The Cheng School opera “Spring Boudoir Dream” is based on the imagery of Du Fu's poem "Farewell to My Newlywed Wife" and Chen Tao's line, "Pitiful are the bones by the Wuding River, still the dream of a woman in her spring boudoir." The story follows Wang Hui, a brave warrior who, less than a few months into his marriage, is forcibly conscripted and dies on the battlefield from an arrow wound. His wife, Zhang, waits anxiously at home, her longing eventually manifesting in a dream. These two arias depict the shy tenderness of Zhang, a young woman confined to her chambers, upon reuniting with her long-separated husband in her dream, her recollections of their beautiful past, and the bittersweet emotions of resentment and reproach arising from her solitary existence.