self portrait, which he mistakes for the Goddess of Mercy or the Moon Goddess. He reads the poem written on the painting and realizes it is a woman. He is amazed that the poem contains two characters of his own name, saying a union will come about by either a willow or a plum. He becomes obsessed with the woman in the painting, cooing lovingly to it morning and night, and praying that it comes to life.