In a play in this language, three brothers accidentally kill a man who trampled their father, but are acquitted after they each try to pin the blame on themselves. In another play in this language, a woman falls in love with a man she sees in a daydream, who ends up resurrecting her after she dies from lovesickness. Snow falls in midsummer in a play in this language titled for an injustice. An author used this language to write four (*) “dream plays,” including The Purple Hairpin. Early “Southern” drama in this language used costumes with long sleeves that resembled flowing water. In the 1960s, eight theatrical works in this language were declared “model plays,” including Red Detachment of Women. For 10 points, name this language used in Peking opera. ■END■
ANSWER: Chinese [or Classical Chinese; or Mandarin; or zhōngwén] (The first three sentences respectively mention A Butterfly Dream, The Peony Pavilion, and The Injustice to Dou E.)
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