Lin Daiyu, one of the principal characters in the famous novel The Dream of the Red Chamber, hearing through a wall a song from The Peony Pavilion opera describing the decline of a place once beautiful, was utterly carried away by her feelings.
一曲「原來奼紫嫣紅開遍，似這般都付與斷井頹垣。良辰美景奈何天，賞心樂事誰家院…」，曾讓《紅樓夢》裡的林黛玉隔牆聽得如癡如醉。