Participatory drama: bridging cultural understanding and Tang poetry teaching

Figures & data

Figure 1. The ‘guide’ introduced images to the ‘blind’ (video S1[3] 06:47).

Figure 2. Students as grass on the left and right; students as stream and laundry lady in the middle.

Figure 3. Student as drinking poet in the middle; other students as trees and flowers.

Figure 4. Student on the left as a poet with Gu Qin (a Chinese instrument); student on the right as a guest; student in the middle as a small animal listening to the poet playing the Gu Qin; student lying down as grasses.

Table

‘The White Gravel Shoal’ group:
清浅白石滩	Flow clear, so white the pebbles seem
绿蒲向堪把	The sedge springs up, a greenish sight
浣纱明月下	Wash linen under the moon
家住水东西	The girls who live nearby the stream
‘The Cornel Riverside’ group:
深林人不知	In the deep woods where I’m unknown
至此芙蓉杯	I’ll put their seeds in lotus cups
明月来相照	Only the bright moon peeps at me.
复如花更开	As the flowers bloom once again
‘Bamboo Grove Villa’ group:
独坐幽篁里	Sitting among bamboos alone
山中傥留客	If in the hills my friend remain.
弹琴复长啸	I Play my lute and croon carefree.
结实红且绿	The cornel bears fruit red and green;

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‘The Cornel Riverside’ group:
结实红且绿	The cornel bears fruit red and green
复如花更开	As the flowers bloom once again
山中傥留客	If in the hills my friend remain
至此芙蓉杯	I’ll put their seeds in lotus cups
明月来相照	Only the bright moon peeps at me
‘Bamboo Grove Villa’ group:
独坐幽篁里	Sitting among bamboos alone
弹琴复长啸	I Play my lute and croon carefree
深林人不知	In the deep woods where I’m unkown

Figure 5. Students’ sculpture of the statues’ ‘farewell’ (video S5[3] 05:24).

Figure 6. Students’ sculpture of the statues ‘gifting’ (video S5[3] 06:16).