Peach Blossom Pavilion is the story about the last Chinese poet-musician courtesan, or Geisha. Chinese geisha culture existed 2500 years ago and reached its fullest development about four hundred years ago. (While the geisha tradition continues in Japan, the remarkable Chinese courtesan culture has passed into history.) Peach Blossom Pavilion is about these elegant, artistic courtesans and the... (read more)