The Infernal Judgment

Renowned Kunqu opera performer Qian Yi composed and sings an adaptation of The Infernal Judgment from the classic tale of love and redemption, The Peony Pavilion.

The story tells the story of a beautiful girl, Du Liniang, who falls in love with a handsome scholar she meets in a dream. She wakes up, overcome with longing for this man, and gradually falls ill and dies only to be awakened in hell. In hell she is led before the judge of the underworld who cannot believe she has been condemned to hell only through transgressions made in a dream. After he ascertains that her crime was not physical but only imagined in a dream, he releases her to return to find her love in real life.