Recently, a performance and accompaniment team composed of students from 29 universities premiered Kunqu operaThe Peony ...

水陆草木之花，可爱者甚蕃。晋陶渊明独爱菊；自李唐来，世人甚爱牡丹；予独爱莲之出淤泥而不染，濯清涟而不妖，中通外直，不蔓不枝，香远益清，亭亭净植，可远观而不可亵玩焉。