Question

A speaker at one of these title buildings thinks of a “troubler of… midnight dreams” as summer’s “mountain-light suddenly fails in the west.” Seven of these buildings represent days, colors, planets, and princesses (10[1])of the seven climes visited by Bahrâm V (“buh-RAHM the fifth”) in Amir Khusrau’s (“kuss-ROH’s”) Hasht Bihist (“hash’t bee-HEEST”). These buildings title a 10th-century precursor of thatched-hut recluse literature by Yasutane (“yah-soo-TAH-nay”) and a play whose “startled dream” scene made it one of the author’s “four dreams.” Poems written during a 353 CE “meandering stream” party at one of these buildings were collected with a preface in running (10[1])script calligraphy by Wáng Xīzhī (10[2]-5[1])(“wahng shee-jurr”). One of these buildings titles a Míng chuánqí (“chwen-chee”) play in which Lìniáng’s (10[2])(“doo lee-n’yang’s”) soul (10[1])reunites with (10[2])Liǔ Mèngméi (“lee-yoh mung-may”). For 10 points, (10[1])a 55-scene (10[1])kūnqǔ (“kwun-chew”) opera by Tāng Xiǎnzǔ (“tahng shee-en-tsoo”) is titled for what sort of building named for peonies (10[1])■END■ (10[6]0[7])

ANSWER: pavilions [accept domes, domed pavilions, cupolas, gazebos, kiosks, booths, tíngzi; or kūshk; accept The Peony Pavilion or Mǔdān tíng or Mu-tan t’ing; accept Lántíng, Orchid Pavilion Gathering, Lántíng, or Orchid Pavilion Preface; accept Chiteiki or Record of the Pond Pavilion or Account of the Pondside Pavilion; prompt on paradises] (Mèng Hàorán wrote “In Summer at the South Pavilion Thinking of Xing.”)
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2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y2186%0%5%115.61

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