The Evolution Of The Image Of Yang Yuhuan

Yang Yuhuan is a controversial concubine in ancient China.Yang Yuhuan’s image isconstantly rewritten and remodeled from ancient poems to fiction drama, and to themodern film and television work.In early Tang dynasty,"Li Du" has already described Li Yang’ love story. In mid-Tangdynasty, Yang Yuhuan’s image was shaped more and more mature, especially inEverlasting Regret. However, in other works, such as Song of Everlasting Sorrow, Theanecdote of yang taizhen and Chinese parasol tree Rain，Yang Yuhuan was depicted intoan ugly image who was treason and heresy and seduced the emperor. Yang Yuhuan’s imagewas described ugly in Tian Bao’s Incidents of The Past, Jinghong Kee and other works inYuan dynasty. Therefore, before palace jade, her image was mostly negative. It markedthat Yang Yuhuan’s image entered the mature stage until the emergence of palace jade inQing dynasty. In modern times, due to the progress of technology and the developing ofaudio-visual art, there are some Yang Yuhuan’s new images produced in films andtelevision plays. These works are created by historical facts, using their own point of view,composed by the creation of the different background. In these creations, Yang Yuhuan’simage shows more complex features. Yang yuhuan has been a controversial figure in thehistory, and she has great significance to study Tang society.