What is the dream of visiting the park?

The novel takes Tian Yu, widow of China Kuomintang general, as a clue to go to Dou Mansion for dinner. Through her feelings, memories and psychological activities at the banquet, she truly reflected the social changes in Taiwan Province Province of China at that time: the decline of the old aristocracy and the rise of the new middle class. The works are shrouded in a strong sense of sadness, showing a sense of vicissitudes in which beauty is dying and life is like a dream.

The Creative Background of "A Dream in the Garden"

Dreaming of Hometown is a work in Bai Xianyong's Taipei People series with the theme of Kunqu Opera artists from Qinhuai River in Nanjing. It was completed on 1966. Regarding the creative background of this novel, Bai Xianyong introduced it like this: "I remember that when I first came into contact with Kunqu Opera more than ten years ago, I was immediately shocked by its exquisite art, and then I regretted its decline. At that time, I was studying the Peony Pavilion written by Tang Xianzu, a great writer in Ming Dynasty. This story of love conquering death and transcending time and space is a milestone in the romantic literary tradition of our country, in which "Dream of Scared Dreams" reached the peak of lyric poetry. Inspired by the Kunqu Opera Journey to the West and the legendary Peony Pavilion, I tried to express the realm of these two dramas in the form of novels, which was my initial creative motivation for creating Journey to the West. "